How James Clear Would Start 2026 If He Were You
The first few weeks of 2026 will decide far more than you think. In this episode, you’ll hear the best of James Clear’s most important advice from his past conversations with Ryan on how to start the ...
31 Dec 202551min
We Are Training For This
When we develop the discipline to prepare our minds and our bodies for hardship, we have the discipline to see the hard times through to the end. Make 2026 the year where you finally bring yourself cl...
31 Dec 20254min
BONUS | 7 Simple Stoic Habits That Will Transform You In 2026
Here we are at the end of one year and the beginning of another. What do we have to show for it? Did we do what we set out to do? Did we meet those resolutions?Make 2026 the year where you finally bri...
30 Dec 202519min
You Don't Have Unlimited Time | What's Up To Us, What's Not Up To Us
This is what we do, isn’t it? We think about doing something…but we put off actually doing it until the last minute.Make 2026 the year where you finally bring yourself closer to living your best life....
30 Dec 202511min
If You Want to Make the World Better, Do This | Give Thanks
Let’s focus on getting better. Let’s get serious about stuff we’ve put off. Let’s lend a helping hand. Let’s “fight to be the person philosophy tried to make us,” as Marcus Aurelius said.Make 2026 the...
29 Dec 20258min
The Stoic Way To Survive 2026
You do not control the year ahead. You do control how you meet it. In this episode, Ryan walks through the Stoic framework for becoming better in the year ahead built around courage, discipline, justi...
28 Dec 202517min
BONUS | The Book Ryan Holiday Keeps Coming Back To
Ryan was recently a guest on Shilo Brooks’ podcast, Old School, to talk about a book that’s meant a lot to him over the years, Walker Percy’s The Moviegoer. They discuss why this quiet Southern novel,...
27 Dec 202533min
You Could Leave Life Today. What Would You Do Differently?
The end of the year has a way of reminding us that nothing lasts forever. In today’s episode, you will hear a deep dive into the Stoic practice of Memento Mori, the reminder that you could leave life ...
27 Dec 202554min
