Burn this Letter | The Enemy of Happiness
It’s not that you should never speak up. It’s not that you should never speak truth to power. It’s just that you should never do it while you’re angry. Do it after you’ve calmed down. Do it after you’...
17 Feb 7min
This Was Washington’s Philosophy | Power Fades. Character Leads.
All that we see must be illuminated by the calm light of mild philosophy. So we can see what it really is. So we don’t do anything we regret. 📚 Pick up a copy of Lincoln's Virtues: An Ethical Biograp...
16 Feb 44min
If You Only Read a Few Books This Year, Read These
Most people don’t read that many books, maybe a few a year at most. So if you’re only going to read a couple books this year, the decision of which ones you choose becomes really important.In today’s ...
15 Feb 13min
11 Stoic Rules For Love
Love isn’t just an emotion. It’s not just a feeling that hits you out of nowhere. It’s an action, something you can practice and something you can get better at. And while philosophy might not seem li...
14 Feb 24min
This Kindles the Soul | Why You Can't Ignore What's Happening
Marcus Aurelius said that if you ever found anything better in life than courage, discipline, justice, and wisdom—the four virtues—it must be an extraordinary thing indeed. Which raises the question: ...
13 Feb 15min
Do Not Delay | Dan Harris & Ryan Holiday on The Pursuit of Wisdom
Life has a way of stripping all our reasons bare, of humbling our plans and assumptions. We must live, as Marcus Aurelius said, as if death hangs over us. Because it does.👉 Listen to the full convers...
12 Feb 13min
There’s a Rhythm. There’s a Rhythm.
It can feel like everything is falling to pieces. It can feel like you’re lost. It can feel like there’s no hope, no way forward, nothing to do. But that’s just because you’ve gotten rattled.👉 Suppor...
11 Feb 2min
Stephen Greenblatt: Why “This Time Is Different” Is Always Wrong
Why do the same patterns keep showing up in completely different centuries? In this episode, Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Stephen Greenblatt joins Ryan to discuss how power, fear, ego, and insecur...
11 Feb 55min
