The Daily Stoic
For centuries, all sorts of people—generals and politicians, athletes and coaches, writers and leaders—have looked to the teachings of Stoicism to help guide their lives. Each day, author and speaker Ryan Holiday brings you a new lesson about life, inspired by the thoughts and writings of great Stoic thinkers like Marcus Aurelius and Seneca the Younger. Daily Stoic Podcast also features Q+As with listeners and interviews with notable figures from sports, academia, politics, and more. Learn more at DailyStoic.com. Support the podcast and go deeper with Stoicism by subscribing to The Daily Stoic Premium - unlock ad-free listening, early access, and bonus content (coming soon): dailystoic.com/premium
Episodes
Wisdom doesn’t come from first impressions and it does not come easy. It’s hard work…and the only way to speed up the process is with the help of a great teacher.
💡 We designed our How To Read Epictetus (A Daily Stoic Guide)as a personal field guide —part book club, part masterclass, part daily practice. It’s designed to help you not just read the words of Epictetus, but live them—to turn h...
When everyone else seems to be abandoning their standards, what keeps you from abandoning yours? Ryan talks with USA TODAY national correspondent Rick Jervis, author of The Devil Behind The Badge, about objectivity, integrity, and how professional ethics provide stability in the middle of chaos.
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Read Rick Jervis' piece on the immigrant families detaine...
We often imagine that freedom means having more power, more money, or fewer people telling us what to do. But none of that makes us free if we cannot control ourselves.
💡 We designed our How To Read Epictetus (A Daily Stoic Guide)as a personal field guide —part book club, part masterclass, part daily practice. It’s designed to help you not just read the words of Epictetus, but live them—to turn his timeless w...
With enough practice, Seneca said, he found he could think anywhere. He could find stillness and peace anywhere.
📚 Stillness Is The Key by Ryan Holiday
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Most people think about time as something they have plenty of until they suddenly don’t. But Seneca’s warning raises a more unsettling question: how much of your life are you giving away without even realizing it?
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In today's episode, Ryan and Steven Pressfield discuss one of Marcus Aurelius’ most striking lines: “Life is warfare and a journey far from home.” What begins with the epigraph to Steven’s new novel The Arcadian turns into a conversation about the hero’s journey, the ideas we carry with us for decades, and reincarnation.
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These things happen to people…therefore they could happen to you.
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Before you trust your first reaction, assumption, or opinion, the Stoics would tell you to do a few things first. In this bonus episode, Ryan breaks down five rules for thinking more clearly.
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We may not control what happens to us, what other people decide, or what circumstances take away. But we can still choose what we believe, how we respond, and who we become.
💡 We designed our How To Read Epictetus (A Daily Stoic Guide)as a personal field guide —part book club, part masterclass, part daily practice. It’s designed to help you not just read the words of Epictetus, but live them—to turn his timeless w...
To enter into another person’s mind, even for a moment, we first need to get out of our own head.
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Lives of the Stoics by Ryan Holiday
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Keith thought he knew what his purpose was. Then his daughter got sick, his life took an unexpected turn, and Stoicism was put to a test he never expected.
If Keith’s story has inspired you to share your journey with Stoicism, please email an audio recording to podcast@dailystoic.com for the chance to be featured on a future episode!
💡 Modern Stoics are parents, athletes, entrepreneurs, soldiers, artists, students. They are b...
Why is that self-command and self-knowledge so elusive? How can we find it?
💡 We designed our How To Read Epictetus (A Daily Stoic Guide)as a personal field guide —part book club, part masterclass, part daily practice. It’s designed to help you not just read the words of Epictetus, but live them—to turn his timeless wisdom into real change in your own life and the lives of those around you.
We are prickly about our freedom…as we willingly submit to all sorts of addictions.
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Lives of the Stoics by Ryan Holiday
Blue Ocean Strategy by W. Chan Kim
The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday
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Which of these do you struggle with the most?
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Most philosophers wrote about struggle, freedom, and resilience from a place of privilege. But one Stoic’s story raises a fascinating question: what can a life shaped by hardship teach us about what it really means to be free?
💡 We designed our How To Read Epictetus (A Daily Stoic Guide)as a personal field guide —part book club, part masterclass, part daily practice. It’s designed to help you not just read th...
Ryan sits down with comedian and actor David Cross for a conversation that goes just about everywhere. They talk about Stoicism, comedy, politics, free speech, parenting, privilege, entitlement, and more.
David Cross is a comedian, actor, writer, and producer best known for co-creating and starring in HBO’s Mr. Show, playing Tobias Fünke on Arrested Development, and his decades-long stand-up career.
What can happen to anyone could happen to you. It’s your job to be ready.
📚 Books Mentioned: The Daily Stoic Journal: 366 Days of Writing and Reflection on The Art of Living by Ryan Holiday
💡 We designed our How To Read Epictetus (A Daily Stoic Guide)as a personal field guide —part book club, part masterclass, part daily practice. It’s designed to help you not just read the words of Epictetus, but ...
In this episode, podcaster, author, and endurance athlete Rich Roll invites Ryan onto The Rich Roll Podcast to discuss the biggest moral questions at the heart of The Odyssey. Together, they wrestle with the same questions The Odyssey has posed for thousands of years: What makes a good leader? When is deception justified? And what happens when ego takes over?
Whatever controls what we desire or dislike, Epictetus warned, becomes our master. Whatever we obey, we serve.
💡 We designed our How To Read Epictetus (A Daily Stoic Guide)as a personal field guide —part book club, part masterclass, part daily practice. It’s designed to help you not just read the words of Epictetus, but live them—to turn his timeless wisdom into real change in your own life and the lives of t...
It was out of the blue. It caught you off guard. It hurt you. But that’s not to say you’re blameless here. In fact, you had plenty of warning.
💡 We designed our How To Read Epictetus (A Daily Stoic Guide)as a personal field guide —part book club, part masterclass, part daily practice. It’s designed to help you not just read the words of Epictetus, but live them—to turn his timeless wisdom into rea...
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