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-f...
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BONUS | This Stoic Idea Will Reset Your Week
<p>The Stoics knew that wanting less increases gratitude, just as wanting more obliterates it. </p><p>"Freedom isn't secured by filling up on your heart's desire but by removing your desire." - Epictetus </p><p><br></p><p>📓 Pick up a signed edition of The Daily Stoic Journal: 366 Days of Writing and Reflection on The Art of Living: https://store.dailystoic.com/</p><p><br></p><p>👉 Support the podcast and go deeper into Stoicism by subscribing to The Daily Stoic Premium - unlock ad-free listening, early access, and bonus content: https://dailystoic.supercast.com/</p><p><br></p><p>🎥 Wa...
They’re Not Thinking About You At All | The Dangerous Comfort of Half Measures
<p>Day to day, it’s only our individual actions that are up to us: How we treat people, how we run our businesses, what we think about.</p><p><br></p><p>📚 Grab the free PDF at tim.blog/seneca</p><p><br></p><p>🎙️ Listen to the audiobook on Audible: https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Tao-of-Seneca-Audiobook/</p><p><br></p><p>👉 Support the podcast and go deeper into Stoicism by subscribing to The Daily Stoic Premium - unlock ad-free listening, early access, and bonus content: https://dailystoic.supercast.com/</p><p><br></p><p>🎥 Watch the video episodes on The Daily Sto...
Burn this Letter | The Enemy of Happiness
<p>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’ve had time to think about it. Do it after you’ve slept on it.</p><p><br></p><p>🪙 Carry The Daily Stoic Pause & Reflect Medallion as a reminder to pause. A pause creates space. A pause creates clarity. A pause can change everything. | Grab The Daily Stoic Pause & Reflect Medallion at dailystoic.com/pause</p><p><br><...
This Was Washington’s Philosophy | Power Fades. Character Leads.
<p>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. </p><p><br></p><p>📚 Pick up a copy of Lincoln's Virtues: An Ethical Biography by William Lee Miller at The Painted Porch | https://www.thepaintedporch.com</p><p><br></p><p>📕 Grab copies of Doris Kearns Goodwin’s books Team of Rivals and Leadership at The Painted Porch | https://www.thepaintedporch.com</p><p><br></p><p>👉 Support the podcast and go deeper into Stoicism by subscribing to The Daily Stoi...
If You Only Read a Few Books This Year, Read These
<p>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.</p><p>In today’s episode, Ryan shares a handful of books he’s confident are worth your time. They’ve changed him, made him better, and he believes they’ll make you better too in a lot of different areas of your life.</p><p><br></p><p>👉 Sign up for Ryan’s free monthly reading list newsletter: https://ryanholiday.net/the-reading-l...
11 Stoic Rules For Love
<p>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 like a guide to a great love life, especially Stoicism, it actually has a lot to teach us.</p><p><br></p><p>🎥 Watch this episode on The Daily Stoic YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvPHVQ2yu90</p><p><br></p><p>👉 Support the podcast and go deeper into Stoicism by subscribing to The Daily Stoic Premium - unlock ad-fre...
This Kindles the Soul | Why You Can't Ignore What's Happening
<p>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: is there anything better?</p><p><br></p><p>👉 Read Rick Jervis' latest piece here: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/01/29/immigrant-families-conditions-detention-sick-kids/88405597007/</p><p><br></p><p> 📚 Buy a copy of Rick Jervis’ book The Devil Behind The Badge at The Painted Porch: https://www.thepaintedporch.com/</p><p><br></p><p> 🎙️ Support the podcast and go deeper into Stoicism by subscribing to The Daily Stoic Premium - unlock ad-fre...
Do Not Delay | Dan Harris & Ryan Holiday on The Pursuit of Wisdom
<p>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.</p><p><br></p><p>👉 Listen to the full conversation between Dan Harris and Ryan Holiday on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or watch on YouTube</p><p><br></p><p>📚 Buy a copy of 10% Happier by Dan Harris at The Painted Porch: https://www.thepaintedporch.com/</p><p><br></p><p>🪙 We have a collection of items in the Daily Stoic store to help you in your own memento mor...
Stephen Greenblatt: Why “This Time Is Different” Is Always Wrong
<p>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 insecurity keep producing the same patterns. They talk about why dangerous leaders do not look dangerous at first, how great thinkers learned to survive unstable rulers, and why some of the most important ideas in history had to be hidden inside art, literature, and fiction just to stay alive. </p><p><br></p><p>Stephen Greenblatt is Cogan University Professor of the Humanities at Harvard University. He has written ext...
There’s a Rhythm. There’s a Rhythm.
<p>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.</p><p><br></p><p>👉 Support the podcast and go deeper into Stoicism by subscribing to The Daily Stoic Premium - unlock ad-free listening, early access, and bonus content: https://dailystoic.supercast.com/</p><p><br></p><p>🎥 Watch the video episodes on The Daily Stoic YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@DailyStoic/videos</p><p><br></p><p>🎙️ Follow The Daily Stoic Pod...
