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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.
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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.
New episodes come out every day for free. Listen 1-week early on Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday and to all episodes ad-free, with Wondery+ or Amazon Music with a Prime membership or Amazon Music Unlimited subscription.

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    Why Do It Alone? | Marcus Aurelius Advice For Becoming Unstoppable

    Why Do It Alone? | Marcus Aurelius Advice For Becoming Unstoppable

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    • 5 min
    You Can't Get Even | The Freedom Of Contempt

    You Can't Get Even | The Freedom Of Contempt

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    • 8 min
    How To Balance Ego With Striving | LinkedIn Talk

    How To Balance Ego With Striving | LinkedIn Talk

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    Amor Fati: Love Everything That Happens | Read By Ryan Holiday

    Amor Fati: Love Everything That Happens | Read By Ryan Holiday

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    • 13 min
    Thinking Outside of Your Tradition | Arthur Brooks

    Thinking Outside of Your Tradition | Arthur Brooks

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    Self-Reliance and the Confidence in Trusting Your Inner Wisdom | Mark Matousek

    Self-Reliance and the Confidence in Trusting Your Inner Wisdom | Mark Matousek

    Mark Matousek is a bestselling author, teacher, and speaker whose work focuses on personal awakening and creative excellence through transformational writing and self-inquiry. He brings over three decades of experience as a memoirist, editor, interviewer, survivor, activist, and spiritual seeker to his penetrating and thought provoking work with students. 

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    • 1 hr 6 min

Customer Reviews

4.5 out of 5
4.1K Ratings

4.1K Ratings

Merlin2/14 ,

Thanks!!!!

Great talk with Martha McSally, thank you!!!

PaulHDelman ,

Spring 2024

Beginning in 2023 I found The Daily Stoic to be a refreshingly informative and helpful podcast while making my morning commute. It helped me reframe my thinking and improve my interpersonal thoughts, reactions and emotions. After finishing all the archived episodes, I began listening to Ryan Holidays newer uploads and messages. Unfortunately, I’ve found his 2024 episodes to be short and lacking in content. Rather, his episodes have become shameless ad plugs for whatever, or whomever he is sponsored by, or has a vested interest in. The episodes now feel “sales’y” where a pitch on product or service is the intent… rather than helpful information to unlock your inner stoic. This lends to two unfortunate scenarios, IMO. 1. His message has run its course. Meaning, all the data/information Ryan has cultivated for Daily Stoic teaching has been expended. 2. Ryan has moved on to other ventures, and has an underpaid staffer uploading mediocre Daily Stoic content just to appease the channel requirement, and keep the channel alive. Unfortunately, for me… I’ve now moved on, and unsubscribed. This channel and message is no longer useful, as there is nothing new to keep my mind fed.

GustaveDelvas ,

A Lovely Daily Practice

I’ve taken to listening to this while I finish my coffee every morning as a sort of daily practice. I’ve been reading Ryan’s books for years and figured I wouldn’t gain much from the podcast. I am delighted to find out how wrong I was.

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