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. Listen to The Daily Stoic on the Wondery App or wherever you listen to your podcasts. You can listen early and ad-free on Wondery+. Join Wondery+ in the Wondery App, Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Start your free trial by visiting wondery.com/links/the-daily-stoic/ now.
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Think about the principles we are standing on. Think of what we are willing to risk for them. 🏛 Preorder the Limited Edition Stoic Virtues Series: https://store.dailystoic.com/products/limited-edition-stoic-virtue-series 📖 Preorder the final book in Ryan Holiday's The Stoic Virtues Series: "Wisdom Takes Work": https:
The Stoic’s Playbook For INSTANT Charisma | Vanessa Van Edwards (PT. 1)
The Stoics didn’t just preach wisdom, they commanded attention. They knew how to lead with presence, not just ideas. In this episode, body language expert Vanessa Van Edwards joins Ryan to break down the science of real connection through a Stoic lens. She shares powerful, research-backed strategies to communicate with
The ancients did not just leave us words on papyrus—they left us a gift that keeps on giving through the ages. 💡 To be a great reader, as we say in our Read To Lead Challenge, it’s not enough just that you read—it’s about HOW you read. It’s about learning how to think more critically, how to digest books above your le
On Memorial Day, it is worth reflecting on this very beautiful and almost baffling bit of human greatness. 📔 Pick up your own leather bound signed edition of The Daily Stoic! Check it out at the Daily Stoic Store: https://store.dailystoic.com/ 🎙️ Follow The Daily Stoic Podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/
In today’s episode, Ryan opens up about how despite his career success and net worth, he still struggles with anxiety and stress, not so much about the state of the world but about the constant pressure for things to go right. 🎥 Watch Ryan's interviews with Sahil Bloom and Robert Rosenkranz on The Daily Stoic YouTube
Can people actually change or are we just stuck with who we are? In this episode, author and journalist Olga Khazan joins Ryan to unpack the age-old debate: are personality traits fixed or can we reshape them over time? Olga shares what happened when she tried to change her own personality over the course of a year and
