The Daily Stoic
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The Daily Stoic shares practical Stoic ideas and reflections for better decision-making, resilience, and everyday leadership.
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MVP & prototyping
Podcast
Stoicism, motivation, and marketing: Ryan Holiday Q&A at Live Nation
The Daily Stoic
April 25, 2024
MVP & prototyping
8
Social media
8
Culture building
7
- Protecting your core creative work is non-negotiable for long-term output.
- 800,000 daily email subscribers built by giving away content for free every day.
- Hobbies outside work prevent burnout and build deeper team connections.
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Amor Fati: love everything that happens
The Daily Stoic
April 21, 2024
- Edison's factory burned, destroying $23M in assets—he smiled and rebuilt within weeks.
- Boxer Jack Johnson faced hatred yet joyfully outmaneuvered opponents with cheerful composure.
- Transform adversity into fuel by choosing gratitude for what you cannot control.
Founder interviews
Podcast
How power, humility, and civic purpose shape effective leadership
The Daily Stoic
April 17, 2024
Founder interviews
9
Resilience & grit
7
Communication
6
- Power disconnects leaders from the people they're supposed to serve.
- Senator Proxmire gave 3,200 speeches before one issue passed — humility about your reach is the realistic starting point.
- Adversity unlocks capability; a pine species only opens its cones in fire.
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Using journaling to master impulse control
The Daily Stoic
April 15, 2024
Resilience & grit
7
Productivity & habits
6
- Watching your heroes age out is a preview of your own exit.
- Write the angry thing down first — the page absorbs what people cannot.
- Impulse control means processing feelings somewhere other than other people.
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
Don't be replaced: staying yourself through success
The Daily Stoic
April 8, 2024
Identity & self-belief
9
Resilience & grit
7
- Fame turned Hemingway into a worse version of himself
- Marcus Aurelius fought 'Caesarification' — power corrupting the self
- Epictetus: treat every impression as counterfeit until tested
Burro Schmidt, Cerro Gordo, and the philosophy of the impossible task
The Daily Stoic
April 7, 2024
Case studies
10
Resilience & grit
7
Identity & self-belief
6
- Why a man dug half a mile of tunnel for 40 years — for nothing practical.
- Quitting banking to buy a crumbling ghost town on a dream and a handshake.
- The struggle itself is the point — Camus's Sisyphus applied to real life.
Founder interviews
Podcast
How Brent Underwood found purpose by buying a ghost town
The Daily Stoic
March 30, 2024
Founder interviews
10
Resilience & grit
8
Goal setting
5
- Nine years of apprenticeship before buying a ghost town — not luck.
- A hotel fire became the moment that built a community.
- Passion is not found; it is uncovered from your past self.
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Stoicism as daily practice: living philosophy in ordinary moments
The Daily Stoic
March 29, 2024
Resilience & grit
9
Identity & self-belief
8
- Socrates taught philosophy by how he lived, not lectured.
- Cato trained indifference to judgment by inviting it daily.
- Resilience in ordinary moments is harder than courage in crisis.
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Ryan Holiday on time, process, and mentorship at Live Nation Q&A
The Daily Stoic
March 28, 2024
Productivity & habits
8
Delegation
6
- Success is a lagging indicator — invest now for future creative output.
- Focus on process, not outcomes; the score takes care of itself.
- Mentorship ensues from value exchange, never from asking directly.
Founder interviews
Podcast
Finding enough: sobriety, ambition, and what actually moves the needle
The Daily Stoic
March 27, 2024
Founder interviews
9
Identity & self-belief
8
Work-life balance
7
- High spenders report no more happiness than moderate ones — wealth plateaus fast.
- Sam quit alcoholism cold turkey twice; a dog and an Oasis concert were the turning points.
- Twitter breaks more people than psychedelics — audience capture is a documented pattern.
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Stoic resilience and the trap of seeking approval
The Daily Stoic
March 25, 2024
Resilience & grit
9
Identity & self-belief
7
- Why expecting hardship protects you better than hoping to avoid it
- Social media is engineered to exploit your need for validation
- Doing work for approval guarantees it will break your heart
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
How Emerson's self-reliance philosophy can transform your life
The Daily Stoic
March 24, 2024
Identity & self-belief
9
Deep work & focus
5
- Envy is ignorance — imitation is the surest path to mediocrity
- Self-knowledge is the prerequisite for doing anything original
- Intuition outperforms deliberation; trust the whisper only you can hear
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
Money, stuff, and the psychology of enough: Sam Parr on building without losing yourself
The Daily Stoic
March 23, 2024
Identity & self-belief
9
Founder interviews
7
Bootstrapping
5
- The scarcity mindset that built your wealth can quietly cage you after.
- Sam hit his exact $20M goal at 31 — and immediately wanted more.
- Newsletter economics: 4M subscribers, 3 writers, nearly $20M revenue.
Founder interviews
Podcast
Honor, resilience, and servant leadership: lessons from Admiral Bill McRaven
The Daily Stoic
March 20, 2024
Founder interviews
9
Resilience & grit
8
Management
6
- Getting fired early made McRaven's entire career possible.
- Power without inner values corrupts fast — Saddam proved it in days.
- Never take an assignment as beneath you; the frog float reveals who you are.
Resilience & grit
Podcast
The portable retreat: finding peace within yourself
The Daily Stoic
March 18, 2024
Resilience & grit
9
Identity & self-belief
8
Work-life balance
6
- The peace you seek on vacation is already inside you.
- Comfort after hardship can become a velvet rut.
- Fake vacations rearrange work — they don't prevent burnout.