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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Resilience & grit
Podcast
Treating every day as a bonus: Stoic wisdom on mortality and judgment
The Daily Stoic
June 8, 2023
Resilience & grit
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Productivity & habits
7
Identity & self-belief
5
- Seneca's nightly death meditation turns every morning into a bonus
- Marcus Aurelius lost six children before choosing the disastrous Commodus
- Future generations will judge our blind spots just as we judge the Stoics'
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
Choosing role models and helping others become better
The Daily Stoic
June 5, 2023
Identity & self-belief
9
Resilience & grit
6
- You can choose whose children you want to be — regardless of lineage.
- A respected mental role model reduces moral error before it happens.
- Responding to betrayal with mercy can make others better, not just you.
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
Cicero's paradox: only the wise person is truly rich
The Daily Stoic
June 4, 2023
- Endless desire makes any fortune feel like poverty — sufficiency is wealth.
- Frugality is revenue: a surplus on 100 beats a deficit on 600.
- Virtue is the only asset that cannot be seized, burned, or lost at sea.
Resilience & grit
Podcast
How a 109-year-old neighbour embodied stoic wisdom on living well
The Daily Stoic
May 24, 2023
Resilience & grit
10
Identity & self-belief
8
Origin stories
7
- Contentment and purpose matter more than the pursuit of happiness
- You control only which handle you grab on any situation
- Mixing generations deliberately is maintenance, not a nice-to-have
Stoic joy: finding happiness beyond pleasure and material gain
The Daily Stoic
May 22, 2023
Motivation
8
Identity & self-belief
6
- Stoic joy is the absence of misery, not the presence of pleasure
- Six questions to ask before chasing money or ambition
- Service and purpose — not isolation — are the true sources of joy
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Find a way to use what life hands you
The Daily Stoic
May 18, 2023
Resilience & grit
9
Identity & self-belief
7
Management
5
- AI disruption is a stoic opportunity, not a threat to resist.
- Marcus Aurelius wrote Meditations as a grieving parent mid-pandemic.
- The four Cardinal Virtues are inseparable — courage needs wisdom to matter.
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Robert Greene on six stoic concepts for a more fulfilling life
The Daily Stoic
May 16, 2023
- Neglecting what you control while resisting what you can't is wasteful madness.
- Fear of death operates as hidden anxiety, making you risk-averse without knowing it.
- Judge people by behaviour patterns, not what they say about themselves.
Deep work & focus
Podcast
Protecting morning time and reading beyond your comfort zone
The Daily Stoic
May 11, 2023
Deep work & focus
9
Identity & self-belief
7
- Protecting your morning hour is how serious thinkers stay serious.
- Reading only what you agree with is a form of intellectual stagnation.
- Understand opposing views fully — arguing straw men makes you look foolish.
Deep work & focus
Podcast
Gretchen Rubin on awakening your senses to live more fully
The Daily Stoic
May 10, 2023
Deep work & focus
8
Productivity & habits
7
- Your brain suppresses familiar input — attention is the fix.
- Identify your neglected sense; that's where gains are easiest.
- Inconvenience is the most underrated tool for changing habits.
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Emotional regulation: the Stoic case for training over panic
The Daily Stoic
April 30, 2023
- NASA trained panic out of astronauts through repetition, not willpower
- Feeling an emotion is fine — conflating it with dealing with it is not
- Logic defeats extreme emotions by forcing questions down to root causes
Resilience & grit
Podcast
How stoicism and discipline helped actor Alexander Ludwig get sober
The Daily Stoic
April 29, 2023
Resilience & grit
9
Productivity & habits
8
Identity & self-belief
6
- Recovery is lifelong structure, not a destination—small daily practices prevent relapse
- Discipline redirects destructive energy into creative growth and building better habits
- Stoicism teaches you can't escape feelings by changing locations or circumstances
Productivity & habits
Podcast
How to build better habits by not wasting your gifts
The Daily Stoic
April 25, 2023
Productivity & habits
9
Deep work & focus
8
Resilience & grit
5
- Seneca and Wilde wasted their gifts by losing self-ownership.
- Reframe delays and setbacks as reps for practicing patience.
- Saying no to the inessential unlocks an emphatic yes to what matters.
Founder interviews
Podcast
Comedian Katherine Blandford on finding comedy in grief and stoic philosophy
The Daily Stoic
April 19, 2023
Founder interviews
10
Resilience & grit
7
Identity & self-belief
6
- Losing her mother at 22 launched her comedy career and her freedom.
- Laughter in the depths of despair is its own Stoic philosophy.
- Early success is harder than it looks — the real work stays invisible.
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Acta non verba: reading as action, and testing every impression
The Daily Stoic
April 10, 2023
Productivity & habits
8
Deep work & focus
6
- Claiming you want change without reading a single book is just words
- Reading is a first act of commitment, not a transformation
- Epictetus: treat every perception as counterfeit until tested and verified
Resilience & grit
Podcast
How failure, philosophy, and creative restraint shaped Philipp Meyer's fiction
The Daily Stoic
April 8, 2023
Resilience & grit
8
Identity & self-belief
6
- Two unpublished novels and 15 years of failure preceded Meyer's first book.
- Success and the 'scene' are more dangerous to creative work than obscurity.
- AI averages human output — original artistic judgment is what it cannot replace.