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
Two plagues: protecting your character in a crisis
The Daily Stoic
March 24, 2023
Resilience & grit
10
Identity & self-belief
8
Crisis leadership
6
- Every crisis spreads two plagues: one kills bodies, one kills character.
- Personal experience — pandemic, parenthood — unlocks philosophy's deeper meaning.
- Small acts within your control can ripple far beyond your own sphere.
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Stoic acceptance, Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, and output quality
The Daily Stoic
March 23, 2023
Resilience & grit
8
Deep work & focus
7
- Modern comfort makes Stoic acceptance harder — and more necessary.
- Marcus Aurelius chose Commodus after losing six sons to early death.
- Assign your best hours to your best work, not to everything equally.
Work-life balance
Podcast
Living urgently: Bozoma Saint John on memento mori and the urgent life
The Daily Stoic
March 15, 2023
Work-life balance
8
Resilience & grit
7
- Urgency means intention, not speed — do your things now.
- Her husband's terminal diagnosis dissolved the grievances that ended their marriage.
- Grief is looking backwards; carry it forward as celebration, not mourning.
Resilience & grit
Podcast
How Carli Lloyd turned a career crisis into elite discipline
The Daily Stoic
March 11, 2023
Resilience & grit
10
Identity & self-belief
9
Productivity & habits
8
- Getting cut at 21 exposed the gap between talent and professionalism.
- Obsession and daily discipline outlast raw ability at the elite level.
- Knowing when enough is enough takes more courage than pushing on.
Resilience & grit
Podcast
60 Stoic lessons: core principles for a better life
The Daily Stoic
February 21, 2023
Resilience & grit
10
Productivity & habits
9
Identity & self-belief
8
- Your anxiety is self-generated — no external event causes it
- Enough is never enough for those who treat enough as too little
- The best revenge against difficult people: simply don't be like them
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Turning everyday stress into strength: Dr. Samantha Boardman on vitality
The Daily Stoic
February 11, 2023
Resilience & grit
9
Productivity & habits
7
Identity & self-belief
6
- Daily grind drains more than crises — little-r resilience is what's missing.
- Insight without behaviour change accomplishes nothing; act opposite your impulses.
- Deliberate delight-hunting and hobbies build the vitality that therapy alone can't.
Resilience & grit
Podcast
What Stoicism can teach us about mental health
The Daily Stoic
February 7, 2023
Resilience & grit
9
Productivity & habits
6
Identity & self-belief
5
- Stoics felt emotions — resilience is what you do next
- Happiness is a byproduct of virtue, not something to chase
- Small daily choices and presence build lasting mental strength
Founder interviews
Podcast
Building confidence, quitting wisely, and mental strength through adversity
The Daily Stoic
February 1, 2023
Founder interviews
9
Resilience & grit
8
Identity & self-belief
7
- Confidence is evidence, not belief — build a mental bank account deliberately.
- Quitting a hand isn't quitting the game — mental accounting traps us in losing positions.
- Mental strength is the absence of bad habits, not the presence of good ones.
Deep work & focus
Podcast
Holding history's tension while focusing on the present
The Daily Stoic
January 30, 2023
Deep work & focus
9
Resilience & grit
6
- Unprecedented events are common — yet history still rhymes.
- Anxiety spirals when you project; presence is where progress happens.
- Marcus Aurelius survived plague and war by mastering one task at a time.
Seneca's definition of greatness: not wasting time
The Daily Stoic
January 27, 2023
Time management
8
Identity & self-belief
6
- Seneca's measure of greatness: control over your time, not wealth or fame
- Say no by default — constraints produce more than an open calendar
- Happiness comes from contentment, not accomplishment; practice it daily
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Come back to the rhythm: a Stoic mantra for broken habits
The Daily Stoic
January 24, 2023
Resilience & grit
10
Productivity & habits
8
- Marcus Aurelius backslid on habits — the Stoic move is just to return.
- Tattooing mantras makes philosophy impossible to ignore or forget.
- Every obstacle is a chance to practice courage, wisdom, or temperance.
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Power, restraint, and the daily practice of getting better
The Daily Stoic
January 23, 2023
Productivity & habits
9
Identity & self-belief
6
- Most people never examine the power they hold over others
- Seneca's daily review: put each day up for honest reflection
- Small daily improvements compound into a fundamentally different life
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
Seven stoic keys to happiness and healthy boundaries
The Daily Stoic
January 17, 2023
Identity & self-belief
9
Deep work & focus
5
- Happiness emerges from virtue and inner discipline, not external achievement or approval
- Healthy boundaries protect your identity and enable the inner work that leads to flourishing
- Contentment with what you have—enough—is the foundation of Stoic wellbeing
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
Don't disgrace yourself: Stoic integrity and self-accountability
The Daily Stoic
January 13, 2023
- Seneca and Bacon wasted brilliant lives by compromising for ambition.
- Hold yourself to the strictest standard; extend tolerance to everyone else.
- Reading only what confirms your views stops you examining your own assumptions.
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Don't join the mob: Stoic principles on political violence and daily habits
The Daily Stoic
January 6, 2023
Productivity & habits
9
Deep work & focus
7
- Political mobs have destroyed republics since ancient Rome — history repeats.
- Stoics held that separating yourself from the mob is philosophy's core purpose.
- Your daily habits — not willpower — determine the quality of your output.