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
Eight Stoic don'ts for living a better, more focused life
The Daily Stoic
June 5, 2022
Resilience & grit
9
Identity & self-belief
8
Deep work & focus
6
- Why checking your phone first thing hands your day to others
- The Stoic case for never seeking revenge — on anyone
- Your internal scorecard beats any external opinion or approval
Founder interviews
Podcast
12 lessons from 12 months owning an independent bookstore
The Daily Stoic
May 29, 2022
Founder interviews
10
Niche selection
8
Resilience & grit
6
- Define success before you start — money is fuel, not the goal.
- Aim to be the only, not the first: radical curation beats competition.
- Earned confidence only comes from doing the hard thing anyway.
Founder interviews
Podcast
Admiral Stavridis on risk, decision-making, and moral courage
The Daily Stoic
May 25, 2022
Founder interviews
9
Communication
7
Resilience & grit
6
- Doing the right thing can still end your career — and that's the point.
- Zelensky vs. Ghani: one choice changed whether a country survived.
- Preparation happens before the crisis — know your values now, not then.
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Stoic philosophy on enduring life and building daily practice
The Daily Stoic
May 19, 2022
Resilience & grit
9
Productivity & habits
7
Identity & self-belief
6
- Why Marcus Aurelius stayed — and why you should too.
- Preparation has an expiration date; entropy erodes untrained beliefs.
- Know your true north before crisis hits, not during.
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Eight lessons from Epictetus on living a Stoic life
The Daily Stoic
May 15, 2022
Resilience & grit
9
Identity & self-belief
6
- Most suffering comes from focusing on what you cannot control.
- Gut instinct is only trustworthy after real training and study.
- Every situation has two handles — choose the one that makes you stronger.
Resilience & grit
Podcast
AJ Jacobs on Puzzles, Curiosity, and the Meaning of Life
The Daily Stoic
May 14, 2022
Resilience & grit
8
Motivation
7
Mental health & wellbeing
5
- The puzzle mindset builds epistemic humility and probabilistic thinking.
- A mechanical puzzle needing decillion moves reframes mortality and legacy.
- Life asks us the question — our actions are the answer.
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
A leader must be a reader: treat yourself as the project
The Daily Stoic
May 5, 2022
Identity & self-belief
9
Productivity & habits
7
- Reading is the only way to borrow experience before you need it.
- Kennedy, Churchill, Marcus Aurelius — all shaped by what they read.
- Your mind is your primary asset; investing in it is the job.
Resilience & grit
Podcast
25 essential rules for life from the Stoics
The Daily Stoic
May 1, 2022
- Every situation has two handles — always grab the empowering one.
- 25 Stoic principles condensed from Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, Seneca.
- Control your response, cut the inessential, never stop learning.
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Ten timeless meditations from Stoic philosophy
The Daily Stoic
April 17, 2022
Resilience & grit
9
Identity & self-belief
8
Mental health & wellbeing
6
- Nothing outside you can break your freedom of choice
- Invincibility means caring only about what is up to you
- Injustice includes standing by while wrong happens
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Eight Stoic daily habits that build a better life
The Daily Stoic
April 10, 2022
Productivity & habits
9
Resilience & grit
7
Relationships & family
5
- Excellence is an operating system built from repeatable daily habits.
- Memento mori neutralizes both arrogance in success and suffering in failure.
- Endurance sports teach you to distinguish real limits from the mind's lies.
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Seven life-changing Stoic practices for daily use
The Daily Stoic
April 3, 2022
Resilience & grit
10
Identity & self-belief
8
- Virtue alone is the highest good — not fame, wealth, or success
- Love of fate turns every obstacle into fuel, never a block
- Meditating on death is the Stoic path to daily gratitude
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
Five stoic insights drawn from remarkable women
The Daily Stoic
March 27, 2022
- Why being called 'passionate' is a stoic red flag
- Florence Nightingale waited 16 years to answer her calling
- Portia Cato proved trustworthiness by enduring self-inflicted pain alone
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Seven journaling strategies from Marcus Aurelius and the Stoics
The Daily Stoic
March 20, 2022
Productivity & habits
9
Resilience & grit
7
Identity & self-belief
5
- Marcus Aurelius journaled as spiritual combat, not self-expression
- Evening review alone produces a 25% measurable performance increase
- Repetition is the point — drilling ideas into muscle memory, not variety
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Nine Stoic rules for a better life from Marcus Aurelius
The Daily Stoic
March 13, 2022
Resilience & grit
9
Productivity & habits
6
- Anxiety is internal — removing stress won't remove it.
- Obstacles from others are live tests of the virtues you claim to hold.
- Amor fati, memento mori, and acts for the common good distilled.
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Eight Stoic practices to make courage a daily habit
The Daily Stoic
March 6, 2022
- Cowardice is always a choice — and always dangerous
- JFK won an election with a few seconds of moral courage
- Courage is the foundational Stoic virtue; all others depend on it