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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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Productivity & habits
Podcast
Four strategies for achieving calm in turbulent times
The Daily Stoic
July 11, 2021
Productivity & habits
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Deep work & focus
8
Relationships & family
6
- Real-time news is designed to keep you watching, not informed.
- A trusted close relationship is your most underrated source of stability.
- Win the morning phone-free — tackle your most important work first.
Deep work & focus
Podcast
Seven stoic productivity strategies for focused, deep work
The Daily Stoic
June 27, 2021
Deep work & focus
10
Productivity & habits
9
- Why your morning phone habit is destroying your best work hours
- Perfectionism is paralysis — small daily wins beat chasing results
- Saying no is a skill: every yes costs capacity on what matters most
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Ten pieces of life-changing wisdom from the Stoics
The Daily Stoic
June 13, 2021
Resilience & grit
9
Productivity & habits
6
- External events can never ruin your character — only your choices can.
- Memento mori and amor fati: two mantras that reframe any situation.
- Epictetus: you cannot learn what you already think you know.
Founder interviews
Podcast
A.J. Daulerio on rebuilding after public collapse through stoicism and recovery
The Daily Stoic
June 9, 2021
Founder interviews
9
Resilience & grit
8
Productivity & habits
6
- Three months sober when a $200M lawsuit hit simultaneously
- Stockdale and Epictetus reframed victimhood as a choice he could refuse
- Daily routine — fear journal, gratitude list, service — as the actual defence system
Deep work & focus
Podcast
Eight Stoic strategies to spend less time on your phone
The Daily Stoic
May 16, 2021
Deep work & focus
9
Productivity & habits
8
Identity & self-belief
6
- Seneca warned against slavery — your phone qualifies
- Phone-free mornings and evenings add 10+ hours daily
- Remove social apps from your phone; limit inboxes to three
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
Ryan Holiday on writing a children's book about Marcus Aurelius
The Daily Stoic
May 9, 2021
Identity & self-belief
7
Relationships & family
6
- Why Marcus Aurelius — chosen, not born — is the stoic exception to absolute power
- Stoic aphorisms planted early resurface when life actually demands them
- Self-publishing gave Holiday total creative control, and it shows
Founder interviews
Podcast
Admiral Stavridis on Character, Courage, and Leadership Lessons from Naval History
The Daily Stoic
April 17, 2021
Founder interviews
10
Communication
7
Resilience & grit
6
- Character is built, not born — but largely set by your late twenties.
- Stockdale's defiance came from selflessness, not superhuman individual toughness.
- Moral courage — risking reputation and career — is rarer than physical bravery.
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Arthur Brooks and Ryan Holiday on Stoicism, Epicureanism, and the good life
The Daily Stoic
April 7, 2021
Resilience & grit
9
Relationships & family
8
Mental health & wellbeing
7
- Stoic discipline is a joy — doing it to feel superior is the mistake.
- Money, power, fame crowd out the only four things that actually matter.
- Two intelligence curves: why your 50s can be your most creative decade.
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
Socrates, wisdom, and the philosophy of everyday life
The Daily Stoic
March 27, 2021
Identity & self-belief
7
Relationships & family
6
Resilience & grit
5
- Socrates is misread as ironic — the dialogues are genuinely life-threatening stakes
- Why brilliant students (Alcibiades, Nero) turned out worst despite great teachers
- Raising philosophical kids starts with whether you're curious yourself
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Seven journaling strategies from Marcus Aurelius
The Daily Stoic
March 21, 2021
Resilience & grit
7
Mental health & wellbeing
6
- Marcus journaled for himself — never for an audience or publication.
- Repetition builds the muscle memory that turns philosophy into action.
- Evening review, not just morning prep, drives measurable performance gains.
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
Always consider unintended consequences and others' perspectives
The Daily Stoic
March 15, 2021
Identity & self-belief
9
Communication
7
Long-term planning
6
- Good intentions alone cause blowback — Caesar's killers created an emperor
- Kennedy avoided nuclear war by thinking several escalation steps ahead
- Strategic empathy makes you more effective, not just more compassionate
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
Intellectual humility: how to know what you don't know
The Daily Stoic
February 24, 2021
Identity & self-belief
9
Pivoting
6
Deep work & focus
5
- Partial knowledge breeds overconfidence more than ignorance ever does
- Treating beliefs as hypotheses — not identity — is what rethinking requires
- Backup plans and procrastination signal smart risk management, not weak commitment
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
Amelia Boone on excellence, endurance, and the cost of discipline
The Daily Stoic
February 10, 2021
Identity & self-belief
9
Deep work & focus
8
Time management
7
- The same drive behind elite performance can quietly fuel self-destruction.
- Why holding two careers made Boone better at both, not worse.
- Asking for help strengthens relationships — suppressing emotion compounds the cost.
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Five stoic moments from history that embody the four virtues
The Daily Stoic
December 20, 2020
Resilience & grit
9
Identity & self-belief
8
Case studies
6
- Steve Scott stopped Tiger Woods from losing by cheating himself of a win
- Epictetus had his leg broken by his master and responded without a sound
- Degradation only lands if you consent to it — Douglass refused
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Seven stoic lessons for navigating crisis and uncertainty
The Daily Stoic
November 29, 2020
Resilience & grit
9
Identity & self-belief
6
- Why Epictetus's life as a slave perfected the dichotomy of control
- Cato's rigid principles accidentally accelerated Rome's collapse
- Memento mori isn't morbid — it sharpens focus on what's in front of you