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What Would You Do Less Of? | What Expensive Things Cost Mar 07, 2022

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Ryan explains why the practice of Memento Mori is so important, and reads this week’s meditation from The Daily Stoic Journal.

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8 Ways To Make Courage A Habit (From The Stoics) Mar 06, 2022

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The world wants to know what category to put you in, which is why it will occasionally send difficult situations your way. Think of these not as inconveniences or even tragedies but as opportunities, as questions to answers. "Am I brave? Am I going to face this problem or run away from it? Will I stand up or be rolled over?"

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Let your actions etch a response into the record—and let them remind you of why courage is the most important thing.

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Andrew Sullivan on The Classics, Independence, and the Human Experience Mar 05, 2022

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Ryan talks to Andrew Sullivan about his new book “Out on a Limb: Selected Writing, 1989-2021,'' the common culture that we find through ancient and classic texts, the fine line between truth and being out of touch with reality, and more.

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How To Make Better Decisions in Life Mar 04, 2022

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Ryan talks about a simple tip that could improve your life.

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Beware the Freight Train Coming Your Way | (Dis)integration Mar 03, 2022

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Ryan talks about why you need to be prepared for what is to come, about how everything we do for others comes back to us, and reads The Daily Stoic’s entry of the day.

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Kathryn Schulz on Misinformation and Coping with Grief | The Strong Do What They Can but the Weak Must… Mar 02, 2022

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Ryan reads today’s daily meditation and talks to Kathryn Schulz about her new book Lost & Found: A Memoir, the perpetual disconnect between reality and rhetoric, the importance of confronting darkness and dealing with grief, and more.

Kathryn Schulz is a staff writer at The New Yorker and the author of Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error. She won a National Magazine Award and a Pulitzer Prize in 2015 for “The Really Big One,” an article about seismic risk in the Pacific Northwest. Her most recent book is Lost & Found, a memoir that grew out of “Losing Streak,” which was originally published in The New Yorker and later anthologized in The Best American Essays. Her other essays and reporting have appeared in The Best American Science and Nature Writing, The Best American Travel Writing, and The Best American Food Writing. A native of Ohio, she lives with her family on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

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Legacy is Not For You...But This Is Mar 01, 2022

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Ryan talks about what legacy actually means.

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Stillness Helps You Win | Cultivate Indifference Feb 28, 2022

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Ryan talks about the way that Stoics view the tough moments in life, and reads this week’s meditation from The Daily Stoic Journal.

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Seneca's 8 Tips For Mastering Yourself Feb 27, 2022

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Seneca was a power broker, a playwright, and a Stoic philosopher. These 8 lessons will teach you to become a better master of yourself, just like Seneca was striving to do.

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NFL Trainer Tareq Azim on Living Intentionally, Redefining Success, and Memento Mori Feb 26, 2022

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Ryan talks to NFL trainer and author Tareq Azim about his new book Empower: Conquering the Disease of Fear, why intention is a better indicator of long term growth than specific goals, the distinction between ego and confidence, the power of meditating on death, and more.

Tareq Azim is a seven-time World Championship attending coach in combat sports, a former Division I linebacker at Fresno State, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, an author, and a philanthropist. He also created the first Afghan Women’s Boxing Federation in 2004. Tareq’s mission is to normalize conversations about mental health, and this has driven his career and success throughout his life.

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