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You Must Challenge Yourself Aug 25, 2020

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"After returning from particularly notable campaigns, the commanders of Roman legions would distribute small coins to their men as rewards for their service and mementos of their time in those campaigns. These coins were the originators of a now-ancient tradition—the challenge coin—that continues all these centuries later, with generals like Washington, Grant, and Mattis handing out small, specially designed coins to their men the same way generals like Fabius and Scipio did."
Ryan discusses the history of challenge coins and their deeper meaning on today's Daily Stoic Podcast.
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You Should Know This Before You Get Angry Aug 24, 2020

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"People will piss you off in this life. That’s a given. You’ll get cut off on the highway. You’ll be spoken to rudely. You’ll get blown off. Someone will drop the ball. Someone’s screaming baby will keep you up all night on a plane.
But before you get upset, you should stop yourself. Because maybe there’s something you don’t quite know about the situation."
Ryan gives an example of the wisdom behind this advice in today's Daily Stoic Podcast.
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Daily Stoic Sundays: 5 Life Changing Quotes from Marcus Aurelius Aug 23, 2020

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On today's Daily Stoic Sunday episode, Ryan goes over five of Marcus Aurelius' best quotes and describes how you can live up to his words.
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Ask Daily Stoic: Ryan and Robert Greene Discuss the Laws of Human Nature Aug 22, 2020

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Today's episode features a 2018 interview in which Ryan talks with author and strategist Robert Greene. They discuss the core message of Robert’s latest book (The Laws of Human Nature), the research process that he uses to put together his books, and more.

Robert Greene is a bestselling author and strategist. Across his six books he has combined intense research with powerful stories from history and myth to uncover the key motivations behind human behavior and strategy.

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We Have to Be Smart Aug 21, 2020

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"Dr. William Osler was a giant of the medical field in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was also a fan of the Stoics. He was a deep reader who advised his students to read Shakespeare before bed to clear and refresh their minds. He was one of the founding members of Johns Hopkins University and impacted millions of lives through his research.
It was an incredible career that eventually ended, as Marcus Aurelius said of all doctors, on the same humble deathbed that Osler had spent tirelessly working around his whole life."
Find out the lesson that Dr. Osler's life and death has for all of us on today's Daily Stoic Podcast.
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You Must Burn the White Flag Aug 20, 2020

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"The odds are looking bad. They are asking you to compromise. They want you to betray what you believe in. It would be so easy to take your buyout and leave the mess to the people who come after you. Concede. Roll over. Give up. Beg to be spared.
Ha! The Stoic says no."
Find out what a Stoic does instead on today's Daily Stoic Podcast.
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Ask Daily Stoic: Ryan and Angel Parham On Why Studying the Classics Is So Important Aug 19, 2020

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On today’s Daily Stoic Podcast, Ryan and Angel Parham of Loyola University New Orleans talk about the classics: how she first fell in love with them, the importance of classics in education, and what resources are available to bring them into your and your family’s lives.

Angel Parham is a professor at Loyola University New Orleans. She has studied the classics in college and beyond, and is now an advocate of classics-based education. Dr. Parham currently uses a classics-based curriculum to homeschool her children and give them a solid foundation in the values that the classics convey.
Check out Nyansa Classical Community, an organization created by Dr. Parham to bring classical education to underprivileged children in New Orleans: https://nyansaclassicalcommunity.org/

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Why We Admire Socrates Aug 19, 2020

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"Socrates was smart. He was clever and funny. He was, as we can tell from just two of his students, Xenophon and Plato, clearly a great teacher.
But is that the only reason we admire him? Because of his contributions to philosophy?"
Ryan explains the main reason we admire Socrates, and describes how we can emulate his example, in today's Daily Stoic Podcast.
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No One Can Trigger You Aug 18, 2020

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"There are things that just set you off. There are things that happened to you that you prefer not to think about. There are the things you asked repeatedly for someone to stop. There are the things that decent people are not supposed to do and say.
And yet they happen anyway.
So you get upset. You get triggered."
Find out how you can avoid being triggered on today's Daily Stoic Podcast.
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