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Daily Stoic Sundays: The Daily Stoic, August 16 - How to Turn Your Trials Into Triumphs Aug 16, 2020

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On today's podcast, Ryan discusses today's reading from The Daily Stoic, about how to overcome your challenges through the Stoic mindset. We also present a discussion from Ryan about how to turn tragedy into triumph.
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Ask Daily Stoic: Ryan and Donald Robertson On the Brilliance and Insights of Marcus Aurelius Aug 15, 2020

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On today’s Daily Stoic Podcast, Ryan and author and therapist Donald Robertson talk about the history behind Stoicism, including how the historical record treats catastrophes like the Antonine Plague and the Spanish influenza pandemic, what Marcus was feeling as he suffered through multiple tragedies while writing his Meditations, and more.

Donald Robertson is a cognitive behavioral therapist and writer who is an expert on applying and practicing Stoicism in a therapeutic setting. He has written How to Think Like a Roman Emperor, one of the best and most popular biographies of Marcus Aurelius in recent years.

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Start Each Day With This Habit Aug 14, 2020

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"Marcus Aurelius said we should get up early. But what should we do then? Seneca agreed, saying that it was important to start the day at a good hour, but what mattered was what you did next. A good start, according to the Stoics, was something that would 'shake the laziness out of [your] system.'"
Find out the habit that's a perfect start to any day, in today's Daily Stoic Podcast.
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This Will Come and Go Aug 13, 2020

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"It seems terrible now. It does, of course. How could it not? Each day the number of new reported cases comes in. Each day the reports of overloaded hospitals increase. The markets continue to stumble—no, fall headfirst—into a major recession.
You’re not working. You are afraid. But this is partly because you are right in the thick of it—you are looking at it up close. If we can zoom out, just a tad, we get some perspective. We are reminded that this too shall pass, that we will survive."
Ryan describes our options for coping with life during a pandemic in today's Daily Stoic Podcast.
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This Is Not a Drill Aug 12, 2020

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"Many of us can be forgiven for having thought that this life thing was pretty easy. The last few decades have been pretty good to us. Booming economies. Great technology. Our wars have had limited impact on our populace and our recessions have been short.
We were living, as one academic said after the fall of communism, after the end of history. All those tragic, bleak moments of the past…were past us."
Ryan describes how to break out of that mindset to see the reality of what's happening in today's Daily Stoic Podcast.
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Ask Daily Stoic: Ryan and Author Rich Cohen On How to Succeed When Everyone’s Against You Aug 12, 2020

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On today’s Daily Stoic Podcast, Ryan and author Rich Cohen talk about the ever-changing lens through which we judge historical figures, how the subjects of several of Cohen’s books reached success in the face of seemingly-insurmountable opposition, and more.

Rich Cohen is a best-selling author and editor. His books range in subject matter from Jewish gangsters, the Rolling Stones, and the formation of the original banana republics to the NFL’s Chicago Bears and the artificial sweetener Sweet’n Low. Cohen’s writing has appeared in places like The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and Harper’s Magazine. He has also worked in television on such shows as Showtime’s Magic City and HBO’s Vinyl.

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This Is How It Will Feel Aug 11, 2020

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"Zeno dreamed of following in his father’s footsteps, into the family business. Panaetius did the same, becoming a famous diplomat, just as he was expected to. Cicero strove, as few have ever striven, to cast aside his family’s humble origins and reach the heights of power. Seneca wanted to become the greatest writer of his age.
How do you think it felt for these Stoics to achieve what they had worked so long and hard for? To get everything they ever wanted?"
Ryan describes the chase for accolades and its ultimate hollowness in today's Daily Stoic Podcast.
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You Must Run War Games Aug 10, 2020

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"In Rome, as today, things went wrong all the time. Wars broke out. Earthquakes struck. Pandemics infected populations. In Rome, as in our time, people were constantly caught off guard by these things."
Learn the exercise that the Stoics performed to prepare for disaster in today's Daily Stoic Podcast.
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Daily Stoic Sundays: The Daily Stoic, August 9 Aug 09, 2020

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In today's episode, Ryan describes the new leather-bound edition of The Daily Stoicand reads today's entry.
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