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Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop, Should Stop Jun 24, 2020

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"If you’ve ever made it to the end of Homer’s Odyssey, you might have noticed a rather strange part of the ending. It’s a part that’s talked about a lot less than the rest of the poem, possibly because it makes so little sense. You see, despite spending every waking second for ten years fighting to get home, despite overcoming nearly insurmountable obstacles on his way, despite all the carnage of the final battle to reclaim his kingdom, Odysseus does something almost inconceivable the second he possesses what he longed for…"
Find out what that is, and how you can avoid doing the same thing, in today's Daily Stoic Podcast.
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Ask Daily Stoic: Ryan and Lauryn and Michael Bosstick (The Skinny Confidential) Talk Stoic Morning Routines and How to Manage Your Life in Quarantine Jun 24, 2020

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In today’s episode, Ryan speaks with Lauryn and Michael Bosstick of The Skinny Confidential, They talk about how they start their days off strong with their morning routines, the value of their time and how they protect it, and how they have changed their lives to not only survive but thrive during the global quarantine.

Lauryn and Michael Bosstick are the producers of The Skinny Confidential, the lifestyle brand that delivers blogging, podcasts, workout and meal plans and more to its followers. Lauryn and Michael have used the teachings of Stoicism to help fuel their success as they reach out to a global audience of millions of fans.
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This Is Your Fight Jun 23, 2020

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"It’s tempting to tell yourself that we don’t have a problem. That you don’t have to get involved. This doesn’t affect your community. It’s not actually that big of a deal.
Look at these numbers instead, a commenter whispers. But what about this other case or that one, they say. I’m not an activist, you think. I don’t want to step on anyone’s toes, I don’t want to make things political. Someone else can probably do a better job.
These are lies. All of them."
Ryan describes how the fight for justice in our society is everyone's fight, in today's Daily Stoic Podcast.
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Life is Overwhelming. Or Is It? Jun 22, 2020

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"It’s incredible to think of what has occurred in the last twenty years. The tech bubble. 9/11. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Great Recession. The Syrian Civil War. The Arab Spring. And now the COVID-19 Pandemic, and unprecedented protests and clashes between authorities and civilians. Even the last few months, as people have come to joke, feel like years all by themselves. Impeachment. The primaries. Pandemic. Police. It’s too much. Overwhelming, yeah? Or is it just… life?"
Ryan talks about the chaos inherent in life and how we all can deal with it on today's Daily Stoic Podcast.
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Daily Stoic Sundays: This Is Your Most Important Job Jun 21, 2020

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“How do we emulate the great parents of history? How do we work on improving ourselves at this essential job? The one for which we are given next to no training, for which many of us had less than ideal models for in our own childhood?”

Ryan talks about the importance of preparation for the role of a parent—and discusses a great way you can make yourself ready for this critical job.

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Ask Daily Stoic: Ryan and Brett McKay Talk Parenting, Living Through History, and Modern Manliness Jun 20, 2020

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In today’s episode, Ryan and Brett McKay, founder of The Art of Manliness (https://www.artofmanliness.com/), talk about being a parent in the age of COVID-19, the changing definition of manliness, and more.

Brett McKay is founder and editor-in-chief of The Art of Manliness, the massive men’s lifestyle website with over 10 million monthly page views. For over six years, Brett has published articles about how to be a strong, conscious, thoughtful man in the modern age. Brett lives in Oklahoma with his wife and children.

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You Need Less Philosophy Jun 19, 2020

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"All this reading, all these quotes. This love of learning, our fascination with books.

No one is saying it’s a bad thing. Because it isn’t.

Still, it’s worth using, from time to time, a quip from Steven Pressfield’s Gates of Fire on yourself."
Learn about that quip in today's Daily Stoic Podcast.
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You Must Avoid This Weakness Jun 18, 2020

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"We’d like to think that our mind is our friend, but of course it isn’t. The Stoics knew this. The mind wants to jump to conclusions. The mind wants us to get worked up. The mind wants not to be challenged, not to have to admit it was wrong. That’s why they worked so hard to question their assumptions, to build strategies for questioning their own thinking and not being at the mercy of it."
Ryan describes the weakness that you must not fall prey to, in today's Daily Stoic Podcast.
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The One Purchase That Pays You Back Jun 17, 2020

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"Is a Stoic stingy and frugal about everything? Some take it that way, but that’s probably the incorrect view. Instead, a Stoic should think both about eliminating needless expenses as well as spending liberally on the things that matter."
Ryan discusses the one thing that a Stoic can always justify spending money on, on today's Daily Stoic Podcast.
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