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We Have To Try Harder To Get There Jun 16, 2020

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"It’s not that our ancestors didn’t know what was right, it was that they had trouble fully getting there.

In the opening pages of Meditations, Marcus Aurelius describes how the early Stoics like Thrasea, Helvidius, and Cato inspired him to believe in a 'society of equal laws, governed by equality of status and of speech, and of rules who respect the liberty of their subjects above all else.'

Nothing is more important or just than that, Marcus believed. And yet he ruled a Rome that could not have been further from it in many ways."
Find out more about how we need to work to live up to the promises of our forebears in today's Daily Stoic Podcast.
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Are You Holding Your Shield? Jun 15, 2020

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"The world has asked a lot of us over the last few months." Ryan describes the sacrifices we've all had to make and why they were so necessary on today's Daily Stoic Podcast.
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Daily Stoic Sundays: It’s Always the Time to Act Bravely Jun 14, 2020

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In today’s episode, Ryan reads an excerpt from Stillness Is the Key, describing the importance of actually taking action and living the way that your philosophy would direct you to act.

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Ask Daily Stoic: Ryan and UT Basketball Coach Shaka Smart Talk Self-Control and Using Your Time Wisely Jun 13, 2020

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In today’s episode, Ryan and University of Texas basketball coach Shaka Smart talk about focusing on what you can control, how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected college basketball, and more.

Coach Shaka Smart has been involved with college basketball since 1995 and has been a head coach since 2009. In 2011, he led the VCU Rams to a historic Final Four finish at the NCAA Tournament. Since then, he has become the head coach at UT Austin.

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This Is the Most Powerful Force on Earth Jun 12, 2020

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Over and over again, the Stoics remind us how weak we are compared to the force of nature and the whims of nature. Why get angry at the world, Marcus asks—quoting Euripedes—as if the world would notice? Seneca pokes fun at Claudius and his absurd delusion to immortalize himself. His impotent declaration of war against the sea and command to his soldiers to attack the waves with their swords.

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This Is Why You Have to Slow Down Jun 11, 2020

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"There’s no question that we are facing a number of pressing issues as a planet: Public health dangers. Homelessness. The rise of authoritarian China. Police brutality. Failures of the regulatory state.

It’s an interesting question: Are these crises suddenly coming to a head now? Or is it that we’re just finally noticing them?"
Ryan describes the importance of slowing down, so that we don't miss all these trends, in today's Daily Stoic Podcast.
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No One Can MAKE You Upset Jun 10, 2020

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"These are strange times. We all have entrenched political beliefs, for which the stakes seem dreadfully high. There are trolls everywhere. There are stupid people everywhere. Both the trolls and the ignorant seem to revel in saying things designed to piss us off. And if that weren’t enough, most of us are spending extended and unprecedented amounts of time trapped inside with people whom we may love but still have the ability to make us upset."
Learn how to control your feelings of upset and unease in today's Daily Stoic Podcast.

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Ask Daily Stoic: Ryan and Author Tom Mueller Talk Whistleblowers, Courage, and Doing the Right Thing Jun 10, 2020

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In today’s episode, Ryan and bestselling author Tom Mueller talk about the history of whistleblowers, the crisis of courage in the world right now, how Stoicism helps us cultivate our conscience so we can do the right thing and why societies punish people who do.

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This Is the Hardest Thing Jun 09, 2020

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"So much is happening.
At home. Abroad. On the news. At work.
You have the things you need to do. And the emails that keep pouring in. You have the distractions that your own head creates. You have the criticisms and actions of the mob outside. There are a million different options, different opinions, different orders that things can be done."
What should you do in moments like these? Find out on today's Daily Stoic Podcast.
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