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Redesign Your Life With This | Ryan Holiday Live in Sydney, Australia Feb 09, 2025

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Join Ryan Holiday for an in-depth dive into Stoic wisdom, delivered to a packed audience at Sydney Town Hall in Australia.

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Steve Magness on Winning The Inside Game Feb 08, 2025

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In his work as a performance expert, Steve Magness has discovered that to truly reach the highest level in any field, it’s the mental game that matters most. Steve joins Ryan today to discuss intrinsic motivation, the difference between confidence and ego, and the psychological impact of performance expectations.

Steve Magness is a world-renowned expert on performance and author of Win the Inside Game: How to Move from Surviving to Thriving, and Free Yourself Up to Perform. His writing has appeared in Forbes, Sports Illustrated, Men’s Health, and a variety of other outlets. Steve’s expertise on elite sport and performance has been featured in The New Yorker, Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and ESPN The Magazine.

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Two Words To Lead And Live By | How To Be A Man (Lessons From The Stoics) Feb 07, 2025

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The most important thing displayed in Andy Reid’s his office is not a trophy. Instead, it’s a simple 3x5 index card—now decades old—with a remarkable subdued message: “Don’t judge.”

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👉 If you liked this episode, check these videos out on the Daily Stoic YouTube Channel: 11 Stoic Principles Every Athlete Needs To Win and 6 Hits of Stoic Motivation (Sports and Philosophy).

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You Make This For Yourself | Ask Daily Stoic Feb 06, 2025

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Perhaps you feel a bit like Marcus Aurelius did when he wrote in Meditations, “I was once a fortunate man but at some point fortune abandoned me.”

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What Did You Think You Would See? Feb 05, 2025

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The reason it makes you upset is because you expect it to be otherwise. Because you let it surprise you. Because you take it personally.

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Alexi Pappas on Ditching Goals and Her Strategy For Maximizing Mentorship Feb 05, 2025

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It’s easy to assume an Olympian would be all about external achievements, but Alexi Pappas has redefined what success means to her by letting go of goals altogether. Alexi joins Ryan to talk about falling in love with the process vs. achieving a goal, simplifying life’s decisions, and how losing her mom led her to seek mentorship everywhere.

Alexi Pappas is an Olympic athlete, filmmaker, author of Bravey, and podcast host of Mentor Buffet. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, Sports Illustrated, and The Atlantic, and she’s been featured in outlets like Rolling Stone and New York Magazine. Alexi co-wrote, co-directed, and starred in Tracktown and starred in Olympic Dreams with Nick Kroll. She holds the Greek national record in the 10,000 meters and competed in the 2016 Olympics.

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We Are Better For This | On Being Invincible Feb 04, 2025

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We’d prefer to be less hemmed in, to have more freedom, to have fewer rules. But we are made better for the constraints of life.

Today's entry in The Daily Stoic: On Being Invincible

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Don’t Let It Turn You Upside Down | Suspend Your Opinions Feb 03, 2025

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We have to remind ourselves, as Marcus Aurelius did, that no matter what other people do (or what other people get away with), our job is to be good.

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Grow A Coaching Tree Feb 02, 2025

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By supporting, encouraging, and influencing others, our efforts can live on. What matters is that we are the candle that lights another, which in turn lights another.

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Matthew McConaughey LIVE at The Painted Porch Feb 01, 2025

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How does Matthew McConaughey deal with difficult people? What’s his approach to dealing with life’s red lights? And what advice does he offer to someone considering a major career change? In a live conversation at The Painted Porch, McConaughey answers these questions and more, while also clearing up some confusion on his viral tuna salad recipe.

Matthew McConaughey has starred in Interstellar, A Time to Kill, The Wolf of Wall Street, Dallas Buyers Club, and more. McConaughey also works as a producer and spokesperson, and is the bestselling author of Greenlights. He also founded and runs the Just Keep Livin Foundation to help kids lead active and healthy lifestyles.

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🎥 Watch Matthew McConaughey’s previous interviews on The Daily Stoic:

Matthew McConaughey and Ryan Holiday on Stoicism and the Power of Doing Less

Matthew McConaughey On The Art Of Livin’

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