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The Daily Stoic

Written by: Ryan Holiday,Stephen Hanselman
Narrated by: Brian Holsopple
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Publisher's Summary

From the team that brought you The Obstacle Is the Way and Ego Is the Enemy, a beautiful daily devotional of Stoic meditations.

Why have history's greatest minds - from George Washington to Frederick the Great to Ralph Waldo Emerson along with today's top performers, from Super Bowl-winning football coaches to CEOs and celebrities - embraced the wisdom of the ancient Stoics? Because they realize that the most valuable wisdom is timeless and that philosophy is for living a better life, not a classroom exercise.

The Daily Stoic offers a daily devotional of Stoic insights and exercises, featuring all-new translations from Emperor Marcus Aurelius, playwright Seneca, and slave-turned-philosopher Epictetus as well as lesser-known luminaries like Zeno, Cleanthes, and Musonius Rufus. Every day of the year, you'll find one of their pithy, powerful quotations as well as historical anecdotes, provocative commentary, and a helpful glossary of Greek terms. By following these teachings over the course of a year (and, indeed, for years to come), you'll find the serenity, self-knowledge, and resilience you need to live well.

©2016 Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman (P)2016 Tim Ferriss

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I've learned a good deal from this.

As someone who suffers from anxiety, content like this really helps in shifting my mindset. obviously not with every quote but some resonate..

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  • 26-10-22

Don't just listen

listen and implement all the lessons in your life to completely transform your life

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A great daily listen!

Among the different philosophies of life including those coming from various religions, Stoicism is one of the most empowering. This audiobook is full of little nuggets of wisdom and inspiration perfect to start your day with a good thought. Each thought is well-curated from writings of famous Stoics, and the authors provide useful context and numerous examples to back it up. I enjoyed this audiobook very much.

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This audio book has good content, I finished it in a month and started again. It's something which should be embedded in our sub conscious by practice.

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I didn't enjoy this book. it got too boring after 50th chapters. Wasted my time

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Captivating

Both narration & content was good. Stoicism is can play an important role in our day to day hectic life. I am glad that I listened to this one.

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Great and successful influencers of past

Book has some great insights on life... Author is great at applying the quotes in day to day life. Which made it interesting. Strong assertive narrator which made listening good. Loved it overall.

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Amazing

Amazing book which can be listen on a schedule / routine. I finished it in about a couple of months and bookmarked a lot of stuff to revisit later.

A good primer on Stoicism if you are new to it and want some guided understanding of it

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  • Andreas
  • 27-12-16

Not well made as audio

What disappointed you about The Daily Stoic?

You're supposed to listen to one meditation every day, but there is no audible separation between the 366 meditations so you don't know when to stop.... It turned out being a frustration experience instead of meditation.

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Remake it asap, make a beep or somehow audibly announce when a chapter ends.

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  • RegularJoe
  • 10-10-19

Suffers from left-wing politics of the author

This could have been a great book, instead it is just an okay book. The authors have injected their own politics to their interpretations of the stoic passages they cite in the book. This is unfortunate as some of their interpretations leave much to be desired.

For example, at one point they cite Alinsky’s nasty and vicious “Rules for Radicals” as if anyone should use that as an example of righteous thinking. It’s a real shame that the authors have done this because it detracts heavily from the book for anyone who doesn’t share their politics.

My recommendation is to look for other books about the stoics. There are plenty of them, and you are bound to find one that doesn’t try to force the politics of its authors on you.

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  • Lika
  • 24-11-17

Really useful but maybe the paperback is better

This was supposed to be read one chapter per day, but who does that, right? Useful quotes and all very applicable in life. Definitely worth buying, but since this is the type of book you would always come back to whenever you need an enlightenment, I think probably better to own the paperback version (not that the audiobook is not good, it's just for practicality, easier to go to the chapter you want if it's a physical book).

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  • Jason Masciarelli
  • 29-10-16

Makes Stoicism Accessible

Would you consider the audio edition of The Daily Stoic to be better than the print version?

The audio version is a great compliment to the printed version. Well narrated with multiple voices in a tasteful effort to sound like your listening to the scholars themselves.

What other book might you compare The Daily Stoic to and why?

The Daily Stoic is an instant timeless classic

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Each meditation is structured in a powerful way providing a concept, stoic quote, then description of how to apply in daily life.

Any additional comments?

The Daily Stoic is fantastic foundational book as both an introduction to stoicism and valuable essence of the best stoic concepts which is great for someone who reads the original stoic works regularly.

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  • EmmaK
  • 14-01-18

Narration is off-putting

I really like the fact that all of these pearls of wisdom are gathered into one place, but I think I’d like the print version better. The narrator sounds at best like a newscaster, at worst like he’s barking orders. I’m less receptive to the ideas because of the narrator.

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  • Greg Grant
  • 04-08-18

The book is worth everything, the reader is not.

I’d recommend the book for sure but I don’t think you can listen to it very well. He reader does his best at changing his tone to indicate different voices but it gets to be annoying. Best way to get the essence and points are to just read them directly.

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  • Sherilyn
  • 26-10-16

Needs a new narrator

This book may have been more interesting, but the narrator's voice killed it for me.

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  • jDeppen
  • 04-01-19

One chapter for each day

It seems the chapter issue is fixed. This is a nice companion to the physical book. With this and the Kindle version, I can go to a specific day then play that day's audio right from the iOS Kindle app.

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  • Samori
  • 22-10-16

Essential

Essential for any person ready to learn about and practice stoicism.

Great meditations and wisdom.

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  • Simin
  • 04-07-17

Great Reference Book For Everyday Struggles


An excellent book that uses fantastic examples from history to make us both see what it takes to achieve anything great and to be at peace with ourselves.

Ryan Holliday's work will bring you back to earth so that you can see what others have seen and what the rest has missed. When we are not happy, it's not about the world around us but the world inside that is constantly at war. Here is a tool to change your perspective.

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  • shoesshoesshoes
  • 23-11-16

Great content, TERRIBLE audio delivery

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I'm a big fan of stoic philosophy and enjoyed the daily meditation concept. However, this is one to read; the audio fails miserably. The narrator sounds like a 1950s infomercial, and it's awfully distracting. I stopped listening a few chapters in.

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  • Matt
  • 08-09-17

Unlistenable

I'm afraid I couldn't actually listen to this audio book. The American narrator sounds as if he's promoting a movie in every sentence. It's such a shame. I'll read the book instead. It would be so much better to offer audio books with different narrator options.

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  • Adrian Shaw
  • 05-01-17

Great book - exceptional research

A book for today, and tomorrow. I love it. My only complaint is the narrator, in that he sounds dated, from a bygone era ... the sort of narrator from a black and white version of Spartacus. Why???? This is a book for 2016, for 2020, for 2030 ... kind of annoying, but not a show stopper

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  • Jonny140
  • 10-12-19

Awful awful narration

Content is good but narrator made it impossible to listen to. Tried to be stoic about persevering with it. However the narrators 1960s pithe advert voice drove me to complete distraction. I couldn’t finish it so waste of a credit.

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  • Mr. Owen Ashby
  • 11-02-17

Genuinely brilliant.

Would you listen to The Daily Stoic again? Why?

I will listen to this daily. It's genuinely useful, practical and impactful wisdom. Brilliantly well researched and easy to use, engage with and understand. The quotes are delivered in a somewhat hammy acting style, which (before becoming a stoic! ) would probably have annoyed me intensely. In the end they are just part of the rich content, delivery and experience- and quite funny. It's a really great book. I would recommend it to anyone who wants a sense of clarity in their lives.

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  • thedevilishFiend
  • 07-12-17

A way to live.

A brilliant guide for life.

Basically how to live a good life as a human being.

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  • Ross
  • 16-12-16

Great for beginners

Would you consider the audio edition of The Daily Stoic to be better than the print version?

Although I thoroughly enjoyed the audio, IMO print would be better. I prefer to listen to it a little at a time find myself repeating each chapter over a few times to digest, this would be easier with the print version. I will probably purchase the print version soon.

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I would recommend to everyone(beginners) interested in stoic philosophy though probably print version.

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  • Anon
  • 19-11-16

Simply brilliant

fantastic, inspirational and concise, this book is the perfect way of absorbing and putting into practice the teachings of some of the greatest philosophers to have lived. A great stand alone book but also really useful as a companion to Seneca's Letters from A Stoic and Marcus Aurelius's Meditations -it neatly distills the most inspirational quotes from stoic literature and makes it to understandabke to all.

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  • Arron
  • 14-01-18

Excellent, practical advice

Excellent book which echos a lot of home truths but focuses more on you implementing it.

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  • Seamus Lacey
  • 23-08-17

Full of wisdom !

Such a great book that provides a tonne of invaluable perspectives on life and daily challenges.
Will no doubt return to read this book many times.

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  • Avi Naidu
  • 21-01-20

Great intro to the Stoic philosphy

The is a great book.
Being “Stoic” is an expression that I really misunderstood. In my mind it had been convoluted to mean “unemotional or tough minded”.
Stocism is as far from that as possible. It is a school of thought that went from Greece to Athens in the olden days. Think of Socrates and Marcus Aurelius.
What Ryan Holiday does is really well is break down what Stocism means in reality and there are some great insights for modern life in that book.
i) Situations are not generally in our control The only thing fully in our control is what think about the situation.
ii) It is okay to get angry but remember your first emotional angry response shouldn’t be how you deal with the situation. Instead it’s your follow on actions that matter.
iii) SAINT IN A CAVE – it’s a mistake to assume a Stoic is a Saint in a Cave and should be a deeply contemplative superhuman. In-fact the Stoic is not the saint in the temple but often the merchant in the market
iv) This of life as an elegant banquet.
o Wait for your turn
o Don’t put everything on your plate at once
o Savor what’s in front of you knowing there is an unlimited amount left once you are done with that.
v) Memento Mori - which translated from Latin means “Remember that you will die.” We can use this reminder as Aurelius did, to inspire us to live our best life, to let go of trivial worries, to live a life of virtue, to understand and empathize, and to love our fate.

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  • lachy
  • 10-11-17

hardly works as an audio book

hardly works as an audio book, the nature of the writing just doesn't seem to work out. Unless you only listen to one chapter at a time. But that's probably not why you're using an audio book...

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  • Paul
  • 24-03-17

great book!

Plenty of wise words, followed by explanations and analogies. Great for audio and would be great to have on your bedside table also.

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  • Mr. G. Trabakoulas
  • 01-01-17

Seems repeating the same message throughout.

Seems repeating the same message throughout. Narrator was good, but couldn't save it for me.

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  • Steven Frew
  • 29-04-17

brilliant!

this book is Brant and it's a book that you can read over and over again.

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  • Eugenio
  • 14-05-17

So grateful for this book

This is one of the books you need to have on your bed table. Fantastic compendium of all the great stoics.
Great work Ryan and Steven!

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  • Anonymous User
  • 10-03-22

Gave me a different better perspective to life

One of the best books I've read. It gave me a different perspective to life. Definitely going to read this again

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  • Travis
  • 25-06-18

Introduction to philosophy

Good intro into philosophy but hard to digest each quote when listening in large sections. Could be better as 'tracks' on itunes/Google play/Spotify.

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  • Anonymous User
  • 14-04-20

Valuable but very dry

I think this book is better suited to owning in hard copy. It's more of a practical guide for life, which isn't particularly suited to an audiobook. But it does have some valuable lessons.

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  • olivergeorge
  • 30-04-23

Bad

This content just doesn’t work as audio format. I’m disappointed and want to get a refund.