A screenshot from March 27th in The Daily Stoic, with too much text to write here. To summarize: You can buy an expensive mattress for 200,000 dollars, or hire an assassin for 500. People are not rational about such things as market economics. Spending a fortune on trinkets is a bad idea; the good things in life cost what they cost, and the unnecessary things are not worth it at any price. The key is identifying the difference.

A message from Ryan Holliday's The Daily Stoic:

"Diogenes of Sinope said that we sell things of great value for things of very little, and vice versa."
- Diogenes Laertius,
Lives of the Eminent Philosophers, 6.2.35b

Something to think on. Stay safe tomorrow […]

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Asimov saw it coming. The systematic 'dumbing down' of America isn't just a theory anymore; it is directly responsible for the situation we find ourselves in today. #IsaacAsimov #CriticalThinking #TheDailyStoic

This or That? Both are on my TRB. I’d love to hear feedback on either book. Not sure which to start first. #booksky #thisorthat #thebookofalchemy #thedailystoic #mindful #selfimprovment #personalcurriculum #tbr

Text, reading: May 7 HOW TO HAVE A GOOD DAY "God laid down this law, saying: of you want some good, get it from yourself." - Epictetus, Discourses, 1.29.4 Here is how to guarantee you have a good day: do good things. Any other source of joy is outside your control or is nonrenewable. But this one is all you, all the time, and unending. It is the ultimate form of self-reliance.

Do good. Be better.

Been working through #TheDailyStoic this year (up to May so far, I'm not great about it) and enjoying it. It's a quote-a-day book by #RyanHoliday, and leans pretty heavily on Epictetus, Seneca, and Marcus Aurelius.

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See How The Other Half Lives The Daily Stoic · Episode

Sunday's episode of #TheDailyStoic was compelling. The story of how Beatrice Webb got into social work and how they could relate to the current famine in Gaza is striking.
I have been continually grateful to @pbsnews.org for telling Gaza's story to those of us living in our own bubble far away.

Heard someone talk about this book and decided to check it out at the #library before purchasing (highly recommend by the way). Went straight to today's and whoo child 🤯. #thedailystoic by #ryanholiday and #stephenhanselman

“Let’s not wish we could turn back time or remake the universe according to our preference. Not when it would be far better and far easier to remake ourselves” absolutely LOVE this! #TheDailyStoic

even though they were supposed to protect and preserve the empire’s institutions, even though they were entrusted with considerable means and influence, they declined to use it. They declined to assert their prerogatives. They obeyed instead of led.
#thedailystoic #ryanholiday

Certainty closes the door that curiosity opens.

@ryan-holiday.bsky.social
#thedailystoic #dailyreminder #ryanholiday #bookrecs

For today. #theDailyStoic

My Stoic lesson for today
“Do the right thing, the rest doesn’t matter”
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“When you shrug at the suffering of someone else, you invite it, inevitably, on yourself and people you love down the line.”—Ryan Holiday, Right Thing, Right Now: Good Values, Good Character, Good Deeds (2024)

#ryanholiday #dailystoic #thedailystoic #rightthingrightnow

Thursday Thoughts from The Daily Stoic

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These February 23rd readings from The Daily Stoic and 365 Tao both seem particularly apt right now:

#TheDailyStoic #365Tao #wisdom #meditation #motivation #thought #inspiration #stoic #stoicism #circumstances #adversity #Sunday

Lots of people could do with reading this nowadays! #thedailystoic

My book recommendations that help us focus and enhance our wellbeing. I read & journal every day. When I am at peace, I can create. The act of creating only enhances my mental wellness because my mind and hands are focused on what I’m making.
#thesevengenerations #thedailystoic

The Daily Stoic - Seneca on Master and Slave Listen to The Daily Stoic - Seneca on Master and Slave by Daily Stoic | Wondery on Podcast Addict. In this letter, Seneca is arguing against the treatment of slaves and uses slavery as a metaphor to illustrate how we allow things to control us and the importance of freeing ourselves.Today’s episode is an excerpt from The Tao Of Seneca produced by Tim Ferriss’ Audio. Get the free PDF at tim.blog/seneca🎙️ Listen to other letters from Seneca:Seneca on Despising DeathSeneca

Respect means love, and love and fear cannot be mingled. ~ #Seneca #stoicism

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Such a beautiful quote 🌸 #thedailystoic #book #cat #stoicism

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The one path to serenity 💖 #thedailystoic #bsybook #blueskyread

Control your perceptions.
Direct your actions properly.
Willingly accept what’s outside your control. #thedailystoic

Whatever humble art you practice: Are you sure you’re making time for it? Are you loving what you do enough to make the time? Can you trust that if you put in the effort, the rest will take care of itself? Because it will. Love the craft, be a craftsman.
#TheDailyStoic #RyanHoliday #StephenHanselman

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
19/20

#Booksky 💙📚
#20daybookchallenge
#TheDailyStoic

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I am trying to read meditations #thedailystoic by #RyanHoliday and #StephenHanselman the lesson I picked up from yesterday’s one is ‘do not waste your time or energy trying to be like somebody else or wanting what they have. Just be the best YOU that you can be and spend your energy on that’.

#journaling #stoicism #thedailystoic #philosophy