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They’re Not Thinking About You At All | The Dangerous Comfort of Half Measures
Episode 2897
Day to day, it’s only our individual actions that are up to us: How we treat people, how we run our businesses, what we think about.
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1 month, 1 week ago
Burn this Letter | The Enemy of Happiness
Episode 2896
It’s not that you should never speak up. It’s not that you should never speak truth to power. It’s just that you should never do it while you’re angr…
1 month, 1 week ago
This Was Washington’s Philosophy | Power Fades. Character Leads.
Episode 2895
All that we see must be illuminated by the calm light of mild philosophy. So we can see what it really is. So we don’t do anything we regret.
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1 month, 2 weeks ago
If You Only Read a Few Books This Year, Read These
Episode 2894
Most people don’t read that many books, maybe a few a year at most. So if you’re only going to read a couple books this year, the decision of which o…
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11 Stoic Rules For Love
Episode 2893
Love isn’t just an emotion. It’s not just a feeling that hits you out of nowhere. It’s an action, something you can practice and something you can ge…
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This Kindles the Soul | Why You Can't Ignore What's Happening
Episode 2892
Marcus Aurelius said that if you ever found anything better in life than courage, discipline, justice, and wisdom—the four virtues—it must be an extr…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Do Not Delay | Dan Harris & Ryan Holiday on The Pursuit of Wisdom
Episode 2891
Life has a way of stripping all our reasons bare, of humbling our plans and assumptions. We must live, as Marcus Aurelius said, as if death hangs ove…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
There’s a Rhythm. There’s a Rhythm.
Episode 2890
It can feel like everything is falling to pieces. It can feel like you’re lost. It can feel like there’s no hope, no way forward, nothing to do. But …
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Stephen Greenblatt: Why “This Time Is Different” Is Always Wrong
Episode 2889
Why do the same patterns keep showing up in completely different centuries? In this episode, Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Stephen Greenblatt join…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
You Have to Fight for It | Is There A Dark Side To Stoicism?
Episode 2888
It would be wonderful if the world was naturally just, if people were automatically good, always doing the right thing. But of course, they don’t.
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