In 2004, Good Morning America’s Dan Harris experienced the last thing a TV anchor would ever want—a panic attack on live television in front of more than 5 million viewers. What many might consider a career-ending event, actually set Dan on a path which led him to meditation and in turn to writing his mega-bestseller 10% Happier: […]
Cato, the famous Roman Senator and Stoic, was once spat on by a rival politician. He was a physically tough man, a soldier, who could have, let’s say, taken matters into his own hands. Instead, he is reported to have laughed and said, “I will swear to anyone, Lentulus, that people are wrong to say that […]
Today’s the day you’re supposed to start your New Year’s resolution, right? Here’s something to consider: You didn’t just come up with this resolution this morning. You’ve known it for a while. You’ve been putting it off. You said, January 1st, that’s when I’ll finally do it. Ok. Better late than never, but the ultimate […]
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The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living offers 366 days of Stoic insights and exercises, featuring all-new translations from the Emperor Marcus Aurelius, the playwright Seneca, or 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 […]
The image of the Stoics can be a passionless, emotionless life. The reality was far different. Both Marcus Aurelius and Seneca write lovingly of their wives. Seneca, who lost his only child, captures the joy of parenting so beautifully in his writing that it’s clear how much he cared for his family. Cato, the towering […]
The relationship between Stoicism and Cynicism, two of the older schools of philosophy, is a complicated one that has evolved over hundreds of years. In fact, Stoicism descends directly from Cynicism and both of which descend from Socrates. As Juvenal would say in his Satires, the Stoics “differ from the Cynics only by a tunic.” […]
This is a guest post by Paul Jun. He is the Content Manager for CreativeMornings and the former Community Manager for Seth Godin’s altMBA program. He is also a contributor to Adobe’s 99u. Follow him on Twitter and visit his website here. *** Observing individuals who lead a creative life, we can identify elements of expertise, […]
2018 is underway and many of you are joining us on this journey of reading and journaling about Stoicism every day (via The Daily Stoic and The Daily Stoic Journal). Every morning and every night, we are sitting down and doing our writing and thinking. But about what? Obviously there are the daily prompts, but there are also […]
This is a guest post by Mustapha Itani, who writes at Situation Nine, a website bringing you interesting pieces focusing on philosophy, politics, economics, and social issues. Follow him on Twitter, and you are welcome to support him on Patreon. *** The Consolatio is a broad literary genre encompassing various forms of consolatory speeches, essays, poems, and personal letters […]