Your Saturday Stoic Review — Week of January 8 - 14

​ ​ Before we get into this week's Stoic Review, we wanted to let you know…today is the LAST DAY to buy the Daily Stoic ebook for just $1.99. This is probably the cheapest it will ever be, so now is a great time to grab a copy for when you're on the go, or to gift a friend or loved one! PASSAGE OF THE WEEK: When we understand that everyone is playing a part, that we're all involved in the same big, messy project that is the world, we can be more understanding. We can be more patient. At the very least, we can be more tolerant and accepting and stop expecting the impossible. Read more here: What Part Will You Play?​ YOUTUBE TAKEAWAY OF THE WEEK: ​ In a recent video on the Daily Stoic YouTube Channel, Ryan Holiday shares some important tips on how to read like Marcus Aurelius, i.e. with more intention and purpose: "Remember as Epictetus says — "it's not that you read, it's what you read." Are you reading books that are making you better, that are pushing you as a human being? Of course, there are a place for books that are fun, that are entertaining, that are just beautifully written. But at the core of why we read, it should be to become better human beings, better citizens, better parents, better children, better voters, whatever it is. Is what you're reading making you a better person — that's what Epictetus meant…" ​Watch ​​​​How to Read Like Marcus Aurelius (and Ryan Holiday) Subscribe to Daily Stoic YouTube ​ PODCAST TAKEAWAY OF THE WEEK: In a special episode of The Daily Stoic Podcast, Ryan Holiday looks back on several interviews from 2023 with some of the world's greatest comedians, such as Tom Segura, Whitney Cummings, and Pete Holmes, to discuss discipline, jokes, and philosophy. As Christina Pazsitzky said: "Things can be systematically [messed] up and unfair and all that. And then, the Stoics would say, still, you control how you respond to that….The fact that the system is what it is doesn't absolve you, the individual, from the necessity of figuring out how to navigate it and not be corrupted or broken by it, or even thrive in it. When I started comedy, there were no women. And I was broken by it. So I was the only girl at the Comedy Store… [but] it was like the party moment where I was like, I'm the only one in the game. Great. Watch me run." Listen To This Episode Subscribe to Daily Stoic Podcast ​​​ Listen ad-free with Wondery plus or on Amazon Music with your Prime membership. WHAT RYAN HOLIDAY IS READING: " "The highest goal of human life is the enhancement of pleasure and the reduction of pain. Life should be organized to serve the pursuit of happiness. There is no ethical purpose higher than facilitating this pursuit for oneself and one's fellow creatures. All the other claims—the service of the state, the glorification of the gods or the ruler, the arduous pursuit of virtue through self-sacrifice—are secondary, misguided, or fraudulent. The militarism and the taste for violent sports that characterized his own culture seemed to Lucretius in the deepest sense perverse and unnatural. Man's natural needs are simple. A failure to recognize the boundaries of these needs leads human beings to a vain and fruitless struggle for more and more." ​ — The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt Looking for a good book? Subscribe to Ryan's FREE Monthly Reading List Email! THIS WEEK'S BEST SOCIAL MEDIA POST: Follow us on social ​​​​​ As Christina Pazsitzky reminds us, it's our responsibility as individuals to learn how to navigate through this thing called life, even when things are messed up and unfair. The Daily Stoic is a book that helps do exactly that… ​ Today is the LAST DAY to grab the Daily Stoic ebook for just $1.99. (Also, the last day to get the Daily Dad ebook for $1.99, too!) History's greatest minds and today's top performers alike have embraced Stoicism because the philosophy isn't some classroom exercise. It's a practical guide to living a better life right now. We think everyone deserves that and it's why we've been running this New Year's discount for the past eight years—to give readers the opportunity to sample, or gift to a loved one, this philosophy that has helped so many of us discover serenity, self-knowledge, and resilience. So if you haven't already, grab a copy of the ebook today. And if you prefer physical books like us, we also have signed copies and our premium leather edition available at the Daily Stoic Store.​ ​Unsubscribe | Update your profile | 906 Main Street #274, Bastrop, Texas 78602 ​info@dailystoic.com is not a monitored email