Your Saturday Stoic Review — Week of May 20 - 26

​ ​ Before we get into this week's review … Ryan Holiday's latest book Right Thing, Right Now: Good Values. Good Character. Good Deeds. comes out in less than three weeks! It's the third installment in the Stoic Virtues series and it's all about justice, which is "the source of all other virtues," Marcus Aurelius says. We have some cool preorder bonuses for you, like a signed page of the original manuscript, and we worked with the publisher to do a limited run of numbered first-edition copies signed by Ryan Holiday. Over half of these are already gone, so head here to get yours NOW before they run out!​ PASSAGE OF THE WEEK: We can say unequivocally that Marcus Aurelius was a collector of stories regarding people's goodness. He took the time to write these things down so he would remember them and be inspired by them, so he could model his life after them. These stories made him better, reminded him of what his most important job in life was—to be a good person and work for the common good. He was "choosing his Cato's," as Seneca advised, finding the models to measure himself against. Read: Let These Make You Better​ YOUTUBE TAKEAWAY OF THE WEEK: ​ In a recent video on the Daily Stoic YouTube Channel, Ryan Holiday shares valuable Stoic truths from acclaimed guests of The Daily Stoic Podcast, such as Matthew McConaughey, Alexander Ludvig, and Tim Ferriss: "We have to be less impressed and more involved to give more of ourselves to our life, to our relationships, to chat in front of us, to pleasures and promises and wins and losses — be there with them." Watch 12 Valuable Stoic Truths (From The Daily Stoic Podcast) Subscribe to Daily Stoic YouTube ​ PODCAST TAKEAWAY OF THE WEEK: In a popular episode of The Daily Stoic Podcast, Ryan Holiday speaks with author and Admiral Bill McRaven about the nature of being a Stoic, imposter syndrome when being a leader, and the proper way to judge justice: "If you can't convince reasonable men and women that the decisions you've made and the actions you're taking are the right actions, then maybe you should rethink them." Listen to the full episode: Admiral Bill McRaven On Capturing Saddam Hussein And Honorable Leadership​ Watch the Daily Stoic Podcast Subscribe to Daily Stoic Podcast ​​​ Listen ad-free with Wondery plus or on Amazon Music with your Prime membership. ​SOCIAL MEDIA POST OF THE WEEK: ​ Follow us on social ​​​​​ As discussed in the Passage of the Week, Marcus Aurelius was a collector of stories regarding people's goodness, which he used as a model for his own life. Ryan Holiday's latest book Right Thing, Right Now (the newest book in the Stoic virtue series—please preorder if you can!) is basically a collection of these kinds of stories, which you can use as a model for your own life... ​ In fact, the book is a roadmap on how to become someone of good character, to keep your word and establish good intentions, to perform good actions both in your own life and out in the world. And as a natural byproduct of this process, good fortune will find you. That's why the Stoics say character is fate. Because more than any other virtue, it's what determines our destiny. If you preorder today, we have some cool bonuses like additional chapters, an extended annotated bibliography, and an exclusive thank you video from Ryan where he previews his next book on wisdom! We still have some of those signed, numbered first-editions we mentioned above (once they're gone, that's it!) and we're also selling regular unsigned copies for cheaper than Amazon. ​Head to the Daily Stoic Store to receive your bonuses and get your first-edition copy TODAY! ​ ​Unsubscribe | Update your profile | 906 Main Street #274, Bastrop, Texas 78602 ​info@dailystoic.com is not a monitored email