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5 min readThe 10 Most Popular Passages from The Daily Stoic
Ten years ago, Ryan Holiday published The Daily Stoic—366 short meditations designed to teach Stoicism and help readers practice it. Since then, roughly three million copies have sold across 40 languages, and Holiday has heard from athletes, soldiers, CEOs, parents, heads of state, and students who keep the book on their nightstands, carry it in their bags, and return to the same pages again and again. For the tenth anniversary, Holiday and his editor went back through the book page by page, adding about 60 new translations, including Stoics who weren't in the first edition, improving stories and meditations, and revising entries where another decade of studying and practicing gave him a better sense of how to say what he was trying to say. "The Daily Stoic," Holiday says, "isn't meant to be read once. It's supposed to be something you are reading, not something you're done with. Because maybe a passage that you barely noticed five years ago might be exactly what you need today."
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:05) **Sponsor Break: NetSuite** - An ad for NetSuite Next and its AI capabilities, followed by a guide called "Aligning for the Agentic Era."
- 2 (01:08) **Introduction: The 10-Year Anniversary of The Daily Stoic** - The host reflects on the book's unexpected success and announces a new, revised edition.
- 3 (06:11) **The Top 10 Most Popular Passages: Introduction** - The host announces the main segment: a countdown of the most resonated-with passages based on Goodreads, Kindle, and Audible data.
- 4 (07:11) **Passage #10: "Be the Person You Want to Be" (May 2nd)** - The passage argues that intention must be followed by action.
- 5 (08:13) **Passage #9: "The Obstacle Is the Way" (June 30th)** - This passage explains how to use adversity as fuel for progress.
- 6 (09:47) **Passage #8: "Observe Cause and Effect" (April 16th)** - The passage connects Stoicism to modern Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).
- 7 (10:48) **Passage #7: "A Simple Way to Measure Our Days" (December 15th)** - The passage focuses on incremental daily progress rather than perfection.
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Show Notes
The whole point of Stoicism is that you’re supposed to keep progressing, keep examining yourself, keep practicing, keep getting a little better, “keep learning,” as Seneca wrote, “to the end of your life.”
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