54 Time-Tested Stoic Truths For Life

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[@Sirshort123]

Finally a video about Stoicism with actually well thought out, well articulated, and concise breakdowns of concepts. This is a fantastic video that I will be listening to over and over occasionally, so I can keep absorbing the info, reminding myself, and keeping myself grounded.

[@mikeelopez7202]

I love this! Great reminder from time to time. It helps a lot to get you back on track when life blows you off course. hehe. Super grateful for your work Ryan Holiday!

[@imnavinjoseph]

Discipline 1. Does this matter? 2. Own the Morning 3. Stop having Opinion 4. Say No 5. Stop wanting so much stuff 6. Is this in my control? 7. You are the product of your choices 8. Stop arguing what a good person is like and start being one 9. Don’t be a slave 10. Tolerant with others, strict with yourself 11. Perfection is paralysis 12. Focus on process, not outcomes Resilience 1. Difficult things are good for you 2. Meditate on your mortality every day 3. What am I missing by choosing to worry or be afraid? 4. You can laugh or you can cry 5. Don’t suffer imagined troubles 6. Are you doing your job? 7. It takes always longer than you think 8. Find a way to love everything that happens 9. Will this be alive or dead time? 10. You're going to meet shitty people 11. The grudge you are holding is meaningless 12. Prepare for Life's inevitable setbacks Wisdom 1. If I am not for me, Who is? If I am only for me, who am I? 2. It's not that you read, it's what you read 3. Who are you spending time with? 4. You can't learn that which you already know 5. Study the lives of the greats 6. Ask yourself, "is this essential?" 7. What does your ideal day look like? 8. You cant be successful, if you haven't defined what success is 9. Who is this for? 10. Learn something from everyone Perspective 1. What is the most important thing? 2. You're not that important 3. Look for the poetry in ordinary things 4. You can't escape change 5. Value time more than money and possessions 6. Always choose "alive time" 7. You will be forgotten 8. Associate only with people that make you better 9. Forgive, forgive, forgive 10. Every person is an opportunity for kindness 11. To do wrong to one is to do wrong to yourself Stillness 1. You're paying too close of attention 2. Stop having an opinion 3. What is the meaning of life? 4. Is this who I want to be? 5. Shut up 6. To be or to do? 7. You're weak if you loose your temper 8. This is what you trained for 9. Accept success without arrogance, handle failure with indifference

[@marymagdalene1212]

Thank you for this 🙏

[@angeliktusv2280]

Legend!

[@esther.f.g]

thank you

[@alfviktor.101]

Awesome!

[@likesgood]

really grateful. all killer no filler. will be rewatched. like re reading your books. great for every river.

[@krumbergify]

Fantastic summary of the wisdom from this channel!

[@tadiqshahid4625]

Atomic Advice, Ryan! This helped me make it through my nihilistic early 20s.

[@NotNoseBlind]

“the people you spend time with, are they gonna make you better or worse”

[@TraderJu]

Appreciate your consistency

[@paavoviuhko7250]

Thanks for this summation. I appreciate the offering. Much of what I have been reading. I am in Seneca's 124 letters on ethics right now. I just received two books on the complete works of Epictetus. And I have an older translation of Marcus Aurelius. I have a general interest in the whole range of philosophy not just Stoicism. I would not want to label myself a Stoic. I have questions about some of the teachings. They don't really show an openness to the kind of optimism to solitude that drives my spirit but I do have a strong love for most of their teachings. Seneca didn't accept all the fundamental teachings either. But the spirit is wonderful.

[@jeanclaudepinet]

Great compilation! Thank you Ryan 😃

[@EmmanuelMapili-fb2yi]

Thank you for the encouragement

[@DanS1]

Great video!!! Saving this to my favorites. Will be rewatching

[@darrellogilvie]

Thank you

[@apian29]

thanks again ryan

[@atirador31]

Thanks!

[@Digitalizedx]

I love these even tho I’ve seen repeats got to keep listening

[@danieljohnsopardenilla997]

My favorite Stoic advice is to use Sundays for Dogs.

[@jeanhenrique8427]

well done ad, I might add. could've been shorter, tho, killed the vibe

[@stoicinsights-t6z]

This video offers timeless Stoic wisdom, reminding us to focus on what truly matters, control our reactions, and embrace life's challenges with resilience and purpose

[@fayem1336]

Great message! Thank you!

[@drscragin]

There are several duplicates in there. The first I noticed was #3 & 47.

[@thiswasme5452]

🧘‍♂️ 1. Doest it actually Matter ? 2. Own the Morning. 3. Stop having an openion. 4. Say No ( alot ). 5. Stop wanting so much things. 6. Is this in my Control? 7. You are the product of your habits. 8. Stop arguing about what a good person is like. 9. You are a slave to... 10. Tolerance with others, strict with yourself. 11. Perfection is paralysis. 12. Focus on process not outcomes. 13. Difficult things are Good for you. 14. Meditate on your mortality every day. 15. What am I missing by choosing to worry or be afraid? 16. You can laugh or you can cry. 17. Don't suffer imagined Troubles. 18. Are you doing your "job" ? 19. It always takes longer than you think. 20. Find a way to love everything that happens. 21. Will this be alive or dead time ? 22. You are gonna meet shitty people. 23. The grudge you are holding is meaningless. 24. Prepare for lifes inevitable setback. 25. If I am not for me, who is ? If I am only for me, who am I ? 26. It's not that you read, It's what you read. 27. Who are you spending time with ? 28. You can't learn that which you think you know.

[@menteyvidalibre]

Muchas Gracias Ryan !

[@cabie58]

Thanks, Ryan Much needed reminders today

[@yamil2k3]

thanks

[@johnroman4608]

This is an Education ! 🎉

[@chefman1966]

No matter how many times I've heard you say these things, it's always good to get a refresher course.

[@Clearfully]

^ A Special Human. Thank You for The Wisdom.

[@FrancisJamesir]

the book that changed everything for me was Magnetic Aura from Borlest

[@johnmclaughlin9674]

Love you’re content wish I had this in my twenties

[@ryan99842]

Unveiling Your Hidden Potential by Bruce Thornwood(thank me later)

[@Bkesal14]

This is one I'll be watching time and time again to fully absorb the wealth of insight here!

[@claudvlogs]

I needed this today, thank you Ryan, for being our teacher

[@yaxyekoraad-ub3nu]

Amazing video

[@chaimaechaimae8031]

Amazing !

[@stevenbawtinheimer3790]

Deep stuff

[@laotouthinking9090]

great video

[@avx4281]

Thank u Ryan. A great start for the day.

[@Pieman29666]

I feel like if i embrace change fully, i wont be able to get attached to anything and become a weird psycho drifter xD Whats the solution there?

[@cobaincowboy7029]

Get attached to Jesus

[@CaraMyBeloved]

Balance.

[@Troelslychau]

What do stoics think about psychedelics drugs? Is that cheating? Taking the easy route? Or is it just simple something they abstain from?

[@mcgritty8842]

Ryan Holiday for office!

[@maryiuvone3157]

Definitely 😊

[@davidmitchell6873]

He seems to an ethical man with integrity. People like that don't last in politics.

[@jonfibonacci]

You should read his latest book. You might change your mind lol we don't need woke people in office (: respectfully.

[@ZelenoJabko]

Ryan Holiday on holiday

[@scottyknows1566]

Nah dudes voting for Harris he's so knowledgeable about stoicism but knows shit about politics. 😢 Unfortunately.

[@simonrobinson1317]

Absolutely wonderful 🙏🏻 thank you, Ryan!

[@firangizhuseynli]

Very inspiring! Thanks for such an insightful video!

[@maryiuvone3157]

Thank you Ryan. 😊

[@leannmcgee8535]

The more I listen to Ryan, the more I like Ryan!

[@BeatriceKeva]

read the forbidden book Magnetic Aura on Borlest, and you'll see the secrets they're keeping from us.

[@kaceykelly7222]

Ryan needs to give a mandatory course to all our politicians! If they followed advice of getting along, getting the most important things done daily, and embracing challenges as opportunities to do great things, them they get paid!? 😊

[@no_one514]

8:47am 9-9-24

[@BrandonAshiyana-zk7se]

Right?

[@PeterAlanA1234567890]

U RoCK!! Thanks

[@vesebeteg1]

7:17 Maybe it's for a reason but I miss an I in Resilience.

[@robertpotter3578]

Not you 😊 “Reslience”

[@DanielVergara583]

I'm favoured, $60k every week! I can now give back to the locals in my community and also support God's work and the church. God bless America.

[@hugh374]

Do you invest with a professional broker? I would appreciate it if you could show me how to go about it.

[@DanielVergara583]

Thanks to Mrs. Elizabeth Regina Nelsen's time in my life, which had a profound impact on me.

[@CarrissaBarney242]

Wow! Kind of in shock you mentioned expert, Elizabeth Regina Nelsen. What a coincidence!!

[@LathanTurner776]

Elizabeth Regina Nelsen has really set the standard for others to follow, we love her here in the UK as she has been really helpful and changed lots of lives

[@dbanks809]

Life is easier when the cash keeps popping in, thanks to Elizabeth Regina Nelsen's services. Glad she's getting the recognition she deserves

[@Superleggeraa]

1:40 his father and several siblings die in a plane crash and that is a trivial thing that doesn't matter? Yet you follow on with people matter?

[@Divyv520]

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[@joni1]

✔️

[@atbxoxo]

using his supposedly dead dog for a plug sheesh

[@basilharrison3071]

Reslience?

[@mrosacci]

Perfection is paralysis, 😊

[@JackFate518]

It would be great if you would look at this video of vox pops from Moscow about the war. The first guy invokes stoicism in a way that has often bothered me -- the idea that focusing on things you can change leads people to accept bad things like slavery or war. You hear this attitude a lot in Russia, where a sort of "learned helplessness" has been cultivated for years under Putin as a way of undermining opposition to his regime. I'd be very interested to know how you respond to this take on stoicism: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZ7Ud4SAgpmjirc

[@ophirmayer1]

Contradiction : don't worry about stuff AND prepare for the worst?!

[@tonyantonioli5655]

Preparation does not necessarily mean worrying. Example, you invest your extra money into the market so that you can retire and not have to work when your body becomes weak. You are actively preparing but not actively worrying. I have found that some of these messages do contradict themselves, but not in all situations. Each situation is different and you have to use each stoic message in the appropriate context. I try to remind myself of all of them so I can use them in the right circumstances.

[@ophirmayer1]

@@tonyantonioli5655true, but you prepare for something you are worried about.

[@Sirshort123]

Being prepared for a math test, and worrying about a math test, are not the same. You mistook the suggestion. If you could actually 100% be prepared for literally everything always, every second, …I think you’d likely never be worried about anything ever… The “don’t worry” suggestion is simply “nothing matters, so don’t worry 🤷‍♂️” in a sense.. and ESPECIALLY don’t worry, **if you’ve prepared yourself for most things. …whether physically, mentally, emotionally, in concept, in theory, in thought, etc…

[@Insights_with_Ana]

Its not a contradiction if you are working on your emotional intelligence.

[@Insights_with_Ana]

It's not a contradiction if you work on yourself, your mind, emotions and body. Its a holistic improvement. Remember you have a choice.

[@dominickraimo2411]

For us older folks:"out of the mouth of babes." Amazing young man. Nicely done.

[@winkleschool]

F 'n

[@jekyll9786]

we will soon go through with our dog what you had to and i'm sure you know how heartbreaking it is. then you turned it into a dog food commercial and cheapened the whole thing. How insulting!. couldn't you have put your ad in somewhere else?

[@belladriver258]

Colbert milked that story so many soldiers active risking their lives what has Colbert done from The advice he says his granny gave him

[@ScottKennether]

guys just read ebook magnetic aura from borlest and you'll never need to watch these videos again

[@munggo8644]

watched Aperture video about modern scam of this old wisdom. basically, you are a wolf in a sheep clothing.

[@jamespogi99]

It's ironic isn't it. I won't lie some of his book is great like daily stoic but just like Aperture says it become marketing.

[@munggo8644]

@@jamespogi99 yep, if you really want to delve deeply into stoicism, there are many phd professors on KZbin teaching philosophy. Basically, there are numerous channels out there that are just trying to take your money, including this channel and Aperture.

[@jamespogi99]

@@munggo8644 I bought Meditations and the Daily Stoic audiobook like two years ago, way before they got popular, so that’s where I’ve spent my time. Honestly, Stoicism is what got me into philosophy-it’s helped me through a lot, including stopping my thoughts about suicide. I thought I had Stoicism down and that I was becoming a stoic person, but now I’m realizing how hard it really is. Most of the time, I’m just breaking the 'rules' of Stoicism. It kind of feels like the Dunning-Kruger effect.

[@jamespogi99]

@@munggo8644 I bought Meditations and the Daily Stoic audiobook like two years ago, way before they got popular, so that’s where I’ve spent my time. Honestly, Stoicism is what got me into philosophy-it’s helped me through a lot, including stopping my thoughts about suicide. I thought I had Stoicism down and that I was becoming a stoic person, but now I’m realizing how hard it really is. Most of the time, I’m just breaking the 'rules' of Stoicism. It kind of feels like the Dunning-Kruger effect.

[@jamespogi99]

@@munggo8644 I bought Meditations and the Daily Stoic audiobook like two years ago, way before they got popular, so that’s where I’ve spent my time. Honestly, Stoicism is what got me into philosophy-it’s helped me through a lot, including stopping my thoughts about suicide. I thought I had Stoicism down and that I was becoming a stoic person, but now I’m realizing how hard it really is. Most of the time, I’m just breaking the 'rules' of Stoicism. It kind of feels like the Dunning-Kruger effect.

[@susheetrajdheersingh5215]

Hey ryan read all of your books i have just complain please don't add these ai b roll it makes your video less compelling and interesting

[@blakewatson9695]

The mere fact that you used Steven Cobair as a reference I lost all respect for you and your channel! What a shame.

[@YooToob-ef8jq]

It tells more about you than anyone else

[@vehemently1]

I’m not a Colbert fan, but I understand the lessson from his mother, who was an old-school Catholic - we mourn our family and miss them, but keep your eyes on eternity. That is the only way I was able to come to terms with the loss of my own parents.

[@mrosacci]

1: Does this actually matter? 3: Stop having an opinion. 10: Tolerant with others, strict with yourself. 23: The grudge you hold is meaningless. 34: Learn something from everyone. 36: You’re not that important. 47: Stop having an opinion. 49: Is this who I want to be? 50: You should probably shut up. Thanks for inspiring me to listen through a second time. Peace brother!

[@rahulradhakrishnan5591]

Great work as always!