50 (Short) Rules For Life From The Stoics

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Ryan Holiday defines 50 rules for life from the Stoics, gathered from their immense body of work across two thousand years. These rules functioned, then, as now, as guides to what the ancients called “the good life.” Hopefully some of them will illuminate your own path.
00:00 intro
01:03 Focus on what you can control.
01:24 You control how you respond to things.
01:59 Ask yourself, “Is this essential?”
02:28 Meditate on your mortality every day.
02:47 Value time more than money/possessions.
03:11 You are the product of your habits.
03:28 Remember you have the power to have no opinion.
03:58 Own the morning.
04:28 Put yourself up for review (Interrogate yourself).
04:46 Don’t suffer imagined troubles.
05:18 Try to see the good in people.
05:41 Never be overheard complaining…even to yourself.
06:02 Two ears, one mouth…for a reason (Zeno)
06:12 There is always something you can do.
06:33 Don’t compare yourself to others.
07:06 Live as if you’ve died and come back (every minute is bonus time).
07:25 “The best revenge is not to be like that.” Marcus Aurelius
07:48 Be strict with yourself and tolerant with others.
08:09 Put every impression, emotion, to the test before acting on it.
08:41 Learn something from everyone.
09:12 Focus on process, not outcomes.
09:41 Define what success means to you.
10:14 Find a way to love everything that happens (Amor fati).
10:46 Seek out challenges.
11:11 Don’t follow the mob.
12:00 Grab the “smooth handle.”
12:34 Every person is an opportunity for kindness (Seneca)
12:57 Say no (a lot).
13:33 Don’t be afraid to ask for help.
14:15 Find one thing that makes you wiser every day.
14:54 What’s bad for the hive is bad for the bee (Marcus Aurelius)
15:24 Don’t judge other people.
15:53 Study the lives of the greats.
16:30 Forgive, forgive, forgive.
17:01 Make a little progress each day.
17:26 Journal.
18:34 Prepare for life’s inevitable setbacks (premeditatio malorum)
19:08 Look for the poetry in ordinary things.
19:46 To do wrong to one, is to do wrong to yourself. (sympatheia)
20:07 Always choose “Alive Time.”
20:38 Associate only with people that make you better.
21:04 If someone offends you, realize you are complicit in taking offense.
21:36 Fate behaves as she pleases…do not forget this.
21:50 Possessions are yours only in trust.
22:31 Don’t make your problems worse by bemoaning them.
23:03 Accept success without arrogance, handle failure with indifference.
23:50 Courage. Temperance. Justice. Wisdom. (Always).
24:21 The obstacle is the way.
24:47 Ego is the enemy.
25:09 Stillness is the key.
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Opportunity is a scarce commodity. I will partake in this; there’s no limit to what you can achieve in life (including success) if you put your mind to it. Luckily I stumble into this.

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"You can't change your friends, but you can change your friends". Took me a while to get it but damn it's a good reminder

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I think in Greek it made more sense. Here change has 2 meanings.

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What does it mean?

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@@lovealways729 i think it means you cant change their behaviour but you can change who your friends are

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@@karimkamel4295agreed… you cannot change who your friends are they are who they are but you can change not to have them around you

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My nephew turned me onto your email,and KZbin shows. I’m 71 in the throws of mourning my husband of 47 years and you have given me more to know in this life I have lived so far. I thank you for that. We have had a beautiful marriage of which I’m beyond grateful and I have many blessings in my grandchild my family and the people around me. I’m glad to add you as one of those blessings to make even more of this life that I have no regrets of. I’m sad and missing but I also know what I had and what I have and all to give. Thank you

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So sorry for your loss. Gratitude is a powerful recentering tool. Most of us forget to use it as often as we should.

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Aww Aunty Mary...we are here for you ...xxx Your blessed 47 good years and family. In this day and age its hard to find a genuine partner. People have to big egos and are too confident to not appreciate love because of technology and swipe and finding replacements then solving and embracing situations.

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"Look for the poetry in ordinary things." Back in college I took a poetry writing course. I remember my professor stressing the idea that if you're going for a walk or a jog that you shouldn't wear headphones because you miss out on the beauty of so many things. Your surroundings and even the rhythm of your own heartbeat are beautiful things that can inspire many great lines. I've never forgot this and even though I don't write poetry anymore, I still think like a poet. However, I wouldn't recommend not wearing headphones in a gym because they're usually blaring some garbage.

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Giving up the ability to hear is dangerous also.

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I recently started this practice a few months ago, and it's been a revelation. Ditching the headphones has made me more attuned to the nuances and beauty in everyday moments, in everyday life. It's also made me more mindful and intentional about when I do listen to music. Everyday life doesn't need a soundtrack; it already has its own if you are open to experiencing it.

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I’ve been listening to this video every morning for the last 3weeks while getting ready and it’s made me more relaxed and I’ve seen an improvement in myself 👍🏻

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Daily affirmations keep us on our toes like daily exercise. Keep training your mind like u train your body 💪😎

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The Rules: 01:03 Focus on what you can control. 01:24 You control how you respond to things. 01:59 Ask yourself, “Is this essential?” 02:28 Meditate on your mortality every day. 02:47 Value time more than money/possessions. 03:11 You are the product of your habits. 03:28 Remember you have the power to have no opinion. 03:58 Own the morning. 04:28 Put yourself up for review (Interrogate yourself). 04:46 Don’t suffer imagined troubles. 05:18 Try to see the good in people. 05:41 Never be overheard complaining…even to yourself. 06:02 Two ears, one mouth…for a reason (Zeno) 06:12 There is always something you can do. 06:33 Don’t compare yourself to others. 07:06 Live as if you’ve died and come back (every minute is bonus time). 07:25 “The best revenge is not to be like that.” Marcus Aurelius 07:48 Be strict with yourself and tolerant with others. 08:09 Put every impression, emotion, to the test before acting on it. 08:41 Learn something from everyone. 09:12 Focus on process, not outcomes. 09:41 Define what success means to you. 10:14 Find a way to love everything that happens (Amor fati). 10:46 Seek out challenges. 11:11 Don’t follow the mob. 12:00 Grab the “smooth handle.” 12:34 Every person is an opportunity for kindness (Seneca) 12:57 Say no (a lot). 13:33 Don’t be afraid to ask for help. 14:15 Find one thing that makes you wiser every day. 14:54 What’s bad for the hive is bad for the bee (Marcus Aurelius) 15:24 Don’t judge other people. 15:53 Study the lives of the greats. 16:30 Forgive, forgive, forgive. 17:01 Make a little progress each day. 17:26 Journal. 18:34 Prepare for life’s inevitable setbacks (premeditatio malorum) 19:08 Look for the poetry in ordinary things. 19:46 To do wrong to one, is to do wrong to yourself. (sympatheia) 20:07 Always choose “Alive Time.” 20:38 Associate only with people that make you better. 21:04 If someone offends you, realize you are complicit in taking offense. 21:36 Fate behaves as she pleases…do not forget this. 21:50 Possessions are yours only in trust. 22:31 Don’t make your problems worse by bemoaning them. 23:03 Accept success without arrogance, handle failure with indifference. 23:50 Courage. Temperance. Justice. Wisdom. (Always). 24:21 The obstacle is the way. 24:47 Ego is the enemy. 25:09 Stillness is the key.

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I really want to express how much I appreciate this! So many creators don't offer a guide to targeted listening. It's something that really keeps me coming back. I happened to listen to this video all the way through, but I want to make sure you know how much it is appreciated. I've applied stoicism more in the last three months, than I have in the past three years, and your content has been key! Keep up the good work! Thank you.

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@dailystoic Ryan, how do you highlight within the books you read? Is different colours to the first, second time you’ve read the book? Etc

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As a recovering addict stoicism is the best philosophy I could have ever encountered. I still have a long way to go to being the person I want to be but employing these strategies has transformed me into a person I can be proud of. I've been in sobriety / recovery since 2017. Have overcome severe mental health conditions and am focusing on my passion in life. Its wonderful.

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Shelley, you're awesome and don't EVER forget that! Keep fighting the good fight, its worth it, the people that love you is worth it, you're worth it to the people that love you, and most importantly you're worth it to yourself💜💪❤.

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@@wesleyalan9179 thankyou ❤️ it is definitely worth it. Change is possible no matter how grim things may seem to be. 😍

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I hope all is going well with you. Wishing the best for you

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Hey, I am a recovering addict too...

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As he says every pain is an opportunity to change

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It is almost 6 month of war here in Ukraine. And my native city is right on the front line. All these missile strikes, artillery , etc. ruining places that were part of my life and killing people I knew made me to revise some thoughts on life priorities. Extreme situations like this kind of underline what is really important in your life. A food and water enough to be healthy and sometimes something tasty just for pleasure of tasting a good dish. Clean and warm bed to sleep. Possibility of having a walk in the park and watching birds, squirrels , etc. People you care are in safety and are healthy. An opportunity to work on things you want to master. This is actually it. Its actually what is enough. Situation brought me to something on the edge of stoicism and Nietzschean overcoming of yourself. And while googling on stoicism I came across with your channel. Just want to say - thank you. You are doing a great job sharing thoughts and spreading an ideas to people that need them!

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I should watch this video every day.

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3 consecutive days now

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@@OliverVillaverde I rewatch this and take note in my book. Each day gets a Rule for Life...

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Journal: “Instead of dumping on someone, it made me better,” - that one really hit home, thank you 🙏

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It’s with all this stoicism trend nowadays that I’ve discovered that I’ve been a stoic all my life without even knowing it! Interestingly, sometimes I felt that I had an “uncommon” approach to the situations which didn’t match the usual behavior of many people, and that made me think that maybe I was wrong about my way of thinking. But it just happened that I was a stoic 😄 good that now I can name it and be proud of it!

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@@mingpeeps thank you! I appreciate it!

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Me too!!

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I slooooooowly went through everything you said and meditated on each one. It was a long time well spent

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It never ends though. Keep it

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I was halfway through watching this video on 1.6x speed when I scrolled down and read this comment. I have now gone back to the beginning of the video and watching at normal speed and now going to watch again and pause, meditate and journal on each point before moving on to the next point. Reading your comment made me realise how I was trying to 'smash out' this video and move quickly through things in a hurried pace. Rather than slowing down and actually appreciating each point and taking the time to reflect

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I watch this video often and specially when I face a difficulty. It grounds me and guides me. Thank you so much for sharing this wisdom with us.

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Great advice: "Things don't happen TO you, they happen FOR you."

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The reason I love Marcus Aurelius so much is because I faced so many of the troubles he provides solutions too. I would get like halfway to his solution on my own, then negative thoughts would push out the wisdom before I’d have that “aha” moment. Hearing that someone from 2,000 years ago was facing essentially the exact same problems made me realize that my problems are not unique or so complex that I as a human don’t possess the skills to make my life better in the face of these problems. Was kind of like holding a mirror up to myself, but my reflection became a friend instead of a bully.

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Ryan, you're the man. Bought books on stoicism but could never really read them (boring). Thanks for making stoicism so digestible and relatable to modern life. You are such a gem to so many!

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Dear Ryan, you're so young, how did you become so enlightened? And, thank you for sharing your insight with the world.

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I just realised I can totally use "the obstacle is the way" when teaching maths. We talk in education about how the struggle to understand something is actually so important to making it stick in your brain. Anything to keep up my persona as the "weird teacher" anyway lol.

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Hi, Ryan, wow, what a treasure. If you’d have find 52, there’ll be one for every week of the year to think about and work with… I’ll translate it into German and make a picture of it. I always admired the Stoics and they helped me a lot during my life. There are of course reasons I found them. My favourite was always EPIKTET, thank you I know now a lot more. Never too old to learn new skills. Love, Monika❣️

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What a gem, one of the best videos I’ve watched!! This needs to be reviewed weekly at a minimum!! Wow ❤

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In a culture that sees asking for help as a sign of weakness, no single act carries the weight of true strength more than rejecting the entire culture by asking for that help.

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I attend a local Greek Orthodox Church, and my priest has told me repeatedly " strict with yourself , and lenient with others " Our job is to work on us . " Acquire a spirit of peace and thousands around you will be saved" -St Seraphim of Sarov

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OMG - I’m enjoying this so much… I’m in my mid seventies now. I studied Eastern wisdom traditions most of my life: Buddhism, Zen, and Taoism, but I knew nothing at all about the Stoics. Over my 70+ years I had developed some personal ideas and outlooks that helped me along the way. Then… over the past few months because of these vids on KZbin I have been introduced to the Stoics way of viewing life and I am stunned at how many of these ideas I had developed on my own without realizing there was a name for it or that there were ancient wisdom traditions based on that way of seeing things. So: THANK YOU SO MUCH for sharing this with the world here on YT. Now I want to read some of these wise words in book form to grok the back-story. Ever grateful.

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I am turning my eldest son onto the stoic philosophy and we use this guy 95% if the time.

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I need to watch this every day.

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Thanks so very much for this. I am going to be watching this over and over again every morning while I get ready before my day starts!

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This is the real content and spread positivity all over the world. I am from india I share this video to all my friends because this rules is very impressive. Almost 2 weeks plus I watched this video everyday to remind this rules 👍

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In my opinion this video is your Magnum Opus, it embodies everything that Daily Stoic stands for and a lot of what Stoicism is about, the practices talked about here are timeless and universal, thank you so much for this.

[@peaceandlove544]

These virtues are basically the same as the fruits of the Holly Spirit we are though to practice for an enriched, Peacefull, meaningful life and Afterlife

[@kirstymackenzie2437]

When I think of Marcus Aurelius’s teachings I always remember - Give me the SERENITY to ACCEPT the things that I can’t control, the COURAGE to CHANGE the things that I can, and the WISDOM to know the DIFFERENCE. ❤😊

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Catholic prayer

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@@wolfthequarrelsome504 I don’t think Marcus Aurelius was Catholic. 🤔. I rather think this would be before Catholics. 🙄

[@taabishkhanself-improvemen7331]

*“People who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”* - Rob Siltanen Love from a small channel💙

[@billyoung1826]

Ryan, thank you for sharing the practical wisdom of the stoics. You do so in a very natural and powerful way. I greatly value how it supports my understanding of the Gospel of Jesus Christ as well as binding with other faiths and paths of refinement. I am grateful to you and have been made better by your life's mission. Thank you!

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All the essential guides for living in one short video - really extraordinary.

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God this is so necessary for me to get through this life. So helpful and practical 🙏.

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Wow, there's a lot of quality information packed into these 26 minutes. Thanks man! Your videos are among the best on KZbin!

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Life changing advice! Well spoken my friend!

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You are a great teacher and this is very selflessly done. Easy to understand and powerful. Thank you.

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Just listen to this on my first run of the year on Jan 1, 2023.

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Love your passion for Stoicism Ryan. I enjoy your videos. Great "grounders" for anyone caught up in normal Earth stuff. Now to apply it!

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Challenge for anyone who reads this: apply one of these rules each day for the next 50 days! 😊 let’s go! ❤

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I think you missed the point completely

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Find a way to love everything that happens…. that hit hard!

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Since I was a kid I have read stoicism,became so depressed under the pandemic and brought me back to stoicism,under the pandemic I had reviewed my entire lifetime,I had not find regrets on me,other than not getting my Hi School Diploma or GED.

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Took screenshot of every slide. Noted on the paper. Pasted on the wall in front of my study table. Now, every morning, I read all the rules slowly as it will take time to get into your subconscious. Live, Love and Levitate...!!

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Hate is as important as Love.

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@@Fuehrenundfolgen why

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@@deepanshudutt2019 because if one is not able to hate what is threatening what one loves, one does infact not love.

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The clarity of this. Please teach these principles.

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I watch so many KZbin videos, and this is easily the best KZbin video that I have ever watched.

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Hi Ryan. You have inspired me to study stoicism. It has changed my life! I am forever grateful for your work. Thank you very much! Carpe diem.

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Wise far beyond your years. Love your book, “the obstacle is the way”. Simple concepts I can act upon today.

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🤔 -- there's a book!

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@Joe Kuhn - Are you an obstacle?

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THANK U SO MUCH FOR THIS I HOPE U LIVE A GOOD LIFE

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Thank you for everything ❤️

[@taabishkhanself-improvemen7331]

*“We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated”* - Maya Angelou Love from a small KZbinr💙

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Who can thumbs down this video?? I loved this a lot and it made me think of what is really important in life.

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all the people he called "idiots and assholes" on his Instagram page

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So much wisdom in just 30 minutes. Thank you!

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Utterly, unbelievably and precisely great wisdom !!!!

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This video is priceless Ryan. Everyone should watch this regularly and apply as much as they can to their life. Thank you for uploading.

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Thank you for these nuggets of wisdom. This needs to be shared everywhere.

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I so appreciate your channel ❤ 💛 💕 ♥ 💓

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I learned all these lessons the hard way. Live long enough and life teaches you. For me, it took a year a lesson.

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HI Ryan, I want to say Thank you! I listen this video every morning, it basically lifts me up from a hopeless situation under extreme isolation and psychological torture. You are "Wow !!! "

[@robinharris4247]

I am grateful to have found this channel and the things you teach. It brings a sense of calm to me.

[@KetiDv]

I agree all rules except the one that says don't forget yourself, I would say in return be tolerant to yourself and life will be much easier!

[@pradeepbhattarai02]

Every single day I get problems and I am not afraid by them because you are always here to teach me ❤

[@raykohli6922]

Hi Ryan thank you so very much for these videos. You are inspiring me to be 1% better every day. Making healthier choices, sticking to a good fitness routine. And even doing one thing today to scare me by having a cold shower this morning after my high intensity training workout I had always feared cold water and I found myself looking up at the shower head and asking it" is this all you've got?" Next aims are to go to bed 15 minutes earlier at the start of each week and waking up 15 minutes earlier. Improving by 15 minutes every week. So I can get up and start journalling. 😊😊

[@ZainHusain]

I hope this video gets a million views because it deserves it. So much wisdom in one KZbin video.

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Thank you Ryan. I love your videos, very helpful to me. I very much appreciate that you have made such a precious ancient philosophy available to the viewers.

[@omeratl5623]

Thanks Ryan.This summer was tough for me,But with these videos and stoicism i understood that i shouldn't judge it as bad but bear it with acceptance and love.

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God bless you Ryan!! Please continue to help us becoming better!!

[@MosesRabuka]

“In the middle of the journey of our life I came to myself within a dark wood where the straight way was lost” ~ Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy 🎭

[@l0rdcroissant]

I'm going to be playing this video every day as a great reminder ;)

[@BQWETCHIL]

Medicine via your ears . Thank you always Ryan for awsome content.

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A few years back I went through a very painful divorce and your book helped me out of my depression. I would listen to it as I was running training for a marathon... almost 5 years later I realize how that painful journey was the way to this current new stage of my life... it turns out my exwife was a few years later diagnosed with freak Early Onset Dementia... what I did not realize at the time is the weigh of that disease was not only bringing her down, but bringing our young sons and myself down with it... it was through the painful divorce that I freed myself from it, and was able to be the father my sons needed... now my sons and I are doing very well, and we are also caring for my exwife and being present for her accompanying her though her journey, but not being drowned by it... the painful divorce was the way for all of us to become greater and have a better life (for now -lol)

[@steve6548]

Stoic. If I am ever in a situation like this, I hope I can live up to this.

[@raykohli6922]

You are a beautiful person for the way that you dealt with a time that was clearly very distressing. You sound like a great example to your family! Your actions are very inspiring. 👍🏽😊

[@johnbags2525]

BS. I talked to ur “ex” and she said she’s never even met u.

[@_I_am_Thunder]

@@johnbags2525 very classy. Your attempt of joke lacks class. I wonder why you are reading these deep thought post and then responding like this? Anyway, work on your humor. Trying to hurt other people is never funny.

[@_I_am_Thunder]

@@johnbags2525 in keeping with the tradition of “The Obstacle Is The Way” Your negative post gave me the opportunity to paste a message I wrote to my ex-wife because today would have been our 29th wedding anniversary: . A note to my ex-wife In the day of our anniversary. It has been - [ ] 29 years since we got married and I promised to take care of you until death do us apart. - [ ] 31 years since you stole my heart with your sweet kiss when we first met - [ ] 7 years since we divorced. - [ ] 4 years since you were diagnosed with Early Onset Dementia and I took you back to care for you. My heart is broken in 1000 pieces and dark. Yet, somehow I managed to learn to love better than I had ever loved before. Your sweetness is incomparable. Your pureness is indescribable. I am still in awe! Yet, I suffer immeasurable grief for seeing you go through the Alzheimer’s experience. My pain is matched with deep gratitude for having the opportunity to serve you selflessly, and to take care of our two beautiful and strong sons. I will always love you selflessly and eternally, because you deserve it. I see the pure sweetness of God displayed in you every second of every day. Thank you for making me better and for giving me the opportunity to care for you.

[@asthesungotlow7452]

I'm grateful for your videos, books and newsletter. Thank you for your time and effort, Ryan!

[@first6969]

Really Worth Listening... Thanks For The Good Work... Keep The Good Work Continuing...

[@honeymr.latenight5714]

God bless Ryan 🙏🙏🙏

[@SpiderMan-gv2gd]

I’ve been reading some of Meditations and Discourses which has left a great impact on me but the way you put it in your novels and videos make it a lot easier to understand in depth abs I thank you for bringing this wisdom to the modern day

[@AnjaliSharma06]

never clicked on a video so quickly, Thank you for this gem of a video Ryan!

[@anirudh1036]

Me too ✨

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[@mayank626]

ig you haven't listend Donda yet

[@Goofballhero]

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[@ProductivityAccount]

This guy is really something else. Thank you for trying to make our life better.❤️🔥

[@footballheart4797]

Every day my inner me grow with him

[@nesral123]

This is so good. I will definitely come back and rewatch this video. Thank you Ryan.

[@derek3778]

"Everything you do, you chose to purchase with your life" This hit me so hard. I never thought of life/death, every moment that we have, useless things that i spent time on, this way. So profound, and awe-inspiring.

[@janiesinha5629]

I’m going to your store one day, thank you 🙏🏾 and your family, your teachings are teaching me,

[@StoicEvolution1]

Epictetus: "Keep your intention pure. Emotions will try to distract you. So keep going. That’s the cure."

[@MsLinz1975]

Just found your channel today. Went out and bought a journal and starting to implement this self reflection and allowing to be removed from things I can't control. I started the day feeling crappy. But feel more comfortable now. Thank you for all the great advice.

[@CyFi6]

Hey my friend, so many of these things resonate with me, things I've always tried to practice. I had no idea there was a philosophy practicing this called stoicism. I'm so excited to learn more about it. Thanks

[@azme]

Even the comments are inspiring, left alone this video.

[@DOOMDAYNOW]

Pure distilled gold !!!

[@thesuccesscommunity6916]

Ryan is always on point... The Rules are clear and ready to be implemented if determined. Definitely will make you better and give you the edge.

[@jackiesantangelo6610]

So, I'm at T-Mobile in order to leave A T and T, this takes a while. Before I leave, two T-Mobile folks take a picture of my copy of The Obstacle is the Way. They ask about the circles tattooed on my arm. Those are my teachers and the reminder of the only place my power is, inside the hoop. I leave them with The Daily Stoic email. They ask me to visit; it wasn't me that got them revved up- Stoicism The path to your best life. Hi Ry...

[@edithlepagecrete9356]

Thank you Ryan I listen to you regularly. You are so enlightening! Thank you for being there. What you teach is very important for many of us.

[@akshaylakhani7898]

Great video, Ryan. No. 10 on imagined troubles, and No. 48 The Obstacle is the Way, and making the best out of difficulties really resonate with me. Thank you for all of the wisdom you share :)

[@Tomm9y]

Also, I found No 42 interesting 'If someone offends you, realize you are complicit in taking offense', very relvant to the current culture.

[@Azaruz90]

Thank you like always, Ryan. Thanks to Stocisism and you, my life has become better(even though life has always been great).

[@jeffreyk.356]

You're a great advisor Mister Ryan.

[@TUBEDOUT07]

This channel is youtube at it's best- the information helps the viewers become better and wiser people.

[@JayMeDee]

Thank you for this. I lost my way for a bit not following one of the most important rules, and Im working my way back...so this was a nice reminder :)

[@ZappninLLP]

I'm 77 now and asking myself, "Where has stoicism been all my life?" Thank you for this and this community.

[@artanddesign8561]

Wow, this stuff is changing my life. I can’t thank you enough for these posts. You are really doing an incredible service. Thank you for helping me. Thank you for reaching me. Thank you for doing what you’re doing!!!!!

[@timr7067]

I have probably read 100+ personal development books over the last 20 years and only just stumbled upon Stoicism this year. It has completely changed my world-view. My stress and anxiety has all but disappeared.

[@TedShreds]

Thank you for keeping it short Ryan, I feel like this could be useful to listen to daily in the morning.