The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations for Clarity, Effectiveness, and Serenity
by Ryan Holiday
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Ryan Holiday talks about the origins of the book and shares some of his favorite parts, explaining a bit about each one. A common thread in the video is that life is about change; to resist change or to complain about it is to remove ourselves from the natural flow of life. He talks about the misperception that to be stoic is to deny ourselves pleasure, encouraging his readers to enjoy all the good things of life without being addicted to any of them.
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Although the book contains 365 stoic meditations, the video’s creator presents five that he uses during the week, those being combinations of ideas from the book. They are: “the one thing I control is my mind”; “I can do three things”; “sweat the small stuff”; “desire wisely”; and “take delight in simple things.” He says, for example, that “sweat the small stuff” means that our small decisions and choices combine to comprise the bulk of our life, so it’s important to make them consciously and well.
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