The Daily Stoic

Kate Courtney, Karen Duffy, Meg Mason, and Susan Cain on Using Stoicism to Endure Life's Obstacles

Nov 5, 2022

01:08:55

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Do You Want to Be Fast Now or Fast Later?

02:12

You Don't Live in My Basement for the Rest of Your Life

00:43

The Unquiet Mind by K. Jameson

01:46

The Olympic Moment

02:05

Introduction

6min

Do You Hate the Off Season?

2min

Writing a Book Is Like Putting Out the Book, Not Writing the Books.

2min

The Olympic Moment

2min

You Just Didn't Get the Performance That You Expected Out of Yourself That Day

2min

The Olympics Aren't for Another Three Years Again

3min

The Most Important Thing That a Young Ball Player Can Learn Is That You Can't Be Good Every Day

2min

Do You Want to Be Fast Now or Fast Later?

2min

Are You Optimizing Versus Maximizing?

2min

10.

How Do You Deal With Chronic Pain?

2min

11.

The Gift of Stoicism

2min

12.

How Do You Model a Stoic Child?

1min

13.

Moms Are So Incredible That Nature Had to Synthesize a Chemical to Break Our Bond

2min

14.

I Love What You Just Doed There

2min

15.

The Problem Is We Don't Expect Problems

3min

16.

I Love the Stoics

2min

17.

The Seneca - The Most Powerful Person in the World

2min

18.

Alaska Airlines Is the Most Caring Airline in the Sky

2min

19.

I'm Just Going to Let This Go

2min

20.

Is It Possible to Write an Unlikable Character in a Novel?

3min

21.

What Is the Problem With Your Monologue? Is It a Monthly Diagnosis?

2min

22.

Medical Misogyny

2min

23.

Is Postpartum Really a Relationship Problem?

2min

24.

The Unquiet Mind by K. Jameson

2min

25.

COVID - Can I Catch It?

2min

26.

Don't Call It a Comeback

3min

27.

The Main Road Is the Joys and the Sufferings Along the Way

2min

28.

I've Lost My Father From COVID in 2020

2min

29.

The Pandemic Is Just Part of the Deal

2min

30.

Is COVID Normal or Abnormal?

2min

31.

A Thousand Years Ago

2min

32.

Is That Part of What Happened to You?

3min

33.

Is It a Diary or a Book?

2min

34.

I Love You in All This, but It Was Never the Same

2min

35.

The Daily Stoic Life - A New Year's Resolution

3min

This episode is a compilation of some of the best Stoic wisdom from the Daily Stoic Podcast. Ryan talks to Kate Courtney about the important distinction between optimization vs. maximization, Karen Duffy about how Stoicism can help guide you through pain, Meg Mason about the vitality of being tolerant and forgiving of others, Susan Cain how to take heartbreak and mold something great out of it.

Kate Courtney: https://dailystoic.com/kate-courtney/

Karen Duffy: https://dailystoic.com/karen-duffy/

Meg Mason: https://dailystoic.com/meg-mason/

Susain Cain: https://dailystoic.com/susan-cain/

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