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This is Literally The Least You Can Do (But It Means A Lot)
I feel like every few weeks I am surprised when I pass by the Bastrop County Courthouse on my way to my office at the bookstore. First, I start seeing the little bunches of campaign signs. Then I see the white “Early Voting” signs with their big red arrow. Again? Seriously,…
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10 Lessons It Took Me 10 Years To Understand
I’d put in my hours. 482 weeks. 3,379 days. That’s how long I’d been studying the Stoics when I sat down to write the Daily Stoic. I was 29 years old and I knew enough to write a couple-hundred-page book, one Stoic entry for every day of the year. But there’s a difference…
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Why I Ran A 50K Through Rome Alone (And What It Taught Me)
In the middle of Rome, there stands one of the great trophies of history, the Column of Marcus Aurelius. The nearly 100-foot monument was put up to commemorate Marcus’ victories during the Marcomannic Wars. It is covered in carvings depicting scenes of his armies marching,…
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If You’re Trying To Do This Fast, You’re Doing It Wrong
Before we get into today’s piece…tomorrow I’m hosting a live Q&A session with everyone in the Read to Lead course over at Daily Stoic. Today is the last day to sign up and get your invitation—I hope to see you there! Reading is a good thing. Every book teaches us something,…
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I’m Sorry But There’s No Shortcut for This (And That’s a Good Thing)
It’s clearly a timeless tendency because Seneca tells us a story about it from two thousand years ago. People have always wanted to get something for nothing. They’ve always wanted to get the results without doing the work. Especially when it comes to knowledge. “Wanting to…
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This Makes Life Richer, Stranger, And More Interesting (And It’s Basically Free)
Before we get into today’s piece…our Read to Lead course over at Daily Stoic has been updated for 2026! If you want to become a better reader and get more out of your reading, check it out here. Sign up by September 22nd and you’ll also get to join me for a live Q&A—I’d love to…
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This Won’t Solve All Your Problems (Just Most of Them)
In March 2025, we found two ten-week old puppies dumped on the road near where we live out in the country. One was white with spots. The other was mostly black with some white on her chest and paws. Both were emaciated, covered in flea bites, and scared of the thunderstorm that…
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The Discipline Required To Create The Life You Want
You know, not everything has to be big. I realize that the impulse, especially when it comes to business, is to try to grow everything to the absolute biggest it can be. This is not a new, but it’s certainly a defining trend of our age. After all, all this drama about data…
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For Nearly 2,000 Years, This Is Who People Have Turned To When Life Gets Hard
The right book at the right time is a powerful thing. In fact, it can change the whole course of your life. Some time around the year 141 CE, the philosopher Junius Rusticus gave a young Marcus Aurelius a book from his own library: the lectures of a former slave named Epictetus.…
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This Is Why We Opened A Banned Books Library (In Rural Texas)
One of my kids’ favorite books is I Need a New Butt. I don’t want to spoil the plot, but he needs a new butt not for any culture-war reason but because his has a crack in it. That’s funny, especially if you’re four or five or six or seven. My boys love the sequels too, I Broke…