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A review by hellhoundharry
The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living by Stephen Hanselman, Ryan Holiday
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This is, I am sorry to say, another book in the category "Read this (=my) book and become a stoic, then YOU can be just as successful in business and make as much money as me!"
I am well aquainted with the classics, I sometimes find it funny that I discovered Meditations by Marcus Aurelius just as the Pandemic was about to hit. I have since then moved on to Seneca and Epictetus.
However, I always feel that the Holiday-version of stoicism is lacking. The ancient stoics talked about how you can achieve happiness no matter what your external circumstances are, no matter how well your business is going. And that has helped me a lot, especially during the pandemic.
So with that in mind, a book that is focused on becoming more productive in a working enviroment or succeeding in business with the help of stoicism is the antithesis of stoicsism.
I am gonna name this "American Stoicism".
I am sure Ryan Holiday is a good man with a good heart, with the best intentions in mind. But I would advice against reading this false interpretation of stoicism and instead read the classics. You can find them fairly cheap.
I am well aquainted with the classics, I sometimes find it funny that I discovered Meditations by Marcus Aurelius just as the Pandemic was about to hit. I have since then moved on to Seneca and Epictetus.
However, I always feel that the Holiday-version of stoicism is lacking. The ancient stoics talked about how you can achieve happiness no matter what your external circumstances are, no matter how well your business is going. And that has helped me a lot, especially during the pandemic.
So with that in mind, a book that is focused on becoming more productive in a working enviroment or succeeding in business with the help of stoicism is the antithesis of stoicsism.
I am gonna name this "American Stoicism".
I am sure Ryan Holiday is a good man with a good heart, with the best intentions in mind. But I would advice against reading this false interpretation of stoicism and instead read the classics. You can find them fairly cheap.