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Mark Matousek is a bestselling author, teacher, and speaker whose work focuses on personal awakening and creative excellence through transformational writing and self-inquiry. He brings over three decades of experience as a memoirist, editor, interviewer, survivor, activist, and spiritual seeker to his penetrating and thought provoking work with students. 

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Tom Segura goes on a book tour of The Painted Porch to find the titles he is most interested in.

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Colonel (retired) Martha McSally was the 1st U.S. woman to command a fighter squadron in combat. She deployed 6 times to the Middle East and Afghanistan, flying 325 combat hours in the A-10 attack plane, earning the Bronze Star and 6 Air Medals. She later served as a U.S. Congresswoman and U.S. Senator representing AZ. She is an endurance athlete and survivor of assault. Her book "Dare to Fly: Simple Lessons in Never Giving Up" can be found on her website: www.marthamcsally.com. www.2024bestyear.com

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Colonel (retired) Martha McSally was the 1st U.S. woman to command a fighter squadron in combat. She deployed 6 times to the Middle East and Afghanistan, flying 325 combat hours in the A-10 attack plane, earning the Bronze Star and 6 Air Medals. She later served as a U.S. Congresswoman and U.S. Senator representing AZ. She is an endurance athlete and survivor of assault. Her book "Dare to Fly: Simple Lessons in Never Giving Up" can be found on her website: www.marthamcsally.com. www.2024bestyear.com

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Brent Underwood is the owner of Cerro Gordo, an original boomtown silver mine, established in 1865. Brent currently lives on a mountain above Death Valley with no running water, seven cats, six goats, and at least one ghost.

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Charles Duhigg is a graduate of Yale University and Harvard Business School. He is a Pulitzer prize-winning reporter and the author of The Power of Habit, which spent over three years on New York Times bestseller lists. His second book, Smarter Faster Better, was also a New York Times bestseller. 

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Jonathan Haidt is the Thomas Cooley Professor of Ethical Leadership at New York University?s Stern School of Business. He obtained his PhD in social psychology from the University of Pennsylvania and taught at the University of Virginia for sixteen years. His research focuses on moral and political psychology, as described in his book The Righteous Mind. His latest book, The Anxious Generation, is a direct continuation of the themes explored in The Coddling of the American Mind.

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Have you ever wondered how some of the biggest companies were built? On the podcastHow I Built This, host Guy Raz talks to the founders behind the world?s biggest companies and brands to learn the real stories of how they built them. How I Built This with Guy Raz is a master-class on innovation, creativity, leadership and how to navigate challenges of all kinds.

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Ryan talks with American entrepreneur and ghost town miner Brent Underwood. They discuss identifying and following your path, the history of Cerro Gordo, Brent?s latest book Ghost Town Living: Mining for Purpose and Chasing Dreams at the Edge of Death Valley, and more. 

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Sam Parr is the founder of The Hustle, which is one of the fastest-growing media companies in the country, and Hustle Con - a one-day conference that teaches non-technical startup tactics. Sam recently co-founded Hampton which is a highly vetted membership community for entrepreneurs, founders and CEOs. Alongside his companies, he is also a prolific podcaster, hosting "The Hustle Podcast" and co-hosts "My First Million".

With his diverse skill set, extensive experience, and passion for entrepreneurship, Sam Parr continues to make waves in the business world, inspiring others to pursue their own ventures and redefine the future of commerce.

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On this episode of the Daily Stoic podcast, we're happy to bring you two excerpts from Lessons From An American Stoic: How Emerson Can Change Your Life by Mark Matousek.

In this wise, illuminating book, award-winning author Mark Matousek reveals how Emerson's timeless wisdom can help us with the problems we're facing today. America's 'original Stoic' confronted many of the issues before us, from polarization to fake news, from crooked politicians and rampant materialism, to the scourge of racism.

From the book LESSONS FROM AN AMERICAN STOIC: How Emerson Can Change Your Life, by Mark Matousek. Copyright © 2023 by Mark Matousek. Published on June 1, 2023, by HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. Excerpted by permission.

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Sam Parr is the founder of The Hustle, which is one of the fastest-growing media companies in the country, and Hustle Con - a one-day conference that teaches non-technical startup tactics. Sam recently co-founded Hampton which is a highly vetted membership community for entrepreneurs, founders and CEOs. Alongside his companies, he is also a prolific podcaster, hosting "The Hustle Podcast" and co-hosts "My First Million".

With his diverse skill set, extensive experience, and passion for entrepreneurship, Sam Parr continues to make waves in the business world, inspiring others to pursue their own ventures and redefine the future of commerce.

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Yeah, it?s frustrating. Yeah, it was preventable. Yeah, you told them it was preventable, you warned them what would happen. They didn?t listen and now here you are. Yeah, it?s gonna be costly. Yeah, you?re pissed.

But you know what you should do? You should solve the problem first. You can put your emotions about it aside. You can worry about blame later. ?You don?t have to turn this into something,? Marcus Aurelius wrote in Meditations. ?It doesn?t have to upset you.? He also writes about how easy it is to waste energy investigating the causes of things, taking things personally, extrapolating out what everything means. He?s saying: Just deal with it. Solve the problem, worry about ?accountability? later.

Right now, you?ve got to figure out what you?re going to do about the fact that your spouse left the keys at home. Right now, you?ve got to deal with the fact that one of your kids is hurt and crying?that your other one is responsible can be addressed later. Right now, you?ve got payroll to meet, you?ve got an order that?s late, you?ve got a boat to get on the trailer. Get your emotions under control, resist the urge to argue and fight about the situation you?re in. Deal with the fact you?re in the situation first. You can deal with the rest later.

?and you just might find, after you?ve solved the problem, that you don?t much care about whose fault it was anymore.

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Ryan speaks with Admiral Bill McRaven about the nature of being a Stoic, imposter syndrome when being a leader, and how resilience is sometimes enduring injustice. They also discuss McRaven?s two books, The Wisdom of the Bullfrog: Leadership Made Simple and Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life?and Maybe Even The World.

Admiral Bill McRaven is a retired US Navy four-star admiral. He served 37 years as a Navy SEAL leading men and women at every level of the special operations community. During those four decades, Admiral McRaven dealt with every conceivable leadership challenge, from commanding combat operations?including the capture of Saddam Hussein, the rescue of Captain Phillips, and the raid for Osama bin Laden. 

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Check out Admiral McRaven?s other books: Spec Ops: Case Studies in Special Operations Warfare Theory and Practice, Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations, and The Hero Code: Lessons Learned From Lives Well Lived. 

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With a business partner, some investors, and his life savings, Brent Underwood bought the abandoned mining turned ghost town, Cerro Gordo, in 2018.

The plan was to bring the town back to life, to turn the 336 acres and 22 buildings into a historical destination. That plan largely revolved around the American Hotel, the literal and metaphorical center of town. But then on June 15, 2020, 149 years to the day it opened, the American Hotel caught fire and burned to the ground.

?It was probably the most devastating day of my life,? Brent would recall. ?You are literally watching your life savings and hopes and dreams burn in front of you.? As he stood atop the ashes, the town?s previous owner put his hand on Brent?s shoulder. ?You can?t change what happened,? he told Brent, ?but what happens from here is up to you.? More than just providing comfort, Brent wrote, those words were ?a call to action.?

It?s a reminder that for everything outside of our control, we retain?at the core of our being?an incredible power: The power to choose what we do with what happens to us. The power to decide what role an event will play in our lives. The power to write the end of our own story.

No one can take that away from us. People can hurt us. Money can be lost. Jobs can disappear. Cars can crash into each other. Stoicism can?t change what happened. No philosophy is a time machine.

But what we can do, what the Stoic practice is meant to help us do, is to prevail over what happened, and decide what comes next.

You can read about what Brent did after the American Hotel burned down in his new book Ghost Town Living: Mining for Purpose and Chasing Dreams at the Edge of Death Valley. It?s just one of the many lesson-packed stories in the book about Brent?s time at Cerro Gordo. From facing isolation and the challenges of preserving historical integrity to confronting physical dangers like mine shafts and the elements, Ghost Town Living is story of adventure and tenacity, as well as a call to chase after audacious dreams, defy the conventional, and devote yourself to your own the pursuit of an extraordinary life.

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It?s funny, over here at Daily Stoic, we do these challenges throughout the year (maybe you?ve joined one before). On the one hand, this name is probably bad marketing. People don?t usually get excited by the thought of being challenged. In fact, what they usually want is a secret or a shortcut or a hack. They want someone to solve the challenges for them. On the other hand, isn?t embracing life?s challenges what Stoicism is all about? So naturally, we couldn?t call the Daily Stoic Spring Forward Challenge anything but that. It is a challenge. 10 days straight of them. Starting now.

So yes it?s been a long December, but as the song also reminds us, there?s reason to believe that this year will be better than the last. And that reason is you?if you allow yourself to be, if you challenge yourself, if you decide to climb out of your velvet rut. A person who has never been challenged, Seneca said, who always gets their way, is a tragic figure. They have no idea what they are capable of. They are not even close to fulfilling their potential. ?Stop wandering about!? Marcus Aurelius said to himself, perhaps on the eve of a new season just like this one. ?Get busy with life's purpose,? he commanded, ?toss aside empty hopes, get active in your own rescue?if you care for yourself at all?and do it while you can.?

And so as the seasons change, as the clocks change, we want to urge you one last time to join us and thousands of other Stoics in The Daily Stoic Spring Forward Challenge. Because one of the best ways to cure anxiety, to deal with stress, and to become present is to really throw yourself into some means of self-improvement. Stop procrastinating. Break out. Break free. Get cleaning. Challenge yourself.

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On this weekend episode of the Daily Stoic podcast, Ryan talks with Kentucky Wildcats Men's Basketball Team in which he focuses on the timeless wisdom of the four cardinal virtues?wisdom, courage, justice, and temperance?Holiday adeptly tailored his message to the elite world of collegiate basketball.

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Today is that day many dread?the day the clocks spring forward. Yes, in the middle of the night, you lost an hour that you?ll never get back. An hour of sleep, an hour of leisure, an hour to spend with your kids. You mourn that loss of time, wondering all the ways you could?ve spent it otherwise.

Don?t fall into this trap and join us TODAY for the Spring Forward challenge. It starts March 19 and is set up to push you to examine your habits, your choices, and your relationships to move you closer to living your best life here and now.

*A note on the audio for this episode: an issue with Ryan's live mic resulted in the discrepancy in audio quality that you hear. We apologize for the inconvenience.

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Ryan continues his conversation with computer science professor and bestselling author, Cal Newport. They discuss how to be indispensable in your personal and professional life, the myth of busyness, Cal?s latest book Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout, and more. 

Cal Newport is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Georgetown University. His scholarship focuses on the theory of distributed systems, while his general-audience writing explores intersections of culture and technology. He is the author of eight books, including Slow Productivity, Digital Minimalism, and Deep Work. Newport is also a contributing writer for the New Yorker and the host of the Deep Questions podcast.

Watch or listen to Cal?s podcast, Deep Questions.

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Listen to Cal?s take in The Wealthy Stoic: A Daily Stoic Guide To Being Rich, Free, and Happy. 

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That was the purpose behind Stoicism, behind the journaling, and the reading, and studying of this philosophy, behind the Daily Stoic Spring Forward Challenge (which starts on Tuesday, the first day of spring)?to use each day as an opportunity to improve yourself action by action, step by step. This might not seem like much, as Zeno said, but it adds up to no small thing.

Every one of us wants to improve, wants to be better, wants to have better habits, live better, think better. But most of us wait to launch that business, write that novel, develop that fitness routine, to do what we know is right. We?ll do it when we?re more secure, we say, we?ll do it later, or in the fall, or next year, when things get back to normal. But putting things off is the biggest waste of life, Seneca reminds us. It snatches away the present in exchange for some promised future.

Every day is a new season. Every day is spring, whatever hemisphere you?re in. Every day is a chance for a new beginning. That every day we awake, we can choose a new life, a new way, to rededicate ourselves to becoming the best versions of ourselves.

As we?ve been saying, this is a chance to begin afresh, afresh, afresh. And that?s what we?re all going to be doing in the Daily Stoic Spring Forward Challenge. It?s designed to push you to examine those parts of your life, those habits, those choices that could move you closer to living your best life. You could have the good life, the life you deserve, right now!

Participants will receive:

? 10 Custom Challenges Delivered Daily (Over 15,000 words of all-new original content)

? One live Q&A session

? Printable 10-Day Calendar With custom daily illustrations to track progress

? Access to a Private Community Platform

It is a new season, and it can also be the beginning of a new you, too. Give yourself 10 days of improvement and a runway for true, sustainable change.

Challenge yourself to spring forward to be the person you know you can be. Don?t wait any longer to live the life you deserve. Head over to dailystoic.com/spring and sign up NOW!

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Seneca makes the point, however, that what we are really rushing towards?with all deliberate speed?is death. That?s what he means when he says that we get death wrong. Death is not some distant thing in the future, not some one-time thing that looms ahead. Instead, death is something happening to you right now. It?s happening as you read this email (hope it?s been worth it!), it?s happening as you struggle to put your daughter?s shoes on so you can drop her off at school and then it?s happening still more as you sit down to that coffee meeting you rushed to even though you didn?t want to have it in the first place. It happens as you procrastinate, it happens as you distract yourself, it happens as you make bad choices, it happens as you worry and dread and whine.

And that?s why we created The Daily Stoic Spring Forward Challenge. It?s a set of ten brand-new actionable challenges designed to push you to examine your choices, your relationships, and your day-to-day patterns and move you closer to living your best life.

?Remember how long you?ve been putting this off,? Marcus Aurelius writes, ?how many extensions the gods gave you, and you didn?t use them.? He reminds us ?that there is a limit to the time assigned you, and if you don?t use it to free yourself it will be gone and will never return.?

Don?t rush through life, don?t rush toward death. Use the time assigned to you and sign up for The Spring Forward Challenge NOW at dailystoic.com/spring! Challenge starts March 19!

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On today's episode of the Daily Stoic Podcast, Ryan talks with Kentucky Wildcats Men's Basketball Team in which he focuses on the timeless wisdom of the four cardinal virtues?wisdom, courage, justice, and temperance.

*A note on the audio for this episode: an issue with Ryan's live mic resulted in the discrepancy in audio quality that you hear. We apologize for the inconvenience.

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