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What The Daily Stoic Says About Relationships
33 episodes about relationships
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Key Insights on Relationships
Dating success isn't practiced, it's absorbed - women respond to men whose lives require confidence, not men trying to be confident
- We're in Cold War II between US and China, but with much deeper economic ties than the US-Soviet relationship ever had
- Blue-collar workers on construction sites were the most even-keeled about COVID because they have a daily relationship with danger and know how to calibrate risk
- "Not because you're great, not because you're amazing, not because you're the best, but because I love you" - Mike
- "Your cohort is going to run all the important institutions 35 years from now" - Lloyd advising young professionals on long-term relationship building
- The three pursuits after health and wealth are truth, love, and beauty - truth is permanent, love means being in love rather than being loved
- Every relationship is transactional with value exchange - the secret to happy relationships is two happy people, not trying to make each other happy
- Cousin marriage remains prevalent worldwide because genetic risks drop dramatically from 0.5 relatedness (siblings) to 0.125 (cousins), making biological concerns minimal
Episodes
Step Outside, But Not To Brawl | How to Get Out of Bed When Life Feels Heavy
How To Love Your Country Without Lying About It | Ty Seidule
A Stoic's Guide To Looksmaxxing
You Can’t Help But Leave a Piece | Ask Daily Stoic
This Is How You Release Your Anxiety | Quality Over Quantity
Rock Bottom, Recovery, and Starting Over at 40 | Jon Gustin
It Can’t Think About You | How to Be a Better Friend, According to the Stoics
You Think You Want Autonomy. You Don’t. | David Epstein
This is the Part To Love | How a Stoic Deals with Obnoxious People
When Your Passion Is Master of Your Reason… | We Are a Product of Our Habits
40 Hidden Lessons From Marcus Aurelius' Meditations
It’s Right There. Take It. | Stoic Lessons Hidden in Bruce Springsteen Songs
The 5-Step Stoic Routine for Clear Thinking | Maria Semple
Heal Yourself With This | The Cure for a Reading Slump
You Think You Have Time. You Don’t.
You Must Learn to See | The Stoic Lesson of Marcus Aurelius' Crumbling Statue
Real People. Real Tests. Real Stoicism.
It’s Not a Principle If It Doesn’t Cost You
BONUS | Books You Can Finish In One Sitting (And Actually Remember)
12 Stoic Remedies for When Life Feels Heavy
Arthur Brooks’ Ultimate Philosophy Masterclass (PT. 2)
You’re Not as Powerful as You Think (Seneca)
The Stoic Secrets Great Leaders Use | Daniel Coyle
Break Through While You Still Can | Ask Ryan Holiday
Stoop and Build ’Em Up | Stronger Stoics Together
Stoic Advice for the Problems We All Face
The Complete Stoic Playbook To MASTER Your Emotions
Will You Face This Truth?
They’re Not Wrong (They’re Just Cut Off From Truth) | What Expensive Things Cost
Why Thinking About Your Death Will Save Your Life
Books on relationships
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