What The Daily Stoic Says About Writing
73 episodes about writing
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Key Insights on Writing
Through microprogression training, Tijin went from basic counting to completing 57 college units and writing essays
- Hebrew writing shows consequences through narrative patterns rather than immediate moral commentary
- Modern biology has three new technology classes: better sequencing for reading, neural networks for thinking, and CRISPR for writing - creating "a new kind of Turing loop"
- Most entrepreneurial fears are 'false evidence appearing real' - writing down worst-case scenarios reveals 90% are completely unreasonable
- In The Daily Stoic Journal 366 Days of Writing and Reflection on the Art of Living, Holiday emphasizes that our intentions cannot be impeded.
- The memoir took 20 years to complete, evolving from academic writing style to novelistic 'show don't tell' approach with greater honesty about family complexities
- Being Green broke all children's songwriting rules by having no end rhymes, unlike typical songs that rhyme everything
- Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton won the Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing and became a New York Times bestseller, exploring how a baby hare transformed pandemic isolation into profound connection with nature
Episodes
It’s So Hard To Find | Stop Looking For This
12 Stoic Rules For A Better Life
Men Are Reading Less Fiction. That’s A Problem. | Steven Pressfield
Which Of These Are You? | What's In Your Way Is The Way
Step Outside, But Not To Brawl | How to Get Out of Bed When Life Feels Heavy
You Have To Be Both These Things | The Long Way Around
You Need An Ethical Will | Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling
What Our Fathers Teach Us, For Better Or Worse | Tom Junod
How To Love Your Country Without Lying About It | Ty Seidule
Recognize These Signs of Weakness | 7 Daily Habits That Will Change Your Life
A Stoic's Guide To Looksmaxxing
A Stoic Masterclass for Ambitious People | Codie Sanchez