50 (Short) Rules For Life From The Stoics

For daily reminders of these Stoics principles sign up for the FREE Daily Stoic email: Ryan Holiday defines 50 rules for life from the Stoics, gathered from their immense body of work across two thousand years. These rules functioned, then, as now, as guides to what the ancients called “the good life.” Hopefully some of them will illuminate your own path. 00:00 intro 01:03 Focus on what you can control. 01:24 You control how you respond to things. 01:59 Ask yourself, “Is this essential?” 02:28 Meditate on your mortality every day. 02:47 Value time more than money/possessions. 03:11 You are the product of your habits. 03:28 Remember you have the power to have no opinion. 03:58 Own the morning. 04:28 Put yourself up for review (Interrogate yourself). 04:46 Don’t suffer imagined troubles. 05:18 Try to see the good in people. 05:41 Never be overheard complaining…even to yourself. 06:02 Two ears, one mouth…for a reason (Zeno) 06