8 Stoic Don'ts For A Better Life

“If you seek tranquillity,” Marcus Aurelius said, “do less.”

And then he follows the note to himself with some clarification. Not nothing, less. Do only what’s essential.

Ryan Holiday's 8 Stoic don'ts will help you determine the things are essential, and those that aren't. Follow these tips today and everyday. This is the simple recipe for improvement and for happiness.

So much of what we think we must do, so much of what we end up doing is not essential. We do it out of habit. We do it out of guilt. We do it out of laziness or we do it out of greedy ambition. And then we wonder why our performance suffers. We wonder why our heart isn’t really in it. But if we could do less inessential stuff, we’d be able to better do what is essential.

00:00 Intro
00:54 1. Don’t Fear Change
02:01 2. Don’t sweat the small stuff
02:44 3. Don’t value others opinion above your own
03:40 4. Don’t seek revenge
04:27 5. Don’t start from behind
05:12 6. Don’t be so reachable
06:02 7. Don’t have an opinion
06:35 8. Don’t look for outside approval

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[DailyStoic]

The don'ts:

00:00 Intro
00:54 1. Don’t Fear Change
02:01 2. Don’t sweat the small stuff
02:44 3. Don’t value others opinion above your own
03:40 4. Don’t seek revenge
04:27 5. Don’t start from behind
05:12 6. Don’t be so reachable
06:02 7. Don’t have an opinion
06:35 8. Don’t look for outside approval

[PrivateEquityGuy]

You'll watch an entire Netflix show even when the first episodes are slow and boring just because someone told you "it gets better." *But what if you looked at your goals like that and watched your life get better instead?*

[bredenis]

“You don’t return the kick to a mule or a bite to a dog” is an absolutely epic and eye-opening quote.

[shess]

I realize my dad was the ultimate stoic and brief in his remarks: He taught me not to waste half my life on what others think. He taught me to “consider the source” when receiving criticism. When he pushed me to become a broker and not just a salesperson (in real estate) and I asked him why when the men I worked with discouraged it and said it might encourage more litigation….his one word answer was “options.” Good grief, I miss him.

[Swtorswtor]

Number 6. I have been told all my adult life that im not reachable enough on my phone or in daily life, that i need to step it up and join in and start living. I have a great life, just not the one everyone else think i should have. Thanks for the motivation!

[georgelopes]

Living in an age of social media where we’re constantly aware of tragedies and politics, it’s nice to hear that someone say, we don’t have to dwell or be furious about these things 24/7.

[tombombadil]

Best advice I got from Napoleon:
"young man, leave the phone in the other room before you go to bed." He was like a father to me 😄

[IsaacJoshi]

*"The past always looks better than it was. It's only pleasant because it isn't here." – Finley Peter Dunne*
*Great Stuff!*

[jekw]

I love listening to this guy. He sums things up so well there’s no fluff or fat in his videos. It makes you focus on the core ideas and gets the message over so well. Could listen to this all day.

[ppnovoir]

This is the unknown video I was waiting for before going to bed at midnight. Have a good day/night!

[Hideyoriisdaman]

this video saved my life today, glad youtube recommended it to me

[hank]

I totally feel this. The moment I fell in love with philosophy and similarly with biology, neurology and psychology, was the moment I began to explore it in conversation with friends and family. Realising that most of these things that impacted me also impact those around me made me realise how universally important and useful studying and enjoying things such as philosophy can be.

[NurayaHijab]

I'm not even a stoic. But I already practicing these don'ts since a long time ago. I also practicing JOMO (Joy of Missing out). Maybe because I'm an introvert. I like to think and focus on something that I can control or I find it interesting/knowledgeable or make me feel happy & calm. Thanks for making this video. I hope I won't be the only person practicing this. Stop wasting our emotion & energy for something that we can't control. Life is too beautiful and too short for that. ❤️ The only person who can make you happy today is yourself, don't let other people take away your self-worth, your happiness, your self-love. Every person is unique and beautiful in their own way, including YOU.

[ConnorMillerStephen]

Ryan I wanna say, thank you. I've heard about Seneca once in school and never cared who he was. Then when on a self help binge I saw your books in Indigos (major bookstore in Canada). Never got one but also never forgot it. Then I found your YouTube channel and watched yo video Three Stoic Mantras. I got a copy of Meditations that I've read 4 times, the Gregory Hays translation. Thanks to you, I've survived a heartbreak, a legal conflict, family drama, and much more. So thank you Ryan, cause I never would have been where I am without the Stoic philosophy, and I wouldn't have given a damn about Stoic philosophy if not for that one video I saw of yours. I live by Memento Mori and Amor Fati on a daily basis now, not perfectly, but I'm better than I was

[_cineris]

A few months ago, a friend of mine asked my opinion on a touchy political subject. I responded that because I hadn't personally been presented with a situation where I had to consider it, I'd never given it enough significant thought to form an opinion. They were completely flabbergasted at the idea that I didn't have an opinion on what to them was a very polarizing subject.

[the.elsewhere]

When I was in high school in Italy I had to study Latin for 5 years. Initially I hated it. In the summer time, I had to translate some classics ("versioni"). I did not enjoy it, imagine summer in Italy. Till one day I encountered an exercise with 20 one-liners from Seneca. I remember scanning them and my whole body had a strange resonance. A vibration that I still feel when I read these great thinkers. He became my favorite latin author and that summer I translated everything I could find from him. Translating each sentence from him was like deciphering life itself.

[InitialDL]

Thankful that I ran upon this channel; I've been practicing Stoicism pretty much since the beginning of the pandemic, and it's changed my mindset greatly on how I deal with other people, situations, and most importantly, myself. It's a daily practice that I continue to this day, and I feel much more relieved and stress free than how I was before I started practicing. A lot of things that I would let get to me or I'd react to negatively, I've learned to be more patient, resilient, and in control of it all. My saying nowadays is 'control the approach, not the outcome': you can't control what happens to you, but you can control how you react to it.

[wyominghome]

"All things are born from change." We live in a world where too many people are soft and fearful. My husband and I moved to Wyoming specifically because it was a state where people were tough and resilient. What a difference their example has made in our lives.

[markaitkenguitar]

I needed this yesterday, but I’ll cherish it today. Exactly what I needed, thank you.

[valfarruggia]

I'm kind of amazed at how much I rely on these videos lately.