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Book ID Asin: B01HNJIJB2
Book Title: The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
Book Author: Ryan HolidayStephen Hanselman
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Book Review

Name: Smiley
Rating: 2.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Youcantrelyon5starratingswithbooks
Date: Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2019
Review: Stoicism is wonderful. This is a good book for people at or around 15 years of age. If you are an adult and have not read much (and are being honest with yourself) throughout your life, then ok, give it a crack. However, I found this book to be VERY basic and extremely lacking in any meaningful or semi-original analysis of stoicism. Plainly put, each page is a 1-3 sentence, stoic quote, from one of the "greats," out of context. The explanation which follows is not very thought provoking, original or helpful- in my opinion. This may be a good book, however, for your high schooler who is in competitive sports or stuck in social media-life.

Name: Helen Williams
Rating: 2.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Feelsamateurish
Date: Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2019
Review: I’m confused by the good reviews on this book. I will say that some of the author’s comments are good enough to assist the reader in their own reflection, but most are plain, lacking insight, and feel rushed...and some are just stupid. Take February 8th for example, where the author says “The next time someone gets upset near you - crying, yelling, breaking something, being pointed or cruel - watch how quickly this statement will stop them cold: ‘I hope this is making you feel better.’ Because, of course, it isn’t.” Face palm. There is nothing remotely Stoic about responding with sarcasm to someone who is upset.I like the structure and premise behind the book so much that I keep wanting it to get better. But I can’t help but feel like I’m reading the musings of an amateur.

Name: Lone WOlf
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: TheultimatephilosphyofCoping
Date: Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2018
Review: I have been a fitness nut all my life, yet last year a combination of a reaction prescription drugs and latent back problems landed me on crutches...two back surgeries, 9 months now of physical therapy and still walking on two canes. Half of each day is spent in physical t herapy, and no one knows whether nerve damage will recover. I have my own consulting business, and I have avoided face to face meetings for fear of the reaction of clients and competitors to my physical infirmities...loss of business, loss of income, loss of lifestyle, loss of image, on and on. It was all getting deep into my head. Last week I heard Barry Ritholz on Bloomberg interview Ryan Holiday and discuss this book, which I promptly purchased. It has helped immensely in a single week to refocus and avoid a total flame out. I read the Stoics in college and later, but they never "spoke to me" like they do now. It is fundamentally a philosophy of coping. I still hang on to Charles Spurgeon, but so much of that is about what comes later; I needed something to help me with today. Interestingly, in reading through it (and half a dozen others I purchased since then), I have pondered how much we have drifted from our Graeco-Western traditions. The Founding Fathers were steeped in this stuff, but somewhere along the way we have all become tethered to the whims of feelings, including other's feelings, and the Stoics had the solution to these thousands of years ago. I can't control those, and so I don't allocate my precious limited resources to them. So I work around them. Adapt. The Media in this country inundates us with such distraction (the topic of another book by this author, which I also bought). What would a Stoic say to someone who says they "don't feel safe?" Probably tell them to take action within their control to be safe and give up on demanding that the entire world respond out of guilt, badgering or whatever to appease your feelings. And then the Stoic would get on about his business.Its a great, and dangerous, little book. Thank you, Mr. Holiday, for bringing it back in an easily digestible format.

Name: 10 Cent Traveler
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Idonotrecommendthisbook
Date: Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2019
Review: It's been almost 6 months of daily reading and this book is still not what I had hoped. The flow is poor and the lessons come off more as being written by someone who just wanted to put together a book. I commend the marketing, but the product is thrash. I won't even pass the book on for fear someone might get a hold of it as their first glimpse of Stoicism and be turned off. I do not recommend this book.

Name: J C
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title: stripsoutthejoy
Date: Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2020
Review: Marcus Aurelius had a spectacular sense of humor about being human. This book strips away the wit and joy and leaves a panache of obligations. It makes Stoicism humorless, which it is not. Read the Meditations instead. Grube has the wittiest translation.

Name: EMCornett
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Iwouldrecommendittoanyone
Date: Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2017
Review: I was looking for a book that was similar to a devotional without the religious aspect. I also wanted a daily reminder of mindfulness, awareness, philosophy, meditation, and thought. This book is exactly what I was looking for. I would recommend it to anyone.

Name: Dawn Casey Rowe
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: APrescriptionforBetterLiving
Date: Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2016
Review: I grew up with my mom’s daily meditation book on an end table in our living room. The spine was broken, pages browned, a tasseled bookmark showed the date as reliably as my iPhone. She still reads it every day."The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Daily Living" is the meditation book my son will remember, the one I'll read every day. It's now on my end table with a red ribbon marking the season.The Daily Stoic isn’t simply a book to make me think, it’s an action guide, a “prescription for handling ourselves and our actions in the world.” The great Stoics remind me never to be satisfied with learning--I must always be doing. In order to lead a successful life, I must practice cutting through distractions and desires to get to things that matter.That’s the only way to become a better human being. That’s the call to action I’m getting from this book--you will, too.In "The Daily Stoic," Stephen Hanselman and Ryan Holiday have curated works by the great Stoic philosophers--Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, weaving in modern thinkers and situations I can use immediately. Each month has a specific theme such as clarity, right action, duty, awareness, and problem solving. Lessons build on prior themes, creating an easy-to-use teaching tool out of philosophers that can often be overwhelming.I love this book for its excellent translations and applicable life lessons. Each meditation has just enough to challenge me and help me feel I can put the thoughts into action today.

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