The Daily Stoic

Why I'd hand it to you

Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman offer one short passage from a Stoic thinker for each day of the year, like Marcus Aurelius, Seneca or Epictetus, with a brief reflection. The themes rotate through clarity, emotions, action and acceptance. It takes a few minutes a morning, and many readers use it like a secular devotional. The drawback is that bite-sized quotes can lose the context of the original works, and the commentary is sometimes thin. Readers of faith may prefer a Scripture-based devotional. As a daily habit for staying steady, it works well.

— Matt Jordan