Most resolutions fail because they rely on motivation, and stoicism offers a more durable alternative built on discipline, ...

As human beings, we have to work to be rational and think clearly. We’re often contending with our "lizard brains" that generate powerful emotions that are typically more negative than not. For ...

Stoicism is having a resurgence, and Ryan Holiday is one of the most influential voices of its modern form. He’s a ...

For all the press that Bill Clinton has gotten for his epic, seemingly-half-improvised convention stem-winder, one of the most revealing lines has barely earned a mention at all. We were surprised to ...

With the increasing swirl of interest around mindfulness, resilience and innovation we can’t forget that there are many who have trodden this path before us with important lessons we can borrow.

Stoicism is an ancient Greek and Roman philosophical tradition that continues to reverberate in contemporary culture. When Prince Philip died, for example, the Spectator wrote that “he epitomised a ...

Why are the Stoics’ ideas so popular today – is it self-help, or a lurking machismo? On 9 September 1965, during the war between Vietnam and the US, James Stockdale, an American fighter pilot, ...

The self-help market is flooded with books about Stoicism, an ancient school of philosophy that emphasizes equanimity and self-mastery and that includes, among its proponents, famed Roman statesman ...