Episode · The Daily Stoic · 2025-11-06
Books mentioned on How To Avoid Destroying Your Mind | Daily Stoic Podcast
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
-
Stillness Is the Key
Stillness Is the Key by Ryan Holiday is a book exploring how ancient philosophy can help modern readers find mental clarity, emotional control, and inner peace.
Discussed“You had just finished Stillness. No, 2019. Stillness finished. Oh, Stillness came out in 2019.”
Where to get it
-
Education of a wandering man
Education of a Wandering Man is a compelling autobiographical memoir by Louis L'Amour that chronicles the author's lifelong journey of self-education, voracious reading, and unconventional personal development across the globe.
Recommended“Um, not that he and actually his memoir, Education of a Wandering Man, is incredible and it's totally a memoir about self-education and how you can get an untraditional and interesting education that fits you perfectly to do difficult, unusual, interesting, even lucrative thing. It's one of the great memoirs actually.”
Where to get it
-
Empire of Pain
Discussed“I read it in Empire of Pain. Yeah. About the Sackler family.”
Where to get it
-
The 33 Strategies of War
Discussed“Of first coming across like that run. Yeah. In Robert's book 33 strategies of war.”
Where to get it
-
The 48 Laws of Power
The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene and Joost Elffers is a bestselling guide that draws on historical figures to distill strategies for acquiring and wielding power.
Discussed“because the 40 laws of power had been out for a long time by the time I read it. 10 years.”
Where to get it
-
“The” History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
“The” History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon is a monumental historical study chronicling the trajectory of Roman civilization from the height of the empire through the fall of Byzantium.
Discussed“You have the quote from Gibbon in the afterward of when he completed the clan and fall.”
Where to get it
-
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, by Edward Gibbon. Vol. 2. [-3-4].
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, by Edward Gibbon.
Discussed“You have the quote from Gibbon in the afterward of when he completed the clan and fall.”
Where to get it
-
Atomic Habits
Atomic Habits by James Clear is a widely praised guide that examines habit formation and personal development by focusing on small incremental behavioral changes and continuous self-improvement.
Discussed“And I remember I was talking to James Clear like a year ago and I asked him when did he come to the four parts of Atomic Habits. It was like he had finished the book.”
Where to get it
