Episode · The Daily Stoic · 2026-01-03
Ryan Holiday & Mel Robbins: books mentioned on The Daily Stoic
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Mel Robbins recommended Collective Illusions by Todd Rose, and discussed Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl. Ryan Holiday discussed Meditations by Aurelius Marcus.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Man's Search for Meaning
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E.
Discussed“I've I I have read Victor Frankle's Man Search for Meaning probably a dozen times. I could not apply any of it in a moment where I was stressed or frustrated or hurt. I could not”
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Meditations
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius is a collection of personal journals and philosophical notes written by the Roman emperor during his military campaigns, offering profound insights into Stoic philosophy, self-discipline, and personal endurance.
Discussed“So, the first part he he opens uh meditations with a list of acknowledgements from everything he learned from all his friends. But then he says this is a famous passage.”
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Collective Illusions
Collective Illusions: Conformity, Complicity, and the Science of Why We Make Bad Decisions by Todd Rose explores the psychological and social mechanisms that drive people to suppress their true beliefs in order to conform to perceived group norms.
Recommended“He wrote this book called Collective Illusions. He was a professor of education at the Harvard School of Education.”
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Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“I did it on the last one uh on Right Thing Right Now that that debuted at number one. Uh so, once you do it once, it's it's uh it's nice, but uh everything else is gravy from there.”
“So, I remember when I when I first uh wrote my first book, The 5-C rule, there was not a publisher that would touch it because I was nobody.”