📚 7 Books mentioned in "Troy Baker On How Stoicism Helps Him Be A Better Actor And Father" of The Daily Stoic

Um and so there's some speculation even that that's where some of the weird, kind of beautiful, mystic passages of Meditations come from is he's like on opium.

The discussion suggests that the book 'Meditations' by Marcus Aurelius may have been influenced by the author's use of opium. This is part of a larger dialogue about the book and its connections to Stoic philosophy.

► Watch this excerpt

It is now incumbent upon me as a parent to not only do the best that I can, but make sure that the best that I am giving Traveler is the best for him, not the best for me, and what systems that I was given will work, and what systems I have the ability to— I was telling a friend last night if I look back six generations into my family and saw that every male in my family line had cancer, but I had the ability, it would stop with me; I would get cancer, yeah, but it would stop with me and Traveler wouldn't get cancer, yeah, I would do anything in the world, of course, that is anger, and that has been the through line for my family, huh, this anger.

The guest reflects on his responsibilities as a parent, drawing connections between his family's struggles with anger and health, and the insights from 'Meditations' by Marcus Aurelius. He emphasizes how reading the Stoics has influenced his approach to breaking generational patterns.

► Watch this excerpt

I control whether I am jealous and anxious and awful and all of these things, and to me, that is the whole of Meditations could just be that passage.

The guest reflects on the book 'Meditations' by Marcus Aurelius, expressing that the essence of the book can be encapsulated in a specific passage. He suggests that this concept is deeply rooted in Stoicism, highlighting the personal control one has over emotions such as jealousy and anxiety.

► Watch this excerpt

And it's, it's such a very stoic idea in Meditation, Marcus Aurelius says something like, 'Remember, things are not asking to be judged by you.'

The host discusses the book 'Meditations' by Marcus Aurelius, highlighting its stoic philosophy and linking its principles to themes of parenting.

► Watch this excerpt

This is—I can't wait, but I wish that I had gotten this tattoo after I started reading your books.

Troy Baker expresses regret about not getting a specific tattoo after he began reading the books by Ryan Holiday. His mention indicates a connection to the ideas shared by the podcast host.

► Watch this excerpt

And I've been thinking about that reason I just wrote about this—I think for Daily Stoic, I don't know if it's coming, but I was thinking about how like one of the things that I felt during the early days of COVID was like that I had so much time; you know, the day suddenly felt so long, right?

In a reflection on his experiences during the early days of COVID, Ryan Holiday mentions writing about his thoughts for 'Daily Stoic'. This indicates that it is likely referring to the book titled 'The Daily Stoic', as he connects it to his philosophical insights during that challenging time.

► Watch this excerpt

And I think you even talked about this in, because the first one that I read, The Obstacle is the Way, it was the first one that I read.

The guest shares that 'The Obstacle Is the Way' was the first book by Ryan Holiday he read, noting that he experienced it through an audiobook.

► Watch this excerpt