Keep These Thoughts At Hand, Everyday

<p>The Stoics were all about routine and concentration. <a href='https://dailystoic.com/epictetus/'>Epictetus said</a> that philosophy was something that should be kept at hand every day and night. Indeed, his book <a href='http://geni.us/KL1Pi'><em>Enchiridion</em></a>, actually means “small thing in hand,” or handbook. <a href='http://dailystoic.com/seneca/'>Seneca</a>, for his part, talked about deep diving into the right books—rather than chasing every new or exciting thing published. “You must linger among a limited number of master-thinkers, and digest their works,” he said, “if you would derive ideas which shall win firm hold in your mind.</p><p>One of the reasons we wrote <a href='http://geni.us/ZzFp6'><em>The Daily Stoic</em></a> was to help accomplish just that. We thought it was pretty remarkable that despite more than two thousand years of popularity, no one had ever put the best of the Stoics in one book—let alone one that was easy to carry, read and study. It’s been pretty incredible to see the success it’s had since its release in 2016, having now sold more than 300,000 copies in the English language, and it’s currently slated for publication in 14 languages. The book has spent more weeks on the bestseller list than any other book about Stoicism ever. In celebration of that, the <a href='http://geni.us/ux4C0P'>ebook</a> is $1.99 in the US for the next week if you haven’t picked one up ye</p><p>Of course, that success is a reflection of the power of Stoic teachings above all. But it’s also a testament to the power of combining the right idea with the right medium. <a href='https://dailystoic.com/Marcus-Aurelius/'>Marcus Aurelius</a> was a brilliant mind and a beautiful writer, but his <a href='http://geni.us/cHofcQu'><em>Meditations</em></a> is not organized in any coherent way. While Marcus acknowledges many other Stoics including Epictetus, neither Marcus nor Epictetus acknowledge Seneca in the writings they left, even though Epictetus was once the slave of Epaphroditus who served Nero when Seneca