The ancient Stoic philosophers don’t know it, but their chief marketing officer is an American named Ryan Holiday. “I think people think Stoicism is the absence of emotion, but I think it’s closer to smiling through adversity and the ups and downs of life. It’s tempting to think that it’s self-help repackaged for men, but Holiday maintains that his work attracts a gender-balanced audience. “I do fear that there’s not a lot of good guidance for men out there, and I think Stoicism is great for that. The way that people think about me because of Stoicism is how I think about the Stoics.

Source: Irish Examiner October 19, 2024 13:01 UTC