Episode in production · the written brief is belowThe most powerful man in the world, reminding himself daily that he is not.
Private notes by a Roman emperor, never meant to be read. The brief explains what Stoicism actually asks of you, which translation to pick, and why the book works better in fragments than front to back.
Twelve books of reminders written on campaign. Repetition is the point.
Separate what you control from what you do not, then act on the first.
Hays for readability, Hard for accuracy. Avoid the Victorian ones.
Twelve short books of private notes written by Marcus Aurelius between roughly 170 and 180, mostly on military campaign. He was reminding himself how to behave.
Anyone. Read one entry a day rather than the whole thing at once.