Practical Stoicism at Work

You walk into work already braced for the hard conversation, the boss who moves the goalposts, the team that needs you steady when you are not. By evening you replay every decision and wonder if you handled any of it well.

This audiobook takes Stoicism out of the quote books and puts it back where it was born, inside the working lives of people under real pressure. Each ten to twelve minute chapter opens in a documented scene: Marcus Aurelius running a council through plague and a general's revolt, Seneca compromised in Nero's court, Epictetus teaching officials in Nicopolis, Cato turning down a bribe. From that scene you get one idea and one Stoic practice you can use on the walk to the office, such as a thirty-second premeditatio before a difficult meeting, the view from above when you are passed over, or the evening review of the day's choices.

You finish leading with more calm and less force, kind to your team and clear with yourself. Press play on the commute and try the first practice today.