The Stoic Compass

By William Moore

Stoic philosophy for the modern world.

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The podcast currently has 174 episodes available.

The Stoic Compass episodes:

June 07, 2026 How do you stay productive without losing what actually matters?
Epictetus, Carl Jung, and Laozi examine why busyness so often becomes a escape from what actually matters—and why knowing what to protect isn't the hard part; choosing it anyway is. You'll learn to distinguish between productivity that serves your life and productivity that substitutes for it, and discover a simple daily question that reveals whether you're building a life you actually chose.
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11min
June 06, 2026 How do you know if your ambitions serve your values — or just your ego?
Epictetus, Carl Jung, and Laozi examine the gap between pursuing what we genuinely value and pursuing what we think will prove we matter. Through their debate, you'll learn concrete signals — brittleness under setback, disproportionate reactions to others' success, the inability to want something without an audience — that reveal whether your ambition is serving you or consuming you. The episode ends with a single practice: identifying what your ambition actually believes is at stake, which is where honest change begins.
📖 Pay Attention by C. Trebue — available on Amazon:
eBook: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GR8WLMPC
Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GVV46SWF
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11min
June 05, 2026 What does a purposeful life actually look like day to day?
Three ancient and modern thinkers — Epictetus, Carl Jung, and Laozi — debate what purpose actually means when you're living it hour to hour, not dreaming about it. You'll hear why good intentions fail, what self-deception looks like in disguise, and why the purposeful life often looks boring from the outside. By the end, you'll have a single practice: one specific action each day that serves what matters most to you, done before anything else can replace it.
📖 Pay Attention by C. Trebue — available on Amazon:
eBook: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GR8WLMPC
Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GVV46SWF
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11min
June 04, 2026 What does the Stoic tradition say about failure — and why does it change everything?
Epictetus, Carl Jung, and Laozi debate what failure actually means—is it something to strip of meaning through discipline, a wound to excavate and understand, or simply a natural bend in the shape of things? Through their disagreement, you'll learn what the Stoic tradition really says about failure: that it reveals where you've placed your identity, and that what remains of you after loss is the only thing that was ever truly yours.
📖 Pay Attention by C. Trebue — available on Amazon:
eBook: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GR8WLMPC
Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GVV46SWF
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12min
June 03, 2026 Why do capable people keep choosing comfort over growth — and what does it cost them?
Epictetus, Carl Jung, and Laozi examine why capable people choose comfort over growth—and reveal what it actually costs them. Through their disagreement about fear, identity, and timing, you'll discover the specific terror underneath avoidance (it's not what you think), what happens to suppressed capability when it goes unnamed, and how to recognize the difference between genuine wisdom and the slow disappearance of yourself. The episode ends with a single concrete action you can take today to break the pattern.
📖 Pay Attention by C. Trebue — available on Amazon:
eBook: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GR8WLMPC
Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GVV46SWF
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12min
June 02, 2026 What is the difference between ambition that serves you and ambition that destroys you?
Epictetus, Carl Jung, and Laozi examine why some ambition drives you forward while other ambition devours you from within—exploring whether your goals belong to you or to an old fear you haven't faced. You'll learn to spot the difference between ambition rooted in genuine values and ambition that's really running away from something, and walk away with a single honest question that reveals which kind you're actually living.
📖 Pay Attention by C. Trebue — available on Amazon:
eBook: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GR8WLMPC
Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GVV46SWF
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11min
June 01, 2026 How do you stay committed when the results stop coming?
When your hard work stops producing results, three different voices offer competing wisdom: Epictetus argues you must separate commitment from outcomes and act regardless, Carl Jung warns that blind persistence can mask deeper truths about why you started, and Laozi suggests the real problem is the grip itself—that you're working for an audience in your head rather than the work. By the end, you'll understand that staying committed isn't about willpower or self-analysis alone, but about honestly asking whether the work itself still belongs to you once you strip away everything you expected it to give you.
📖 Pay Attention by C. Trebue — available on Amazon:
eBook: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GR8WLMPC
Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GVV46SWF
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14min
May 31, 2026 What does it mean to do your work well — and why most people settle for less?
Epictetus, Carl Jung, and Laozi debate why we consistently do work that falls short of what we know we are capable of—and whether the answer lies in discipline, self-understanding, or something else entirely. You will learn to recognize the exact moment you pull back from full effort, understand what you are protecting by doing so, and discover that the standard for good work is not something you need to find, but something you already know in your bones.
📖 Pay Attention by C. Trebue — available on Amazon:
eBook: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GR8WLMPC
Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GVV46SWF
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13min
May 30, 2026 What kind of life would you be proud to have lived — and are you living it?
Three ancient and modern thinkers — Epictetus, Carl Jung, and Laozi — face off on a question most people avoid: Are you actually living the life you would be proud to have lived, or are you waiting for permission to start? Through their debate about willpower, self-knowledge, and authenticity, you'll discover why your reasons for not living that life are probably not the real reasons, and what one honest question could change today.
📖 Pay Attention by C. Trebue — available on Amazon:
eBook: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GR8WLMPC
Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GVV46SWF
📬 Subscribe to The Daily Practice newsletter: https://thedailypractice33.substack.com
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11min
May 29, 2026 What is the only thing that truly stays with you?
Three ancient and modern thinkers wrestle with what persists when everything else is stripped away: Epictetus argues it is the quality of your responses and choices, Jung suggests it is patterns that accrete beneath consciousness, and Laozi questions whether asking for permanence is itself the wrong move. You will leave with a clearer sense of what actually belongs to you and a practical way to examine, each day, whether you are building it deliberately or by accident.
📖 Pay Attention by C. Trebue — available on Amazon:
eBook: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GR8WLMPC
Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GVV46SWF
📬 Subscribe to The Daily Practice newsletter: https://thedailypractice33.substack.com
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FAQs about The Stoic Compass:

How many episodes does The Stoic Compass have?

The podcast currently has 174 episodes available.