Temporary Madness — An Excerpt from Don Robertson’s “How to Think Like a Roman Emperor”

On today’s episode, Ryan features a clip from the audiobook of Donald Robertson’s 2019 book How to Think Like a Roman Emperor , published by Macmillan Audio, and available wherever book and audios are sold. For more from Ryan and Donald, check out their appearance on Daily Stoic’s podcast from August , when they discussed the history behind Stoicism, the Antonine Plague, and more Donald Robertson is a cognitive-behavioral psychotherapist, trainer, and writer. Robertson has been researching Stoicism and applying it in his work for twenty years. He is one of the founding members of the non-profit organization Modern Stoicism . His 2019 book How to Think Like a Roman Emperor ( audiobook ) is published by Macmillan Audio and available wherever books and audiobooks are sold. This episode is brought to you by Blinkist , the app that gets you fifteen-minute summaries of the best nonfiction books out there. Blinkist lets you get the topline information and the most important points from the most important nonfiction books out there, whether it’s Ryan’s own The Daily Stoic , Yuval Harari’s Sapiens , and more. Go to blinkist.com/stoic , try it free for 7 days, and save 25% off your new subsc…