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How to develop discipline: A conversation with Ryan Holiday

The Colin and Samir Show

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Is It Good to Not Need a Lot of Money?

I think early on in your creative life, it's good to not need a lot of money. Like I remember when I took the job of the talent agency, they offered me $30,000 a year. When I saw my first book, I was like, this is obscene. So if you're, if you live below your means, you have more creative freedom. If you spend everything you make as it comes in, then you're not going to do something that you are creatively interested in,. But you are uncertain of how it will do.

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