How to Write a New Book About the Stoics

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When i wrote conspiracy, which was ostensibly this book about, you know, the billionaire peter till destroying gachermedia, i went back through and looked at all my notes about strategy. And then it happened that i'd found stuff, and i didn't even yet know how i would possibly use it,. So i think what you're trying to do is just collect interesting things that that you have this, you know, intuition might be valuable one day....

In this episode of Deep Questions we try something a little different: our first guest!

Bestselling author Ryan Holiday joins me to help answer reader questions, as well as more than a few queries from me. We cover a variety of topics, including his life as a writer living on a ranch, how he fosters discipline, the impact of our diminishing reading culture, and why everyone keeps trying to get me to move to Austin.

Be sure to check out Ryan's new book: LIVES OF THE STOICS (https://dailystoic.com/preorder).

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Thanks to listener Jay Kerstens for the intro music.