The Queen was remarkably uninterested in celebrity. She never gave an interview, which is not the road to fame and fortune. But somehow I love the paradox of this for somebody who spent no time promoting herself. And there's a lesson in that for all of us if you want to be great at what you do.
Author Ryan Holiday talks about his book, Discipline Is Destiny, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Holiday discusses the mentor who taught him discipline, the self-control of Queen Elizabeth, the world-champion boxer who counseled the man who defeated him in the ring, and the forgotten Roman emperor who helped make Marcus Aurelius the man he would become.