Ryan Holiday, expert on productivity and personal development, discusses the importance of trusting the process, prioritizing writing and family, and key principles of productivity. They explore the concept of 'feel good productivity', balancing work and family life, and the power of perseverance. They also touch on the danger of comparison, the appeal of passive income, and designing your life through the Odyssey Plan.

Author and marketer Ryan Holiday shares 11 Stoic truths for life improvement, emphasizing privacy in project development, growth through failures, embracing setbacks, self-belief limitations, and personal responsibility. The discussion covers navigating uncertainties, fallibility in a digital age, breaking generational patterns, justice in Stoicism, and Truman's adherence to Stoic virtues.

Entrepreneur Alex Hormozi, author Ryan Holiday, and Mark Manson discuss various topics such as starting the day with a productivity debt, the curse of competence, assessing good ideas, obesity vs. starvation, lessons from Winston Churchill's father, predicting culture war news stories, and the importance of direct communication.

Steven Bartlett sits down with bestselling author Ryan Holiday to discuss how researching stoicism has made Ryan a better person, the ways an ancient philosophy can be applied to the modern world, the 4 cardinal virtues of stoicism, the importance of discipline, setting the correct goals, the meaning of life, and the key pieces of wisdom that cross time and cultures.

Stoic philosopher and author Ryan Holiday shows us how to use the ancient philosophy to calm our mind and create a foundation for lasting success. Listen as Holiday takes us behind the scenes, revealing how he not only reads books and what he looks for, but his process for writing and retaining information he can later put to use. He also discusses what he writes and reads, why he journals, and the four virtues of Stoicism.   Holiday is a New York Times bestselling author. He has written a combined 10 books, covering both the fundamentals of Stoicism as well as key elements of modern-day marketing and media, and his books have sold more than 2 million copies in 30 languages. His most recent release is entitled Courage is Calling.    -- Want even more? Members get early access, hand-edited transcripts, member-only episodes, and so much more. Learn more here: https://fs.blog/membership/ Every Sunday our Brain Food newsletter shares timeless insights and ideas that you can use at work and home. Add it to your inbox: https://fs.blog/newsletter/ Follow Shane on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/ShaneAParrish

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In the fourth installment in a series of episodes, The Knowledge Project curates essential segments from six guests revolving around one theme: philosophy. This episode will help you control your anger in heated circumstances, explain how what you focus on makes achieving goals easier, gives you a recipe to increase happiness through gratitude, walk you through the three layers of emotion according to the stoics, teach you the importance of focusing on directives, and will explain how happiness isn’t a rate, but a rate of change. The guests on this episode are author Ryan Holiday (Episode 128), Associate Professor of Psychology at New York University Emily Bacletis (Episode 154), author and happiness-expert Neil Pasricha (Episode 72), a Distinguished University Professor and Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University Nancy Sherman, (Episode 126), “philosopher-king” and author Derek Sivers (Episode 88), and professional heavy-weight boxer, philosopher, and poet Ed Latimore (Episode 22). --   Want even more? Members get early access, hand-edited transcripts, member-only episodes, and so much more. Learn more here: https://fs.blog/membership/ Every Sunday our Brain Food newsletter shares timeless insights and ideas that you can use at work and home. Add it to your inbox: https://fs.blog/newsletter/   Follow Shane on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/ShaneAParrish   Our Sponsors: MetaLab: Helping the world’s top companies design, build, and ship amazing products and services. https://www.metalab.com Aeropress: Press your perfect cup, every time. https://aeropress.com

Ryan Holiday, a bestselling author and thought leader on intentional living, discusses insights from his new book, RIGHT THING, RIGHT NOW. He shares his transformative journey from a college dropout in Hollywood to a successful writer. The conversation touches on navigating integrity in a competitive landscape and the importance of personal ethics. Ryan also reflects on the benefits of country living for creative freedom, while exploring the establishment of a multimedia stoic community that values quality engagement over metrics.

>Join Jocko UNDERGROUND<Ryan Holiday is the bestselling author of Trust Me, I’m Lying; The Obstacle Is the Way; Ego Is the Enemy; Conspiracy and other books about marketing, culture, and the human condition. His work has been translated into over 30 languages and has appeared everywhere from the New York Times to Fast Company. His company, Brass Check, has advised companies such as Google, TASER, and Complex, as well as multiplatinum musicians and some of the biggest authors in the world.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/jocko-podcast/exclusive-content

Ryan Holiday, a prolific writer, shares insights on generating creative inertia, the importance of momentum in writing, and his work ethic of continuous productivity. The podcast delves into the evolution of the writer's process, the power of introductions, impact of music on writing, depth of understanding in reading, and overcoming fear, procrastination, and perfectionism in creativity.