Ryan Holiday on the Power of Stoicism
b'Ryan Holiday joins us on this week\\u2019s episode of the podcast. Ryan wrote the books, \\u201cThe Obstacle is the Way,\\u201d \\u201cEgo is the Enemy,\\u201d \\u201cThe Daily Stoic,\\u201d \\u201cConspiracy\\u201d and \\u201cStillness is the Key,\\u201d to name a few. He\\u2019s written ten books and he is continuing to write. At his core, he is a writer and a media strategist. He\\u2019s worked in marketing, and he\\u2019s worked with prominent best-selling authors such as Neil Strass, Tony Robbins, and Tim Ferris. Before becoming a writer, he had a successful marketing career at American Apparel, and he went on to create an agency called Brass Check. Ryan has been in the weeds and done the work as far as marketing and writing. He has sold more than two million copies of his books and his books have landed in the hands of world-class coaches, athletes, and teams.\\nIn this episode, we discuss how I got a package from Ryan (6:20), how he thinks about his audience when writing (7:50), the transition to the first book he wrote (12:20), the obstacle is the way tattoo (15:50), if he thought his books would flow together (17:10), his mindset when speaking vs. writing (18:00), when he knew he wanted to be a writer (19:30), his writing process (21:30), what his family was like growing up (26:10), how to find what you\\u2019re meant to do (32:00), what motivates him (35:10), mindset for preparation vs. performance (37:40), arrogance in performance (43:00), what he\\u2019s attracted to in stoicism (48:30), what he does to make sure he\\u2019s in it (53:00), what he does to be the best version of himself (54:40), what makes the San Antonio Spurs such a great organization (55:50), what he sees himself doing 10 years from now (59:10), how he thinks about building a business (1:01:00), his thoughts on fame (1:03:10), and selling your ideas (1:04:30)\\nThank you to Ryan for coming on the podcast. We encourage you to check him out at https://ryanholiday.net/, https://dailystoic.com/, and you can find him @RyanHoliday and @DailyStoic on all forms of social media.\\nLastly, if you liked this episode and/or any others, please follow me on Twitter:\\xa0@brianlevenson\\xa0or Instagram: @Intentional_Performers.\\nThanks for listening.\\n-Brian'