Ego Is the Enemy

“Like, I actually talk about this in the ego book, like, it's very common, for instance, like, someone makes a great general and then somebody says you should run for office.”

“The other one, I think I told the story in Ego's the Enemy where like somebody brings him an envelope and he says, never.”

“He says, "Remember it is impossible to learn that which you think you already know. Ego is the enemy. If you're a know-it-all, you're right. You cannot learn anything else.”

“I'd already written The Obstacle is the Way and Ego is the Enemy. I knew enough about philosophy that I could write a couple hundred page book about it, one Stoic entry for every day of the year.”

“I'm reading your book now, Ego's the Enemy. I read Obstacle is the Way and I came across an interesting theme in it.”

“And then I've got to get started on the Ego is the Enemy anniversary edition.”

“so like it is really important I think we can deceive ourselves with our own outcomes like I've actually talked about this in the ego book like it's very common for instance like someone makes a great general and then somebody says you should run for office”

“Ryan Holiday, author of 12 books on stoicism with more than 10 million copies sold, including The Obstacle is the Way, Ego is the Enemy, and Stillness is the key.”

“And I actually I actually have it tattooed here on my arm as a reminder. Ego is the enemy.”

“that is not a quote from ego is the enemy although it is a book i read while i was writing ego is the enemy because that was a weird book right”

“Is that in ego is the enemy? Uh where do I tell that story? Um it's not it's not registering for me and I've read a couple of your things.”

“So I I have the obstacles away tattooed here as a reminder. And then I have ego is the enemy tattooed here.”

“like my ego is the enemy came out basically the same month as the subtle art of not giving a and yeah that book probably cumula cumulatively has sold more than all of my books combined”

“I have I have a chapter about this in ego as the enemy about the dangers of passion”

“I mean, there's whole people in in in Ego's Enemy I have this whole chapter about Ulysses S. Grant that certainly reflects my opinion of him then, but my if I was writing it now it would be very different cuz I have a better opinion of him.”

“In Ego is the Enemy, I have this whole chapter about Ulysses S. Grant that reflects my opinion of him at that time.”

“if I had predicted any of this for The Obstacle Is the Way, I shouldn't have been allowed to write Ego Is the Enemy. be in an institution.”

“Well, and it just never it never there's it uh in Ego's Enemy I have this quote from John Wheeler, the physicist. He says, "As your island of knowledge grows, so does the shoreline of ignorance."”

“Well, and it just never—there's this quote from John Wheeler, the physicist, in Ego Is the Enemy.”

“In Ego's Enemy I have this quote from John Wheeler, the physicist.”

“So I went through a similar thing on Enemy. And there's a preface to Ego's the Enemy that I'm in for that reason.”

“I was writing ironically what would become ego as the enemy”

“I was writing, ironically, what would become 'Ego is the Enemy.' But so I didn't take the lack of success that personally because I was busy doing the thing. And then some random lucky things happened, like Amazon discounted it and it stayed discounted, audiobooks started to take off, some sports teams started to talk about it, and then it”

“a couple of years ago jimmy butler now with the heat talked about reading ego is the enemy or something and i was like there's no way buzz buzz is not responsible for that and it turns out he was”

“which that exact story was in the intro of ego is the enemy”

“Which... that exact story was in the intro of "Ego is the Enemy" and I cut it at some point.”

“Like the book was built around it of "Ego."”

“I have a little aside in ego's the enemy I I I love George Marshall”

“so if Iid waited I probably could have sold what became ego as the enemy for a lot of money a lot more money”

“If I had waited, I probably could have sold what became 'Ego is the Enemy' for a lot of money, a lot more money. But I had sold a proposal version of it while I was still figuring the book out, so I was under contract.”

“are you still dealing with that well not only did writing the book not solve the problem for me”

“like uh obviously I wrote ego as the enemy as American Apparel was pulling itself to Pieces”

“Like, uh, obviously, I wrote Ego is the Enemy as American Apparel was pulling itself to pieces.”

“So if I’d waited, I probably could have sold what became Ego is the Enemy for a lot more money; a lot more money. But I was... But I’d actually sold like a proposal version of it while I was still figuring the book out.”

“It's funny, when I had, I wrote The Obstacle is the Way, I sold Ego is the Enemy, which was in the middle of writing, and my agent, Steve Hanselman, came to me and said you should do a book of a daily devotional of Stoicism.”

“and then i wrote a chunk of egos the enemy and the daily stoic on the ranch that was like those were the first project”

“what I remember is that I was working on ego as the enemy when we talked and I was thinking about what that book would be”

“I mean, like if you if you I would not recommend writing a book called The Obstacle Is the Way, a book called Ego Is the Enemy, a book called Stillness Is the Key, a book called Courage Is Calling, Discipline Is Destiny because then people expect you to be all those things”

“So, the ego is the enemy for instance was my basically my first book after a really successful book.”

“And that's the and that's ego is the enemy.”

“lane kiffin the football coach has been a big fan and booster of my works over the years he read ego is the enemy at one of the lower points in his career and it's he sort of credits it with with helping him get back to where he is which today is the head football coach at ole miss”

“I do think like if you look at the obstacles away which is in a similar format to discipline his Destiny as is ego is the enemy Stillness is the key encourages calling”

“like i was writing um ego as the enemy when american imperial imploded uh primarily driven by ego”

“and I did this in Stillness and if I could rewrite ego I would change it like ego is enemy starts with a preface about me and then it's a book about ego”

“the obstacle is the way ego is the enemy and stillness is the key”

“people talk about like trusting their gut or whatever but that's something you have to earn i talk about this in ego is the enemy like there's a difference between confidence and ego”

“right when right in the middle one of those books is ego is the enemy”

“ego is the enemy”

“i wrote a book a few years ago called ego is the enemy”

“and then ego is the enemy is the one”

“His books like The Obstacle Is the Way, Ego Is the Enemy, The Daily Stoic have all reached number one New York Times best-seller status, and Stillness Is the Key appears in more than 40 languages, and all of his books have sold more than 4 million copies.”

“and the the ego is the enemy ryan seneca says you know to study philosophy is to annex all the ages into your own”

“And his books, which include "The Obstacle Is the Way," "Ego Is the Enemy," "The Daily Stoic," "Stillness is the Key," and his latest offering and the focus of today's conversation, "Courage Is Calling" right here have sold altogether over four million copies.”

“because you i think it talked about ego is the enemy”

“like i've liked like people will be like uh i haven't read your book ego is the enemy”

“i mean my ego is the enemy book i think uh i talk about this tension a little bit so”

“have you read uh and i used it as a source in ego as the enemy”

“like my i have this book ego is the enemy and and people go”

“well it's funny because both our mutual friend mark manson and i use this the story of dave mustain in in our i did an ego's the enemy and he did it in uh the subtle art”

“If you'd love a signed copy of The Obstacle is the Way, Ego is the Enemy, Stillness is the Key, the leather bound edition of the Daily Stoic.”

“i mean i wrote a book about ego i wrote a book about overcoming obstacles and i wrote a book about stillness”

“i have a friend michael mallis and he had a book written about him that's called ego and hubris”

“So and and so I actually ended up writing about this in the goes the enemy, but I tell the story of of Malcolm X.”

“Ryan Holiday (TW/IG: @RyanHoliday) is one of the world's foremost thinkers and writers on ancient philosophy and its place in modern life. He is a sought-after speaker and strategist and the author of many bestselling books, including The Obstacle Is the Way, Ego Is the Enemy, and The Daily Stoic.”

“ego is the enemy came out it should have debuted on the New York Times bestseller list but did not still listen”