📚 10 Books mentioned in "Ali Abdaal On Stoic Productivity Secrets And Overcoming Procrastination" of The Daily Stoic

But first off, I like James; second, I think he's a great writer, and I think Atomic Habits is actually a very good book. And third, I don't know how many I'm counting now, but whatever—there's no universe in which that book selling more or less copies affects my life in any negative or positive way.

In the podcast, Ryan Holiday expresses his admiration for author James Clear and praises his book 'Atomic Habits', noting that its sales do not impact his own work.

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So again the downside is, uh, Courage came out, it did okay, Discipline came out, it did spectacular. So maybe I could have been selling Justice for more, but um all of that was irrelevant because I was just in the middle of writing the book.

In a conversation with Ali Abdaal, Ryan Holiday mentions his book titled 'Courage', noting its performance compared to his other works in a series on the cardinal virtues.

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The most helpful exercise I've ever found for this is something called The Odyssey Plan from the book Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett and another guy who are Stanford professors. Basically, the idea is that you imagine your life three to five years in the future if you continued down your current path, and you write out what that would look like.

In the podcast, Ali Abdaal discusses the book 'Designing Your Life' by Bill Burnett, highlighting a beneficial exercise known as The Odyssey Plan. This method encourages envisioning what your life might look like in three to five years if you continue on your current trajectory.

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So again the downside is, uh, Courage came out, it did okay, Discipline came out, it did spectacular. So maybe I could have been selling Justice for more, but um all of that was irrelevant because I was just in the middle of writing the book.

During the conversation, Ryan Holiday discusses his book titled 'Discipline,' which he describes as having been very successful compared to his previous work 'Courage.' He references it as part of his series on cardinal virtues while speaking with guest Ali Abdaal.

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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.

In a conversation with Ali Abdaal, Ryan Holiday reflects on his book 'Ego Is the Enemy', mentioning that he could have gotten a better deal if he had waited longer before selling the proposal.

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I was saying to you in that interview that, hey Ryan, you know I've just started writing my first book, any tips? You gave some really good advice.

In the episode, Ali Abdaal discusses his journey of writing his first book and seeks advice from Ryan Holiday, who provided valuable insights in a previous conversation.

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But then I miss that Thursday and think, Tim Ferriss says batching is good, so why don't I batch a whole week? I film 15 videos in that week, allowing me to chill for six weeks but then find that this week in Austin, I didn’t feel like filming anything at all.

During the discussion, Ali Abdaal refers to Tim Ferriss's book 'The 4-Hour Workweek' while talking about the practice of batching videos in his filming schedule.

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So I guess in the 48 Laws of Power, the final law, which I think a lot of people miss, is assume formlessness. So there's all these laws about do this, don’t do this, do this, don’t do this, but the last law is a kind of a strategic flexibility.

In discussing strategic flexibility, Ryan Holiday references 'The 48 Laws of Power' and points out that many people overlook its final law, which emphasizes the importance of adapting and being formless.

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So maybe I could have been selling Justice for more, but um all of that was irrelevant because I was just in the middle of writing the book.

Ryan Holiday discusses his upcoming book titled 'Justice' during a conversation with Ali Abdaal on The Daily Stoic podcast, touching on its release schedule.

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Well, you asked me about self-publishing earlier; I experienced this unintentionally and intentionally when The Obstacle is the Way came out. Uh, I’d already sold the sequel and so in one respect that probably cost me a lot of money because The Obstacle is the Way did, over the next year or two, start to do really well.

Ryan Holiday discusses his book 'The Obstacle Is The Way' in the context of self-publishing, highlighting how the book gained success over time after its release.

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