Episode · The Daily Stoic · 2024-03-07
Ryan Holiday & Ali Abdaal: books mentioned on The Daily Stoic (Mar 2024)
How Stoicism Changed The Way Ali Abdaal Views Productivity
Ali Abdaal recommended The Obstacle Is the Way by Ryan Holiday, and discussed Discipline Is Destiny by Ryan Holiday and Drive by Daniel H. Pink.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Discipline Is Destiny
Discussed“we were like okay cool we can't call it discipline as Destiny because that would be a bit weird”
Where to get it
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Drive
Discussed“and then I would read like I don't know one of your like your newsletter or one of your books or like drive by Dan pink and I'm like oh it's so good this stuff is so good”
Where to get it
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The Obstacle Is the Way
Recommended“ever since I discovered the obstacle the way and I realized that my 10year goal for the business is to be profitable while helping people”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (11) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged Discipline Is Destiny
“I come up with the concept, like, hey, I'd love to do a video about, I don't know, Ryan's new book. And we're like, okay cool, we can't call it 'Discipline is Destiny' because that would be a bit weird.”
Plugged The Obstacle Is the Way
“when you asked me about self-publishing earlier when I experienced this unintentionally and intentionally when the obstacles way came out”
Plugged The Obstacle Is the Way
“When you asked me about self-publishing earlier, I experienced this unintentionally and intentionally when 'The Obstacle is the Way' came out.”
Plugged Ego Is the Enemy
“so if Iid waited I probably could have sold what became ego as the enemy for a lot of money a lot more money”
Plugged Ego Is the Enemy
“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.”
Plugged Discipline Is Destiny
“so again the downside is uh courage came out it did okay discipline came out it did spectacular”
Plugged Courage Is Calling
“so again the downside is uh courage came out it did okay discipline came out it did spectacular”
Plugged Courage Is Calling
“So again, the downside is, 'Courage' came out; it did okay. 'Discipline' came out; it did spectacularly.”
Plugged Discipline Is Destiny
“So again, the downside is, 'Courage' came out; it did okay. 'Discipline' came out; it did spectacularly.”
Plugged Right Thing, Right Now
“so maybe I could have been selling I could have sold Justice for more”
Plugged The Boy Who Would Be King
“Maybe I could have been selling 'Justice' for more, but all of that was irrelevant because I was just in the middle of writing the book.”