Episode · The Daily Stoic · 2022-12-27

Ryan Holiday & John Mackey: books mentioned on The Daily Stoic

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3 books · With John Mackey · Watch on YouTube

John Mackey discussed Stillness Is the Key by Ryan Holiday. Ryan Holiday discussed Bury the Chains by Adam Hochschild and Play Nice but Win by Michael Dell and others.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. Stillness Is the Key

    Ryan Holiday · at 0:47

    Stillness Is the Key by Ryan Holiday is a bestselling book that explores how ancient Stoic philosophy can help readers find inner peace, master their emotions, and achieve clarity in a chaotic world.

    Discussed
    “but I I did read your book Stillness is the key and I bought I bought”
    Where to get it
  2. Bury the Chains

    Adam Hochschild · at 46:19

    Bury the Chains by Adam Hochschild is a powerful historical account detailing the abolition of slavery in the British Empire and the dedicated activists who fought to end the trade.

    Discussed
    “I was just reading this book bury the chains about the Abolitionist Movement in Britain which abolished the slave trade and I I hadn't been aware that there was basically people in Britain you know the the slave trade was driven by their sweet tooth they liked sugar in their coffee and their tea and that was made in these”
    Where to get it
  3. Play Nice but Win

    Michael Dell; James Kaplan · at 1:04:21

    Play Nice but Win by Michael Dell and James Kaplan is a business memoir chronicling Michael Dell's journey from founding Dell Computer out of his college dorm room to leading it as a major global chief executive officer.

    Discussed
    “I haven't read his new book but you know the the book is the other one which is also great play nice but win play nice but win”
    Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged Conscious Leadership
“and then if you looked at my book conscious leadership I made a point of part of the problem why we don't have more love in corporations is that the metaphors people use are primarily hyper-competitive metaphors of War darwinian metaphors or survival of the fittest and oftentimes Sports metaphors with one winner and lots of losers instead of more”
Plugged Lives of the Stoics
“well you know it's funny the the one stock that I didn't include in lives of the stoics his name is Harry Oakley's and he came up with this it's basically his only accomplishment which is why he's not in the book because I was trying to talk about the lives of the Stokes as opposed to just the philosophies”