Episode · The Daily Stoic · 2023-07-31

Ryan Holiday & David Carey: books mentioned on The Daily Stoic

Navy Captain David Carey On Surviving As A POW With Admiral James Stockdale (with Stoicism)

3 books · With David Carey · Watch on YouTube

Ryan Holiday recommended The choice by Edith Eger and others, and discussed Good to Great by Jim Collins. David Carey discussed Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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1. 

   Good to Great

   Jim Collins · at 25:23

   Good to Great is a business book by Jim Collins that analyzes how companies transition from being average to achieving sustained greatness.

   Discussed

   “because it's most famously in um uh Jim Collins is good to Great and the the paradox is effectively you have to on the one hand unflinchingly accept the reality of the situation you're in”

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2. 

   The choice

   Edith Eger; Jorge Paredes · at 1:24:42

   The Choice by Edith Eger and Jorge Paredes is a powerful memoir by a Holocaust survivor that examines resilience, forgiveness, and the human capacity to choose one's emotional response to trauma.

   Recommended

   “she wrote this beautiful book called The Choice which basically comes down to very similar thing the the when everything else is reduced we have some small choice about Story We Tell ourselves are we going to be corrupted by this are we going to be broken by this”

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3. 

   Man's Search for Meaning

   Viktor E. Frankl · at 1:29:41 · mentioned 2 times

   Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl is a profound psychological memoir detailing the author's harrowing experiences in Nazi concentration camps and his psychological method for finding purpose in suffering.

   Discussed

   “um when when he talks I read I've read man search for meaning yeah um which I completely agree with you know it is a meaning in our life”

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