Episode · The Daily Stoic · 2024-07-24
Ryan Holiday & Patrick Dempsey: books mentioned on The Daily Stoic
Patrick Dempsey's Stoic Secrets To Success (in Hollywood and Racing)
Ryan Holiday discussed Meditations by Aurelius Marcus, Stillness Is the Key by Ryan Holiday, Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman, and Van Gogh by Steven Naifeh and others. Patrick Dempsey discussed The Obstacle Is the Way by Ryan Holiday.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Meditations
Discussed“We could imagine that that's what Marcus Aurelius is doing in his meditations. What's weird about meditations is that it's not a book for the reader; it's a book for the writer.”
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The Obstacle Is the Way
Discussed“and my technique was like you know the obstacle is the way right so very much the same way”
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Stillness Is the Key
Discussed“I shared a story from 'Stillness is the Key' about Jed Apatow, who took many movies to realize the studio was not his parents. They would give him notes, and he felt personally attacked, projecting his feelings onto executives.”
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Leaves of Grass
Discussed“so Emerson reads Leaves of Grass right he gets a self-published copy of Leaves of Grass and he just sends Whitman a letter and he says I greet you at the beginning of a grand career”
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Van Gogh
Discussed“Yes, in that 'Mind on Fire' book about... I think it's one of the best books I've read about Emerson too. Yes.”
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Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged The Obstacle Is the Way
“so I just did a 10-year anniversary edition of the obstacles away which it hasn't come out yet but a lot of athletes I you know I mean a lot of uh I work with the US ski team quite a bit and a lot of the skiers use it or I recommend it to them”