📚 12 Books mentioned in "Robert Greene And Ryan Holiday On Ego And Power: LIVE in LA" of The Daily Stoic

I read them all the time—Obstacle is my favorite, Ego is the Enemy, but they're all really great.

Robert Greene mentions that he frequently reads books by Ryan Holiday, specifically highlighting 'Ego is the Enemy' as one of his favorites, alongside 'Obstacle'. He expresses a strong appreciation for the entire collection.

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Like, uh, obviously, I wrote Ego is the Enemy as American Apparel was pulling itself to pieces.

Ryan Holiday reflects on how he was in the process of writing his book, 'Ego Is The Enemy', during the tumultuous times when American Apparel was struggling to stay afloat.

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I think one thing that struck me as I'm reading Meditations is Marcus Aurelius thanks his philosophy teacher, Rusticus, who gives him his copy of Epictetus's lectures.

In this segment, Ryan Holiday discusses the book 'Meditations' by Marcus Aurelius, highlighting a moment where Marcus expresses gratitude to his philosophy teacher, Rusticus, for providing him with a copy of Epictetus's lectures.

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I can honestly say I never intended in my life to write The 48 Laws of Power. I didn't start out at 8 years old saying, 'I'm going to write The 48 Laws of Power.'

In this segment, Robert Greene reflects on his unexpected journey to writing 'The 48 Laws of Power,' revealing that it was never a childhood dream of his.

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Well, look, he was a huge fan of the 48 Laws of Power; he called it his Bible. Yeah, he called me El Señor, which is deeply blasphemous!

In a discussion, Robert Greene shares that Dove Charney, the former owner of American Apparel, regarded his book, 'The 48 Laws of Power', as his guiding scripture, even referring to it as his 'Bible'.

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But he ends up in this, he ends up in this bookstore, and the bookseller is reading one of, uh, Plato's dialogues or, I know, I guess it would have been one of Zenon's books.

In the discussion, Robert Greene refers to the philosophical dialogues of Plato, noting that they might have been read by a bookseller in the context of a story about Zeno.

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And you know, I read a book called The First Three Minutes, which is about the first three minutes of the universe.

Robert Greene discusses his reading of 'The First Three Minutes', a book that explores the initial moments of the universe following the Big Bang.

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Chuck Klosterman wrote a great book called The 90s, and he was sort of talking about how, um, you know, September 10th, there were newspapers all over the country, and they were all doing their own headlines about what's happening in that city.

Ryan Holiday discusses Chuck Klosterman's book 'The 90s' to illustrate the various headlines that newspapers across the United States were producing on September 10th, demonstrating the regional differences of that era.

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I read them all the time—Obstacle is my favorite, Ego is the Enemy, but they're all really great.

Robert Greene mentions that he frequently reads Ryan Holiday's books, specifically stating that 'Obstacle is my favorite' among them.

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I think I got lucky in the sense that, you know, I did a book when my first book came out when I was 25 and it hit a bestseller for a week, and then, you know, I had to take a big step back when I sold The Obstacle is the Way.

Ryan Holiday reflects on his early career and the challenges he faced after the release of his book 'The Obstacle is the Way.' He mentions the moment when he experienced initial success but later needed to reevaluate his path.

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And the the timelessness of that, and so, so many parts of the Odyssey are inexplicable; you know, as he gets there—not to spoil the ending—but you know he just, there's this sort of moment at the end where he just, you know, murders with his bare hands like a hundred people and just like, 'Of course he did!'

In this segment, Ryan Holiday reflects on the story of The Odyssey, highlighting its timeless nature and discussing the surprising and violent ending, which he finds difficult to explain to his children.

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Yeah, there's a whole series of books out called 'What If,' and they're fascinating; I don't know if you've ever read them.

Robert Greene discusses the fascinating series of books titled 'What If,' which explore alternate histories by considering how a single different event could change the course of history.

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