Episode · The Daily Stoic · 2023-06-02
Books mentioned on Ryan Holiday And Guy Raz On Using Stoicism To Improve Your Life
Guy Raz discussed The Obstacle Is the Way by Ryan Holiday. Ryan Holiday discussed Meditations by Aurelius Marcus, The Laws of Human Nature by Robert Greene, and The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene and others, and criticized Trust Me, I'm Lying by Ryan Holiday. Also mentioned: Stillness Is the Key by Ryan Holiday, Discipline Is Destiny by Ryan Holiday, and Recovery by Russell Brand.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Obstacle Is the Way
Discussed“And there's actually a book about this called The Obstacle Is the Way.”
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Meditations
Discussed“And like enlightenment is not this state that you reach. And like enlightenment is not this state that you reach. And like when you when you think about what Marcus Aurelius's meditations is as a work of literature, it was never intended to be published.”
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The Laws of Human Nature
Discussed“Robert encapsulates something about human nature, which he also talks about in The Laws of Human Nature, which is that instead of accepting or realizing that things are the way they are, we'd rather deny and blame certain people for them.”
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The 48 Laws of Power
Discussed“You choose how you use them, and I think Robert's first law of power is never outshine the master, right? His point is that people are fundamentally jealous and insecure and don’t want other people to succeed.”
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Stillness Is the Key
Discussed“Um, I, as a person who's found a lot of healing and recovery in the 12-step rooms, I was very surprised to see you write about it in both "Stillness Is the Key" and "Discipline Is Destiny."”
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Discipline Is Destiny
Discussed“Um, I, as a person who's found a lot of healing and recovery in the 12-step rooms, I was very surprised to see you write about it in both "Stillness Is the Key" and "Discipline Is Destiny."”
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Recovery
Discussed“Um, I, as a person who's found a lot of healing and recovery in the 12-step rooms, I was very surprised to see you write about it in both "Stillness Is the Key" and "Discipline Is Destiny." So, I'm curious as to like how that came about or why you were inspired to do that, cuz the other the only”
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Trust Me, I'm Lying
Critiqued“I probably rewrite Trust Me, I'm Lying just because I wrote that when I was so young, and also I've seen the legacy that that book has given you some good stuff over there or maybe I wouldn't publish it at all.”
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Other mentions in this episode (19) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged Stillness Is the Key
“I mean, like if you if you I would not recommend writing a book called The Obstacle Is the Way, a book called Ego Is the Enemy, a book called Stillness Is the Key, a book called Courage Is Calling, Discipline Is Destiny because then people expect you to be all those things”
Plugged The Obstacle Is the Way
“I mean, like if you if you I would not recommend writing a book called The Obstacle Is the Way, a book called Ego Is the Enemy, a book called Stillness Is the Key, a book called Courage Is Calling, Discipline Is Destiny because then people expect you to be all those things”
Plugged Ego Is the Enemy
“I mean, like if you if you I would not recommend writing a book called The Obstacle Is the Way, a book called Ego Is the Enemy, a book called Stillness Is the Key, a book called Courage Is Calling, Discipline Is Destiny because then people expect you to be all those things”
Plugged Discipline Is Destiny
“I mean, like if you if you I would not recommend writing a book called The Obstacle Is the Way, a book called Ego Is the Enemy, a book called Stillness Is the Key, a book called Courage Is Calling, Discipline Is Destiny because then people expect you to be all those things”
Plugged Courage Is Calling
“I mean, like if you if you I would not recommend writing a book called The Obstacle Is the Way, a book called Ego Is the Enemy, a book called Stillness Is the Key, a book called Courage Is Calling, Discipline Is Destiny because then people expect you to be all those things”
Plugged Stillness Is the Key
“If you, I would not recommend writing a book called 'The Obstacle is the Way,' a book called 'Ego is the Enemy,' a book called 'Stillness is the Key,' a book called 'Courage is Calling,' or 'Discipline is Destiny.' Because then people expect you to be all those things, which is of course impossible.”
Plugged The Obstacle Is the Way
“If you, I would not recommend writing a book called 'The Obstacle is the Way,' a book called 'Ego is the Enemy,' a book called 'Stillness is the Key,' a book called 'Courage is Calling,' or 'Discipline is Destiny.' Because then people expect you to be all those things, which is of course impossible.”
Plugged Discipline Is Destiny
“If you, I would not recommend writing a book called 'The Obstacle is the Way,' a book called 'Ego is the Enemy,' a book called 'Stillness is the Key,' a book called 'Courage is Calling,' or 'Discipline is Destiny.' Because then people expect you to be all those things, which is of course impossible.”
Plugged Courage Is Calling
“If you, I would not recommend writing a book called 'The Obstacle is the Way,' a book called 'Ego is the Enemy,' a book called 'Stillness is the Key,' a book called 'Courage is Calling,' or 'Discipline is Destiny.' Because then people expect you to be all those things, which is of course impossible.”
Plugged Ego Is the Enemy
“So, the ego is the enemy for instance was my basically my first book after a really successful book.”
Plugged The Obstacle Is the Way
“Like I didn't I didn't feel like I was getting robbed when I took like less than half for The Obstacle Is the Way as I'd gotten for Trust Me, I'm Lying.”
Plugged Trust Me, I'm Lying
“Like I didn't I didn't feel like I was getting robbed when I took like less than half for The Obstacle Is the Way as I'd gotten for Trust Me, I'm Lying.”
Plugged Trust Me, I'm Lying
“I didn't feel like I was getting robbed when I took less than half what I’ve gotten for Trust Me. I thought, 'I'm writing a book about an obscure school of ancient philosophy, that sounds really sound.'”
Plugged The Obstacle Is the Way
“I sat down to write it like 2, and it was actually really great to talk about 'The Obstacle's Way.' It was this perfect reminder of like this is why I don’t start my day at 2.”
Plugged Discipline Is Destiny
“That’s why I open 'Discipline's Destiny' with the story of Lou Gehrig, who has the longest streak in the history of baseball until it’s broken by Cal Ripken.”
Plugged Stillness Is the Key
“As a person who has found a lot of healing and recovery in the 12-step rooms, I was very surprised to see you write about it in both Stillness is the Key and Discipline is Destiny. So I'm curious as to how that came about or why you were inspired to do that because the only other one I found”
Plugged Discipline Is Destiny
“As a person who has found a lot of healing and recovery in the 12-step rooms, I was very surprised to see you write about it in both Stillness is the Key and Discipline is Destiny. So I'm curious as to how that came about or why you were inspired to do that because the only other one I found”
Plugged Trust Me, I'm Lying
“I had to rewrite one. I probably rewrite trust me I'm lying just because I wrote that when I was so young and also I've seen the legacy that that book is going to some good stuff out of that you did or”
Plugged Trust Me, I'm Lying
“I probably rewrite trust me I'm lying just because I wrote that when I was so young and also I've seen the legacy that that book is going to”