Episode · The Daily Stoic · 2026-04-11
Ryan Holiday & Jim Collins: books mentioned on The Daily Stoic
What To Do When Life Doesn’t Go as Planned | Jim Collins
What if the hardest moments in your life aren’t detours but the very things that put you on the right path? In Part 2, bestselling author Jim Collins explains why the moments that derail you are often the ones that redirect you.
Ryan Holiday recommended How the Mighty Fall by Jim Collins, What to Make of a Life by Jim Collins, and Good to Great by Jim Collins. Jim Collins discussed Raising Sand by Robert Plant and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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How the Mighty Fall
How the Mighty Fall by Jim Collins is a well-known business and leadership book examining why once-successful companies experience severe declines and how some organizations avoid that fate.
Recommended“that quote is actually the back cover of a really good very well-known book called how the mighty fall and why some companies never give in”
Where to get it
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What to Make of a Life
What to Make of a Life by Jim Collins is a reflective exploration focusing on self-knowledge, personal growth, and navigating life's unexpected turns.
Recommended“but uh we had a lovely conversation about his new book what to make of a life cliff's fog fire and the self-knowledge imperative”
Where to get it
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Good to Great
Good to Great by Jim Collins is a prominent business and management book that investigates what makes companies transition from being merely good to achieving sustained greatness.
Recommended“we have copies of good to great and uh what to make of a life at the painted porch bookstore”
Where to get it
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Raising Sand
Discussed“and they do raising sand and you would think that well you know it was the zeppelin years well there was great music but raising stand is stunningly exceptional piece of music”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“that is not a quote from ego is the enemy although it is a book i read while i was writing ego is the enemy because that was a weird book right”
“this is from jim collins who wrote good to great as well”