Episode · The Daily Stoic · 2024-02-10
Books mentioned on World Leading Performance Psychologist Dr. Michael Gervais On The Stoic Path To Mastery
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The 48 Laws of Power
The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene and Joost Elffers is a popular psychological guide that draws upon historical tactics to explain the dynamics of gaining, maintaining, and defending against power.
Recommended“I'll recommend Robert Green's works and people go oh it's so awful I'm like if you think that you're the person who needs to read it more than anyone because you are saying that because you don't like something or you don't want it to be true that it's not true”
Other mentions in this episode (8) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book The Obstacle Is the Way
“One of my favorite quotes from Marcus Aurelius, which I actually remember thinking about when 'The Obstacle is the Way' came out, is as follows: 'We love ourselves more than other people, yet we care about other people's opinions more than our own.'”
Own book The Obstacle Is the Way
“so my favorite for Marcus which I actually remember thinking about when the obstacles the way came out”
“Look, if you sell zero copies of your book, you won’t be able to write another.”
Passing Off the Books
“Like I would do the books; if I was the only audience, it would be very different.”
Own book Lives of the Stoics
“so I did this book a few years ago called lives of the Stokes where instead of sort of really like diving into what the stok said I just tried to write these biographies of who they were now”
Own book Discipline Is Destiny
“well I want to talk about Beethoven cuz I talked about him in discipline as Destiny”
Own book Discipline Is Destiny
“yeah I I have a part of it in uh in uh in discipline as Destiny he says for six years now I've been hopelessly afflicted made worse by”
Own book Discipline Is Destiny
“Yeah, I—I have a part of it in, uh, in discipline as destiny; he says for six years now I’ve been hopelessly afflicted, made worse by the senseless doctors for year two, deceived with hopes of improvement, finally compelled to face the prospect of a lasting malady whose cure will take years and perhaps be impossible.”