Episodes featuring Ryan Holiday
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Ryan Holiday talks with Senator Mark Kelly about decision-making under pressure, drawing on Kelly's years as a Navy pilot, test pilot, and astronaut.
Ryan Holiday examines how Eisenhower used Stoic philosophy to lead D-Day, covering emotional discipline, worst-case thinking, and turning setbacks into opportunities.
Ryan Holiday and Daniel Coyle discuss how good leaders let go of control, admit mistakes, and build systems where people feel safe to speak up and act with real agency.
Ryan Holiday explores how stoic philosophy offers a practical framework for breaking addictions and building self-mastery, drawing on interviews with people who achieved sobriety through stoic practice.
Ryan Holiday draws on Stoic philosophers like Marcus Aurelius and Seneca to share practical daily habits that build self-discipline and meaningful change over time.
Ryan Holiday draws on Stoic philosophy to argue that AI makes critical thinking more important, not less, and shares practical habits for reasoning better in this moment.
Ryan Holiday explains how Stoic philosophy, drawn from Marcus Aurelius, helps you handle difficult and obnoxious people without losing your composure or character.
Ryan Holiday talks with Medal of Honor recipient Kyle Carpenter about how courage is less a single act and more a daily practice, drawn from his recovery after jumping on a grenade in Afghanistan.
Ryan Holiday explores 40 lessons from Marcus Aurelius' Meditations, focusing on what the book reveals about living philosophy rather than just studying it.
Ryan Holiday talks with novelist Maria Semple about Go Gentle, her stoicism-inspired novel that led Oprah to the Stoics. Semple walks through her homemade daily stoic routine and her step-by-step protocols for calls,...
Ryan Holiday, who says he has read Meditations more than a hundred times, reads and explains his favorite passages from Marcus Aurelius on fear, difficult people, change, honesty, power and death.
Ryan Holiday pulls 31 practical lessons from Marcus Aurelius's Meditations, covering how to manage emotions, cut distractions, and focus on what you can control.
Ryan Holiday and Jim Collins discuss how exceptional people build meaningful lives across multiple chapters, especially after major disruptions like job loss, illness, or achieving a long-held goal.
Ryan Holiday talks with Harvard professor Arthur Brooks about what ancient philosophy from Stoicism to Buddhism actually teaches us about living well and finding happiness.
Ryan Holiday draws parallels between Stoic philosophy and professional baseball, showing how principles like the dichotomy of control and embracing obstacles apply to sports and everyday life.
Ryan Holiday argues that real principles only count when they cost you something, drawing on stories of NBA players, Roman emperors, and WWII soldiers to make the case.
Ryan Holiday shares Stoic-inspired habits for fixing your focus in a noisy, distracting world, from waking early and saying no to walking, journaling and reflecting on death.
Ryan Holiday shares his best reads of 2021, arguing that rereading books and trying different translations reveals more than constantly seeking new titles.
Ryan Holiday discusses three books that shaped how he thinks about power, ambition, and character, framing each as a practical guide for leaders and founders.
Ryan Holiday answers listener questions about applying Stoic philosophy to everyday problems like bad roommates and dull jobs, and recommends modern books as entry points to Stoicism.