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Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

1028: Practice The Stoic Art of Negative Visualization by Ryan Holiday

Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

Optimal Living Daily LLC

Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Self-improvement, Education

4.63.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2018

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Ryan Holiday shares how to practice the stoic art of negative visualization. Episode 1028: Practice The Stoic Art of Negative Visualization by Ryan Holiday (Stoicism & Planning for Success & Discipline) Ryan Holiday is a writer and media strategist whose creative agency, Brass Check, has advised Google, TASER, and Complex as well as bestselling authors like Tony Robbins, Tim Ferriss, and Neil Strauss. He is the author of six books and started his blog around 10 years ago to help his journey in self-education. The original post is located here: https://ryanholiday.net/practice-the-stoic-art-of-negative-visualization/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 1028.

0:03.1

Practice the Stoic Art of Negative Visualization

0:06.4

by Ryan Holiday of RyanHoliday.net.

0:09.0

And I'm Justin Mollick, your very own personal narrator.

0:12.2

I read to you from some of the best blogs in the world,

0:15.4

and today is no exception.

0:16.9

Ryan Holiday is a popular writer.

0:18.8

He writes frequently about stoicism,

0:20.9

and actually narrates his daily stoic email meditations.

0:24.3

So to hear him, you can check out the Daily Stoic podcast.

0:27.8

Now I'm excited to read this article,

0:29.2

so let's get right to it, and continue optimizing your life.

0:36.8

Practice the Stoic Art of Negative Visualization

0:40.0

by RyanHoliday of RyanHoliday.net.

0:43.9

A CEO calls her staff into the conference room

0:46.3

on the eve of the launch of a major new initiative.

0:49.1

They file in and take their seats around the table.

0:51.9

She calls the meeting to attention and begins,

0:54.4

I have bad news.

0:55.6

The project has failed spectacularly.

0:58.4

One went wrong.

0:59.9

The team is perplexed.

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