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The mindbodygreen Podcast

213: Why fear can be good & the power of perspective | Ryan Holiday

The mindbodygreen Podcast

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Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.62.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Ryan Holiday: "When we read a history book, we think it happens a long time ago. But we’re going through history right now, and sometimes history was not fun for the people who went through it." Holiday, a No. 1 New York Times bestselling author, joins mbg co-CEO, Jason Wachob, to discuss how to remain resilient in the face of COVID-19 and endure the unexpected, plus: *How to use this time for reflection and personal growth* *Why communication from world leaders is key* *Why you should limit your news to what's actually new* *Why the optimists might have a harder time coping with the coronavirus* *Why we shouldn't be wishing to go back to normal* Enjoy this episode! Whether it's an article or podcast, we want to know what we can do to help here at mindbodygreen. Let us know at: [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to the My Buddy Green podcast. I'm Jason Walkab, founder and co-ceeo of My Buddy Green and your host.

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Hey guys, hope you are all doing well. We have Ryan Holiday with us, the author of one of my favorite books that I find myself

0:56.8

picking up all the time and re-referencing, Stillness is the key.

1:02.2

He's back on the show. He first appeared in December in

1:05.0

episode 166 you'll definitely want to check that episode out. But you know as I

1:11.0

mentioned as we all grapple with uncertainty and the fear that comes along with it

1:15.9

I just find myself continually reaching for stillness is the key so it's great to have

1:20.9

Ryan back with us Ryan welcome.

1:23.0

Yeah, thank you. Quite a lot has happened and changed since we saw the old world.

1:29.0

The old world. So how do we use this time of uncertainty, this time of chaos, if you will, to reflect and really use this time for personal and professional growth?

1:42.0

Yeah, I mean, look, obviously a lot has happened and most of it is sort of very, very negative

1:50.0

and very depressing and sad, right? People have been wiped out, people have lost their job, you know, there are people who listening who might be in both of those camps. And so when I think about that, I don't want to be flipping and say like,

2:05.0

oh, okay, like look, this, the good news is like I did learn how to play guitar,

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