351: Unlocking Greater Focus, Creativity, and Happiness Through “Stillness” with Ryan Holiday

BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast

BiggerPockets

Education, Business, Investing

4.8 • 16.5K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2019

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Stop whatever you are doing and download this episode right now! Today’s show is highly likely to change your life in ways you may not have even realized it needed changing! Brandon and David sit down for an amazing interview with Ryan Holiday, keynote speaker and bestselling author of Ego Is the Enemy, The Obstacle Is the Way, and Stillness Is the Key. And Ryan does not disappoint! You will be blown away with his advice regarding how we talk ourselves into buying deals we know we shouldn’t, how he conducts cost/benefit analysis on different opportunities that come his way, and how he’s learned to avoid “success” when it will cost him more than it’s worth. Ryan also shares some mind-blowing knowledge about why we make bad decisions; why working harder isn’t always better; and how to identify virtues or skills you are lacking in a given situation, so you can figure out the path to the result you want. In addition, he shares how he models himself after the best and brightest minds he knows, how he believes in the power of journaling, and how important it is to put your strongest energy into the pursuits that will yield the highest ROI. This show is simply an incredible breakdown on human performance, goal setting/reaching, and using real estate to accomplish what really matters in life. Download this one today and buckle your seat belt! In This Episode We Cover: How to let your individual trials help you grow by how you respond How to recognize why you made bad decisions How to avoid worse decisions Why he invests in short-term rentals What he means by “stillness is the key” How to become something better Why “working harder” isn’t always the best answer How success can actually become a trap for us How our best ideas can come from time away to think How to model ourselves after the best, brightest, and most successful minds Why he believes so much about the power of journaling How to create routines that free your mind to reach new heights How to put your energy into efforts that lead to a better ROI on your time And SO much more! Links from the Show BiggerPockets Forums Audible Trial BiggerPockets Podcast 330: How to Ditch Distractions and Get WAY More Done With Cal Newport American Apparel BiggerPockets Youtube Channel BiggerPockets Instagram Brandon's Instagram David's Instagram Listen on BiggerPockets: http://biggerpockets.com/show351 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is a BiggerPockets podcast show 351.
0:04.7	You can pay someone to clean your office.
0:07.6	You can pay someone to make sales calls for you.
0:11.7	You can pay someone to do a lot of things. You can't pay someone to think long term for you and to generate new ideas for you.
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0:42.0	What's going on everyone? This is Brandon, host of the BiggerPockets podcast here with my favorite co-host in the world, Mr David Green.
0:51.0	David, what's your middle name?
0:53.1	I don't tell people my middle name.
0:54.8	That is a secret.
0:56.2	It is part of the...
0:57.2	Are you really like one of those?
0:58.3	That's funny.
0:58.8	Yeah, I'm 100% one of those.
1:00.7	Like I can't tell you now even in private because you're
1:03.4	Yeah because I'm gonna say I'm gonna give you a nickname it's Leroy so David Leroy
1:08.4	I've been referred to as the man is my middle name in the past and I'm afraid if I tell you my real middle name, you're going to stop doing that.
1:14.3	Yeah, that might be true. All right, well David, the man, Leroy, I don't know if that's your middle name. We're going to go with it. Green, how you doing man? What's new?
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