394: Lessons from the Stoics. Discipline, Leadership, Life. With Ryan Holiday.

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🗓️ 12 July 2023

⏱️ 263 minutes

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Ryan Holiday is the bestselling author of Trust Me, I’m Lying; The Obstacle Is the Way; Ego Is the Enemy; Conspiracy and other books about marketing, culture, and the human condition. His work has been translated into over 30 languages and has appeared everywhere from the New York Times to Fast Company. His company, Brass Check, has advised companies such as Google, TASER, and Complex, as well as multiplatinum musicians and some of the biggest authors in the world.

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0:00.0	This is Jockel Podcast number 394 with Kerry Hilton and me, Jockel Willink.
0:04.6	Good evening, Kerry.
0:05.6	Good evening.
0:07.6	Self-discipline, the virtue of temperance is the ability to keep your ass in line.
0:14.6	The ability to work hard, to say no, to practice good habits and set boundaries,
0:20.6	to train and to prepare, to ignore temptations and provocations,
0:26.0	to keep your emotions in check, to endure painful difficulties.
0:33.0	Self-discipline is giving you everything you have and knowing what to hold back.
0:41.6	Is there some contradiction in this?
0:43.8	No, only balance.
0:46.0	Some things we resist, some things we pursue,
0:49.0	in all things we proceed with moderation, intentionally, reasonably,
0:53.8	without being consumed or carried away.
0:57.8	Temperance is not deprivation, but command of oneself physically, mentally, spiritually,
1:04.8	demanding the best for oneself and of oneself, even when no one is looking,
1:10.8	even when allowed less.
1:13.8	It takes courage to live this way, not just because it's hard, but because it sets you apart.
1:20.8	Discipline then is both predictive and deterministic.
1:26.8	It makes it more likely you'll be successful and ensures success or failure
1:32.8	that whatever happens, you are great.
1:37.8	The converse is also true.
1:40.8	A lack of discipline puts you in danger.
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