503 - The Path to Stillness: Ryan Holiday on How to Develop Self-Discipline & Reduce Overwhelm

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Education, Business

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2019

⏱️ 67 minutes

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This is Ryan Holiday's 10th time on the podcast. In this episode, we talk about his new book, "Stillness Is the Key," which takes an allusive topic (stillness) and makes it applicable to everyday life. Ryan signed a bunch of copies for me to give away. You can learn how to enter by going to @Altucher on Instagram. - James I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast. Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Podcasts Stitcher iHeart Radio Spotify Follow me on Social Media: YouTube Twitter Facebook Linkedin Instagram Check Out The Altucher Book Club Series: Apple Podcasts YouTube Instagram ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.
0:06.4	This is the James Altiger Show on the Choose Yourself Network.
0:10.4	Today on the James Altiger Show.
0:15.6	You got to do the thing that only you can do.
0:18.2	And so I think the stoic focus is totally on this.
0:21.2	As soon as you hand over your definition of success to an outcome that's beyond you,
0:27.8	that's misery.
0:29.0	The recognition that most people are chasing in their field is fundamentally not up to them.
0:34.6	And then this is why they wake up and they're frustrated, they're upset,
0:37.4	and they feel discriminated against or screwed over because they've handed the definition of success over to someone else
0:45.2	and turns out that other person isn't going to be able to shoot about you.
0:47.4	Right, so I agree when you kind of like outsource success to some committees determination, that's a problem.
0:54.8	But let's say you're in the middle, that you're in the middle of the war.
0:58.4	And you know, the outcome is very important to you.
1:02.0	It seems when you're in the trenches in the war and yes, you can do the best you can do today.
1:06.6	That's all you can really do.
1:09.0	But it's hard to kind of, it's sort of like this muscle of stoicism.
1:14.6	You have to practice in advance of that moment.
1:17.2	Of course.
1:18.2	Quite a bit.
1:25.4	Thanks everyone for coming and we're going to have, we're going to talk and have a podcast and then we're going to have some Q&A
1:37.4	and Ryan is going to give out challenge points to everybody who asks the questions.
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