Adrian Grenier On How Turning To Philosophy Saved His Life
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🗓️ 9 September 2023
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
Ryan speaks with Adrian Grenier in the first of a two-part episode about their parallel career and life trajectories, what it’s really like to be famous, the rock-bottom moment that led to Adrian taking control of his life, why he is striving to be a better father than his own, why farming is the only profession for a philosopher, and more.
Adrian Grenier is an actor, director, producer, podcaster, entrepreneur, and musician. He is best known for his role as Vincent Chase on the show Entourage and his roles in The Devil Wears Prada and Clickbait, as well as his directorial debut Shot in the Dark, which chronicled his search for his estranged father, as well as Teenage Paparazzo. He is currently producing a documentary series called Earth Speed in which he seeks out better ways for humanity to use its resources and capabilities to make positive impacts on the planet. Adrian’s philanthropic work, including his promotion of sustainable living with his brand SHFT.com and his work with the Lonely Whale Foundation, garnered him the appointment of a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Environment Programme in 2017. You can follow him on Instagram @adriangrenier and on Twitter @adriangrenier.
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| 0:00.0 | What do I do? What do I do? What do I say? |
| 0:03.3 | What do I say? |
| 0:05.0 | In the Macmillan online community, we know what it's like to have cancer |
| 0:09.9 | because we have it too. |
| 0:11.7 | So, whatever you're thinking, whatever you're feeling, |
| 0:16.2 | whatever you need to ask about cancer, whatever the time of day or night, |
| 0:22.0 | we'll do whatever it takes to help you to join us, |
| 0:26.9 | search Macmillan online community. |
| 0:33.7 | Welcome to the weekend edition of the Daily Stoic. |
| 0:37.2 | Each weekday, we bring you a meditation inspired by the ancient Stoics, |
| 0:41.9 | something to help you live up to those four Stoic virtues of courage, |
| 0:46.2 | justice, temperance, and wisdom. |
| 0:48.6 | And then here on the weekend, we take a deeper dive into those same topics. |
| 0:53.5 | We interview Stoic philosophers, we explore at length |
| 0:58.2 | how these Stoic ideas can be applied to our actual lives |
| 1:03.5 | and the challenging issues of our time. |
| 1:06.0 | Here on the weekend, when you have a little bit more space when things |
| 1:09.9 | have slowed down, be sure to take some time to think, |
| 1:14.1 | to go for a walk, to sit with your journal, |
| 1:16.9 | and most importantly to prepare for what the week ahead may bring. |
| 1:23.6 | Hey, it's Ryan Holiday. Welcome to another episode of the Daily Stoic Podcast. |
| 1:32.5 | I was at this party, I forget when it was, it was a while ago, |
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