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The Daily Stoic

Ask Daily Stoic: Ryan and David Epstein Talk Range & Resilience

The Daily Stoic

Daily Stoic | Backyard Ventures

Business, 694393, Society & Culture, Daily Stoic, Stoic, Education, Ryan Holiday, Philosophy, Stoic Philosophy, Stoicism, Self-improvement

4.55.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2020

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

On today’s Daily Stoic Podcast, Ryan talks with author and journalist David Epstein about the power of range, how to get the right kind of experience to be successful, and more.

David Epstein is the author of #1 New York Times best seller Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World. He has previously worked as a reporter at ProPublica and Sports Illustrated and also wrote the best-selling The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance.

Get your copy of Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World: https://geni.us/BX7P90

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0:00.0

Hey, prime members, you can listen to the Daily Stoic podcast early and add free on Amazon music. Download the app today.

0:11.7

Welcome to the weekend edition of the Daily Stoic. Each weekday we bring you a meditation inspired by the ancient Stoic, something that can help you live up to those four

0:22.0

Stoic virtues of courage, justice, wisdom, and temperance. And here on the weekend we take a deeper dive into those same topics. We interview Stoic philosophers, we reflect, we prepare, we think deeply about the challenging issues of our time. And we work through this philosophy in a way that's more possible here when we're not rushing to worker to get the kids to school.

0:51.0

We have the time to think, to go for a walk, to sit with our journals and to prepare for what the future will bring.

1:01.0

Hello, I'm Hannah and I'm Syrte. And we are the hosts of a Redhanded, a weekly true crime podcast. Every week on Redhanded we get stuck into the most talked about cases.

1:10.0

From the Idaho student killings, the Delphi murders and our recent rundown of the Murdoch saga.

1:15.0

Last year, we also started a second weekly show, Shorthand, which is just an excuse for us to talk about anything we find interesting because it's our show and we can do what we like.

1:23.0

We've covered the death of Princess Diana, an unholy Quran written in Saddam Hussein's blood, the gruesome history of European witch hunting, and the very uncomfortable phenomenon of genetic sexual attraction.

1:33.0

Whatever the case, we want to know what pushes people to the extremes of human behavior. Like, can someone give consent to be cannibalized? What drives a child to kill? And what's the psychology of a terrorist?

1:44.0

Listen to Redhanded wherever you get your podcast. So, and access our bonus shorthand episodes exclusively on Amazon Music, or by subscribing to Wondry Plus in Apple Podcasts or the Wondry app.

2:03.0

Is a new platform needed? Is Twitter dying?

2:06.0

I'm David Brown, host of the new Wondry podcast, Flipping the Bird, Elon vs Twitter. Join us as we unravel the fascinating story of Elon Musk's unexpected bid to buy Twitter.

2:17.0

And all of the drama that has happened since then. Those still employed at Twitter soon saw the company and its culture morphed into something they didn't recognize.

2:25.0

He laid off 75% of the Twitter workhorse, reinstated exceedingly problematic and dangerous users, and even encouraged his staff to sleep in the office.

2:34.0

X employees, Elon's critics and fellow CEOs were quick to denounce him as an in-over-his-head rich guy. His Elon all talker are his unruly methods. Actually the work of a genius.

2:45.0

Follow Flipping the Bird, Elon vs Twitter, wherever you get your podcast.

2:50.0

Hey, Prime members, you can listen to episodes ad-free on Amazon Music. Download the Amazon Music app today.

2:56.0

Hey, it's Ryan Holiday. Welcome to another episode of the Daily Stove Podcast. When I was on Book 2, I guess it was book before last.

3:07.0

I don't even remember anymore. I don't know what you but I feel like all time and space is collapsed.

3:13.0

So this could have been a year ago, it could have been two years ago. Anyways, my friend Tim Urban threw a little sort of dinner book party for me in New York City.

3:23.0

Mark Manson was there, David Wells Wallace was there, the New York Magazine reporter, a bunch of interesting people.

3:31.0

And my guest today was supposed to be there but he couldn't make it. And he sent me an email and I read one of his books and so I said, hey, you know, no worries.

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