Ask Daily Stoic: Ryan and Historian Andrew Roberts Talk Leadership, Character and How One Person Can Change The World
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🗓️ 16 May 2020
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Today Ryan talks with writer and historian Andrew Roberts about the process of writing about historical figures, the ways that character is tested during trying times, Roberts’ take on figures like Napoleon and Lloyd George, and more.
Books by Andrew Roberts
Churchill: Walking with Destiny: https://geni.us/vi8z
Napoleon: A Life: https://geni.us/p3JMb9n
Leadership in War: https://geni.us/MCzyPy
The Storm of War: https://geni.us/CKRDmyw
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| 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 sing, to go for a walk, to sit with our journals and to prepare for what the future will bring. |
| 1:00.0 | From Wondery comes a new series, flipping the bird, Elon versus Twitter. A story about what happens when the richest man on the planet decides to acquire a powerful social media company in the name of free speech. But does he have what it takes? |
| 1:15.0 | It started off promising. Or is this all just about Elon? He's essentially mad that his tweets aren't performing as well as he would expect them to. But really just felt like, okay, this really is just a platform being ruled by a dictator who does things on his own limbs. |
| 1:35.0 | And what will be left of Twitter by the time he's done? |
| 1:38.0 | Basically, my entire team was gone by the end of it. Infrastructure was just completely gutted. He'll like tweet a thing and then everyone's like, we got to work on that now because he tweeted it. |
| 1:47.0 | I'm supposed to believe this man is a genius. |
| 1:49.0 | It just felt like everything was kind of descending into chaos. |
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| 2:01.0 | Hey, it's Guy Ross here and on my podcast, how I built this, I talked to the founders behind some of the world's biggest and most innovative companies like Starbucks, Google, and Patagonia. |
| 2:11.0 | And together, we discussed all of the skills these leaders have learned along the way, like how to solve complex problems and how to lead through uncertainty. |
| 2:20.0 | But how I built this isn't your average business podcast. By tapping into the hearts and minds of entrepreneurs, we better understand how they use adversity as fuel to help them persevere through challenges or overcome setbacks and achieve their goals. |
| 2:36.0 | And these aren't just conversations about the past. My guests and I also explore the novel and world changing ideas they're pursuing right now. |
| 2:44.0 | The goal of our podcast is to inspire you to approach challenges like their opportunities, just like an entrepreneur. |
| 2:51.0 | So check out how I built this on Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 2:57.0 | Hey, it's Ryan Holiday. Welcome to another episode, the Daily Stoke Podcast. |
| 3:04.0 | As you know, I love biographies. My books are often just an amalgamation of things I've learned or stories I found in other biographies that I've read. |
| 3:16.0 | I've been a big reader of biographies since I was a kid, but I love biographies. |
| 3:23.0 | You know, I've read thousands of pages of biographies from Robert Caro from William Manchester from Doris Kern's Goodwin. |
| 3:32.0 | I love really in depth, thick biographies. I love biographies that go not just into the subject, but into the parents and the environment that made this subject. |
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