Be Your Own Hero: Take Risks, Face Your Fears and Choose Courage – Ryan Holiday with Dave Asprey : 868
The Human Upgrade: Biohacking for Longevity & Performance
Dave Asprey
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🗓️ 19 October 2021
⏱️ 83 minutes
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IN THIS EPISODE OF BULLETPROOF RADIO... you’ll discover what it takes to be courageous and heroic in your own life.
The Spartans used to build temples to fear. They did so to keep fear close, see its power and ward it off. Modern-day philosopher Ryan Holiday is here to tell you how to do that in your own modern life by using courage to overcome fear.
“You can have that reaction [to fear], but then you also realize, if you don't act on it, if you push through, there's often something on the other side of it,” Ryan says. “Or you realize that the more you expose yourself to it, the less scary it is each time and the less perhaps even that you feel that thing.”
Everyone experiences fear, but those who can learn to go beyond it will find room for courage. His most recent book, Fear is Calling: Fortune Favors the Brave is compelling and empowering. It breaks down what it means to confront fear, courage and heroism in order to discover your own grace and wisdom.
We talk about how to transform fear into courage and the power of choosing the relationship you have with fear.
“Man, people get really uncomfortable when something that they were told by their parents, or their church, or their society, or their social media, and all of a sudden, they face profound evidence that it's not true,” Ryan says.
Pulling stories from some of the greatest humans in history he talks about how heroism can change the world, and how history can help guide you through contemporary phenomena rooted in fear, like cancel culture and government mandates.
This is the first book in Ryan’s new series on the four virtues of the ancient world: courage, temperance, justice, and wisdom.
Don’t miss Ryan’s previous visit to Bulletproof Radio and the discussion about stoicism and ego: Modern Stoicism & Crushing your Ego: Ryan Holiday #527
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| 0:00.0 | A State of High Performance. |
| 0:06.2 | You're listening to Bulletproof Radio with Dave Asprey. |
| 0:10.3 | On today's show, one of my most favorite authors is joining us. |
| 0:17.7 | And there are different kinds of authors. |
| 0:19.2 | No, this is not a Neil Stevenson writing a cyberpunk book. |
| 0:23.7 | This is Ryan Holiday, who is seriously nails it with books and writes at a |
| 0:29.9 | speed and just a prolificness that I don't understand. |
| 0:34.9 | If you read Superhuman, you know that I was reading his daily stoic with my son in |
| 0:41.0 | the sauna every morning. |
| 0:43.5 | And I quoted some of his translations of ancient Greek philosophy as part of my anti-aging |
| 0:48.5 | theory. |
| 0:49.5 | And so that's how much I like Ryan's books. |
| 0:52.7 | And just his thinking has been, I think, affecting many, many people in society. |
| 0:58.9 | And he's got a book about something that I am completely opposed to. |
| 1:03.3 | And that is called Courage. |
| 1:05.6 | Because right now, if you would just set down your courage and allow yourself to be controlled |
| 1:09.9 | by a central AI algorithm, wouldn't you be safer? |
| 1:13.7 | Okay. |
| 1:14.7 | There might be some sarcasm there. |
| 1:17.3 | Ryan, my friend, welcome back on the show. |
| 1:20.2 | You've written so many cool books. |
| 1:22.3 | And one of my favorites is about what it takes to create a great book or a great work |
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