Hello folks, welcome to the WOOP podcast.

I'm your host Will Ahmed, the founder and CEO of WOOP, and we are on a mission to unlock

human performance.

If you're unfamiliar with our technology, we build hardware, software, and analytics to better understand the human body. That

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If you're curious about how WOOP is helping combat COVID-19, I would encourage you to check out

all the research that we've done around respiratory rate and how an elevated respiratory rate may be

a precursor to COVID-19. You can find that at the locker at Woop.com. My guest today is the brilliant

and deeply philosophical Ryan Holiday.

Ryan is a New York Times bestselling author.

He has written 10 books, including Obstacle is the Way and Stillness is the Key.

Stillness of the Key came out more recently, and I've devoured it it and we spent a lot of time talking about this idea of stillness. He talked about it in his own life. I talked about it in the context of building a business. And we explored what does it mean to be still? What is ambition? What is ego? What is confidence? It was a really insightful conversation. I think Ryan has

a ton of insight around, frankly, the meaning of life and what it means to live a fulfilled

and still life and what is stillness. And Ryan also talks about his whoop data, his habits,

some things that he does in his routine to be

as balanced and I would say as optimal as possible.

And overall, I think you're going to find him fascinated.

So without further ado, here is Ryan.

Ryan, welcome to the Woof podcast.

Yeah, thanks for having me. I just devoured your book, Stillness is the key, and congratulations to you on being a really

thoughtful guy and a terrific author.

Thank you.

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