Courage and The Consequences of Inaction, with Ryan Holiday

Afford Anything

Paula Pant | Cumulus Podcast Network

Entrepreneurship, Business, Investing

4.6 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2021

⏱️ 60 minutes

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#341: Imagine a line. Cowardice exists at one extreme end of that line. Recklessness exists at the other extreme end. And in the balanced middle, you’ll find courage. Today’s conversation is about courage. We’re not talking about inspiring physical acts of bravery in this episode; rather, we’re discussing moral and social courage. The type of courage you need to make an investment. Buy a rental property. Invest in stocks. Start a business or side hustle. Retire early. Travel overseas. Have a difficult but diplomatic conversation. Express your feelings constructively rather than bottling them up inside. Raise an issue with immediacy rather than hesitation. Break bad news to someone. Ask for help. Launch an initiative. Try something new. We’re talking about the type of courage that’s required to become a better, bigger person in your work, your relationships, your life. We’re having this conversation with Ryan Holiday, the bestselling author of a series of books on Stoic philosophy. Enjoy. Resources Mentioned: Courage is Calling, by Ryan Holiday affordanything.com/realestate affordanything.com/viplist For more information, visit the show notes at https://affordanything.com/episode341 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You can afford anything but not everything.
0:11.4	Every choice that you make is a trade-off against something else and that doesn't just
0:15.2	apply to your money.
0:16.6	That applies to your time, your focus, your energy, your attention, anything in your life
0:22.0	that the scarce or limited resource, saying yes to something implicitly means saying
0:26.7	no to all other opportunities.
0:28.9	And that opens up two questions.
0:31.4	First, what matters most?
0:33.5	Second, how do you align your decision-making with that which matters most?
0:41.0	Answering these two questions is a lifetime practice.
0:44.0	And that is what this podcast is here to explore and facilitate.
0:47.9	My name is Paula Pant.
0:49.2	I am the host of the Afford Anything Podcast.
0:52.6	And today we're going to talk to Ryan Holiday about courage.
0:56.6	This selling author Ryan Holiday is known for his writing on stoic philosophy.
1:00.8	He has gained massive popularity with his books, The Ego is the Enemy and the obstacle is
1:04.8	the way.
1:05.8	A massing about half a million followers on Twitter, which is not something a lot of
1:09.2	philosophers can say.
1:11.3	Today he joins us to discuss courage, not physical courage, not the acts of valor that we
1:17.3	read about in inspiring headlines.
1:20.9	Those acts are important too, but today's discussion centers around moral courage, doing
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