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The James Altucher Show

Ep. 171 - Ryan Holiday: The Powerful Enemy of Your Success

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Education, Business

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2016

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

"You used to be arrogant," I said. He didn't know. I later decided it's arrogant to call someone arrogant on your podcast. Or anywhere else. I had a lot to learn. It's a good thing we had 90 minutes left in the studio. And dinner plans after. "I'm sure other people must have told you that around that time," I said, referring to when we first met a few years ago. My podcast guest, Ryan Holiday, dropped out of college at age 19. By age 22, he was the director of marketing for American Apparel. Twitter, YouTube, and Google all use his work as case studies. Now he's 28, a writer and owns his own business. When I sold my first company, it completely destroyed me. I know where I went wrong. Ryan's new book, "Ego is the Enemy," helped explain why. In this episode, I'll tell you what I learned. And how you can avoid making the same common mistake. Consider this interview a cheat sheet. Listen now. ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.

0:06.4

This is the James Altiger Show on the Choose Yourself Network.

0:11.2

Today on the James Altiger Show.

0:15.4

You actually say the opposite of ego, which is kind of a formula for success,

0:20.2

is to be humble in your aspirations, gracious in your success,

0:24.6

and resilient in your failures.

0:27.4

But how do you cultivate those?

0:29.4

Thoughts are not facts.

0:31.4

Thoughts are just thoughts.

0:33.2

I realize that I've created this very rigid definition of the universe,

0:36.8

like rules that I've been insisted on following all the time.

0:41.8

To some extent, you say ego is the enemy,

0:44.4

it seems like it's the enemy of a lot of things,

0:45.8

but one thing it's probably the enemy of almost the most is curiosity.

0:50.2

This is the hard part of writing and doing books that nobody talks about either.

0:54.8

It's not what you do when you sit down to write.

0:57.6

That's more the easy part.

0:59.2

It's the figuring out what you're going to write and what's the best way to do it.

1:02.8

That's the difference between a book that sells 10,000 copies and a book that sells a million copies.

1:13.8

So Ryan Holiday, how many times have you been on this podcast?

1:15.8

This is three?

1:17.8

Three, yeah. We had you on with obstacles the way.

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