How To Be A Leader (According To Plutarch)
The Daily Stoic
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🗓️ 24 September 2023
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
As one of history’s most important biographers and essayists, Plutarch studied deeply the traits of great Greek and Roman leaders to identify just what it is that made them great. In today’s audiobook reading, Ryan shares an excerpt from How to Be a Leader: An Ancient Guide to Wise Leadership, in which Plutarch clearly and succinctly lays out his thoughts on the subject, as well as his advice to anyone striving to become a leader. This book is part of the fantastic Princeton University Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers series, which you can find at The Painted Porch.
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| 1:41.9 | Welcome to the weekend edition of the Daily Stoic podcast. On Sundays, we take a deeper dive |
| 1:52.7 | into these ancient topics with excerpts from the Stoic texts, audiobooks that we like here recommend |
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| 2:07.8 | We hope this helps shape your understanding of this philosophy, and most importantly, |
| 2:12.4 | that you're able to apply it to your actual life. Thank you for listening. |
| 2:29.7 | Hey, it's Ryan Holiday. Welcome to another weekend episode of the Daily Stoic podcast. |
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