Hey, what's up, podcast listeners? Welcome back to The Colin and Samir Show. It's currently more of just The Colin Show. Like I mentioned last week, Samir is out of the country celebrating his brother's wedding. He'll be back next week. That's why for this episode, we're going to be revisiting one of my favorite episodes. This is our conversation with writer Ryan Holiday. His work and his books were foundational

to the creation of our YouTube channel. Samir and I both read growth hacker marketing

multiple times, and I highly recommend it if you're someone interested in telling stories

or growing a brand on YouTube. Today, Ryan largely writes about stoicism, which is an ancient Greek

philosophy and the belief that we can't control or rely on external events, but we can control

ourselves and how we react to those events. While Ryan does upload to YouTube, he's not

necessarily what you'd think of first when you hear the word creator. And that's why this

conversation is so

great. He brings a totally new and refreshing perspective to the podcast. During this episode,

Ryan tells us how you can take your ideas and turn them into a reality. And we get into

how you can be more disciplined when it comes to pursuing creativity, specifically as a career.

So whether you're listening to it for the first time or you're listening to this conversation back again, I think you will really enjoy

this episode and you should leave feeling motivated and energized about your career as a creator.

And now for our episode with our friend, author, and complete master of marketing, Ryan Holiday.

When I, like, listen to you speak or read, you know, any of your, any of the content that

you put out, I also, I read Daily Stoic every day. Oh, thank you. I love. Yeah, I love it. But you are like one of the content that you put out. I also, I read Daily Stoic every day, which I love.

Yeah, I love it.

But you are like one of the most academic, well-read people that I follow.

Thank you.

And you're also a college dropout.

Right.

So I want to go back to that and explore like, you know,

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