Kevin Rose On Staying Healthy With Entrepreneurship, Zen Buddhism, And Being Vulnerable
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4.5 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 9 August 2023
⏱️ 87 minutes
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Summary
Ryan speaks with Kevin Rose about the pros and cons of his entrepreneurial drive, the calming effects of reducing the amount of stuff that you have, the overlap between Zen Buddhism and Stoicism, the dangers of social media, why being vulnerable is the hardest thing to do, and more.
Kevin Rose is an entrepreneur, podcaster, and television host. Having co-founded the companies Revision3, Digg, Pownce, and Milk, and having been a venture partner at GV, Kevin’s work focuses on tracking and contributing to rising trends in the tech industry. As a host, he has worked on the G4 shows The Screen Savers, Unscrewed With Martin Sargen, and Diggnation, for which he also started a weekly podcast. He currently serves as the CEO of Proof and a partner of True Ventures. You can find Kevin’s work at his website kevinrose.com, and on Instagram @kevinrose and Twitter @kevinrose.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Daily Stoic Podcast, where each weekday we bring you a meditation inspired |
| 0:12.6 | by the ancient Stoics, a short passage of ancient wisdom designed to help you find strength |
| 0:18.5 | and insight here in everyday life. |
| 0:21.6 | And on Wednesdays, we talk to some of our fellow students of ancient philosophy, well-known |
| 0:27.5 | and obscure, fascinating, and powerful. |
| 0:30.7 | With them, we discuss the strategies and habits that have helped them become who they are |
| 0:35.6 | and also to find peace and wisdom in their actual lives. |
| 0:40.1 | But first, we've got a quick message from one of our sponsors. |
| 0:43.5 | Hey, it's Ryan Holiday. |
| 0:58.1 | Welcome to another episode of the Daily Stoic Podcast. |
| 1:02.2 | I was proud of myself yesterday. |
| 1:03.6 | I was heading over to do this interview, which I was recording in Los Angeles. |
| 1:10.7 | And I like pretty much everything that could go wrong. |
| 1:14.3 | Well, they asked me to get there 15 minutes early, which I did, which I was more than |
| 1:19.5 | on track for. |
| 1:21.8 | And I'm driving there across LA, hit a little traffic, so I'm running a tad behind. |
| 1:27.6 | Then I can't figure out where to park. |
| 1:30.0 | Like, the building is sort of this conglomeration of buildings and I wasn't sure where the |
| 1:35.4 | parking was. |
| 1:36.4 | So I'm circling the building, trying to find the parking. |
| 1:38.4 | I can't see. |
| 1:39.4 | I call my producer. |
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