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The Daily Stoic

Martellus Bennett - Super Bowl Champion on Finding Success

The Daily Stoic

Daily Stoic | Backyard Ventures

Education, Stoicism, Stoic, Ryan Holiday, Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Business, Daily Stoic, Stoic Philosophy, Philosophy, 694393

4.55.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2020

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

On today’s Daily Stoic Podcast, Ryan talks with author and former NFL player Martellus Bennett about the clarifying effects that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on their day-to-day lives, how readers should engage with the books they acquire, how Marcus persevered to help the New England Patriots come back from the largest Super Bowl score deficit in NFL history, and more. 

Martellus Bennett is a former NFL tight end who played for 10 seasons with teams such as the Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants, New England Patriots, and more. Bennett was part of the Patriots team that defeated the Atlanta Falcons in Super Bowl LI, coming back from a 28-3 deficit to win in overtime. In 2014, Bennett created The Imagination Agency, a production company focused on children’s literature and entertainment; they have released multiple children’s books and movies, all written and designed by Bennett.

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0:12.4

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0:22.2

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0:29.2

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0:36.2

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0:47.2

It's got everything you could possibly want from a series of British Scandal, treachery in the establishment, overconfident public schoolboys and strange meetings on park benches.

0:56.2

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1:17.2

We have a lot of innovative companies like Starbucks, Google, and Patagonia. And together, we discuss all of the skills these leaders have learned along the way.

1:23.2

Like, how to solve complex problems and how to lead through uncertainty. But how I built this isn't your average business podcast.

1:31.2

By tapping into the hearts and minds of entrepreneurs, we better understand how they use adversity as fuel to help them persevere through challenges or overcome setbacks and achieve their goals.

1:44.2

And these aren't just conversations about the past. My guests and I also explore the novel and world-changing ideas they are pursuing right now.

1:52.2

The goal of our podcast is to inspire you to approach challenges like their opportunities, just like an entrepreneur.

2:00.2

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2:06.2

Hey, it's Ryan Holiday. Welcome to another episode of the Daily Steal podcast.

2:12.2

It's another story that starts in an airport unknown time and date.

2:17.2

I was exhausted. It was some international flight, which with a bunch of stops. And I was trying to get to some airport lounge.

2:25.2

I had no idea where I was. What was happening? I was staggering around and I finally got there.

2:33.2

I opened my laptop and I was checking my email and someone had sent me an email that that Martell has been it had tweeted about reading ego as the enemy.

2:41.2

And he was there at the packers at the time. This was, you know, I didn't know he was reading the book as a total surprise.

2:48.2

We ended up connecting and becoming friends as a result of it. And he had me out to his animation studio a few like a year or so later.

2:59.2

I think he was still playing at the time. I don't remember. But I remember after our conversation I went and I, this is when we talked on Twitter, I bought because I just had my first son and I bought the kids book that he'd written.

3:10.2

He wrote a great kids book called Hey AJ. It's bedtime. And he was sort of the morning, the lack of people of color and children's books. He'd written one for his daughter.

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