Molly Bloom on Trusting the Process and Making Daily Progress
The Daily Stoic
Daily Stoic | Backyard Ventures
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🗓️ 15 April 2023
⏱️ 82 minutes
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Summary
Ryan speaks with Molly Bloom in-person at the new Daily Stoic podcast studio in the second of a two-part conversation, the first of which was conducted virtually. Today, they discuss the power of understanding and utilizing self-interest in order to connect with other people, how to improve at something every day by committing to the beginner’s mindset, what raising children can teach you about finding peace in your own mind, and more.
Molly Bloom is an entrepreneur, author, speaker, and former Olympic class skier. After her competitive skiing career was derailed by injury, Molly became a bartender at the Viper Room in Los Angeles. She eventually started an event and catering company to host high-stakes poker tournaments, which attracted wealthy people, sports figures, and Hollywood celebrities. In 2013, she was sentenced as part of a $100 million money laundering and illegal sports gambling operation and served one year of probation with a $200,000 fine, and 200 hours of community service. Her story was turned into a 2017 film written and directed by Aaron Sorkin. Molly’s speaking and entrepreneurial work focuses on inspiring and educating people on how to become top performers.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, prime members. You can listen to the Daily Stoke podcast early and add free on Amazon music download the app today |
| 0:11.2 | Welcome to the weekend edition of the Daily Stoke each weekday |
| 0:15.6 | We bring you a meditation inspired by the ancient Stokes |
| 0:19.4 | Something to help you live up to those four Stoke virtues of courage justice temperance and wisdom |
| 0:26.1 | And then here on the weekend we take a deeper dive into those same topics |
| 0:31.0 | We interview Stoke philosophers we explore at length how these Stoke ideas can be applied to our actual lives and the |
| 0:41.3 | Challenging issues of our time |
| 0:43.4 | Here on the weekend when you have a little bit more space when things have slowed down |
| 0:48.9 | Be sure to take some time to think to go for a walk to sit with your journal and most importantly to |
| 0:55.6 | Prepare for what the week ahead may bring |
| 1:05.1 | Hey, it's Ryan holiday welcome to another episode of the Daily Stoke podcast |
| 1:12.5 | I read Molly Bloom's book Molly's game in preparation of our interview several months back and then |
| 1:20.9 | I didn't get to watch the movie until after we talked |
| 1:25.0 | and |
| 1:26.8 | I loved the movie so much written by the great Aaron Sorkin and then I read some interviews that Molly had done and some press coverage of it |
| 1:35.3 | And I thought you know what I got to talk to this person again |
| 1:37.4 | I I didn't |
| 1:39.2 | Explore everything I wanted to explore in that first interview and so I said hey Molly |
| 1:43.8 | When are you coming to Texas and it turned out she was going to be in Texas in early March for |
| 1:49.8 | Speaking gig and our schedules lined up and I said you know what we just built out this amazing new studio |
| 1:54.5 | I know you just did remote but come to the painting porch do the studio do an in-person version |
| 2:00.2 | I think it will go even better than the first time and she |
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