We think discipline is a punishment, but actually nobody has a shittier life than a person who has no self-control, no boundaries, no rules,

you know, whose life is chaos. It sucks. You know, the world has become infatuated with not being accountable yet one of the

incredibly easy straight paths to being happier and more content and joyous is to be more accountable.

The Inordation, what is good?

We are back with the Gary V audio experience

with one of my favorite guests of the past

and I'm just gonna predict it right now,

one of my favorite guests of the future. past and I'm just going to predict it right now.

One of my favorite guests of the future.

I expect to have a very long friendship with this tremendous young man.

And so I'm excited to get right into it because we don't have too much time on this episode.

Ryan Holiday is one of the more thoughtful characters I've come across over the last 15, 20 years

of this version of my career and it's been really nice we've gotten closer in the last five to seven years

after I admired him from afar. He's rep by Vainer speakers which is a real honor

I'm super happy about it because I was the one pushing for him to be signed by

Vainer speakers after I had a good talk with him in LA at an event and most

importantly I think he's a very thoughtful author and voracious reader and a Trevor trove of a

treasure trove of information so Ryan how are you?

I'm doing good I'm in LA you guys just sent me here on a gig so you're putting me to work.

I love it. So Ryan, tell us about the new book. Let's just get right into it.

Yeah, I'm doing it about something I think you know is equally important as I do.

I'm doing this series on the Cardinal Virtue, so I just did a book on Courage, and then this new one

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