Hey everybody Kevin here.

Kevin here. Today's guest is Ryan Holiday. Ryan is the author of The

Obstacles The Way. Also ego is the enemy and most recently the Daily Stoic.

Today we talk Stoic philosophy 101 which is actually a great

place to start for me because philosophy was an elective in school and sadly one

that I opted out of.

So getting a introduction to this stuff

with someone like Ryan who's a deep thinker

and an expert in this field has been awesome.

We also talk about why ego is the enemy, which was a great book of his that I enjoyed

and recommended to my newsletter subscribers here probably six or eight months ago.

We also talk about Ryan's daily habits, including his five-year

journaling and a whole lot more. But first, a quick reminder to sign up for my

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interview for today. This is Ryan Holiday. This idea of reading Stoic material is kind of like starting to take it into the

mainstream and I know that there's a lot of people that even today even though

it's becoming a trend even today some people are like I have no idea what you're talking about when he starts when you bring it up as someone that's written a book on the topic I'd love to get your kind of 101 take on stoicism and what should people think about who are the stoics like give me the

primer here it's interesting because it is becoming a trend and it's certainly popular now

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