Ryan Holiday: The Urgent Need for Stoicism
The Chase Jarvis LIVE Show
Chase Jarvis
4.8 • 641 Ratings
🗓️ 31 March 2021
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
After dropping out of college at 19 to apprentice under Robert Greene, author of The 48 Laws of Power, Ryan Holiday became the director of marketing at American apparel, one of the biggest fashion brands in the world. He then founded a creative agency and has written 10 books including bestsellers such as, The Obstacle is the Way, Ego is the Enemy, The Daily Stoic, and Stillness is the Key.
Today we’re talking about the practical side of living the life you want. Studying the lives of the stoics- learning HOW to think rather than WHAT to think, opens up incredible new areas of growth and opportunity. Ryan shares in depth about how, in his 20s, he laid the groundwork to achieve his current level of success and fulfillment. There’s so much to unpack in his story, including:
- Setting creative priorities
- Institutional and cultural roadblocks of being an artist
- Being an artist with a day job
- The applicability of Stoicism in today’s era
- The purpose of philosophy
- The power of writing as a medium
If you dig the episode, you’ll love Ryan’s new book, Lives of the Stoics.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everybody, what's up? It's Chase. Welcome to another episode of the show. Today's guest is Ryan Holiday. You probably know Ryan. He's been on the show a couple times. In case you don't, you've been living under a rock because Ryan's work is so popular these days. Ryan Holiday dropped out of college at 19 to apprentice under Robert Green, the author. |
| 0:24.6 | He then was a marketer at American Apparel. |
| 0:28.6 | He went on to found a creative agency and then started writing books on his own where he has |
| 0:32.6 | written, I think, 10 books, most of them bestsellers, including obstacles away, ego is the enemy, |
| 0:38.9 | the daily stoic, and stillness is the key, which has sold millions and millions of copies |
| 0:43.6 | around the world, 30 languages, something like that. |
| 0:46.1 | I consider Ryan a dear friend, and today we're having him on the show to talk about how to live |
| 0:51.1 | the life that you want on your terms by being incredibly practical. |
| 0:56.4 | And the book in particular is about the Stoics. |
| 0:59.7 | It's called Lives of the Stoics. |
| 1:01.4 | And right now you're thinking, wait a minute, I don't even know what Stoic philosophy |
| 1:04.4 | is. |
| 1:05.4 | This is a great primer. |
| 1:07.4 | And more importantly, it is an amazing way of thinking. |
| 1:11.6 | It's not telling you how to think, or sorry, what to think, but it's telling you how to think. |
| 1:16.6 | And I think you're going to get a treat out of today's episode. |
| 1:20.1 | Ryan, not only is he super smart and talented at writing books, but he's an incredible communicator. |
| 1:26.7 | So please join me in welcoming Ryan to the show. |
| 1:30.2 | Let's get into it. |
| 1:31.0 | Three, two, one. |
| 1:32.6 | Take it away. |
| 1:34.0 | Hey, if you're like me, you are wildly aware. |
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