You can afford anything but not everything.

Every decision that you make is a trade-off against something else and that doesn't just

apply to your money.

It applies to your time, your focus, your energy, your attention.

It applies to anything in your life that's a scarce or limited resource.

And that leads to two questions.

Number one, what matters most to you?

Number two, how do you align your daily behaviors to reflect that?

Learning these two questions is a lifetime practice and that is what this podcast is here to explore.

My name is Paula Pat.

This is the Afford Anything Podcast.

Today, best-selling author Ryan Holiday joins us on the show to talk about the concept of

stillness.

Ryan Holiday has had a fascinating career.

He dropped out of college at 19, then somehow became the director of marketing for American

apparel.

And since then, he's written a series of books, some of which have reached the number one

spot on the Wall Street Journal bestseller list.

Most of his books explore ancient philosophies and how they apply to modern times, in particular

the stoic philosophy, and he's been credited by the New York Times with the increasing popularity

of stoicism.

His most recent book, Stillness is the key, which we're going to talk about today, is specifically

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