Stoicism and Celebrating Success ft. Ryan Holiday

The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway

Vox Media Podcast Network

Careers, Entrepreneurship, Business

4.6 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2021

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Ryan Holiday is a media strategist and the author of ten books including, The Obstacle Is the Way, Ego Is the Enemy, The Daily Stoic, Conspiracy, and Stillness is the Key. He joins Scott to discuss how the four virtues of stoicism (courage, temperance, justice, and wisdom) are integrated into everyday life. Ryan also shares what stoicism has taught him about fatherhood. Follow him on Twitter, @RyanHoliday. (13:51) Scott opens with his thoughts on Google’s Career Certificates and what companies need to do for ed tech to fully take off. He also discusses the IPO market and Disney’s seven-year agreement with the NHL. This Week’s Office Hours: the negative externalities of paywalls (45:34), opportunities for Apple to innovate (52:28), applying “don’t keep score” to your professional life, and maintaining work-life balance (57:37). Algebra of Happiness: Mark your wins with indelible ink (65:28). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Episode 53, the atomic number of iodine.
0:03.0	53 is herby the love box racing number.
0:06.0	And I was on Bill Mar this weekend.
0:09.0	When you have capitalism on the way up,
0:11.0	and you have socialism on the way down, I'm not done yet.
0:14.0	I'm not done yet.
0:15.0	What does that have to do with the number 53?
0:17.0	Absolutely nothing.
0:19.0	But it's my podcast.
0:21.0	Go, go, go, go!
0:32.0	Welcome to the 53rd episode of The Prop G Show.
0:35.0	In today's episode, we speak with Ryan Holiday, a writer and media strategist.
0:40.0	He's a real blue flame thinker and author of ten books, including The Obstacle as a Way, Ego as the Enemy,
0:46.0	The Daily Stoa, Conspiracy, and Stillness is the key.
0:49.0	Is that really the key, Stillness?
0:51.0	We discussed with Ryan his thoughts on stoicism, fatherhood, and living by your values.
0:56.0	Okay, okay.
0:57.0	What's happening?
0:58.0	Enrollment for Google's career certificates is finally open.
1:01.0	Google announced its career certificates program back in July and left the dog hanging with no new announcements until just last week.
1:08.0	And to push I came on my other podcast and talked up this Google career thing or career certificates.
1:14.0	And then we didn't hear much about it and actually tweeted at him and soon to respond it because he and I are very close.
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