Ryan Holiday (https://ryanholiday.net/) is a writer and media strategist. When he was 19 years old, he dropped out of college to apprentice under Robert Greene (https://powerseductionandwar.com/) , author of The 48 Laws of Power (https://www.amazon.com/48-Laws-Power-Robert-Greene/dp/0140280197) . He had a successful marketing career at American Apparel and went on to found a creative agency called Brass Check (http://brasscheck.net/) , which has advised clients like Google, and many prominent bestselling authors, including Neil Strauss, and Tim Ferriss (https://tim.blog/) .
Holiday is the author of several of our favorite books, including The Obstacle Is the Way (https://buy.geni.us/Proxy.ashx?TSID=8942&GR_URL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FObstacle-Way-Timeless-Turning-Triumph%2Fdp%2F1591846358) , Ego Is the Enemy (https://buy.geni.us/Proxy.ashx?TSID=8942&GR_URL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FEgo-Enemy-Ryan-Holiday%2Fdp%2F1591847818) , The Daily Stoic (https://buy.geni.us/Proxy.ashx?TSID=8942&GR_URL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FDaily-Stoic-Meditations-Wisdom-Perseverance%2Fdp%2F0735211736) , and Stillness is the Key (https://geni.us/8OZUA) which have sold millions of copies in dozens of languages.
In this encore episode, we talk with Holiday about his book "Lives of the Stoics." (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/605841/lives-of-the-stoics-by-ryan-holiday-and-stephen-hanselman/) Holiday and co-author Stephen Hanselman present the fascinating lives of the men and women who worked to live by the timeless Stoic virtues of courage, justice, temperance, and wisdom. The fascinating mini-biographies illustrate powerful, centuries-old lessons that still serve as beacons to a more principled life.
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