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This Is The Most Common Obstacle | How Can We Balance Confidence and Humility? Sep 26, 2024

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The annoying coworker, the unreasonable client, the demanding coach, the selfish teammate, the family member who pushes all your buttons—these are constant opportunities to practice virtue.

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What is the purpose of our ego?
How can we find a balance between confidence and humility?

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Be Brave Enough To Do This Sep 25, 2024

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We carry our own weight in this world, we blow our own nose, as Epictetus says. It’s what’s right, it’s what’s fair, it’s our job.

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Wright Thompson on Reckoning with the South’s Buried Secrets Sep 25, 2024

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Anne Frank and Martin Luther King Junior were born in the same year. The last known widow of a Civil War veteran lived to see Barack Obama become the first African-American President. Emmett Till would be the same age as Neil Diamond, Martha Stewart, and Bob Dylan in 2024 if he was not brutally tortured and murdered in 1955. Facts like these remind us that history is not as far away as we think it is.

Wright Thompson, is a Senior Writer at ESPN and author of The Cost of These Dreams, Pappyland, and most recently,The Barn, which uncovers the real story of Emmett Till’s murder in the Mississippi Delta. Wright joins Ryan to talk about the impact of cognitive dissonance, how political rhetoric has shaped racial violence, why history is closer than we think, the rise and fall of the cotton boom, and what it was like for Wright to learn the truth about Emmett Till’s story.

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It’s All About How You Close | Timeless (Stoic) Habits To Transform Your Future Sep 24, 2024

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What matters is how we bring the show to a close, what matters is the ending we give each scene.

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It’s How It Makes You Heal | Pain Is Self-Inflicted Harm Sep 23, 2024

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It wasn’t fun that it went sideways. It hurt that they hurt you. It took something that you can never get back. That’s life. That’s resiliency. That’s how the obstacle is the way.

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Temper Your Ambition | A Cautionary Tale From Napoleon Bonaparte Sep 22, 2024

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We don't need accomplishments to feel good or be good enough. If only Napoleon had listened to his own advice.

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Scott Galloway on Intergenerational Theft and Why Stoicism is Important for Young Men Sep 21, 2024

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Scott Galloway joins Ryan to talk about what “The Intergenerational Theft” is, why it is creating a massive problem for this next generation, and what he believes are the solutions. Scott and Ryan also discuss the American dream, why young men are drawn to Stoicism, the dangers of toxic masculinity, defining wealth and success, and what drives each of them in their work.

Scott Galloway is a marketing professor at NYU Stern, podcast host of the Prof G Pod, and author of The Algebra of Wealth: A Simple Formula for Financial Security, The Algebra of Happiness: Notes on the Pursuit of Success, Love, and Meaning, andThe Four: The Hidden DNA of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google.

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You’re Only Loaning This | Life Isn't A Dance Sep 20, 2024

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None of us own anything. Everything is constantly in flux. What we have today may be gone tomorrow.

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Can You Pull Off This Move? | How Can You Maintain Justice Without Self-Sacrificing? Sep 19, 2024

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A lot has happened in the 10 years since The Obstacle Is the Way came out. Ryan is a different person, a different writer, than he was back in 2014 and he was so excited to get a chance to improve and update this book accordingly. There were mistakes to fix, criticism to address (some not so fun), and new ideas to incorporate.

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Ask DS:

Does Ryan have a meditation practice that helps him achieve stillness?

How do you measure if you’re happy with effort over the outcome?

How do you maintain the virtue of justice without over giving or self-sacrificing?

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You Can Never Undo This Sep 18, 2024

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The truth is, nothing can undo what we do out of anger. We can’t take back what we’ve said. We can’t turn back the clock on harm we’ve inflicted or mistakes we have made.

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