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Tim Ferriss · 2020-04-09

How to Use Stoicism to Choose Alive Time Over Dead Time — Daily Stoic Author Ryan Holiday

How to Use Stoicism to Choose Alive Time Over Dead Time — Daily Stoic Author Ryan Holiday

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The Black Swan

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“I think that is that is worth reading”
“The Black Swan or Fooled by Randomness specifically I think helped to explain what we are contending with... I think that is that is worth reading.”— Ryan Holiday
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Fooled by Randomness

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“I think that is that is worth reading”
“The Black Swan or Fooled by Randomness specifically I think helped to explain what we are contending with... I think that is that is worth reading.”— Ryan Holiday
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The 48 Laws of Power

Robert Greene

“Those are three fantastic uh books”
“Then The 48 Laws of Power do a great job of explaining that... Those are three fantastic uh books for the for the quiver.”— Ryan Holiday
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Mastery

Robert Greene

“Those are three fantastic uh books”
“if you take Mastery and The 48 Laws of Power combined, those can act as a possible road map for the abilities you want to develop... Those are three fantastic uh books”— Ryan Holiday

The guest's own work

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The Obstacle Is the Way

Ryan Holiday

“this is my Marcus Aurelius statue. I bought this when I was writing The Obstacle Is the Way.”— Ryan Holiday

Also referenced (named, not recommended)

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Meditations

Marcus Aurelius

“And then I have Meditations right here. then and then Meditations right.”— Ryan Holiday
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Antifragile

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“And then Anti-Fragile? Anti-Fragile, but The Black Swan or Fooled by Randomness specifically I think helped to explain what we are contending with”— Ryan Holiday
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Letters from a Stoic (Moral Letters to Lucilius)

Seneca

“this definitely hearkens back to certainly some of the moral letters to Lucilius, if you want to cite some of the sources.”— Tim Ferriss
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Cato, a Tragedy

Joseph Addison (inferred)

“George Washington... had the troops perform... a play about It was Cato, right? Yeah. It's Cato to boost morale and continue the fight.”— Ryan Holiday