Always Consider the Unconsidered Consequences | Think About It from the Other Person’s Perspective
“A little while back we talked about the bold stroke—inspired by the Stoics—which struck down Julius Caesar and his reign on the Ides of March. This moment has always been judged ambiguously by histor...
15 Mar 20218min
Plutarch on How To Be A Leader Part 2
Today’s episode features another excerpt from Jeffrey Beneker’s How To Be A Leader: An Ancient Guide to Wise Leadership. How To Be A Leader is a modern translation and collection of essays about succe...
14 Mar 202111min
Steven Pressfield on Battling Resistance and Winning With Love
Ryan speaks to his friend and fellow author Steven Pressfield about battling resistance and becoming who you were meant to be, the triumph of good over evil and ultimately love, his new novel A Man At...
13 Mar 20211h 10min
What Can You Give Up To Help Others?
“It’s impossible to overstate the terror and uncertainty that swarmed Marcus’ life. Just while writing Meditations, Rome fought a war against the Parthians that lasted five years. The River Tiber had ...
12 Mar 20213min
You’ll Never Get Your Pound of Flesh | Living Without Restriction
“They screwed you over. Hurt your career. They disrespected you. They blew it. They did...whatever. Now, you want your revenge. You want them to suffer as you suffered. You want them to know, to feel,...
11 Mar 20216min
Illustrator Victor Juhasz on Marcus Aurelius and The Boy Who Would Be King
On today’s podcast, Ryan speaks to his collaborator and illustrator for his new book The Boy Who Would Be King about the process of creating the art for the book, imposing discipline on yourself, how ...
10 Mar 20211h 4min
Put The Weight Right On Me
“So much happens in life. There is so much happening. Forget macro events—there are dogs that get sick in the middle of the night. There are trips that need to be made to the store. There are unpleasa...
10 Mar 20213min
If You Want To Be Great...
“You can’t find a single page in Meditations where you get the sense that Marcus was attuned to his extraordinariness. There’s nothing about a legendary moment of courage on the battlefield. Nothing a...
9 Mar 20213min
