How Stories Teach Us The Truth | Reduce Wants, Increase Happiness
“They seem silly. Aesop tells us stories about dogs and mice and foxes and lions. Children love them of course. Isn’t that proof that they’re childish?”Ryan explains why all stories are windows into t...
22 Feb 20218min
Stoicism and the Art of Resilience
How does someone who was born into slavery, whose master broke their leg and crippled them for life, somehow escape all that and become one of the fathers of Stoicism and an amazing thinker? Epictetus...
21 Feb 202112min
Poker World Champion Annie Duke On Choosing the Truth
On today’s podcast, Ryan talks to World Series of Poker champion Annie Duke about making ethical choices, the overlap between Stoicism and cognitive psychology, how to objectively assess your own deci...
20 Feb 20211h 20min
Face What’s In Front of You First
“It’s a tempting cognitive bias but ultimately a paralyzing one. Worse, it is often complicit in very preventable evil.”Ryan discusses why you need to concentrate on the present moment, on today’s Dai...
19 Feb 20212min
You’re Not As Beloved As You Think | Prepare For The Storm
“It’s easy to let self-importance set in. Look at the car they sent for you. Look at how big your office is. Look at all the people who report to you. Look at the awards you’ve won. Look at the recogn...
18 Feb 20216min
James Clear On Getting 1% Better Every Day
Ryan talks with author James Clear about practical ways to shift your internal narrative, how to begin and maintain productive habitual action, being flexible with your goals as you set and achieve th...
17 Feb 202158min
There Are Going To Be These Kinds Of People In The World
“When Barbara Bush died, a college professor in California decided to go on a tweetstorm to insult the newly deceased. For years, the Westboro Baptist Church has outdone themselves with offensive prot...
17 Feb 20213min
We Are Chosen For Things
“It’s one of the most incredible stories in all of history. A young boy, out of nowhere, is chosen to be the emperor of most of the known world.”Ryan details one of history’s greatest fables, and laun...
16 Feb 20213min
