Rick Rubin on The Creative Act Part One
In the first of a two-part interview, Ryan speaks with Rick Rubin about his new book The Creative Act: A Way of Being, the importance of allowing creativity to happen rather than willing it into exist...
1 Mar 202356min
The Best New Ideas Come From Old Books
We live in modern, cutting edge times. Each day, there are breakthroughs in neuroscience, microcomputing, medicine, and in how we make, save, and spend money. Our ability to beam information around th...
1 Mar 20233min
We Are All Replaceable | This Stoic Virtue Will Change Your Life
The Stoics believed in the concept of "amor fati," or "love of fate." This means accepting and embracing everything that happens, including the fact that we are all replaceable.As Marcus Aurelius wrot...
28 Feb 202311min
You Must Do This Dance | Cultivate Indifference
While most of us will never be an emperor or a rock star, we can imagine what it would be like.It would be so abnormal as to be dehumanizing. Indeed, this is what a lot of famous people say—that they ...
27 Feb 202310min
Life Is Too Short To Read Bad Books
To the Stoics, it wasn’t that we read. It’s what we read. We should seek out books that make a difference in our lives…not ones that win prizes. What matters is what we think of the books, not what ot...
26 Feb 202346min
William D. Cohan on Power, Ego, and the Imperial CEO
Ryan speaks with William D. Cohan about his new book Power Failure: The Rise and Fall of an American Icon, the link between Marcus Aurelius and the “imperial CEO” of General Electric Jack Welch, the l...
25 Feb 20231h 5min
Take This Seriously…But Not TOO Seriously | The Real Source of Harm
Punctuality is a matter of self-discipline, but also respect. We must be aware of and in command of our schedule and the time we’ve allocated to different people and activities. We must also care abou...
24 Feb 202310min
They Are Not Your Rivals | Ask DS
What’s the opposite of Stoicism, this austere philosophy based on toughness and resilience, virtue and service? Well, in the ancient world, it was Epicureanism–a philosophy that said that pleasure was...
23 Feb 20239min
