Stoicism's Lessons For A Disciplined Life - Ryan Holiday - #541

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Ryan Holiday is a podcaster, marketer and an author. Discipline is one of the modern world's hot topics. Because it's become apparent that in order to achieve anything, you must be able to temper your desires and direct your efforts. The Stoics believed this 2000 years ago and between then and now there's been a plethora of historical examples which can teach us how to build and sustain discipline. Expect to learn why sanity is your most precious resource, why discipline without an end goal is pointless, how to stay disciplined when success arrives, why Martin Luther King let a Nazi punch him in the face, how to enforce discipline without lambasting yourself for falling short, what Eisenhower's smoking habit can teach us about self control, why 75 hard might not build discipline long term and much more... Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (00:28) The Power of Sanity & Consistency (09:53) Direction Helps Discipline (14:28) Maintaining Discipline at the Top (27:15) Lessons from Marcus Aurelius (38:08) How Principles Can Aid Focus (44:30) The Downside of High Standards (53:37) The Tragedies of Lou Gehrig & Babe Ruth (58:19) Can You Achieve Extreme Results in a Balanced Life? (1:08:02) What Ryan Learned from Queen Elizabeth II (1:15:13) The Virtue of Persevering Through Trials (1:27:08) Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Smoking Habit (1:31:59) Cautionary Tales from History (1:37:13) Where to Find Ryan Extra Stuff: Buy Discipline Is Destiny - https://amzn.to/3RQDnvL  Check out Ryan's website - http://dailystoic.com/ Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Episodes You Might Enjoy: This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠ How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠ The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠ Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices