On the heels of his most recent book's (https://www.amazon.com/Discipline-Destiny-Power-Self-Control-Virtues-ebook/dp/B09PB1SB72/) release, author, entrepreneur (https://www.brasscheck.net/) , and (most recently) independent bookstore operator (https://www.thepaintedporch.com/) Ryan Holiday returns to the podcast.
Discipline Is Destiny: The Power of Self-Control is the second book in Ryan's 4-book series on The Stoic Virtues, and this book "draws on the stories of historical figures we can emulate as pillars of self-discipline, including Lou Gehrig, Queen Elizabeth II, boxer Floyd Patterson, Marcus Aurelius and writer Toni Morrison"* (https://www.amazon.com/Discipline-Destiny-Power-Self-Control-Virtues-ebook/dp/B09PB1SB72/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1665013351&sr=8-2)
Additional Topics Include:
• Book Soup owner's 3 keys to owning a bookshop. (04:27)
• Bookstores have been immune from the profit motive. (10:37)
• The social caste system in America. (13:22)
• "Freedom is the opportunity for self-discipline" (21:04)
• Jimmy Carter's moral dilemma: "Did you always do your best?" (26:57)
• "The negative actually gives us information, the positive never gives us information" (31:53)
• The Cynics vs the Stoics (41:18)
• The psychology of managing your goals through difficult public reactions. (58:38)
• Queen Elizabeth's magnanimous restraint (70:05)
Editor’s note: Topic times don’t account for sponsor ads and may appear a few minutes later in the episode on your podcast player)
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