Ryan Holiday | Courage Is Calling: Fortune Favors the Brave! @Daily Stoic ​(#190)

Ryan Holiday’s best-selling trilogy - The Obstacle Is the Way, Ego
is the Enemy, and Stillness is the Key - captivated professional
athletes, CEOs, politicians, and entrepreneurs and helped bring
Stoicism to millions of readers. Now, in the first book of an
exciting new series on the cardinal virtues of ancient philosophy,
Holiday explores the most foundational virtue of all: Courage.
Almost every religion, spiritual practice, philosophy, and person
grapples with fear. The most repeated phrase in the Bible is “Be
not afraid.” The ancient Greeks spoke of Phobos, panic and terror.
It is natural to feel fear, the Stoics believed, but it cannot rule
you. Courage, then, is the ability to rise above fear, to do what’s
right, to do what’s needed, to do what is true. And so it rests at
the heart of the works of Marcus Aurelius, Aristotle, and CS Lewis,
alongside temperance, justice, and wisdom. In Courage Is Calling,
Ryan Holiday breaks down the elements of fear, an expression of
cowardice, the elements of courage, an expression of bravery, and
lastly, the elements of heroism, an expression of valor. Through
engaging stories about historic and contemporary leaders, including
Charles De Gaulle, You’ll also delve deep into the moral dilemmas
and courageous acts of lesser-known, but equally as important,
figures from ancient and modern history, such as Helvidius Priscus,
a Roman Senator who stood his ground against emperor Vespasian,
even in the face of death. We discussed his own personal journey to
developing courage, from dropping out of UC Riverside to his
decision to quit working in a toxic environment, to starting
businesses, and touring the world...all while being an actrive,
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“impossible” to 500-500 00:02:12 The story of the book title and
cover. 00:06:27 Why is courage the best virtue? 00:20:39 Caourage
and belief in God. 00:24:01 How would the classical stoics respond
to what's happening now? 00:28:11 Why did you drop out of
University? Ryan's start at American Apparrel story 00:42:03 Do we
need to be reminded of death to live? 00:46:44 Comments on the
state of social media platforms and their controls. 00:52:24 Who
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