1086: Ryan Holiday | How to Fix Your Life with Stoicism

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You're gonna like this episode as well. We talk about integrity, comparison, misinformation, parenting, and a whole lot more. Really it's just another conversation with a very smart guy, and Ryan Holiday was there too. No, uh uh by the way, also the The dead jokes never quit people. Uh my kids are young. Get ready for decades of this. Also, I've got a little cold right now, as you can tell, that is not present in the episode. So if you find this kind of like nasally voice that I have right now a little bit annoying, fear not The rest of the conversation was recorded months ago when my voice was actually in decent condition. All right, here we go with Ryan Holliday. I haven't used my iPad in such a long time.

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