Ryan Holiday

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647 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Aug 2026 last heard 11 Aug

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The Oprah Podcast · A Doctor Says You Need 17 Minutes Outside Every Day. Here’s Why · 11 Aug 2026 podcast

That's something you could do in prison.

You could also do as the emperor of Rome.

And so so stoicism then is is this sort of toolkit for dealing with a world where the vast majority is not a religion.

I don't think so.

Yeah.

Um it it's a it's a it's a way of living.

And there have been uh the the Stoics lived in in a world of the gods and there have been Stoics since, you know, God.

Mm-hmm.

Uh I it's I think perfectly compatible with a a variety of different faiths.

Um but but it's it's mostly a a way of living, a set of ideas.

I think what he's specifically talking about makes it very clear.

So the obstacle he's referring to, because he's writing in meditations, which is just his private thoughts.

Yes.

So he's not saying it to us.

He's saying it to himself.

And he's talking about difficult and annoying people.

He's saying that difficult and annoying people can get in our way, they can cause problems for us, right?

Our opponents, our competitors.

Anyone can cause problems for us, but they can't prevent us from moving forward because they're actually presenting us a new way to move forward, whether it's patience, whether it's forgiveness, whether it's creativity or perseverance.

So for the Stoics, when they say the obstacle is the way, look, sometimes you can transform what you're dealing with into some huge opportunity to move forward in a professional capacity, but always in a personal capacity.

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