Ryan Holiday
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586 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 24 Jul
Ryan Holiday’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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That's when Truman has that sign on his desk that says, the buck stops here.
That's what he's talking about.
Like, when you're low up in the organization, you can kick the decisions up or down.
You can make it your employee's problem.
You can make it your boss's problem.
But ultimately, the boss is the decider.
The boss has to choose.
And if you don't have a strong set of values, if you don't have good judgment, if you don't have the ability to see things clearly, what they actually represent, what they mean, you're going to not make good decisions.
You're going to get in trouble.
And so...
You know, look, the Stoics weren't these sort of academic philosophers who just read books.
They were leaders.
They ran organizations.
They ran empires.
They led troops into battle.
They were making real decisions in the real world.
And they understood that this was a skill you develop the only really way you can, which is by experience.
Marcus Aurelius.
You know, it's funny.
I tell that story.
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