Ryan Holiday

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The Shawn Ryan Show · #321 Ryan Holiday - The Stoic Survival Guide · 13 Jul 2026 podcast

And so, I don't know.

Why would you want... And look, I write about this.

I wrote this book on courage.

I talk about, I was once, when I was at American Peril, I was once asked to do this thing that was profoundly wrong and immoral.

And I didn't do it, but I thought about doing it and I struggled with doing it.

And the reason that I didn't challenge my boss about it

was that I didn't want to get fired, right?

Now, in retrospect, why would I want to keep a job that speaking up about something that was wrong would get you fired from?

That's crazy.

It doesn't make any sense.

But these are the equations that we make in our heads.

But why would you want...

to work in an administration where even the slightest criticism gets you on the shit list, it's not gonna be a good job.

This job that you dreamed of having your whole life, it's not what you think it is, right?

Like they just showed you it's not what you think it is.

But we rationalize.

Everybody is saving themselves for this,

Higher calling?

This higher calling, yeah, yeah, yeah.

I remember, you know Adam Kinzinger?

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