Ryan Holiday
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 13 Jul
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So, like, when I went to my publisher and I was like, hey, I want to write a book about stoic philosophy, they were not like, cha-ching, you know?
Like, they were like, what?
You know?
That sounds like a horrible idea.
Like, literally, they were like, eh?
Uh, and... I think I've said this before, but I took less than half...
For the book that became The Obstacles Away, I took less than half what I got for Trust Me, I'm Lying.
So they thought it was going to be less than 50% successful.
Wow.
What's the lesson that I take from that?
Like, I mean, it ended up selling millions of copies and being this big thing.
Like, do I take from that, like, those fucking idiots at my publisher don't know shit, right?
Do I take from that, like, I'm a genius, that I can see around corners, that I know what the people want?
Or do I take from this, like, hey, I had what I thought was a pretty good idea, and...
I could see how it wasn't an obvious home run to some other people.
And the reason it succeeded is because of, you know, I did the work.
I was willing to roll the dice anyway.
And also because, like,
the downsides of being wrong were not that high either.
Like I took a risk and it paid off.
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