Ryan Holiday

That is why it is such a public service, as we said, to be courageous, as Cato was, as Helvidius was, even as Marcus Aurelius was during the Antonine Plague.

Public service to whom?

To those people who are not cheats and cowards, liars and monsters.

To the busy people, the people who have a lot going on, the people who don't know what they can do, let alone what they ought to do.

When they see someone committed to justice, when they see someone speaking out, when they see someone getting involved, when they see someone doing good, it sends a powerful message.

It shows them that not everyone is dark, that not everyone is afraid.

It gives them an example to follow.

gives them hope, gives them a practical set of things that they can do.

We can always use more leaders.

We are in desperate need of good, courageous people.

Can you fill that need?

And if you want to be one of those people, well, start by studying them.

It's what courage is calling and right thing right now is all about.

People who chose to step up when it mattered, whose actions helped inspired others, who were not too busy, who were not too scared, who were good and courageous and didn't back down, who showed that the best way to fight back against a dark world is to be a source of light.

Hey, it's Ryan.

Welcome to another episode of the Daily Stoke Podcast.

I remember when I first moved to Texas, I got lunch with Austin Kleon, who had lived in Austin a little bit longer.

And we were sitting out in East Austin at a restaurant that no longer exists.

And he said, work, family, scene, pick two.

He was just telling me that, like, I had to get my priorities straight as a creative and as a person.