Ryan Holiday

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38,174 appearances 209 recordings 12 series first heard Jun 2016 last heard today

Ryan Holiday’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The Daily Stoic · No One Is Excused From This | You’re Reading Books Wrong. Here’s A Better Way. · 22 Sep 2026 podcast

And I want you to learn from reading those books how to be a better reader for the rest of your life. voice-verified

And that's what we've done in the Daily Stoke Read to Lead course. voice-verified

And so if you'd love to join us and if you sign up before September 22nd, we're gonna be doing a live call where I'll answer some of your questions on reading. voice-verified

You can do all that at dailystoke.com/slash read to lead. voice-verified

So Seneca said that the whole point of philosophy was to turn words into works. voice-verified

He said that by by reading you can annex all the wisdom of the past into your own life. voice-verified

Obviously, if you're not applying it, what good is it? voice-verified

I want you to think two things. voice-verified

One, when you're reading, ask yourself, how would I use this information? voice-verified

Is this actually of use to me in any way? voice-verified

Or am I just collecting trivia and information? voice-verified

Am I just reading to impress people? voice-verified

Then I also want you to think, okay, what would I do in this person's shoes? voice-verified

How can you see yourself reflected in the people and things that you're reading about? voice-verified

How can I apply this to what I'm doing? voice-verified

So ask yourself: if you're reading a biography and you see them make this huge mistake, you see where ego is getting in their way, ask yourself, where is my ego getting in the way? voice-verified

Where am I acting like that? voice-verified

When you read a book about parenting, it should be, hey, how voice-verified

How am I gonna put this into practice? voice-verified

You underline something from Marcus Rulius about you know, keeping your temper in check, not losing your cool, and then voice-verified

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