PASSAGE OF THE WEEK:
We don’t have to hold supreme power to be supremely powerful. We don’t have to ‘ wear the purple,’ as they said of the emperor, to stand out. No, we just have to show up. Do a great job. Hold ourselves to high standards. Read: How To Be A King
YOUTUBE TAKEAWAY OF THE WEEK:
 In a recent video on the Daily Stoic YouTube channel, Ryan Holiday takes viewers along on parts of the media tour, for his latest book, Right Thing, Right Now. Ryan speaks with CNBC and the Breakfast Club about how to find what the “good life” means for you, and the importance of keeping Stoicism ethical:
“I was interested at first in what Stoicism could do for me — how it could make me more productive, more resilient, more in control of myself. But the virtue of justice, which is such as essential part of Stoicism, is more about what Stoicism is asking of you — how you hold yourself as a person, a citizen, a spouse — and we can’t strip the ethical component out of Stoicism.” By the way, if you want to see Ryan live in conversation, click here to get tickets for his upcoming Stoic Life tour (Australia, Europe, and Canada)!
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PODCAST TAKEAWAY OF THE WEEK:
 In a popular episode of The Daily Stoic Podcast, Ryan Holiday speaks with Green Beret Nate Boyer on what serving multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan taught him about life, how he was able to become an NFL starter at a position he had never played before, and the importance of embracing our insecurities:
“I think that most people who compete at a high level do have a decent amount of insecurity somewhere. And it’s not that they struggle with it, but they embrace it and they recognize it — maybe they don’t even talk about it. But it’s what makes us get up a little bit earlier, start a little bit earlier, and just pour ourselves into it.” Subscribe to Daily Stoic Podcast
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WHAT RYAN HOLIDAY IS READING:
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“To reach the source, you have to swim against the current. Only trash swims downstream.”
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