My guest today is Ryan Holiday, director of marketing for American Apparel; media strategist for Tucker Max, Dov Charney, and others.
The topic is his book The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph.
In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:
- Marcus Aurelius' philosophy and stoicism, and why it has such a hold on Holiday
- Distraction
- Why the impediment to action actually advances action
- The unpredictability of the world, and how we react to the world
- George Clooney, and his start as an actor related to the obstacles we all face
- Steve Jobs' reality distortion field
- What drives Holiday today
- How will is the ultimate trump card
- The two definitions of will
- Alabama Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban and his approach to the moment of now
- Feeling great about the fight, the adversity, and the challenge
- How the process is intrinsically valuable
Jump in!
---
I'm MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I'm proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show.
To start? I'd like to give you a great piece of advice you can use in your life and trading journey… cut your losses! You will find much more about that philosophy here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/trend/
You can watch a free video here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/video/
Can't get enough of this episode? You can choose from my thousand plus episodes here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/podcast
My social media platforms: Twitter: @covel Facebook: @trendfollowing LinkedIn: @covel Instagram: @mikecovel
Hope you enjoy my never-ending podcast conversation!
Michael Covel's Trend Following