Ryan Holiday on Stoicism, Strategy and Creativity (Podcast)

Psychology June 30, 2015 / By Scott Barry Kaufman

SYNOPSIS

Best-selling author Ryan Holiday discusses how Stoicism can help us transform trials into triumph.

Best-selling author Ryan Holiday discusses how Stoicism can help us transform trials into triumph. It’s a pragmatic episode, full of strategies to invert obstacles and wrest opportunity from adversity. The conversation includes invaluable advice for aspiring creatives, research affirming the Stoic approach, how great historical figures have used Stoicism and more…

In this episode you will hear about:

The intersections of Stoicism, creativity and positive psychological research
Ryan’s alternative track to success and the importance of mentorship
How Steve Jobs employed Stoicism
The importance of understanding reality objectively
How blessings and burdens needn’t be mutually exclusive
Passion vs. purpose
How modern psychology is affirming the truths of timeless philosophy
Psych research that could help creative professionals
The effects of meditation on creative output
The high ROI habits that help Ryan’s creativity
“Contemptuous expressions” and stripping things of the legends that encrust them
Scott and Ryan’s views on the importance of living as your authentic self
Harmonious passions
The importance as a writer of having something valuable to say

Click to download the episode directly (right click, then click "Save as")

Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes.

Subscribe to the podcast on Stitcher.

Resources:

“Ryan Holiday is a media strategist and prominent writer on strategy and business. After dropping out of college at nineteen to apprentice under Robert Greene, author of The 48 Laws of Power, he went on to advise many bestselling authors and multiplatinum musicians. He served as director of marketing at American Apparel for many years, where his campaigns have been used as case studies by Twitter, YouTube, and Google and written about in AdAge, the New York Times, and Fast Company.” –Blurb taken from Ryan’s blog

comments powered by Disqus

Author

Scott Barry Kaufman

Scott Barry Kaufman is a humanistic psychologist exploring the depths of human potential. He has taught courses on intelligence, creativity, and well-being at Columbia University, NYU, the University of Pennsylvania, and elsewhere. He is interested in using his research to help all kinds of minds live a creative, fulfilling, and self-actualized life. Scott likes to share his enthusiasm and knowledge of the science of potential through his books, teaching, coaching, podcast, blog, articles, and speaking engagements. In his latest book Transcend: The New Science of Self-Actualization, Kaufman presents a new hierarchy of human needs for the 21st century, one that allows for the fulfillment of individual potential as well as the actualization of transcendent purpose and peak experiences. Kaufman hosts the #1 psychology podcast in the world— The Psychology Podcast— which has received over 12 million downloads and was included in Business Insider’s list of “9 podcasts that will change how you think about human behavior.” Kaufman’s writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Scientific American, Psychology Today, and Harvard Business Review. Kaufman’s early educational experiences made him realize the deep reservoir of untapped potential of students, including bright and creative children who have been diagnosed with a learning disability (see the free monthly webcast “Critical Conversations on Cognitive Diversity”). Scott received a Ph.D. in cognitive psychology from Yale University, and an M. Phil in experimental psychology from the University of Cambridge under a Gates Cambridge Scholarship. In 2015, he was named one of “50 groundbreaking scientists who are changing the way we see the world” by Business Insider. Scott is a co-founder of The Creativity Post.

More about Scott Barry Kaufman