He went on to amplify the work of several New York Times bestselling authors before serving as the director of marketing for American Apparel – a job he held at the ripe age of 22. This week Ryan Holiday graces the podcast to explain.Īn autodidact of astute intellect that belies his 29 years, Ryan is many things - a voracious reader, prolific writer, shrewd observer of culture, media strategist and the author of four acclaimed bestselling books.ĭropping out of college at 19, Ryan began his multi-faceted career as an apprentice under Robert Greene, the acclaimed author of The 48 Laws of Power*. The domain of the great visionary.īut what if this notion is utterly false? A personality trait that, at every turn, thoroughly undermines that which we seek?Īnd what if modesty, humility and self-honesty are not actual weaknesses but in fact our greatest asset? We often equate ego with confidence, self-assuredness and ultimately success.
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And of rampant self-seeking over service. Of self-congratulatory passion over fidelity to process. The result is a woefully misplaced celebration of ubiquity over meaningfulness: Of endless distractions over devotion to work ethic.
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Ask today’s guest and he’ll tell you our culture is currently mired in an unprecedented epidemic of ego - a societal blight of apocalyptic proportions precipitated by the advent of selfie-crazed social media, self-esteem parenting and spurious self-help gurus fomenting an illusory sense of entitlement.