The Daily Stoic - You’d Be A Fool To Not Do This

Episode Date: March 29, 2022

Ryan talks about the importance reading diverse and challenging books.Check out the Read To Lead Reading Challenge at: https://dailystoic.com/readSign up for the Daily Stoic email: http://DailyStoic.com/emailFollow us: Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, TikTok, and FacebookSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Hey, prime members, you can listen to the Daily Stoic Podcast early and add free on Amazon Music. Download the app today. Welcome to the Daily Stoic Podcast. Where each day we bring you a passage of ancient wisdom designed to help you find strength, insight, and wisdom every day life. Each one of these passages is based on the 2000 year old philosophy that has guided some of history's greatest men and women. For more, you can visit us at dailystoward.com. You'd be a fool not to do this. A couple of years after he turned down an investment offer from Donald Graham, then the chairman of the Washington Post, Facebook's founder Mark Zuckerberg emailed Graham. I'm a CEO now, he wrote, and would like to shadow you and see what you do.

Zuckerberg and Graham spent some time together, and Graham happened to be around when a reporter handed Zuckerberg a copy of a book they'd written. When the reporter was no longer within ear shot, Zuckerberg said to Graham, I'm never going to have time to read this. within Earshot, Zuckerberg said to Graham, I'm never gonna have time to read this. At going what we've talked about before, Graham told his young charge that he had to make time. There are very few things you'll find consensus about, and one of those things is that reading books

is a good way to learn. There's no dissent on that point, Graham said. And then reflecting later, he said that Mark eventually came to agree with me on that. Like everything he did, he picked it up quickly and became a tremendous reader. Indeed, there is no descent, particularly amongst the Stoics, in all the lives of all the Stoics, there is not one who was not a consistent and dedicated reader. From Seneca reading even the works of the rival Epicurians to rusticist handing markets Aurelius the writings of Epicetus,

the history of stoicism is the history of books teaching important lessons to people who could have learned them no other way. We've talked before about how despite his loud omission of any mention or reference to Santa Cah in meditations, Marcus clearly agreed with Santa Cah's repeated advice, they have to read deeply, that you should linger in the company of great books and that all leaders are readers. If Kings and Power Brokers and Publishing Magnates and Tech CEOs have little in common aside from prioritizing reading,

you'd be a fool not to prioritize reading yourself in your own life. Read widely with an open mind. Read books that challenge you. Read books that make you think. Read books that challenge you. Read books that make you think. Read books that put a mirror up to your face. By the way, there are plenty of books at Zuckerberg ought to read these days in that vein, including amusing ourselves to death, the storm before the storm, the brass check, the

filter bubble, and trust me online. And there's a reason, as Truman said, while not all readers are leaders, all leaders are readers. They'd be foolish not to be. In fact, they won't stay the leader or CEO for long if they don't had reader to their resume. Neither will you. Hey everyone, we have a new awesome amazing challenge and course here at Daily Stoke. It's called Read to Lead, a daily stoked reading challenge. And it's 13 days long. It's filled with all sorts of awesome new content for anyone who loves reading. But knows they want to take their reading to the next level.

They want to build a real reading practice in their life. Each day has an exercise that will help you with your reading habits. And I promise it will be a challenging one. And it will help you with your reading habits and I promise it will be a challenging one and it will help you get a bigger ROI out of your reading whether you're a student or a CEO. It's got a ton of extra content that you're going to love all sorts of lists of great books to read video interviews with me each day and a lot more. And when you finish with this challenge, I promise you you will be a better reader and I think it will have an enormous impact on your life, not just immediately, but over the long term. And you can check that out at dailystoke.com slash reading. Hey, prime members, you can listen to the daily stoke early and ad-free on Amazon Music, download the Amazon Music app today, or you can listen early and ad-free on Amazon Music, download the Amazon Music app today, or you can listen early and ad-free with Wondery Plus in Apple podcasts.

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