Use These STOIC Virtues to Achieve GREATNESS | Ryan Holiday on Conversations with Tom
Tom Bilyeu's Impact Theory
09/30/21
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Maybe the person that risked their life to help a total stranger in a time of need comes to mind as being courageous. But courage manifests in many ways than not just the physical acts that we default to. Ryan Holiday joins Tom to discuss his new book, Courage Is Calling. He explains how courage is ongoing.It’s about the moments and opportunities that are presented where you choose to act in courage, or you show up reckless without regard, or you choose the cowardly thing in that moment. Ryan unpacks having courage, acting in courage, and where it falls in the spectrum between being reckless and being a coward. Even the term coward seems harsh when you realize you may be guilty of acting cowardly at different points in your life. You’ve chosen to “save face” and look after your personal safety and benefit at some point, and it’s okay, we all have. Ryan further explains through his personal experiences that doing the courageous thing is not always self-evident, and that these moments will present themselves. This is a great jumping off point to exercise your courage muscle, do the heroic things and start living to a higher standard today. Order Ryan Holiday’s new book, Courage Is Calling: https://amzn.to/3i0XRmD
SHOW NOTES:
0:00 | Introduction Ryan Holiday
0:21 | Why Live by Virtues
7:57 | Intuitive Nature of Courage
13:08 | Put Yourself Out There
19:28 | Inspired Cynical Ideas
28:51 | Integrate Truth & Courage
35:18 | Responsibility to Past Lessons
41:29 | Middle of Reckless and Coward
48:02 | Is It Reckless Or Cowardice?
1:00:52 | Failing to be Courageous
1:08:11 | Not Acting Courageous
1:15:59 | Get More Courageous
1:21:34 | Courageous is Contagious
1:31:17 | Ryan’s Heroes & Standards
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Stop Holding Yourself BACK & Get INSPIRED to Go After What You Want | Mel Robbins
September 28, 2021
•63m
The truth about life, success, and failure is everything depends on you. The problem is that you, and nearly every other person around, defaults to being at the mercy of the people, the environments, and unfortunate situations that mark the course of life. Mel Robbins is the personification of motivation on steroids packed with a high potency of raw truth. You could say she’s joining Tom to discuss her newest book, The High 5 Habit, but it’s more fitting to say she’s back to give you the kick in the ass you’ve been waiting for. Mel is not only talking about why high fiving yourself is powerful, she’s reminding you that you have a responsibility to heal yourself and do the work. While you’re chasing your dreams, understand that what the world sees as failure may just be a massive success in the timeline of your life, as has been the case for Mel Robbins. Order Mel’s new book, The High 5 Habit: https://www.amazon.com/High-Habit-Take-Control-Simple-ebook/dp/B096JQSWQ6
SHOW NOTES:
0:00 Introduction Mel Robbins
1:42 | A-Ha Moments In Life
7:20 | Why High 5 Yourself
19:54 | Feel Worth Celebrating
25:15 | R.A.S. Looking for Hearts
34:59 | Powerful of Jealousy
37:44 | Life Is Your Responsibility
47:38 | Interrupting Destructive Worry
51:37 | Mel’s Vermont Painting
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When you sit back allow yourself to really dream, often the dream you have is beautiful but it’s also big, a little scary, and intimidating. Big dreams and big goals feel nearly impossible. It’s hard to fathom how you’re supposed to get from where you are in this moment to this far away goal that’s hard to conceptualize. James “Iron Cowboy” Lawrence completed 50 consecutive Iron-Distance Triathlons covering 7,030 miles with 0.24% of those miles completed indoors due to inclement weather. He joins Tom and breaks down the backlash he got for doing less than 17 miles indoors, and reveals the real mental fortitude and personal challenges he faced that lead him to deciding on completing 100 consecutive Iron-Distance Triathlons this time, plus one. James talks about what it really means to do hard things, and how the secret of achieving your goals is in the journey, the failures, and the lessons that prepare you for the actual goal. He’s opening up about what his post-recovery has become and the challenges he’s overcoming for that as well.
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Check out James’ 1st Interview with Tom, Push Past Pain: https://youtu.be/cgU7abzvSQk
SHOW NOTES:
1:02 | Why Do the Hard Things
7:10 | 100% Physical & 100% Mental
13:56 | Goals Change Perspective
20:08 | Confront Your Weakness
24:59 | 101 Iron-Distance Triathlons
42:10 | Set Your Own Standards
52:57 | Why Do 1 More Than 100
58:37 | Post-Recovery Stage
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Want to transform your health, sharpen your mindset, improve your relationship, or conquer the business world? This is your epicenter of greatness.
This is not for the faint of heart. This is for those who dare to learn obsessively, every day, day after day.
Subscription Benefits:
- Unlock the gates to a treasure trove of wisdom from inspiring guests like Andrew Huberman, Mel Robbins, Hal Elrod, Matthew McConaughey, and many, many, more
- New episodes delivered ad-free
- Exclusive access to Tom’s AMAs, keynote speeches, and suggestions from his personal reading list
- You’ll also get access to an 5 additional podcasts with hundreds of archived Impact Theory episodes, meticulously curated into themed playlists covering health, mindset, business, relationships, and more:
- Legendary Mindset: Mindset & Self-Improvement
- Money Mindset: Business & Finance
- Relationship Theory: Relationships
- Health Theory: Mental & Physical Health
- Power Ups: Weekly Doses of Short Motivational Quotes
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