{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Chapter 38: Ryan Holiday bashes beachy books and builds a balanced base","description":" Thirteen years ago I was surfing online when I stumbled on a blog post called \u201c\u200bHow To Read More \u2014 A Lot More\u200b\u201d by someone I'd never heard of named Ryan Holiday. I started reading the post and got sucked in. He had a point! Many great points, actually. And he was young. 26 years old! A 26-year-old young man telling the world to read more books? In an era where most twenty-something men read, uh, none? I found Ryan to be a breath of fresh air. I immediately began to copy everything he did! He launched a \u200bmonthly book club\u200b. I launched a \u200bmonthly book club\u200b! (With his blessing, of course.) He was talking about reading fifty then a hundred and then hundreds of books a year. Well, I started reading five books and then ten books and then fifty books a year. I began cancelling news subscriptions and consciously put my phone away. I installed a bookshelf at my front door. I moved my TV to the basement! And, of course, I started this podcast\u2014all about reading. In a way 3 Books would not exist without Ryan Holiday. In some ways I can probably trace my rediscovered passion for reading all the way back to that 2013 blog post. But Ryan is not just a blogger anymore. He\u2019s not just a writer guy on the internet anymore. Ryan Holiday has sold over 10 million books (!) and essentially leads the repopularization of stoic philosophy. Some of his books include '\u200bThe Obstacle Is The Way\u200b', '\u200bEgo Is The Enemy\u200b', '\u200bStillness Is The Key\u200b', '\u200bDiscipline is Destiny\u200b', and his new book, out just a few months ago, '\u200bWisdom Takes Work\u200b'. Ryan also runs \u200bDailyStoic.com\u200b, the consulting company \u200bBrass Check\u200b, \u200bDaily Dad\u200b, and \u200bThe Painted Porch\u200b indie bookstore in Bastrop, Texas. He and his wife Sam live with their two sons in nearby Austin. He\u2019s become a friend and I have definitely caught his bug. So in Chapter 38 of 3 Books we're going to fly down to Ryan's home in Austin and get 4 of his most formative books. (You\u2019ll hear why on the show.) Among other things Ryan shares how to decide who to trust, how he got fired from his first job, and why we shouldn\u2019t turn parenting into a job. I hope you enjoy this classic chapter of 3 Books with Mr. Ryan Holiday. ","author_name":"3 Books With Neil Pasricha","author_url":"http:\/\/www.3books.co","html":"