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Published May 26, 2022

The STOIC SECRETS That Will Change Your Life FOR GOOD (Nobody Shares This!) | Ryan Holiday

Ryan Holiday, best-selling author and media strategist, reveals stoic principles for defining success, managing emotions, and utilizing feedback, offering insights on effective goal-setting, parental influence, and decision-making.
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  • Criticism

    shares his approach to handling criticism by focusing on the intent behind his work. He emphasizes the importance of understanding the feedback's relevance to his goals, rather than taking it personally. highlights the value of using criticism to improve, citing Ray Dalio's principle of seeking truth.

    If you're trying to be everything for everyone, and you read Feedback, you're just going to get more lost.

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    Ryan also discusses how he filters feedback to enhance his work without letting it become self-flagellation 1 2.

       

    Emotional Control

    Ryan talks about the importance of emotional control, especially in high-stakes situations. He explains how projecting the right emotional response can be a powerful tool, while maintaining internal calm is crucial. Tom agrees, noting that understanding emotions as a performance can enhance leadership effectiveness.

    If I'm going to use my emotions, I want to be calm internally, but projecting the emotional response that's going to be effective in that situation.

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    Ryan also stresses the need for calculated emotional responses to avoid being perceived as erratic or ineffective 3 4.

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