Better Than Yesterday with Osher Günsberg

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Sophia Hamblin Wang is the COO of Mineral Carbon International - an Australian company that’s working on decarbonising the atmosphere and repurposing the CO2 from many industrial processes by locking it up in building materials like concrete and plasterboard. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Dr Russ Harris is an Author and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy trainer.His book “The Happiness Trap” has sold over 1 Million copies. Russ kindly has shared a dropping anchor exercise, a free Face Covid eBook and a quick video to walk you through the concepts we discuss. You can find out more at thehappinesstrap.comThanks for listening.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Margaret Klein Salamon is a psychologist, author and the Founder & Executive Director of The Climate Mobilization.Her book "Facing the Climate Emergency: How to Transform Yourself with Climate Truth" is out now.She’s on twitter @climatepsych and theclimatemobilization.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Sophie Hardcastle is an Author, Artist, Screenwriter and Scholar - who at the moment is in Sydney Australia. She has written three books, her memoir “Running Like China”, her first novel “Breathing Under Water” - and now her second novel “Below Deck” is out now. You can find Sophie online at sophiehardcastle.com, or on instagram @sophie_hardcastle  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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What if there was a better way for us to do democracy? A more representative way? A way that would take corporate influence out of politics?Iain Walker is Executive Director of the newDemocracy Foundation.find out more about what they do at newdemocracy.com.au Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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This week’s show is with Samuel Yam, co-founder of Patreon, YEO of Silicon Valley mega-incubator Y Combinator.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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My guest today is @scottharrison, Founder and CEO of charity:waterLook after yourself. Calm is contagious. Enjoy the show.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Hamish Macdonald is a journalist and broadcaster who hosts Q+A on the ABC every Monday night. Find him on twitter and Instagram @hamishnewsWash your hands with soap and water like you’re washing Jason Mamoa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Today I’m speaking with the Premier of NSW and Member for Willoughby, Gladys Berejikilian.We talk about immigrants, democracy, the folly of question time and what to do about Climate Change. Find Gladys on Twitter and InstagramYou may also be interested in Episode 110 with Peter Garrett, Ep 315 with Jamie Simmonds and Ep 134 with Leeanne EnochWrite to me on [email protected] or contact HMMG on [email protected] for commercial requests.Better Than Yesterday is a production of OGTV Pty Ltd.Osher Günsberg: Host and Exec ProducerAndy Maher: Audio ProducerRachel Barrett: Show ProducerMichael Mills (aka Toe Hider): Music ProducerHayley van Spanje: Social Editorial   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Pop Culture Journalist Richard Reid on surviving the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s, Sobriety, and being fabulous every damn day. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Recapping the Fire Aid Ride and words of advice in dealing with unconvinceable people in comments sections Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

My guest today is Author, Speaker, and CEO Fleur Brown - an incredibly successful woman who happens to also be a cult survivor.Her most recent book is The Business of Being You. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Lance Kalish is an incredibly successful serial entrepreneur from Sydney Australia.His words of wisdom around work ethic, building a "giving" business, and what makes life great are unmissable.Enjoy the show. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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@davidgenat is an Australian model based in Brooklyn NYC.For nearly 20 years he’s graced magazine covers, editorials, billboards and TV campaigns.In the last few years, he’s come to the attention of Australians as a contestant on Australian Survivor.For more #survivorau stories, check episode 235 with Jarrad Seng Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Blindboy is a musician, TV producer, satirist, author and podcasting legend from Limerick in Ireland.He’s one half of the band RubberbanditsFind him on twitter @Rubberbandits, and see their brilliant Youtube page will give you some ideas of what they’re about.As you know I adore podcasting, I’ve been doing it for years - and like you I have my favourite podcasts that I check in with every week.However, the last few months, every time I get a chance to listen, I’m purely devouring the Blindboy podcast. If you’ve never listened - start from the beginning, that’s all I’ll say.How to describe the Blindboy podcast?Well in the words of my Irish mate Joe - “Blindboy? He’s got brains coming out of his ears!”It is an extraordinarily intelligent show, where each week Blindboy points his curiosity at the world and through a lens of critical theory dives into all kinds of topics and issues - all with a central focus on mental health.Blindboy is very open about his own struggles and his own regime of recovery, which lead him to dive into studying psychology at uni for some time before his band had a breakout hit and academics took a backseat.But because of that, when he talks about Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, transactional analysis or indeed Freudian archetypes - you know he’s not talking out of his arse.Having said that - his episode on transactional analysis was so devastatingly crisp and powerful, in one hour it explained more to me than hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars of therapy taught me.But he’s not just about mental health. History, art, politics, religion - music - oh so much music.His two-part podcast on the history of disco just has to be heard. To have him on this show is a true honour, and I hope that this taste of what Blindboy has to offer gives you an opening into what he’s doing and that you add his show to your weekly listen.Just a note up top.Blindboy wears a plastic bag on his head.With eyeholes and a mouth hole, he speaks from behind this shopping bag mask.He does it because when the first Big Brother came out he was horrified at what that level of fame did to the people involved, for the little reward they got in return.So he became Blindboy, and behind his mask he’s able to speak extraordinary truth that someone who had a career to risk could never ever say.He uses some fruity language.So perhaps this one is for when the kids aren’t in the car.Blindboy is touring Australia coast to coast this weekHe’s sold out pretty much everywhere but if you get a chance to go - good lord, enjoy it.Enjoy this Skype chat with Blindboy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Gabby Bernstein is an author, motivational speaker and coach from New York - she’s written six NYT Best Selling books, and her seventh “Super Attractor” is out now. I first met Gabby about nine years ago when we were both a part of the Summit conference scene in LA and Utah, and I’ve kept an eye on what she’s been working on since then. She and I share a journey of sobriety, however what Gabby’s done with where her direction has taken her since is astonishing. She’s found a way to empower people and share her lessons about bringing things into your life you’d rather have in your life into your life. We have talked about manifesting on this show before, and Gabby is a weapons-grade manifestation machine. The New York Times have called her a guru for the next generation - she may be that but she’s also someone who’s got a lot to say to help you get where you want to be. She’s in Australia right now, there’s a seminar in Sydney this weekend on Feb 2nd in Darling Harbour you can get more intel at gabbybernstein.comCan’t wait for you to hear this. Let her know you heard her here. Enjoy this Skype adventure from a few weeks back with Gabby Bernstein. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Stan Grant is an Australian television news and political journalist. He is currently the ABC's indigenous and international affairs analyst, and professor of global affairs at Griffith University in Queensland, Australia.He’s written a number of books, two which absolutely stand out are Talking to My Country, and his latest book Australia Day.You see Stan is an Aboriginal First Nation Australian man.His father was an elder of the Wiradjuri people - a country that stretches across central NSW - from Wagga Wagga and Leeton to West Wyalong, Parkes, Dubbo, Forbes, Cootamundra, Cowra and Young among other places.Stan has spent much of his career abroad - covering conflict, has witnessed the unimaginable horrors of war, and has lived for years in countries far from his own.These days, Stan is back.And he’s written a book called Australia Day.A book about not just about a difficult day in our community - the 26th of January, the day we as a nation celebrate Arthur Phillip planting a flag and declaring this country for England - for some it’s the day that Australia as we know it began. For others it’s the day that Australia as they knew it ended.It’s a complex thing to talk about.There’s a lot of emotion around what it is to be Australian, and the role of the legacy of colonialism on us all, Indigenous or otherwise - and where we go from here.It’s a hot-button topic.One that deserves a long conversation and a deep exploration.While you listen to this, try to consider what things would be like if it were you and your family affected by this situation.Try to see what it might be like or have been like for people in this country when the Europeans came.Do I have the answers? Absolutely not.But I know it starts with listening, seeing and empathy.I like to try and have an idea about what might make today better than yesterday.Here’s one…I mean we could simply declare Australia a republic, recognise Aboriginal Australians in the founding constitution of that republic and instead of January 26 we could pick a date in summer and call it “Independence Day!” But that’s just me.So let’s go.Come to my house and enjoy a cuppa and a conversation with a man that speaks as if he’s free styling poetry, Stan Grant. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Jamie Simmonds is the former Director of the Strengthening Grantham, which was the project to relocate the small Queensland town of Gratham following the statewide deadly floods in 2011.  The Grantham relocation is now regarded by industry and academics globally as the leading example of a managed retreat.What’s a managed retreat? It’s a policy of slowly moving people and property and communities away from parts of the country that will now be unsafe to live in. Be it because they keep burning down, keep flooding, or are just now underwater because of Sea Level Rise…In his role as director, Jamie successfully implemented an historic, Australian-first land swap process. Oversaw the creation, planning and construction of a new estate of 120 lots. Delivered the project in only 11 months, from the time of the flood event to seeing the first families moving into their new homes, a timeline that has yet to be replicated anywhere else in the world.Jamie’s work includes advising communities on how to adapt to climate change or natural disasters, but also advocates that community mental health support is made a top priority throughout the process of a relocation.Jamie is an American born Australian Citizen who is now based in Brisbane, Australia. Earlier this year he toured towns in the U.S. to view their relocation efforts and advise on how future efforts could be improved, an initiative that will continue as climate adaption continues to grow in urgency. Jamie has written a book about his work and it is going to be released in the first half of 2020. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Donate to help with Bushfire recovery:https://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/http://frrr.org.auThis week's Guest:Dr Nick Fuller is a Leading obesity expert at University of Sydney and RPA Hospital and Creator of Interval Weight Loss.His current position as research program leader within the Charles Perkins Centre at the University of Sydney involves working with government and industry to identify and develop cost-effective treatments for the treatment and management of obesity and related physical and mental disorders.He’s the Bestselling Author of Interval Weight Loss and Interval Weight Loss For Life.95% of people fail on their weight loss attempts.Not because of a lack of willpower, but because of the biological protections left over from our time on earth as hunter gatherers. Dr Nick Fuller uses science to teach the body how to overcome these protections so a person can lose weight without the body fighting it.It’s a great conversation that I hope you get a lot out of.For more drnickfuller.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Briggs is an Indigenous Australian rapper, actor, comedian, and record label owner from Shepparton, Victoria. From his breakout album in 2009, Briggs has gone on to dominate the hip hop scene here and abroad. He’s released four solo albums, as well as the landmark “Reclaim Australia” with AB Original - an album that spoke volumes to the conversation about race relations in our country. A.B. Original were recently crowned APRA’s 2018 Songwriters of the Year and in 2017 won the ARIAs for Best Independent Release and Best Urban Album and Triple J’s J Award for Album of the Year for their album Reclaim Australia.He’s an actor - featuring in Cleverman, Black Comedy and The Weekly - and also a highly regarded comedy writer, most notably working with Matt Groening on his series Disenchantment. Briggs' single “Life Is Incredible” is a shot to the gut aimed at life expectancy of Indigenous Australians compared to the rest of the population. Like all great artists - he performs to the top of his intelligence at all times. And as Briggs is a very, very smart man - that makes him a force of nature. Briggs is also a legit coffee nerd, so there’s a fair chunk of solid coffee talk at the top that will impress anyone who weighs their beans. @briggs on twitter and @senatorbriggs on IG to let him know you heard him here. Enjoy this conversation with Briggs.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tanya Hennessy is a comedian, author, broadcaster and YouTube superstar.Tanya has an incredible story to tell, and as a woman in Australian broadcasting has some excellent lessons about success when you’re up against it.A note here at the top of the show.Tanya wrote quite extensively in her book “Am I doing this right?” about body image.She wrote a whole chapter on it. During this conversation she brings it up, and we begin to talk about it. I called her before this originally went out, to double and triple check to make sure that what we talked about was ok to go up on the podcast, and she assured me that it was. I am no stranger to body image issues - having been 112kg at one point, fat shamed by paparazzi and bullied in the press, I am well aware of what it is to be bigger in the public eye. My own story involves compulsive eating, portion control, and binge eating. So where I was coming from was a place of someone who works every day to keep on top of those compulsive behaviours, someone who tries to do the work every day around making sure what I eat is the right thing and the right amount, and someone who tries to train every day so that I am healthy and feel good in my own body.That’s where I was standing when she and I dove into that often taboo discussion. It might be confronting to hear, and you might get an itchy outrage trigger finger - but I’d ask you to listen with an open ear and open heart to what the two of us were discussing and the reality of the business we both work in, and indeed the realities of health outcomes when you’re heavier. I can now officially say I’m a man that’ nearly 50 . If I don’t stay fit and watch what I eat it’s a slippery slope to blood pressure pills type 2 diabetes, erectile dysfunction and a stent in my arteries. So that’s where we both were really when we talked about what we talked about. I hope you can listen in the spirit of which it was conversed - that of two colleagues discussing the reality of where we work, the nature of our business and the plain facts about health. Tanya is snort-laugh funny, so I’d caution against drinking or eating when listening to this episode. If you want to let Tanya know you heard her here on the show - she’s online, mostly FB and Youtube - just search Tanya Hennessy. Her book is out wherever books are out. So you ready?Get set for a fabulous sit down chat with Tanya Hennessy.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Johann Hari is the author of two New York Times best-selling books. His first, ‘Chasing the Scream: the First and Last Days of the War on Drugs’, is currently being adapted into a major Hollywood feature film, and into a non-fiction documentary series. You can search for his Ted Talk “Everything you know about addiction is wrong” online or in the show notes. His most recent book, ‘Lost Connections: Uncovering The Real Causes of Depression – and the Unexpected Solutions’ really struck a chord with me - because he describes that depression and anxiety are a less about what’s going on in your brain but more about what’s going on in your environment. That the causes of Anxiety and Depression while in some parts indeed genetic - environment and how we live goes a long way to affect us. To quote him directly: "If you are depressed and anxious, you are not a machine with malfunctioning parts. You are a human being with unmet needs. The only real way out of our epidemic of despair is for all of us, together, to begin to meet those human needs – for deep connection, to the things that really matter in life.”Over the course of the book, Johann identifies nine different causes of Anxiety and Depression and offers solutions to the issues he talks about, but at the bare minimum, what he’s found over his exhaustive research is stuff we all seemed to know already:We as humans need to feel we belong. We need to feel we’re good at stuff. We need to feel valued by others. We need to feel secure about the future.We need to feel that our life and work has meaning.Take those five things away, and it’s easy to see how you can slip off the edge of the world.Two quick notes: We talk about medication in this conversation. Do NOT stop or change your dose of medication without talking to your doctor. We discuss the helps and hindrances of medication - and I disclose as I have done with you many times that meds saved my life, they helped me incredibly, until they didn’t. And then it was time to find a way to live without them. Then live with them again. But that is my journey and my journey alone - it was a decision made by me and my doctors together over the course of many months. I’ll say it again, Do NOT stop or change your dose of medication without talking to your doctor.Also: This conversation covers issues such as severe childhood trauma, including sexual assault and violence. So if that’s a trigger for you when you hear Johann say “this is tough for me to talk about but I’ve been trying to do it more in interviews” - skip forward about ten minutes and you should emerge ok on the other side. I can’t thank Johann enough for being on the show. His new book Lost Connections is out NOW in Australia in Paperback , and I can’t recommend it enough. It’s a total game-changer. We did catch up over Skype and internet being what it is in my country - there’s a few glitches here and there, apologies - we can Fax Scott Morrison and ask where out information superhighway is. I hope the glitches don’t detract too much from your enjoyment of this superb chat - Enjoy part one of my conversation over Skype with Johann Hari.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Tom Nash aka @DjHookie is a DJ, promoter, speaker and quadruple amputee from Sydney Australia. At 19, Tom contracted severe meningococcal septicaemia which put him in a coma for three weeks, and caused the amputation of both his arms and legs.Tom is a shining light of a human. He was heavily involved in the Sydney party scene, around when I was most definitely out and about.I would bump into him all the time and was always fascinated watching him be able to light a cigarette with his articulated prosthetic limbs which, you guessed it – have pincers and hooks at the end of them to allow him to reach and grab for things.He’s a truly inspirational human, I’ll let him tell the story-however don’t be surprised if you take a long hard look at your own life after listening to this man describe the joy and possibility available in life, even after something as traumatic as what happened to him.He’s a truly inspirational man, and I’m very very grateful that he took the time to come and visit my house a little while ago.We recorded this before Wolfgang was born, so there’s a few perspectives from me while we were still pregnant which I left in because it was interesting to listen to it back.Hope you enjoy this conversation with Tom Nash. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Checking in, December 6, 2019Featuring the amazing Dan Ilic! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr. Craig Costello is a Senior Researcher in the Security and Cryptography group at Microsoft Research in Redmond, USA. Where his job is to keep what you want secret a secret - basically using some very complex mathematics. He is among a formidable group of cryptographers who’s life’s work is to protect the internet against adversarial code breakers (aka cryptanalysts), both those that exist today in our classical computing world, and those that will exist in a quantum computing future.Needless to say - he knows what he’s talking about when it comes to the security of you and your data in an online world.Craig is a Queenslander, and a listener to this very podcast - who reached out to me and told me that he might have some interesting things to talk about and he was not wrong.As far as I’m concerned, there’s two types of people - those who have been hacked, and those who haven’t been hacked yet.Unless you’re really careful, it will happen to you.But soon enough, as quantum computers come to wider usage - the passwords that you and I both use now, even the 64-character randomly generated ones, will be as easy to crack as running through the banner at an AFL match.Recently Google claimed that the Quantum computer they built was able to solve a problem in 200 seconds - a problem that the world’s currently fastest super computer would have taken 10,000 years to solve.So Craig and his team are working hard to stay ahead of this.Even if you’re the kind of person that uses Passw0rd1 as your password for everything - this chat is an important one because I feel it’s important to keep an eye on what developments are happening in the world of data security.And it’s not just your FB account. It’s your email, it’s your bank balance, your health records, your GPS data - and as we get more and more connected, it is more and more risky.So it’s important we know the risk.It’s not all fear - in Australia we drove cars without seat belts from 1897, and people were getting gruesomely injured and killed before we figured out Seat Belts were a good idea finally in 1970.So don’t worry. We figure it out eventually.But hopefully this chat with Craig will help you and me figure it out a little quicker.A note here - would you believe that when I recorded this, I’d done 297 episodes of this show, and had only lost three recordings - either due to battery failure of my recorder, a Hard Drive glitch or a software error.I thought I’d lost the whole first half of this chat - and even sent the corrupted file back to Craig to see if there was anyone at Microsoft that he know who could salvage the data on the file.No luck. I thought this podcast was going to be 32 minutes long.Until Andy Maher my epic producer somehow managed to salvage the file.So if occasionally there’s an odd chop in the cadence of the conversation - it’s because Andy had to slice out the unsalvageable data - but for the most part he resurrected this file from what was a zillion garbled ones and zeros.If you like what you hear - you can find Craig’s excellent Ted Talk online.Enjoy this conversation with Craig Costello. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Rebekah Giles is one of Australia’s top lawyers and non-executive directors, an Ambassador for the Fertility Research Clinic at The Royal Hospital for Women Foundation, a mother, and a survivor of the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami.15 years ago, on the 26th of December 2004, a rupture along two tectonic plates - the Burma Plate and the India Plate, caused an undersea megathrust earthquake that shook the earth for a staggering ten straight minutes.The resulting Tsunami waves were up to 30m high and some traveled up to two kilometres inland destroying everything in their path.Millions of people were displaced, and over a quarter of a million people were killed.In the aftermath, a global outpouring of support and compassion followed - the world putting politics aside and rallying around those affected by the most devastating natural disaster in modern history.In the days and weeks that followed, looking for some good news out of the seemingly near ending horror of the situation, stories of heroism and survival started to filter through.Rebekah’s is one such story.She came to my house a while back, and even though she’s a partner at a law firm, gave up hours of her time to share her story with us, and the lessons she learned along the way.I’ll let her take you through it - however I’ll tell you this.I hope you and I never, ever have to experience what she went through - however what she has to share about living now, living the life she got back to live again - it’s something I now carry with me every day, and I hope you do too.If you like what you hear, let her know on IG @rebekahgilesEnjoy this conversation with Rebekah Giles. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Ryan Holiday is an author, marketing genius, father, farmer and swimmer based in Austin Texas.Though I didn’t know it at the time, I first became aware of his work when he was in charge of marketing for the now largely defunct clothing brand American Apparel.It was only later when I read his brilliant book “Trust Me, I’m Lying - Confessions of a Media Manipulator” that I gained a scope of how easily what we see and hear and then feel can be so easily dictated to us by outside sources under the guise of legitimate news.Ryan has long had a fascination with Stoic philosophy and his best selling books, “The Obstacle is the Way”, “Ego is the Enemy”, and now the #1 NYT Best Seller “Stillness is the Key” opened me up to a different way of thinking about the world that I often struggle with as you no doubt are aware.Via his daily updates on The Daily Stoic and now his excellent fatherhood email The Daily Dad, Ryan is a prolific writer and thinker - someone who’s wise beyond his years and a person that I definitely aspire to emulate when it comes to a calm way of observing the world.This is a podcast years in the making, so I have to thank both US serial entrepreneur Maneesh Sethi and Australian entrepreneur and author Pete Williams for forming a two-pronged connection that allowed me to get back on Ryan’s radar around the release of his new book.If you’ve never heard of Ryan Holiday before - strap in. His wisdom and depth of knowledge is staggering. His way of speaking and constructing a rational view of reality devoid of emotional distortion is something to behold.I couldn’t be more grateful for his time.To dive in deep on what Ryan’s all about, RyanHoliday.net or @ryanholiday on Twitter and IG.Without further ado, please welcome, live from Austin Texas - Ryan Holiday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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