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Drawing on ancient Stoic wisdom and examples across history and around the world, bestselling philosopher and podcaster Ryan Holiday shows us why courage is so important, and how to cultivate it in our own lives. Courage is not simply physical bravery but also doing the right thing and standing up for what you believe; it’s creativity, generosity and perseverance. And it is the only way to live an extraordinary, fulfilled and effective life.

Ryan Holiday is one of the world’s foremost writers on ancient philosophy and its place in everyday life. His books, including The Obstacle Is the Way, Ego Is the Enemy, The Daily Stoic, and the #1 New York Times bestseller Stillness Is the Key have sold millions of copies and been translated into over 40 languages. He lives outside Austin, Texas, with his wife and two boys… and cows and donkeys and goats. On YouTube, Ryan has been featured on Matt D’Avella, Daily Stoic, Tom Bilyeu, FightMediocrity, Kishan Chotaliya, Lewis Howes, Readers Books Club – on topics as far ranging as Resilient strategies, Seneca, Questions to change your life, solving problems with people, Marcus Aurelius, how to read more and opening a bookstore in a pandemic.

Matthew Stadlen is a broadcaster, writer and regular How To Academy host. Previously he was an LBC presenter, wrote The Matthew Stadlen Interview for the Telegraph and presented the TV series Five Minutes With and On The Road With for the BBC. His episodes with Jonathan Sumption, Dawn French, Peter Hitchens, Nigella Lawson and Jake Shears have amassed hundreds of thousands of views on YouTube via smtm: Entertainment. He is a birdwatcher and photographer, and his book How To See Birds is out now.