Holiday: Leaders need active physical hobbies, not passive meme viewing, to recharge
Ryan Holiday · Ep 63: Eddie Margain on Fleeing Mexico and Building Austin FC · Joe Lonsdale · Jun 22, 2023 · at 22:02
Author Ryan Holiday cites Winston Churchill's book 'Painting as a Pastime' during a discussion with Joe Lonsdale and Eddie Margain on executive recovery habits.
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“The most important thing That a leader can have is a hobby. He says they have, they must have at least one or two hobbies. They have to be real. They have to be like stuff that you do. So watching memes is not a good enough hobby. It has to be something that has to be like, but it has to be like cycling or camping or, you know, fishing or you know, maybe it's stamp collecting. Like it has to be a, it should be a physical thing that you do that recharges you.”
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