The Good Life
The Good Life by The Investor’s Podcast Network is a podcast about living your best life, hosted by Sean Murray. It studies the values, virtues, and practices that contribute to leading a meaningful, flourishing life. The show focuses on the most important investment we all make – investing our time wisely to get the most out of life.
Catch inspiring podcast guests talk about life and how to make the most out of it. Topics included in this self help and motivational podcast are decision-making, leadership, personal growth, development and more. Join Sean on a journey for the life well-lived.
Sean is the founder and CEO of RealTime Performance, a company that provides leadership and organization development services to major corporations.
Listen to our episodes below.
THE GOOD LIFE PODCAST EPISODES
TGL011: Life Lesson’s from the Odyssey w/ Daniel Mendelsohn
On today’s show, Sean Murray talks with Daniel Mendelsohn, Professor of Classics at Bard College and the author of “An Odyssey: A Father, a son and an Epic.” Mendelsohn has a very unique and personal story about his experience teaching the Odyssey. In 2011, his eighty-one year old father enrolled in his seminar course about the Odyseey, which initiates a father-son adventure that is both emotionally and intellectually stunning.
TGL010: Solitude: The Secret Weapon of Leadership w/ Michael Erwin
On today’s show, Sean Murray talks with Michael Erwin, the co-author of Lead Yourself First: Inspiring Leadership through Solitude. Michael, a graduate of West Point in 2002, served three combat tours with the First Cavalry Division and 3rd Special Forces Group in Iraq and Afghanistan. Michael talks about the role solitude played in forging his military leadership experience, and how it led him to found the veteran’s service organization, Team Red White & Blue, and write.
TGL009: Seneca on Death w/ James Romm
On today’s show, Sean Murray talks with James Romm, Professor of Classics at Bard College and the author of the books Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of Nero, and How to Die: An Ancient Guide to the End of Life. Seneca was an influential Stoic philosopher who left us with a number of masterful works on how to live and, interestingly, he also wrote a lot about how to die.
TGL008: How to Think Like a Roman Emperor w/ Donald Robertson
On today’s show, Sean Murray talks with Donald Robertson, the co-founder of Modern Stoicism and the author of How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius. Robertson is an expert on both ancient Stoicism and the modern psychotherapy that evolved from Stoicism called Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
TGL007: Willful: How We Choose What We Do w/ Richard Robb
On today’s show, Sean Murray talks with Richard Robb, a university of Chicago trained economist turned trader who went on to found the hedge fund Christofferson, Robb & Company with $5 Billion under management. Robb is also a professor at Columbia University and the author of Willfull: How We Choose What We Do. Robb has thought a lot about decision making, both in investing and in life, and he shares his insights into how can improve our own decision making.
TGL006: A Guide to the Good Life w/ William Irvine
On today’s show, Sean Murray talks with William B. Irvine, professor of philosophy at Wright State University and the author of A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy and more recently, The Stoic Challenge: A Philosopher’s Guide to Becoming Tougher, Calmer and More Resilient. Professor Irvine has taken the ancient philosophy of Stoicism out of the classroom and adopted it as his philosophy of life. He shares his experience practicing Stoicism and how it’s helping him move a little closer to the Good Life.
TGL005: Learning from Literature w/ Elizabeth Samet
On today’s show, Sean Murray talks with Elizabeth Samet, Professor of English at the United State Military Academy at West Point and author of the anthology Leadership: Essential Writings by Our Greatest Thinkers. Samet uses literature to teach cadets how to lead in the grand sense; that is, how to be thoughtful, strategic, ethical, principled and purposeful.
TGL004: Life Lessons from Legendary Investors w/ Jacob Taylor
On today’s show, Sean Murray talks with Jacob Taylor, the CEO of Farnman Street Investments and the author of the novel, The Rebel Allocator. The book follows a young man who is mentored by a legendary business leader and a master of capital allocation. Charlie Munger liked the novel so much he called up the author to discuss it and encouraged him to make it into a movie.
TGL003: Adam Smith and The Good Life w/ Ryan Hanley
On today’s show, Sean Murray talks with Ryan Patrick Hanley, the author of Our Great Purpose: Adam Smith on Living a Better Life. Adam Smith was a great scholar and writer who has much to share about how to achieve the life well-lived.
TGL035: Being a Good Ancestor and Thinking Long-term w/ Roman Krznaric
On today’s show, Sean Murray talks with Roman Krznaric, the author of The Good Ancestor: A Radical Prescription for Long-term Thinking. We explore the idea of thinking long-term, and we learn about some very long-term projects. Along the way, Roman takes us on a journey.
TGL034: Camus and Living a Meaningful LIfe w/ Robert Zaretsky
On today’s show, Sean Murray talks with Robert Zaretsky, a professor at University of Houston and the author of A Life Worth Living: Albert Camus & the Quest for Meaning. In 1957 French-Algerian writer, Albert Camus was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
TGL033: The 100-Mile Mindset w/ Nate Bailey
Today’s guest is Nate Bailey. Nate is a former leader in the army, a successful real estate investor, the host of the Championship Leaders podcast, and the author of the book, The 100 Mile Mindset. In the book, he tells the story of his multiple attempts and eventual success at running 100 miles.
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