Journalist Seth Wickersham on Cultivating Greatness

<p>Ryan talks to Seth Wickersham about his book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Its-Better-Be-Feared-Greatness/dp/1631498231" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>It's Better to Be Feared: The New England Patriots Dynasty and the Pursuit of Greatness</em></a><em>, </em>the struggle and tension that exists in the pursuit of greatness, how Tom Brady has cultivated greatness and maintained it throughout his career, and more.</p><p>Seth Wickersham is an American sports writer for ESPN and ESPN The Magazine. He has written for ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine since graduating from the University of Missouri in 2000. His work primarily covers the National Football League (NFL) and has been featured on Outside the Lines, SportsCenter, NFL Live, The Ryen Russillo Show, and E:60.</p><p><a href="https://blinkist.com/stoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Blinkist</a> is the app that gets you fifteen-minute summaries of the best nonfiction books out there. <a href="https://blinkist.com/stoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Blinkist</a> lets you get the topline information and the most important points from the most important nonfiction books out there, whether it’s Ryan’s own <a href="https://www.blinkist.com/en/books/the-daily-stoic-en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Daily Stoic</em></a><em>, </em>Yuval Harari’s <a href="https://www.blinkist.com/en/books/sapiens-en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Sapiens</em></a><em>, </em>and more. Go to <a href="https://blinkist.com/stoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">blinkist.com/stoic</a>, try it free for 7 days, and save 25% off your new subscription, too.</p><p><a href="https://www.tenthousand.cc/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ten Thousand</a> makes the highest quality, best-fitting, and most comfortable training shorts I have ever worn. They are a direct-to-consumer company, no middleman so you get premium fabrics, trims, and techniques that other brands simply cannot afford. <a href="ht