Ryan Holiday is a media strategist and prominent writer on strategy and business. After dropping out of college at nineteen to apprentice under Robert Greene, author of The 48 Laws of Power, he went on to advise many bestselling authors and multiplatinum musicians. He served as director of marketing at American Apparel for many years, where his campaigns have been used as case studies by Twitter, YouTube, and Google and written about in AdAge, the New York Times, and Fast Company. His first book, Trust Me I’m Lying—which the Financial Times called an “astonishing, disturbing book”—was a debut bestseller and is taught in colleges around the world. He is the author of two other books and is now published in 16 languages. He currently lives in Austin, Texas with his rebellious puppy, Hanno and pet goats
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Stillness Is the Key
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The Daily Stoic
366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
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Ego Is the Enemy
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The Obstacle Is the Way
The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph
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How to High Five Your Inner Daimon
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My Philosophy in One Word
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Euthymia
How to Live with Energized Tranquility
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The Serenity Prayer
Serenity + Courage + Wisdom = A Winning Combo
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Infinite Optionality
The Ticket to Antifragility
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The 5 (Greek) Keys to Optimizing
Areté + Eudaimonia + en*theos + Hērōs + Euthymia
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You, a Farmer and His Horse
A Zen Fable on Good and Bad Luck
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How to Reclaim Lost Time, Energy + Brainpower
Pro Tip: Practice Saying “I Don’t Know” + “I Don’t Care”
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Pankration = "All Strength"
Q: What Kind of Boxer Are You?
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The Optimizer in the Arena
Daring Greatly Daily
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The Optimus Medallion
Coming Soon to a Pocket Near You!
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Use It or Lose It, a Case Study
Aka: Where’d My Left Forearm Go?
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At Least THAT Didn't Happen
Something to Consider
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You and Your Gordion Knots
Conquering Our Super-Tricky Challenges
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Got Firm Determination?
Resolving to Untie the Knots in Our Lives
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The Daily Stoic Kid
What Coin Will YOU Pick Today?
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Stoic Shipwrecks
And Kids at the Park Biting You
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Antifragile Fuel
Aurelius on How to Make Flame and Brightness
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How Is This Making Me Stronger?
Well, How Is It? Add Fuel to the Fire!
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Problems vs. Conblems
Throw Challenges FORWARD Not Backward (or Under the Rug!)
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Antifragile Propellant
Flip the Switch for Fast and Furious Goodness
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How to Avoid Being Miserable
William James on Habits
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Spiritual Windshield Wipers
Eudaimonia, Journaling, and the Science of Writing Down Our Goals
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Death's Interest Rate
Schopenhauer Says: It’s Paid by Sleep
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The Big 2 Virtues
Can You Guess What They Are?
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The 1, 2, 3 of Antifragility
How to Operationalize OMMS
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How to Make an OMMS Sandwich
Start with the Meaty-Obstacle + Add Goodness
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“The Purgatory of the Idiot”
vs. The School of Genius
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