If you run a business that isn't cutting edge or doesn't naturally stick out of the crowd, it's your job to be… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
In every job and position, there are valuable lessons to be learned. Even in a nasty, abusive, toxic workplace, you're being taught… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
The primary occupational hazard of blogging is this: it's easier when you yourself take on some of the traits of insanity. It's… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
In 2007, I went to work in Beverly Hills as an intern at The Collective, a talent management agency. I'd been scouted… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
No matter how commonplace or dull your first job's duties seem, chances are you can find something to do that others don't… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
Here's the thing I've learned about ideas: It's your job to have them. — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
“If we can focus on making clear what parts of our day are within our control and what parts are not, we will not… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share
“The areas of great interest to the Stoics all make an appearance here: virtue, mortality, emotions, self-awareness, fortitude, right action, problem solving, acceptance, mental… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share
“With a business, we take most failures less personally and understand they’re part of the process.” — Ryan Holiday Copy Share
“Many creatives want to be just the creator, or only “the idea guy.” They like that because it’s sexy and because that’s what comes… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share
Pretty much everyone's career starts the same way: with grunt work. Not just the cliched fetching of coffee, but other lowly tasks: taking notes… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share
The greats - they protect their sleep because it's where the best work comes from. They say no to things. They turn in when… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share
“Where little danger is apprehended, the more the enemy will be unprepared and consequently there is the fairest prospect of success.” — Ryan Holiday Copy Share
We often learn the hard way that our world is ruled by external factors. We don't always get what is rightfully ours, even if… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share
“From Rusticus … I learned to read carefully and not be satisfied with a rough understanding of the whole, and not to agree too… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share
I wholeheartedly agree that many media 'standards' can feel disingenuous or, in fact, be a cover for less-than-honest behavior. — Ryan Holiday Copy Share
“Remember: even what we get for free has a cost, if only in what we pay to store it—in our garages and in our… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share
It's your job to find a release and an outlet for the stress and the feelings. Never forget: the crazy stays at home. — Ryan Holiday Copy Share
Where the head goes, the body follows. Perception precedes action. Right action follows the right perspective. — Ryan Holiday Copy Share
The risks of speaking extemporaneously are apparent the first time you wing it and promptly put your foot in your mouth. — Ryan Holiday Copy Share
“The tools of the Internet and social media have made it possible to track, test, iterate, and improve marketing to the point where these… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share
