The news is notoriously inaccurate, and our memory of it is even worse. — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
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 Image
If the media is a farce, why should you be the only one stuck with rules and restrictions? — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
The news as entertainment is the real danger, because the truth or accuracy of what it is reporting becomes irrelevant. — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
What people often forget is that for the parties involved, the media game is a vicious contest. — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
Let's be clear: there was no golden age of journalism. The media has always been bad. And instead of improving, it spent… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
“The link economy encourages bloggers to repeat what “other people are saying” and link to it instead of doing their own reporting… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
Understanding how the media actually works is critical. Because editors depend on ignorance and media illiteracy to ply their trade. The fact… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
Every media appearance is a learning experience about the media outlet and their journalists and their feelings about you, so treat it… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
Online journalism has always had a sourcing problem. From using unverified 'anonymous tips' to repeating whatever rumor or speculation people are chattering… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
The media, when it's functioning properly, protects the public against marketers and their ceaseless attempts to trick people into buying things. — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
Being criticized in the media is a good problem to have - most of the time. It means you're doing something that… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
You cannot have your news instantly and have it done well. You cannot have your news reduced to 140 characters or less… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
“The reason subscription (and RSS) was abandoned was because in a subscription economy the users are in control. In the on-off model,… — 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 Image
“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 Image
“With a business, we take most failures less personally and understand they’re part of the process.” — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
