“Let the others slap each other on the back while you’re back in the lab or the gym or pounding the pavement.… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
“No one has ever said this better than Mike Tyson, who, reflecting on the collapse of his fortune and fame, told a… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
“Certain things in life will cut you open like a knife. When that happens—at that exposing moment—the world gets a glimpse of… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
“Feel unprotected against the elements or forces or surroundings. Remind yourself how pointless it is to rage and fight and try to… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
“The chief task in life is simply this: to identify and separate matters so that I can say clearly to myself which… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
“Don’t let your reflection on the whole sweep of life crush you. Don’t fill your mind with all the bad things that… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
“In life, there will be times when we do everything right, perhaps even perfectly. Yet the results will somehow be negative: failure,… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
“Remember that this moment is not your life, it’s just a moment in your life. Focus on what is in front of… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
“The chief task in life is simply this: to identify and separate matters so that I can say clearly to myself which… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
Do I regret how my life turned out? Of course not - not for a single second. — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
“those who attack problems and life with the most initiative and energy usually win. He” — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
“The great psychologist Viktor Frankl, survivor of three concentration camps, found presumptuousness in the age-old question: “What is the meaning of life?”… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
“you’re so busy thinking about the future, you don’t take any pride in the tasks you’re given right now. You just phone… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
“Watch the stars in their courses and imagine yourself running alongside them. Think constantly on the changes of the elements into each… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
“In life, it doesn’t matter what happens to you or where you came from. It matters what you do with what happens… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
“Life (and our job) is difficult enough. Let’s not make it harder by getting emotional about insignificant matters or digging in for… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
“We forget: In life, it doesn’t matter what happens to you or where you came from. It matters what you do with… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
Even people who despise ego and aspire to humility, who plan to be humble once they are successful, are worried that actually… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
“Failure and adversity are relative and unique to each of us. Almost without exception, this is what life does: it takes our… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
“For the rest of his life, the greater the chaos, the calmer Rockefeller would become, particularly when others around him were either… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
Because we make ourselves deaf to feedback, because we overestimate our abilities, because we become consumed with ourselves, we end up subjecting… — 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
