“We have only minimal control over the rewards for our work and effort - other people’s validation, recognition, rewards. It’s far better… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
“Steve Jobs was famous for what observers called his “reality distortion field.” Part motivational tactic, part sheer drive and ambition, this field… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
Work hard, take it seriously, embrace your ambition. And when you're not doing that, do something - whatever it happens to be… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
“The power of being a student is not just that it is an extended period of instruction, it also places the ego… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
“From sacrifice comes meaning. From struggle comes purpose. If you’re to create something powerful and important, you must at the very least… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
“Every time you sit down to work, remind yourself: I am delaying gratification by doing this. I am passing the marshmallow test.… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
“Philosophy is simply asking us to pay careful attention and to strive to be more than a pawn. As Viktor Frankl puts… — 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
