Discipline in perception lets you clearly see the advantage and the proper course of action in every situation—without the pestilence of panic… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
“There is no good or bad without us, there is only perception. There is the event itself and the” — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
“Control your perceptions. Direct your actions properly. Willingly accept what’s outside your control.” — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
Where the head goes, the body follows. Perception precedes action. Right action follows the right perspective. — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
“Each would collapse beneath the process. We’ve just wrongly assumed that it has to happen all at once, and we give up… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
“How we interpret the events in our lives, our perspective, is the framework for our forthcoming response—whether there will even be one… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
“The Discipline of Perception (how we see and perceive the world around us) The Discipline of Action (the decisions and actions we… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
“This is why we shouldn’t listen too closely to what other people say (or to what the voice in our head says,… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
“Our perceptions determine, to an incredibly large degree, what we are and are not capable of. In many ways, they determine reality… — 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 easy to us. But I suspect we like it also because we’re afraid. We’re afraid of taking full responsibility for everything that comes next. A lot of decisions are going to be made—many of which can… — 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 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
