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
“I don’t like work—no man does—but I like what is in the work—the chance to find yourself. —JOSEPH CONRAD” — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
We only have so much energy for our work, for our relationships, for ourselves. A smart person understands this and guards it… — 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… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
I know how hard authors work on their books and how far out of their element many are when it comes to… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
We all have goals: We want to matter. We want to be important. We want to have freedom and power to pursue… — 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:… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
When work impedes on sleep, poor planning is to blame - not superior will power. — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
“Do your work. Do it well. Then “let go and let God.“ That’s all there needs to be.” — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
If you need to fudge the facts a little bit to make your narrative work, there is nothing anyone can do to… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
As tough an idea as it often is to stomach, the best way to thrive in a world that requires grunt work… — 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
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
“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
