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Discipline is Destiny

Discipline is Destiny

Discipline Is Destiny guides readers down the path to self-mastery, upon which all the other stoic virtues—courage, temperance, justice, and wisdom—depend.

2022

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Want to Really Make America Great Again? Stop Reading the News

Stop watching cable news, it’s bad for you.

6d ago

Want to Really Make America Great Again? Stop Reading the News

6d ago

If You Only Read A Few Books In 2025, Read These

I can’t predict the future, so I don’t know what the year will bring, but I feel pretty confident in predicting that 2025 will be…

Jan 20

If You Only Read A Few Books In 2025, Read These

Jan 20

This Is What I Learned From One of My Heroes

When I lived in New Orleans, I used to get my haircut by this guy named Pat in the French Quarter. I remember looking around the Monteleone…

Jan 9

This Is What I Learned From One of My Heroes

Jan 9

The Secret To Better Habits In 2025

Here we are…at the halfway point of the 2020s. The first half seems like it was both yesterday and forever ago, doesn’t it?

Dec 23, 2024

The Secret To Better Habits In 2025

Dec 23, 2024

This Is My Most Expensive Habit

I manage my finances pretty well. I don’t gamble, I don’t spend recklessly, and I don’t indulge in luxuries I can’t afford.

Dec 12, 2024

This Is My Most Expensive Habit

Dec 12, 2024

The (Very) Best Books I Read In 2024

Another year and what do I have to show for it? A big stack of books read and ruminated on is not a bad answer. I know some people…

Dec 10, 2024

The (Very) Best Books I Read In 2024

Dec 10, 2024

This Is What (Stoic) Gratitude Actually Looks Like

Gratitude is one of those things that’s simple…but not easy.

Nov 28, 2024

This Is What (Stoic) Gratitude Actually Looks Like

Nov 28, 2024

This Is The Most Important Thing For These Crazy Times

It’s the hardest thing.

Nov 13, 2024

This Is The Most Important Thing For These Crazy Times

Nov 13, 2024

29 Lessons From 150+ Million Podcast Downloads

In one of his most famous letters to Lucilius, Seneca gives a pretty simple prescription for the good life. “Each day,” he wrote, “acquire…

Nov 11, 2024

29 Lessons From 150+ Million Podcast Downloads

Nov 11, 2024

Everything I Learned From Iron Maiden About Life

What does Iron Maiden have to do with Stoic philosophy?

Oct 4, 2024

Everything I Learned From Iron Maiden About Life

Oct 4, 2024

Ryan Holiday

Ryan Holiday

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Bestselling author of ‘Conspiracy,’ ‘Ego is the Enemy’ & ‘The Obstacle Is The Way’ http://amzn.to/24qKRWR

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