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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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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?

6d ago

The Secret To Better Habits In 2025

6d ago

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

This Is My Most Expensive Habit

Dec 12

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

The (Very) Best Books I Read In 2024

Dec 10

This Is What (Stoic) Gratitude Actually Looks Like

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

Nov 28

This Is What (Stoic) Gratitude Actually Looks Like

Nov 28

This Is The Most Important Thing For These Crazy Times

It’s the hardest thing.

Nov 13

This Is The Most Important Thing For These Crazy Times

Nov 13

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

29 Lessons From 150+ Million Podcast Downloads

Nov 11

Everything I Learned From Iron Maiden About Life

What does Iron Maiden have to do with Stoic philosophy?

Oct 4

Everything I Learned From Iron Maiden About Life

Oct 4

This Is Why I Don’t Have Goals (And What To Do Instead)

I don’t have goals.

Sep 23

This Is Why I Don’t Have Goals (And What To Do Instead)

Sep 23

The Hobby That Changed My Life

Some people travel for the food.

Sep 4

The Hobby That Changed My Life

Sep 4

Please Don’t Do This To Yourself

It wasn’t exactly a nervous breakdown, but it was something close.

Aug 21

Please Don’t Do This To Yourself

Aug 21

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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