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Ryan Holiday
Ryan Holiday

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3 days ago

2 Years Of Lessons From Running My Own Bookstore

It is only from doing hard things, the Stoics said, that we learn what we’re capable of. A little over three years ago, my wife and I had the craziest idea we’ve ever had in our lives: to open a bookstore in Bastrop, Texas. Opening a small business is always…

Philosophy

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2 Years Of Lessons From Running My Own Bookstore
2 Years Of Lessons From Running My Own Bookstore
Philosophy

9 min read


Mar 10

This Decision Changed My Life and My Business

I know someone that spends close to $20,000 a month on a publicist. I know an author who spends something like that out of their own pocket each month on what’s called co-op, or extra prominent placement at airport bookstores. I know many people who spend more than that on…

Business

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This Decision Changed My Life and My Business
This Decision Changed My Life and My Business
Business

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Feb 22

19 Rules For A Better Life (From Marcus Aurelius)

Marcus Aurelius never claimed to be a Stoic. Gregory Hays, one of Marcus Aurelius’s best translators, writes in his introduction to Meditations, “If he had to be identified with a particular school, [Stoicism] is surely the one he would have chosen. Yet I suspect that if asked what it was…

Philosophy

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19 Rules For A Better Life (From Marcus Aurelius)
19 Rules For A Better Life (From Marcus Aurelius)
Philosophy

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Feb 10

11 Important Things I’m Thinking About In 2023​

Marcus Aurelius thought a lot about thinking. “Our life is dyed by the color of our thoughts,” he wrote. So naturally, he tried to be thoughtful about what he thought and how he thought. “Get used to winnowing your thoughts,” he said, “so that when someone asked you what you…

Motivation

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11 Important Things I’m Thinking About In 2023​
11 Important Things I’m Thinking About In 2023​
Motivation

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Jan 25

20 Best Lessons From Interviewing Today’s Top Performers

I’m not saying everyone should start a podcast. In fact, I have said the opposite many times. There are way too many of them out there…and most are not good. I’m just saying that having a podcast is pretty magical because you get (for free) something that no amount of…

Stoicism

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20 Best Lessons From Interviewing Today’s Top Performers
20 Best Lessons From Interviewing Today’s Top Performers
Stoicism

8 min read


Jan 12

If You Only Read A Few Books In 2023, Read These

It’d be wonderful if a new year magically marked a new beginning. But 2022, like all years, reminded us that the same things keep happening, that world events continue on in their own unpredictable way and that in the end, we control very little but our own actions and opinions. …

Philosophy

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If You Only Read A Few Books In 2023, Read These
If You Only Read A Few Books In 2023, Read These
Philosophy

9 min read


Dec 29, 2022

All Success Is A Lagging Indicator

The other day I sat down to write. But it didn’t happen. It just wasn’t there. The words. The momentum. One thought leading into the next. I knew I wanted to say something. I knew what I wanted it to be about. But I couldn’t get much further than that…

Life Lessons

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All Success Is A Lagging Indicator
All Success Is A Lagging Indicator
Life Lessons

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Dec 22, 2022

The Secret To Better Habits in 2023

It’s kind of crazy to think how recent December 2019 feels. Not that long ago, it seems, we were getting ready for what a new decade might bring us. It’s even crazier when the truth settles in: 2019 was THREE years ago. We are well into that decade. And so…

Life Lessons

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The Secret To Better Habits in 2023
The Secret To Better Habits in 2023
Life Lessons

9 min read


Dec 14, 2022

Why A Stoic Wakes Up Early

One morning in the middle of the second century AD, the most powerful man in the world was awakened by his orderly. It could have been in his tent on the front lines of the war in Germania. It could have been somewhere along his frequent and arduous travels across…

Stoicism

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Why A Stoic Wakes Up Early
Why A Stoic Wakes Up Early
Stoicism

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Dec 7, 2022

If You Want to Be Smart, You Must Do This

There are lots of smart people. There are not a lot of people who can do this smart thing. The poet John Keats called it “negative capability” — the mental fortitude to be able to entertain multiple contradictory ideas in your head at the same time. Or as F. Scott…

Philosophy

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If You Want to Be Smart, You Must Do This
If You Want to Be Smart, You Must Do This
Philosophy

6 min read

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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