Ryan Holiday
I Don’t Have Faith In Myself, I Have Evidence
It’s not a way to live. It’s not a way to do big things. It’s a way to fail big.
‘F*ck Your Dreams’ (And Other Painful Things You Have To Hear To Be Successful)
Nobody grows by flattery. No one benefits from chasing down a flawed dream they are not suited for or can’t properly defend.
If You’re Trying To Speed Up Your Reading, And Squeeze It Into Every Cranny Of Your Life, You’re Doing It Wrong
Reading is like eating, sex and meditation. The whole point is that it’s pleasurable and meaningful. It’s like listening to music. You’re not supposed to rush through it.
Sometimes The Only Way Out Is Through
Not everything that’s hard is good of course, but almost everything good is very hard.
29 Lessons I Learned From Tyler Cowen About Money, Learning, And Life
Don’t worry as much about disruption and chaos—it might simply mean interesting things are happening—fear stability and complacency because it means decay.
Don’t Waste Time Arguing What A Good Man Is. Be One
Today, in a society obsessed with content, outrage, and drama, it’s even easier to get lost in the echo chamber of the debate of what’s “better.”
The Final Definitive Case For Why You Should Never Recline Your Seat On An Airplane
Life is full of things that, technically speaking, we are able to do, but that reasonable, considerate people refrain from doing—because it negatively impacts the other people around us.
23 Lessons I Learned From Robert Greene On Strategy, Mastery And Power
“Powerful people,” he writes, “impress and intimidate by saying less. The more you say, the more likely you are to say something foolish.” I think of this law when I am about to tweet, when I am considering an email, when I am coming up with marketing materials. Less is almost always more.