Ryan Holiday Quotes

Conning the conmen is one of life’s most satisfying pleasures.

Do I need this? Or is it really about ego?

Where the head goes, the body follows. Perception precedes action. Right action follows the right perspective.

People learn from their failures. Seldom do they learn anything from success.” It’s

Imagine if for every person you met, you thought of some way to help them, something you could do for them? And you looked at it in a way that entirely benefited them and not you. The cumulative effect this would have over time would be profound: You’d learn a great deal by solving diverse problems. You’d develop a reputation for being indispensable. You’d have countless new relationships. You’d have an enormous bank of favors to call upon down the road. That’s what the canvas strategy is about — helping yourself by helping others.

"If an emotion can't change the condition or the situation you're dealing with, it is likely an unhelpful emotion. Or, quite possibly, a destructive one. But it's what I feel. Right, no one said anything about not feeling it. No one said you can't ever cry. Forget "manliness." If you need to take a moment, by all means, go ahead. Real strength lies in the control or, as Nassim Taleb put it, the domestication of one's emotions, not in pretending they don't exist."

You’re not as good as you think. You don’t have it all figured out. Stay focused. Do better.

The willingness to accept responsibility for one’s own life,” Joan Didion observed, “is the source from which self-respect springs.

The world is complicated. Things are always changing. We are constantly learning, being exposed to things we didn't know or consider.

Our minds must be flexible and open enough to accommodate this.

I was trapped so terribly inside my own head that I was a prisoner to my own thoughts.

When intelligent people read, they ask themselves a simple question: What do I plan to do with this information?

You can't expect to get better at something you don't actually do. You have to get your reps in.

3 Things You Need To Stop Doing From The Stoics

1. Stop following the mob (Chrysippus)
2. Stop avoiding discomfort (Seneca)
3. Stop taking things personally (Marcus Aurelius)

Those who have subdued their ego understand that it doesn’t degrade you when others treat you poorly; it degrades them.

Just because you’ve begun down one path doesn’t mean you’re committed to it forever , especially if that path turns out to be flawed or impeded. At that same time, this is not an excuse to be flighty or incessantly noncommittal.