Ryan Holiday
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Ryan Holiday
How To Create Art (And Work) That Lasts
There is this idea that if you just make great stuff—if you’re authentic and cool—it will just happen.
3.1 Lessons Learned on the Way to 31
Compulsion to do is the opposite of being. It’s the opposite of being present.
What Can This Five-Century-Old Drawing Teach You? Everything That Matters.
“My arrow (I promise you) spares no one // You will all dance the ballet of which I sing”
22 Rules for Creating Work That Stands the Test of Time
It’s the work that was bold and brash and new when it came out that tends to still feel fresh decades later.
Here’s How You Stop Anger From Making You Do Something Stupid
“Why am I telling myself that I’ve been harmed?”
Don’t Fake It ‘Till You Make It. Do This Instead.
Because if you get caught, you will fall. It will hurt.
How Your Daily Routine Can Turn Into Your Biggest Enemy
Any routine junkie can tell you what happens when your routine gets messed up: Your thoughts race. You get frustrated. You feel what is almost like withdrawals.
13 Life-Changing Habits To Try And Do Every Single Day
The worries and anxieties of daily life seem to fall away when we stand next to the ocean or walk through a beautiful park.
Here’s The Technique That Ambitious People Use To Get What They Want
We tell ourselves we don’t have time to prepare too much because we have other things going on, or we tell ourselves we’re not going to prepare because we haven’t been paid yet.
The Most Successful People Are The Ones You’ve Never Heard Of (And Why They Want It That Way)
Most people with a public persona tell you that the downsides outweigh the upsides.
37 Quotes On Fighting Ego, Building Character And Developing Strength & Humility
“If you start believing in your greatness, it is the death of your creativity.”
35 Books To Build Your Character: The Definitive Reading List on Humility and Ego
So fight it. A lot depends on whether you win the battle. Hopefully these books will help.
How Good Do You Want To Be?
His question is not: How many games do you want to win? It’s how good do you want to be?
You’ll Never Really Feel Like You’ve ‘Made It’ (And Why That’s A Good Thing)
“You wait for the big moment, and what you get is gradual transition.”
If You Can’t Say No, You’re A Slave
The reason we work so hard is for “financial freedom.” Somehow we always seem to end up awfully unfree, don’t we?
14 Ways To Make Journaling One Of The Best Things You Do In 2018
No Pressure. Just Write.
Here’s How To Give Thanks—Not Once A Year—But Every Day
Gratitude for that nagging pain in my leg, gratitude for that troublesome client, gratitude for that delayed flight, gratitude for that damage from the storm. Because it’s making me take things slow, because it’s helping me develop better boundaries, because some flights are going to be delayed and I’m glad it wasn’t a more important flight, because the damage could have been worse, because the damage exposed a more serious problem that now we’re solving. And on and on.
The Life-Changing Magic Of Taking Long Walks
Move to find stillness. And if not stillness, then at least insight.