Ryan Holiday
Share This If You Don’t Drink And Are Sick Of People Asking Why
No sober person has ever walked into a nightclub and said: “I like this. Let’s spend more time in places like this.”
How To Buy A House Before You’re 30
Everything you see on HGTV is wrong and dangerous.
What Are You Working Towards? Because You Better Know
There is a French saying popular with revolutionaries: On s’engage et puis on voit. “One jumps into the fray and then figures it out.”
From Someone Who Travels A Lot: 42 Things I Wish Everyone Knew About Stress And Being Rude While Flying
Ask yourself, “Who is making more noise, me or the babies on the flight?”
32 Little Rules I Follow To Live A Life That Feels Good Every Day
“When faced with people’s bad behavior, turn around and ask when you have acted like that.”
Stop Working For Free! Time Is Running Out
I’ll tell you the decision that changed my life: It’s the one where I decided I would stop working for free. Not for you, not for anyone.
Why Do You Write So Much?
There has never been a better time to be a writer. The idea that any person could write and publish as much as they want is a totally new and unparalleled scenario in the history of publishing.
A Controversial ‘Spiritual’ Exercise That Guarantees You’ll Have A Good Day
To most people, philosophy is some confusing academic enterprise that’s of little practical use. When they want to make their lives better, they don’t turn to the ancients, they look to self-help gurus and how-to manuals.
Human Being, Not Human Doing
The other day my wife suggested we get in the pool. I was in for about three minutes before I started getting antsy. What are we going to swim laps or something, I asked?
‘Go Straight To The Seat Of Intelligence–Your Own, The World’s, Your Neighbors’
When I think about my own education and any success I might have, it’s because I followed that line of thinking, knowingly and unknowingly.
Amor Fati: Learning To Love And Accept Everything That Happens
“You ought to be preparing yourself…to hear truths, which no inflexibility will be able to withstand,” James Madison once wrote to Thomas Jefferson.
If You Do This, You’re A Monster
Yet here we are–apparently all the cool productive people are doing it.