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Ryan Holiday

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Born

The United States

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http://www.ryanholiday.net

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Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, Viktor E. Frankl, Robert Greene, Chuck Palahn ...more

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Ryan Holiday is media strategist for notorious clients like Tucker Max and Dov Charney. After dropping out of college at 19 to apprentice under the strategist Robert Greene, he went on to advise many bestselling authors and multi-platinum musicians. He is the Director of Marketing at American Apparel, where his work in advertising was internationally known. His strategies are used as case studies by Twitter, YouTube, and Google, and have been written about in AdAge, the New York Times, Gawker, and Fast Company. He is the author is *Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator*, which is due out in July. He currently lives in New Orleans, with his rebellious puppy, Hanno. ...more

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How To Be Grateful…For Everything (Even the Tough Stuff)

I’m giving a talk in Seattle on 12/3 as part of the Daily Stoic Live tour— grab seats and come see me ! I’ll also be in San Diego on February 5 and Phoenix on February 27. More dates will be announced soon— sign up here and we’ll let you know when I’m coming to your area.

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	The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph 4.15 avg rating — 99,614 ratings — published 2014 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ego Is the Enemy 4.13 avg rating — 88,140 ratings — published 2016 — 99 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living by Ryan Holiday (Goodreads Author), Stephen Hanselman 4.37 avg rating — 51,906 ratings — published 2016 — 69 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stillness Is the Key 4.22 avg rating — 40,527 ratings — published 2019 — 67 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Discipline Is Destiny: The Power of Self-Control 4.25 avg rating — 22,570 ratings — published 2022 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Courage Is Calling: Fortune Favors the Brave 4.03 avg rating — 16,428 ratings — published 2021	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator 3.86 avg rating — 12,249 ratings — published 2012 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Growth Hacker Marketing: A Primer on the Future of PR, Marketing, and Advertising 3.77 avg rating — 11,128 ratings — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lives of the Stoics: The Art of Living from Zeno to Marcus Aurelius by Ryan Holiday (Goodreads Author), Stephen Hanselman 4.03 avg rating — 7,603 ratings — published 2020 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue 3.96 avg rating — 7,047 ratings — published 2018 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Your potential, the absolute best you’re capable of—that’s the metric to measure yourself against. Your standards are. Winning is not enough. People can get lucky and win. People can be assholes and win. Anyone can win. But not everyone is the best possible version of themselves.”
― Ryan Holiday, Ego Is the Enemy

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“Impressing people is utterly different from being truly impressive.”
― Ryan Holiday, Ego Is the Enemy

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“There is no good or bad without us, there is only perception. There is the event itself and the story we tell ourselves about what it means.”
― Ryan Holiday, The Daily Stoic Journal: 366 Days of Writing and Reflection on the Art of Living

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