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Ryan Holiday

Дата рождения: June 16, 1987 – Sacramento County, California, United States

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Ryan Holiday is an American author and media strategist known for works on stoicism, marketing, and personal development. His bestselling books, such as The Obstacle Is the Way, Ego Is the Enemy, and The Daily Stoic, have sold over four million copies in thirty languages, influencing business leaders, athletes, and public figures globally.

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Ryan Holiday, born in 1987, is an American writer and media strategist recognized for his pivotal role in popularizing Stoic philosophy in the modern era. His unconventional journey began with a key turning point at age nineteen, when he dropped out of college to apprentice under best-selling author Robert Greene. This formative experience not only shaped his thinking about strategy and power but launched him directly into a whirlwind marketing career. By twenty-one, Holiday was serving as Director of Marketing for American Apparel, where his innovative approach—sometimes controversial—earned him a reputation for both audacity and effectiveness in media manipulation and branding.

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Impressing people is utterly different from being truly impressive
-Ego Is the Enemy
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Your potential, the absolute best you’re capable of—that’s the metric to measure yourself against
-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
-The Daily Stoic Journal
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The obstacle in the path becomes the path. Never forget, within every obstacle is an opportunity to improve our condition
-The Obstacle Is the Way
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Focus on the moment, not the monsters that may or may not be up ahead
-The Obstacle Is the Way
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Freedom requires discipline. Discipline gives us freedom. Freedom and greatness. Your destiny is there. Will you grab the reins?
-Discipline is Destiny: The Power of Self-Control
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Death doesn’t make life pointless, but rather purposeful
-The Obstacle Is the Way
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The only real failure is abandoning your principles. Killing what you love because you can’t bear to part from it is selfish and stupid
-Ego Is the Enemy
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Almost universally, the kind of performance we give on social media is positive. It’s more 'Let me tell you how well things are going. Look how great I am.' It’s rarely the truth: 'I’m scared. I’m struggling. I don’t know.'
-Ego Is the Enemy
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When success begins to slip from your fingers—for whatever reason—the response isn’t to grip and claw so hard that you shatter it to pieces. It’s to understand that you must work yourself back to the aspirational phase. You must get back to first principles and best practices
-Ego Is the Enemy

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"Ryan Holiday is one of the most widely read authors on modern Stoicism and self-improvement"

The New York Times

"Holiday’s book Growth Hacker Marketing was named one of Inc. magazine’s top 10 marketing books of 2014"

Inc

"With The Obstacle Is the Way, Ryan Holiday has motivated business leaders and elite athletes to embrace Stoic wisdom"

Forbes

"Ryan Holiday has written one helluva page-turner with Conspiracy, weaving a gripping narrative around the Gawker-Hulk Hogan case"

The New York Times

"Ryan Holiday has become the preeminent popularizer of ancient philosophy for today’s entrepreneurs and athletes"

The Guardian

"Holiday seemed to revel in his role as the villain, exposing how publicity can be manipulated"

Business Insider

"Ryan Holiday’s revelations in Trust Me, I’m Lying are disturbing and chilling, exposing the media manipulation industry"

Financial Times

"Ryan Holiday's The Obstacle Is the Way found fans among high performers, from NFL teams to NBA stars like Chris Bosh"

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