Ryan Holiday
Author of The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph
About the Author
Ryan Holiday dropped out of college at the age of 19 to apprentice under author Robert Greene. He went on to advise many bestselling authors and multiplatinum musicians, and served as director of marketing at American Apparel. He is the author of several books including Trust Me I'm Lying, Ego Is show more the Enemy, The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living (co-written with Stephan Hanselman), and Perennial Seller: The Art of Making and Marketing Work That Lasts. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Ryan Holiday
The Way, the Enemy, and the Key: A Boxed Set of The Obstacle is the Way, Ego is the Enemy & Stillness is the Key (2020) 16 copies
Ryan Holiday Collection 2 Books Bundle (The Obstacle is the Way: The Ancient Art of Turning Adversity to Advantage, Ego… (2016) 2 copies
Ryan Holiday Collection 4 Books Set (The Obstacle is the Way, Ego is the Enemy, The Daily Stoic, Perennial Seller) (2020) 1 copy
Daily Stoic Meditations 2022 1 copy
Ryan Holiday Collection 8 Books Set (Daily Stoic,Perennial Seller,Ego Is The Enemy,Stillness Is The Key,Obstacle Is The… (2023) 1 copy
Ryan Holiday Collection 3 Books Set (The Daily Stoic, The Daily Stoic Journal [Hardcover], The Obstacle is the Way) (2019) 1 copy
O Tim e o Tesouro 1 copy
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- Birthdate
- 1987-06-16
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Sacramento, California, USA
- Places of residence
- Austin, Texas, USA
- Education
- University of California, Riverside (dropped out)
- Occupations
- marketer
author
entrepreneur
newspaper columnist
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Reviews
In tried and true Holiday fashion, this book is chock full of wisdom, anecdotes, history, and other valuable nuggets. It's not my favorite book of his, but certainly a great addition to the collection and I look forward to the rest of this "Stoic Virtues" series!
First and foremost, like Holiday's other books, this is well written and is chock full of good examples from historical figures and well-known people. I didn't resonate very well with the message simply because I'm not a real "go-getter" like this is more targeted towards. There were still a lot of valuable lessons and I ear-marked several pages to go back and re-read, but overall just not for me.
I'm a fairly recent addition to the school of Stoicism and have found Holiday's books a great avenue to learning. This is a great read for anybody looking to learn bits of Stoic philosophy and some history along the way.
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- Works
- 31
- Members
- 6,924
- Popularity
- #3,530
- Rating
- 3.9
- Reviews
- 124
- ISBNs
- 181
- Languages
- 17
- Favorited
- 5
This book is packed with so much wisdom. Holiday really breaks down useful practices for mind, body, and soul to help us all achieve the stillness we should in order to be our best selves. But it's not just Holiday spouting out what to do, it's real world examples from well-known historical figures as well as wisdom from countless spiritual and political leaders. My only criticism is just a note for me to remember to keep a highlighter next to the bed so I don't ruin the book by earmarking so many pages for reference/re-reading. **sigh**… (more)