Ryan Holiday
Thrive Global
Austin, TX, United States
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Past articles by Ryan:
Here’s Why Some of the Most Successful People Go Unnoticed
For starters, let's redefine how we see success. → Read More
How to Seize the Day, One Day at a Time
Living a life of carpe diem feels daunting. Instead, here's how to focus on making the most of each day. → Read More
19 Inspiring Reads for a Happier, More Creative 2019
If you only read a few books this year, start with these. → Read More
Want To Become Extremely Successful? Do These 13 Things Every Day.
Why does one day matter? Why does what you do today matter in the scheme of your whole life? → Read More
How We Can Apply the Mindset of an Athlete to Our Own Lives
Step one: Deal with the problems right in front of you first. → Read More
This Single Idea Will Make You More Resilient And Successful
When I was nineteen years old I was told to read a book: Meditations, by the stoic philosopher-emperor Marcus Aurelius. Of course, I didn’t fully understand it at the time, again I was a teenager, but I immediately tore the book apart and made a million notes on it. It was for me, what the economist Tyler Cowen calls a “Quake Book.” It shook my entire (albeit limited) worldview. Though this book… → Read More
13 Life-Changing Habits To Try And Do Every Single Day
Why does one day matter? Why does what you do today matter in the scheme of your whole life? Because our life is made up of days. Days like today. The poet Heraclitus said that “one day is equal to every day.” By that he meant that every day is the same length, comprised of the same amount of hours, the same sunup and sundown. Yet, he also meant it in the sense that philosophers have always… → Read More
13 Life-Changing Habits To Try And Do Every Single Day
Why does one day matter? Why does what you do today matter in the scheme of your whole life? Because our life is made up of days. Days like today. The poet Heraclitus said that “one day is equal to every day.” By that he meant that every day is the same length, comprised of the same amount of hours, the same sunup and sundown. Yet, he also meant it in the sense that philosophers have always… → Read More
Want To Become Extremely Successful? Do These 13 Things Every Day.
Why does one day matter? Why does what you do today matter in the scheme of your whole life? → Read More
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. → Read More
Gawker Domain & Archive Is Finally Up For Auction Next Week. Who Might Win, and Why?
On Thursday, July 12, a locker containing the bones of Gawker.com—killed in action, as it were, for its publication of a fully nude sextape of the wrestler Hulk Hogan—will be up for auction to the highest bidder. → Read More
3.1 Lessons Learned on the Way to 31
Compulsion to do is the opposite of being. It’s the opposite of being present. → Read More
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” → Read More
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. → Read More
How Your Daily Routine Can Turn Into Your Biggest Enemy
Routine and ritual are everything, including, if you’re not careful, a dangerous weakness. → Read More
Here’s How You Stop Anger From Making You Do Something Stupid
42andpointless In February, during the launch of my last book, I had one of those experiences that explain why many people don’t like or trust the media. I’ll leave the details vague for reasons that the rest of this article will make clear, but suffice to say, a reporter acting in what was clearly bad faith, took their best shot at undermining the book. And then, when confronted, politely but… → Read More
Don’t Fake It ‘Till You Make It. Do This Instead.
Because if you get caught, you will fall. It will hurt. → Read More
13 Life-Changing Habits To Try And Do Every Single Day
13 life-changing habits to try every single day. → Read More
What Peter Thiel’s Playbook Shows Us About Taking Down Trump, Alex Jones (or Anyone)
A playbook created by the billionaire Peter Thiel to destroy Gawker.com. The word for it is lawfare—warfare via the legal system. → Read More
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. → Read More