Ryan Holiday is one of the world's bestselling living philosophers. His books, including The Obstacle Is the Way, Ego Is the Enemy, The Daily Stoic and the #1 New York Times bestseller Stillness Is the Key, appear in more than forty languages and have sold more than 5 million copies. Together, they've spent over 300 weeks on the bestseller lists. He lives outside Austin, Texas, with his wife and two boys ... and a small herd of cows, donkeys and goats. His bookshop, The Painted Porch, sits on historic Main Street in Bastrop, Texas.
All his books are gold, absolute gold, and this is just another golden brick in his literary wall. -- Chris Evans A powerful case for the virtues and values that leaders must live by in the modern world. -- Admiral James Stavridis, former NATO 16th Supreme Allied Commander Ryan Holiday has helped bring the ancient teaching of Stoicism to millions of readers - from athletes and politicians to CEOs. * Good Morning America * A brisk and absorbing read. -- Annie Duke, bestselling author * Thinking In Bets * Translates Stoicism ... into pithy catchphrases and digestible anecdotes for ambitious, twenty-first-century life hackers * New York Times * Ryan Holiday is a genius. ... All of his books are amazing - you have got to get into Ryan Holiday, it's as simple as that. If you don't, you're doing yourself a disfavour. -- Chris Evans Ryan Holiday is among the most psychologically wise writers I know. -- Angela Duckworth, bestselling author of Grit Ryan Holiday is one of his generation's finest thinkers -- Steven Pressfield, author of The War of Art [Ryan Holiday is a] self-help sage, who is now a sought-after guru to NFL coaches, Olympians, hip-hop stars, and Silicon Valley entrepreneurs . . . [he] translates Stoicism, which had counted emperors and states men among its adherents during antiquity, into pithy catchphrases and digestible anecdotes for ambitious, twenty-first-century life hackers. * New York Times * I don't have many rules in life, but one I never break is: If Ryan Holiday writes a book, I read it as soon as I can get my hands on it. -- Brian Koppelman, screenwriter and director, Ocean's Thirteen and Billions