Ryan Holiday
About Ryan Holiday
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Stoicism - What Ancient Wisdom Can Teach Us
Timeless Tools for Modern Resilience
In uncertain times, Stoicism offers powerful tools for clarity, resilience, and peace of mind. This talk explores timeless Stoic principles—control what you can, release what you can’t, and turn adversity into strength. Through modern examples and actionable takeaways, audiences learn how to lead, live, and thrive with ancient wisdom that meets today’s challenges.
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Books by Ryan Holiday
“The Obstacle is the Way Expanded 10th Anniversary Edition The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph” (2024)
The Obstacle is the Way Expanded 10th Anniversary Edition The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph
“Right Thing, Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World (The Stoic Virtues Series)” (2024)
Right Thing, Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World (The Stoic Virtues Series)
“Wisdom Takes Work Learn. Apply. Repeat.” (2025)
Wisdom Takes Work Learn. Apply. Repeat.
“Discipline Is Destiny” (2022)
Discipline Is Destiny
“Stillness Is the Key” (2019)
In The Obstacle Is the Way and Ego Is the Enemy, bestselling author Ryan Holiday made ancient wisdom wildly popular with a new generation of leaders in sports, politics, and technology. In his new book, Stillness Is the Key, Holiday draws on timeless Stoic and Buddhist philosophy to show why slowing down is the secret weapon for those charging ahead.All great leaders, thinkers, artists, athletes, and visionaries share one indelible quality. It enables them to conquer their tempers. To avoid distraction and discover great insights. To achieve happiness and do the right thing. Ryan Holiday calls it stillness--to be steady while the world spins around you. In this book, he outlines a path for achieving this ancient, but urgently necessary way of living. Drawing on a wide range of history's greatest thinkers, from Confucius to Seneca, Marcus Aurelius to Thich Nhat Hanh, John Stuart Mill to Nietzsche, he argues that stillness is not mere inactivity, but the doorway to self-mastery, discipline, and focus.Holiday also examines figures who exemplified the power of stillness: baseball player Sadaharu Oh, whose study of Zen made him the greatest home run hitter of all time; Winston Churchill, who in balancing his busy public life with time spent laying bricks and painting at his Chartwell estate managed to save the world from annihilation in the process; Fred Rogers, who taught generations of children to see what was invisible to the eye; Anne Frank, whose journaling and love of nature guided her through unimaginable adversity. More than ever, people are overwhelmed. They face obstacles and egos and competition. Stillness Is the Key offers a simple but inspiring antidote to the stress of 24/7 news and social media. The stillness that we all seek is the path to meaning, contentment, and excellence in a world that needs more of it than ever.
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