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The first book in this series is now available for preorder: Courage is Calling: Fortune Favors The Brave. Marcus Aurelius called them the touchstones of goodness, but you might look upon them as the paving stones of the path of Hercules. It has been an incredibly challenging endeavor, but I am now well underway in what will be a four book series of the four Stoic virtues: Courage.
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Will we choose the easy life? Or the virtuous life? Will we choose principles or pleasure? Distraction or focus? Temptation or discipline? Will we be Seneca (who fell short)…or Marcus Aurelius (who transcended)? Nero…or hero?Īll of my writing has been building towards producing something that seeks to answer this question, not just for myself but for anyone striving to reach their full potential, personally and professionally. We face this choice right now and at every moment that follows. About our own crossroads.įor Hercules the choice was between vice and virtue, the easy way and the hard way, the well-trod path and the road less traveled. Was this real? Did it really happen? If it’s only a legend, does it matter?Ībout our dilemma. But-and this is a big but-she says that this is the path to greatness, to the heroic destiny that Hercules was born to fulfill. In fact, she warns there will be struggle, sacrifice, and hard work. One offers a life of ease, complete freedom, an absence of want or struggle. There Hercules is, walking a lonely road in Greece. He walks into a bookstore and hears the bookseller telling a story about Hercules that Socrates was fond of. Zeno has suffered his shipwreck and washed up penniless in Athens. “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.It’s a story that goes back to the very beginnings of Stoicism. Marc Ecko, founder of Ecko Unltd and Complex Consider it as urgently as you do a proper workout regimen and eating right. Read this book before it wrecks you or the projects and people you love. “I see the toxic vanity of ego at play every day and it never ceases to amaze me how often it wrecks promising creative endeavors. George Raveling, Hall of Fame Basketball coach, Nike’s Director of International Basketball Ryan Holiday is one of the most promising young writers of his generation.” “This is a book I want every athlete, aspiring leader, entrepreneur, thinker and doer to read. Austin Kleon, author of the New York Times bestseller Steal Like An Artist Whether you’re starting out or starting over, you’ll find something to steal here.” This book is packed with stories and quotes that will help you get out of your own way. In Ego Is The Enemy, Ryan Holiday writes us all a prescription: humility. “The comedian Bill Hicks said the world was tainted with fevered egos. Steven Pressfield, author of the New York Times bestseller The War of Art “Ryan Holiday is one of his generation’s finest thinkers, and this book is his best yet.” In failure, it magnifies each blow and makes recovery more difficult. With success, it can blind us to our faults and sow future problems. Early in our careers, it impedes learning and the cultivation of talent. In fact, the most common enemy lies within: our ego.
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Many of us insist the main impediment to a full, successful life is the outside world. “While the history books are filled with tales of obsessive visionary geniuses who remade the world in their image with sheer, almost irrational force, I’ve found that history is also made by individuals who fought their egos at every turn, who eschewed the spotlight, and who put their higher goals above their desire for recognition.” -from the prologue
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Ego is the Enemy is an instant Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and international bestseller