The obstacle in the path becomes the path. Never forget, within every obstacle is an opportunity to improve our condition.
RYAN HOLIDAYWhere the head goes, the body follows. Perception precedes action. Right action follows the right perspective.
More Ryan Holiday Quotes
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An entrepreneur is someone with faith in their ability to make something where there was nothing before.
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Our first idea is a grand opening, a big launch, a press release, or major media coverage. We default to thinking we need an advertising budget. Our delusion is that we should be Transformers and not The Blair Witch Project.
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Focus on the moment, not the monsters that may or may not be up ahead.
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What I’ve learned most clearly from blogs is that the majority of them write about the problems from the outside for a reason—because they are missing the abilities that allow people to move to the inside.
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You know what’s better than building things up in your imagination? Building things up in real life.
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When intelligent people read, they ask themselves a simple question: What do I plan to do with this information?
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Problems are rarely as bad as we think-or rather, they are precisely as bad as we think.
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Conning the conmen is one of life’s most satisfying pleasures.
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What is known can’t jerk us around unwittingly. Before anything can be resolved, the implicit must be made into the explicit.
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The Germans have a word for it: Sitzfleisch. Staying power. Winning by sticking your ass to the seat and not leaving until after it’s over.
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ADVERSITY CAN HARDEN YOU. OR IT CAN LOOSEN YOU UP AND MAKE YOU BETTER —IF YOU LET IT.
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Am I saying this because I want to prove how smart I am or am I saying this because it needs to be said?
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Dollar for dollar there is no better investment in the world than a book.
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No one will argue that writing is an easy profession. Getting someone to pay you for your words isn’t easy. But there are strategies you can use to simplify the process and transform what you can produce.
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To do great things, we need to be able to endure tragedy and setbacks. We’ve got to love what we do and all that it entails, good and bad. We have to learn to find joy in every single thing that happens.
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