What is known can't jerk us around unwittingly. Before anything can be resolved, the implicit must be made into the explicit. Ryan Holiday More Quotes by Ryan Holiday More Quotes From Ryan Holiday Ordinary people shy away form negative situations, just as they do with failure. They do their best to avoid trouble. What great people do is the opposite. They are their best in these situations. They turn personal tragedy or misfortune - really anything, everything - to their advantage. Ryan Holiday tragedy opposites people Am I saying this because I want to prove how smart I am or am I saying this because it needs to be said? Ryan Holiday dope smart needs When intelligent people read, they ask themselves a simple question: What do I plan to do with this information? Ryan Holiday intelligent simple people Great times are great softeners Ryan Holiday great-times 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. Ryan Holiday media ideas thinking ADVERSITY CAN HARDEN YOU. OR IT CAN LOOSEN YOU UP AND MAKE YOU BETTER —IF YOU LET IT. Ryan Holiday adversity ifs You cannot have your news instantly and have it done well. You cannot have your news reduced to 140 characters or less without losing large parts of it. You cannot manipulate the news but not expect it to be manipulated against you. You cannot have your news for free; you can only obscure the costs. If as a culture we can learn this lesson, and if we can learn to love the hard work, we will save ourselves much trouble and collateral damage. We must remember: There is no easy way. Ryan Holiday hard-work character culture 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. Ryan Holiday writing people moving Writing the perfect paper is a lot like a military operation. It takes discipline, foresight, research, strategy, and, if done right, ends in total victory. Ryan Holiday victory discipline research writing Life is hard, but we make it much harder. Ryan Holiday make life-is-hard hard life In Los Angeles and other cities, being around immigrants is inspiring. They are touching the American Dream and reminding you how much you take it for granted. Ryan Holiday you immigrants american-dream dream Philosophy is not just about talking or lecturing or even reading long, dense books. In fact, it is something men and women of action use - and have used throughout history - to solve their problems and achieve their greatest triumphs. Not in the classroom but on the battlefield, in the forum, and at court. Ryan Holiday women men long history Perfectionism rarely begets perfection, or satisfaction - only disappointment. Ryan Holiday satisfaction disappointment perfection Growth hackers are typically computer engineers that build great marketing ideas into the product during the development process. Ryan Holiday great growth process ideas The essential idea of Stoicism in my interpretation is, you don't control the world around you, you control how you respond. At 19, that's very empowering. Ryan Holiday control how you world The risks of speaking extemporaneously are apparent the first time you wing it and promptly put your foot in your mouth. Ryan Holiday your risks you time We all have goals: We want to matter. We want to be important. We want to have freedom and power to pursue our creative work. We want respect from our peers and recognition for our accomplishments. Not out of vanity or selfishness, but of an earnest desire to fulfill our personal potential. Ryan Holiday goals respect freedom work If you ask most smart or successful people where they learned their craft, they will not talk to you about their time in school. It's always a mentor, a particularly transformative job, or a period of experimentation or trial and error. Ryan Holiday you time people school Growth hackers don't tolerate waste. Ryan Holiday tolerate hackers waste growth Growth hacking is a mindset, and those who have it will reap incredible gains. Ryan Holiday will hacking growth mindset
