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Ryan Holiday

born 1987Modern psychology & self-helpContemporary (1950 – today)Person

Ryan Holiday is an American author and marketer who has done much to bring Stoic philosophy, especially that of Marcus Aurelius, to a modern popular readership. His books include The Obstacle Is the Way (2014) and Ego Is the Enemy (2016).

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“The obstacle in the path becomes the path.”
— Ryan Holiday, The Obstacle Is the Way (Portfolio/Penguin, 2014), the king's note in his retelling of "an old Zen story"; checked in the Internet Archive scan of that edition
Echoes Marcus Aurelius, Meditations V.20: the obstacle on the road helps us on this road
Watch on YouTube: David Goggins with Chris Williamson ↗David Goggins on facing discomfort (Modern Wisdom)
VerifiedsourceMaxim: Find meaning in the struggle itself.
“Ego is the enemy.”
— Ryan Holiday, Ego Is the Enemy (Portfolio/Penguin, 2016) (book title; the phrase also recurs in the text); checked in the Internet Archive scan of that edition
Echoes Proverbs 16:18: “Pride goeth before destruction”
Watch on YouTube: Ego is the Enemy | Ryan Holiday (Talks at Google) ↗Ryan Holiday discusses this idea
Watch on YouTube: Ryan Holiday with Chris Williamson ↗Ryan Holiday on humility and wisdom (Modern Wisdom)
VerifiedsourceMaxim: Be humble; pride goes before a fall.