American - Author | June 16, 1987 -
We only have so much energy for our work, for our relationships, for ourselves. A smart person understands this and guards it carefully. Meanwhile, idiots focus on marginal productivity hacks and gains while they leak out energy each passing day.
Ryan Holiday
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The greats - they protect their sleep because it's where the best work comes from. They say no to things. They turn in when they hit their limits. They don't let the creep of sleep deprivation undermine their judgment.
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Bloggers are lazy and greedy.
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Being criticized in the media is a good problem to have - most of the time. It means you're doing something that is at least interesting or cool or crazy enough to be noticed. It might not always feel good, but it's usually better than the alternative of obscurity.
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The news as entertainment is the real danger, because the truth or accuracy of what it is reporting becomes irrelevant.
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The risks of speaking extemporaneously are apparent the first time you wing it and promptly put your foot in your mouth.
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I wholeheartedly agree that many media 'standards' can feel disingenuous or, in fact, be a cover for less-than-honest behavior.
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Work hard, take it seriously, embrace your ambition. And when you're not doing that, do something - whatever it happens to be - that taps into the part of you that makes you forget about all the rest of it.
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In 2007, I went to work in Beverly Hills as an intern at The Collective, a talent management agency. I'd been scouted for the job because of a blog I'd started in college and because the blogger-turned-author I worked for, Tucker Max, was producing a project with the company.
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Stoicism is a philosophy designed for the masses, and if it has to be simplified a bit to reach the masses, so be it.
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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.
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My neighbors don't care that I'm an author. It's inherently ego-inhibiting.
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