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Ryan Holiday

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Ryan Holiday is media strategist for notorious clients like Tucker Max and Dov Charney. After dropping out of college at 19 to apprentice under the strategist Robert Greene, he went on to advise many bestselling authors and multi-platinum musicians. He is the Director of Marketing at American Apparel, where his work in advertising was internationally known. His strategies are used as case studies by Twitter, YouTube, and Google, and have been written about in AdAge, the New York Times, Gawker, and Fast Company. He is the author is *Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator*, which is due out in July. He currently lives in New Orleans, with his rebellious puppy, Hanno.

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Sorry, An Epiphany Isn’t What’s Going To Change Your Life

Epiphanies are bullshit. People think it’s some momentous wake up call that leads to innovation, identity crises, insight or breakthroughs.

Like that’s why someone “suddenly” quits the NFL. Or goes public with allegations. Or proposes a bold new theory about the world after staying up all night.

But the people who think that are mostly people who haven’t done anything like that. And probably neve...

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	The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph 4.03 avg rating — 6,987 ratings — published 2014 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator 3.88 avg rating — 3,176 ratings — published 2012 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Growth Hacker Marketing: A Primer on the Future of PR, Marketing, and Advertising 3.78 avg rating — 2,239 ratings — published 2013 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ego Is the Enemy 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — expected publication 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations for Clarity, Effectiveness, and Serenity by Ryan Holiday (Goodreads Author), Stephen Hanselman 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Small Business Guide to Growth Hacking by Fast Company, Chuck Salter (Foreword), J.J. McCorvey (Contributor) 3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Ryan Holiday made a comment in the group Ask Ryan Holiday — Feel free to ask me anything topic " Ryan wrote: "What kind of questions you think a person need to ask himself in order to understand what he has to do in his life?" What kind of life do ...more "
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Ryan Holiday said "yes" to attending Book Signing -- West Hollywood, CA date: May 28, 2014 07:00PM location: Book Soup, 8818 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, CA, The United States description: Ryan Holiday presents and signs The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials Into Triumph http://www.booksoup.com/book/97815918... Book Soup 8818 Sunset Blvd. West Hollywood, CA 90069 "The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way." -- Marcus Aurelius We are stuck, stymied, frustrated. But it needn't be this way. There is a formula for success that's been followed by the icons of history--from John D. Rockefeller to Amelia Earhart to Ulysses S. Grant ...more
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Ryan Holiday rated a book it was amazing Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This book is poetry. I can't add much more than what has already been said, in terms of message or analysis. What I do know, however, is that this is one of the most important books of our generation. One day, it will be taught in high school English ...more
Jul 05, 2012 08:49PM · 6 likes · like · see review · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk <iframe id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
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I found Jim Wirt through his website, ColoringBookLand.com where he is consistently one of the funniest writers on the internet. The book is no different, featuring the same style of incredibly offensive but genuinely clever cartoons. How he manages ...more
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Ryan Holiday rated a book really liked it The Strategy Paradox: Why committing to success leads to failure (and what to do about it) by Michael E. Raynor	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Raynor's book is not the easiest read, but then again, that says more about the reader than it does about the book. The concept is rather revolutionary--and thus, difficult to digest immediately--in that it suggests almost everything we know about st ...more
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The idea that this author is in any way justified in writing a book on healing or conquering narcissism is laughable. The book is filled with countless examples of her own insanity--like the time she cracked her skull and insisted on seeing an Easter ...more
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“When intelligent people read, they ask themselves a simple question: What do I plan to do with this information?”
― Ryan Holiday, Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator

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“There is no good or bad without us, there is only perception. There is the event itself and the story we tell ourselves about what it means.”
― Ryan Holiday, The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph

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“Wherever we are, whatever we’re doing and herever we are going, we owe it to ourselves, to our art, to the world to do it well.”
― Ryan Holiday, The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph

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