Ryan Holiday is one of the world's bestselling living philosophers. His books like The Obstacle Is the Way, Ego Is the Enemy, The Daily Stoic, and the #1 New York Times bestseller Stillness Is the Key appear in more than 40 languages and have sold more than 5 million copies. Together, they've spent over 300 weeks on the bestseller lists. He lives outside Austin with his wife and two boys...and a small herd of cows and donkeys and goats. His bookstore, The Painted Porch, sits on historic Main St in Bastrop, Texas.
“Ryan’s trilogy of The Obstacle Is the Way, Ego Is the Enemy, and
Stillness Is the Key are for sure must reads.”
—Manu Ginobili, NBA Champion and Olympic Gold Medalist
"The next Malcolm Gladwell. Ryan Holiday's just brilliant."
—Lance Armstrong
"[Ryan is a] self-help sage who is now a sought-after guru to NFL
coaches, Olympians, hip-hop stars, and Silicon Valley
entrepreneurs."
—Alexandra Alter, The New York Times
"Holiday is an out-of-the-box thinker who likes to take
chances."
—The New York Times Book Review
"Some authors give advice. Ryan Holiday distills wisdom."
—Cal Newport, New York Times bestselling author of Digital
Minimalism
"I don't have many rules in life, but one I never break is: if Ryan
Holiday writes a book, I read it as soon as I can get my hands on
it."
—Brian Koppelman, screenwriter of Rounders, Ocean's Thirteen, and
Billions
"Everywhere I go people are reading Ryan's books and they love
them. Whether it's an MLB baseball manager, an NFL head coach, a
college tennish player, or a sales manager of a Fortune 500
company, people ask me if I've heard of him...Of course I've heard
of him. He's on his way to becoming one of the biggest names and
the most popular authors on the planet."
—Jon Gordon, author of The Energy Bus and The Carpenter
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