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Also by Ryan Holiday
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Epigraph
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
PART I: The DISCIPLINE of PERCEPTION
JANUARY: CLARITY
January 1st: CONTROL AND CHOICE
January 2nd: EDUCATION IS FREEDOM
January 3rd: BE RUTHLESS TO THE THINGS THAT DON’T MATTER
January 4th: THE BIG THREE
January 5th: CLARIFY YOUR INTENTIONS
January 6th: WHERE, WHO, WHAT, AND WHY
January 7th: SEVEN CLEAR FUNCTIONS OF THE MIND
January 8th: SEEING OUR ADDICTIONS
January 9th: WHAT WE CONTROL AND WHAT WE DON’T
January 10th: IF YOU WANT TO BE STEADY
January 11th: IF YOU WANT TO BE UNSTEADY
January 12th: THE ONE PATH TO SERENITY
January 13th: CIRCLE OF CONTROL
January 14th: CUT THE STRINGS THAT PULL YOUR MIND
January 15th: PEACE IS IN STAYING THE COURSE
January 16th: NEVER DO ANYTHING OUT OF HABIT
January 17th: REBOOT THE REAL WORK
January 18th: SEE THE WORLD LIKE A POET AND AN ARTIST
January 19th: WHEREVER YOU GO, THERE YOUR CHOICE IS
January 20th: REIGNITE YOUR THOUGHTS
January 21st: A MORNING RITUAL
January 22nd: THE DAY IN REVIEW
January 23rd: THE TRUTH ABOUT MONEY
January 24th: PUSH FOR DEEP UNDERSTANDING
January 25th: THE ONLY PRIZE
January 26th: THE POWER OF A MANTRA
January 27th: THE THREE AREAS OF TRAINING
January 28th: WATCHING THE WISE
January 29th: KEEP IT SIMPLE
January 30th: YOU DON’T HAVE TO STAY ON TOP OF EVERYTHING
January 31st: PHILOSOPHY AS MEDICINE OF THE SOUL
FEBRUARY: PASSIONS AND EMOTIONS
February 1st: FOR THE HOT-HEADED MAN
February 2nd: A PROPER FRAME OF MIND
February 3rd: THE SOURCE OF YOUR ANXIETY
February 4th: ON BEING INVINCIBLE
February 5th: STEADY YOUR IMPULSES
February 6th: DON’T SEEK OUT STRIFE
February 7th: FEAR IS A SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY
February 8th: DID THAT MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER?
February 9th: YOU DON’T HAVE TO HAVE AN OPINION
February 10th: ANGER IS BAD FUEL
February 11th: HERO OR NERO?
February 12th: PROTECT YOUR PEACE OF MIND
February 13th: PLEASURE CAN BECOME PUNISHMENT
February 14th: THINK BEFORE YOU ACT
February 15th: ONLY BAD DREAMS
February 16th: DON’T MAKE THINGS HARDER THAN THEY NEED TO BE
February 17th: THE ENEMY OF HAPPINESS
February 18th: PREPARE FOR THE STORM
February 19th: THE BANQUET OF LIFE
February 20th: THE GRAND PARADE OF DESIRE
February 21st: WISH NOT, WANT NOT
February 22nd: WHAT’S BETTER LEFT UNSAID
February 23rd: CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE NO CARE FOR OUR FEELINGS
February 24th: THE REAL SOURCE OF HARM
February 25th: THE SMOKE AND DUST OF MYTH
February 26th: TO EACH HIS OWN
February 27th: CULTIVATING INDIFFERENCE WHERE OTHERS GROW PASSION
February 28th: WHEN YOU LOSE CONTROL
February 29th: YOU CAN’T ALWAYS (BE) GET(TING) WHAT YOU WANT
MARCH: AWARENESS
March 1st: WHERE PHILOSOPHY BEGINS
March 2nd: ACCURATE SELF-ASSESSMENT
March 3rd: (DIS)INTEGRATION
March 4th: AWARENESS IS FREEDOM
March 5th: CUTTING BACK ON THE COSTLY
March 6th: DON’T TELL YOURSELF STORIES
March 7th: DON’T TRUST THE SENSES
March 8th: DON’T UNINTENTIONALLY HAND OVER YOUR FREEDOM
March 9th: FIND THE RIGHT SCENE
March 10th: FIND YOURSELF A CATO
March 11th: LIVING WITHOUT RESTRICTION
March 12th: SEEING THINGS AS THE PERSON AT FAULT DOES
March 13th: ONE DAY IT WILL ALL MAKE SENSE
March 14th: SELF-DECEPTION IS OUR ENEMY
March 15th: THE PRESENT IS ALL WE POSSESS
March 16th: THAT SACRED PART OF YOU
March 17th: THE BEAUTY OF CHOICE
March 18th: IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT YOUR CONSENT
March 19th: TIMELESS WISDOM
March 20th: READY AND AT HOME
March 21st: THE BEST RETREAT IS IN HERE, NOT OUT THERE
March 22nd: THE SIGN OF TRUE EDUCATION
March 23rd: THE STRAITJACKETED SOUL
March 24th: THERE IS PHILOSOPHY IN EVERYTHING
March 25th: WEALTH AND FREEDOM ARE FREE
March 26th: WHAT RULES YOUR RULING REASON?
March 27th: PAY WHAT THINGS ARE WORTH
March 28th: COWARDICE AS A DESIGN PROBLEM
March 29th: WHY DO YOU NEED TO IMPRESS THESE PEOPLE AGAIN?
March 30th: REASON IN ALL THINGS
March 31st: YOU’RE A PRODUCT OF YOUR TRAINING
APRIL: UNBIASED THOUGHT
April 1st: THE COLOR OF YOUR THOUGHTS
April 2nd: BE WARY OF WHAT YOU LET IN
April 3rd: DECEIVED AND DIVIDED
April 4th: DON’T LET THIS GO TO YOUR HEAD
April 5th: TRUST, BUT VERIFY
April 6th: PREPARE YOURSELF FOR NEGATIVITY
April 7th: EXPECT TO CHANGE YOUR OPINIONS
April 8th: THE COST OF ACCEPTING COUNTERFEITS
April 9th: TEST YOUR IMPRESSIONS
April 10th: JUDGMENTS CAUSE DISTURBANCE
April 11th: IF YOU WANT TO LEARN, BE HUMBLE
April 12th: REJECT TANTALIZING GIFTS
April 13th: LESS IS MORE
April 14th: BECOMING AN EXPERT IN WHAT MATTERS
April 15th: PAY YOUR TAXES
April 16th: OBSERVE CAUSE AND EFFECT
April 17th: NO HARM, NO FOUL
April 18th: OPINIONS ARE LIKE . . .
April 19th: OUR SPHERE OF IMPULSES
April 20th: REAL GOOD IS SIMPLE
April 21st: DON’T LET YOUR ATTENTION SLIDE
April 22nd: THE MARKS OF A RATIONAL PERSON
April 23rd: THE MIND IS ALL YOURS
April 24th: A PRODUCTIVE USE FOR CONTEMPT
April 25th: THERE’S NOTHING WRONG WITH BEING WRONG
April 26th: THINGS HAPPEN IN TRAINING
April 27th: TURN IT INSIDE OUT
April 28th: WANTS MAKE YOU A SERVANT
April 29th: WASHING AWAY THE DUST OF LIFE
April 30th: WHAT IS IN KEEPING WITH YOUR CHARACTER?
PART II: The DISCIPLINE of ACTION
MAY: RIGHT ACTION
May 1st: MAKE CHARACTER YOUR LOUDEST STATEMENT
May 2nd: BE THE PERSON YOU WANT TO BE
May 3rd: SHOW, NOT TELL, WHAT YOU KNOW
May 4th: WHAT’S TRULY IMPRESSIVE
May 5th: YOU ARE THE PROJECT
May 6th: RIGHTEOUSNESS IS BEAUTIFUL
May 7th: HOW TO HAVE A GOOD DAY
May 8th: GOOD AND EVIL? LOOK AT YOUR CHOICES
May 9th: CARPE DIEM
May 10th: DON’T BE INSPIRED, BE INSPIRATIONAL
May 11th: GUILT IS WORSE THAN JAIL
May 12th: KINDNESS IS ALWAYS THE RIGHT RESPONSE
May 13th: FUELING THE HABIT BONFIRE
May 14th: OUR WELL-BEING LIES IN OUR ACTIONS
May 15th: COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS
May 16th: THE CHAIN METHOD
May 17th: THE STOIC IS A WORK IN PROGRESS
May 18th: HOW YOU DO ANYTHING IS HOW YOU DO EVERYTHING
May 19th: LEARN, PRACTICE, TRAIN
May 20th: QUALITY OVER QUANTITY
May 21st: WHAT KIND OF BOXER ARE YOU?
May 22nd: TODAY IS THE DAY
May 23rd: SHOW ME HOW TO LIVE
May 24th: MAKING YOUR OWN GOOD FORTUNE
May 25th: WHERE TO FIND JOY
May 26th: STOP CARING WHAT PEOPLE THINK
May 27th: SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF
May 28th: THE FIRST TWO THINGS BEFORE ACTING
May 29th: WORK IS THERAPY
May 30th: WORKING HARD OR HARDLY WORKING?
May 31st: WE HAVE BUT ONE OBLIGATION
JUNE: PROBLEM SOLVING
June 1st: ALWAYS HAVE A MENTAL REVERSE CLAUSE
June 2nd: PLATO’S VIEW
June 3rd: IT IS WELL TO BE FLEXIBLE
June 4th: THIS IS WHAT WE’RE HERE FOR
June 5th: BLOW YOUR OWN NOSE
June 6th: WHEN TO STICK AND WHEN TO QUIT
June 7th: FINDING THE RIGHT MENTORS
June 8th: BRICK BY BORING BRICK
June 9th: SOLVE PROBLEMS EARLY
June 10th: YOU CAN DO IT
June 11th: JUST DON’T MAKE THINGS WORSE
June 12th: A TRAINED MIND IS BETTER THAN ANY SCRIPT
June 13th: LIFE IS A BATTLEFIELD
June 14th: TRY THE OTHER HANDLE
June 15th: LISTENING ACCOMPLISHES MORE THAN SPEAKING
June 16th: NO SHAME IN NEEDING HELP
June 17th: OFFENSE OR DEFENSE?
June 18th: PREPARED AND ACTIVE
June 19th: STAY FOCUSED ON THE PRESENT
June 20th: CALM IS CONTAGIOUS
June 21st: TAKE A WALK
June 22nd: THE DEFINITION OF INSANITY
June 23rd: THE LONG WAY AROUND
June 24th: THE TRULY EDUCATED AREN’T QUARRELSOME
June 25th: THE WISE DON’T HAVE “PROBLEMS”
June 26th: TRY THE OPPOSITE
June 27th: ADVERSITY REVEALS
June 28th: NO SELF-FLAGELLATION NEEDED
June 29th: NO EXCUSES
June 30th: THE OBSTACLE IS THE WAY
JULY: DUTY
July 1st: DO YOUR JOB
July 2nd: ON DUTY AND CIRCUMSTANCE
July 3rd: TURN HAVE TO INTO GET TO
July 4th: PROTECT THE FLAME
July 5th: NO ONE SAID IT’D BE EASY
July 6th: RISE AND SHINE
July 7th: OUR DUTY TO LEARN
July 8th: STOP MONKEYING AROUND
July 9th: THE PHILOSOPHER KING
July 10th: LOVE THE HUMBLE ART
July 11th: THE START‑UP OF YOU
July 12th: SOME SIMPLE RULES
July 13th: A LEADER LEADS
July 14th: A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE IS DANGEROUS
July 15th: DOING THE RIGHT THING IS ENOUGH
July 16th: PROGRESS OF THE SOUL
July 17th: DON’T ABANDON OTHERS . . . OR YOURSELF
July 18th: EACH THE MASTER OF THEIR OWN DOMAIN
July 19th: FORGIVE THEM BECAUSE THEY DON’T KNOW
July 20th: MADE FOR JUSTICE
July 21st: MADE FOR WORKING TOGETHER
July 22nd: NO ONE HAS A GUN TO YOUR HEAD
July 23rd: RECEIVE HONORS AND SLIGHTS EXACTLY THE SAME WAY
July 24th: SOMEWHERE SOMEONE’S DYING
July 25th: WHAT’S ON YOUR TOMBSTONE?
July 26th: WHEN GOOD MEN DO NOTHING
July 27th: WHERE IS ANYTHING BETTER?
July 28th: CHECK YOUR PRIVILEGE
July 29th: A CURE FOR THE SELF
July 30th: STOIC JOY
July 31st: YOUR CAREER IS NOT A LIFE SENTENCE
AUGUST: PRAGMATISM
August 1st: DON’T GO EXPECTING PERFECTION
August 2nd: WE CAN WORK ANY WAY
August 3rd: THE GOOD LIFE IS ANYWHERE
August 4th: NO BLAME, JUST FOCUS
August 5th: SILENCE IS STRENGTH
August 6th: THERE IS ALWAYS MORE ROOM TO MANEUVER THAN YOU THINK
August 7th: PRAGMATIC AND PRINCIPLED
August 8th: START WITH WHERE THE WORLD IS
August 9th: STICK WITH JUST THE FACTS
August 10th: PERFECTION IS THE ENEMY OF ACTION
August 11th: NO TIME FOR THEORIES, JUST RESULTS
August 12th: MAKE THE WORDS YOUR OWN
August 13th: TAKE CHARGE AND END YOUR TROUBLES
August 14th: THIS ISN’T FOR FUN. IT’S FOR LIFE
August 15th: THE SUPREME COURT OF YOUR MIND
August 16th: ANYTHING CAN BE AN ADVANTAGE
August 17th: THE BUCK STOPS HERE
August 18th: ONLY FOOLS RUSH IN
August 19th: CORRALLING THE UNNECESSARY
August 20th: WHERE IT COUNTS
August 21st: DON’T BE MISERABLE IN ADVANCE
August 22nd: DON’T SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF
August 23rd: IT’S IN YOUR SELF-INTEREST
August 24th: PILLAGE FROM ALL SOURCES
August 25th: RESPECT THE PAST, BUT BE OPEN TO THE FUTURE
August 26th: SEEKING OUT SHIPWRECKS
August 27th: LAUGH, OR CRY?
August 28th: THE OPULENT STOIC
August 29th: WANT NOTHING = HAVE EVERYTHING
August 30th: WHEN YOU FEEL LAZY
August 31st: CONSIDER YOUR FAILINGS TOO
PART III: The DISCIPLINE of WILL
SEPTEMBER: FORTITUDE AND RESILIENCE
September 1st: A STRONG SOUL IS BETTER THAN GOOD LUCK
September 2nd: THE PHILOSOPHER’S SCHOOL IS A HOSPITAL
September 3rd: FIRST, A HARD WINTER TRAINING
September 4th: HOW CAN YOU KNOW WHETHER YOU’VE NEVER BEEN TESTED?
September 5th: FOCUS ON WHAT IS YOURS ALONE
September 6th: THEY CAN THROW YOU IN CHAINS, BUT . . .
September 7th: OUR HIDDEN POWER
September 8th: DO NOT BE DECEIVED BY FORTUNE
September 9th: NOTHING TO FEAR BUT FEAR ITSELF
September 10th: PREPARING ON THE SUNNY DAY
September 11th: WHAT WOULD LESS LOOK LIKE?
September 12th: BE DOWN TO EARTH, OR BE BROUGHT DOWN
September 13th: PROTECTING OUR INNER FORTRESS FROM FEAR
September 14th: A DIFFERENT WAY TO PRAY
September 15th: A GARDEN IS NOT FOR SHOW
September 16th: ANYONE CAN GET LUCKY, NOT EVERYONE CAN PERSEVERE
September 17th: DEALING WITH HATERS
September 18th: DEALING WITH PAIN
September 19th: FLEXIBILITY OF THE WILL
September 20th: LIFE ISN’T A DANCE
September 21st: MAINTAIN COMPOSURE, MAINTAIN CONTROL
September 22nd: NO PAIN, NO GAIN
September 23rd: THE MOST SECURE FORTRESS
September 24th: IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU
September 25th: THE VULNERABILITY OF DEPENDENCE
September 26th: WHAT TIME OFF IS FOR
September 27th: WHAT WILL PROSPERITY REVEAL?
September 28th: YOU HOLD THE TRUMP CARD
September 29th: YOUR ACTUAL NEEDS ARE SMALL
September 30th: YOU CAN’T TOUCH ME
OCTOBER: VIRTUE AND KINDNESS
October 1st: LET VIRTUE SHINE BRIGHT
October 2nd: THE MOST VALUABLE ASSET
October 3rd: A MANTRA OF MUTUAL INTERDEPENDENCE
October 4th: ALL FOR ONE, ONE FOR ALL
October 5th: WORDS CAN’T BE UNSAID
October 6th: LOOKING OUT FOR EACH OTHER
October 7th: A SELFISH REASON TO BE GOOD
October 8th: A HIGHER PLEASURE
October 9th: SET THE STANDARDS AND USE THEM
October 10th: REVERENCE AND JUSTICE
October 11th: HONESTY AS OUR DEFAULT
October 12th: ALWAYS LOVE
October 13th: REVENGE IS A DISH BEST NOT SERVED
October 14th: DON’T GET MAD. HELP
October 15th: GIVE PEOPLE THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT
October 16th: SPREAD THE WORD
October 17th: THE BENEFIT OF KINDNESS
October 18th: FRENEMIES
October 19th: GOOD HABITS DRIVE OUT BAD HABITS
October 20th: MARKS OF THE GOOD LIFE
October 21st: HEROES, HERE AND NOW
October 22nd: IT’S EASY TO GET BETTER. BUT BETTER AT WHAT?
October 23rd: SHOW THE QUALITIES YOU WERE MADE FOR
October 24th: THE FOUNTAIN OF GOODNESS
October 25th: TWO TASKS
October 26th: THREE PARTS, ONE AIM
October 27th: WE REAP WHAT WE SOW
October 28th: WE WERE MADE FOR EACH OTHER
October 29th: CHARACTER IS FATE
October 30th: WHO GETS THE LION’S SHARE?
October 31st: YOU WERE BORN GOOD
NOVEMBER: ACCEPTANCE / AMOR FATI
November 1st: ACCEPTING WHAT IS
November 2nd: BINDING OUR WISHES TO WHAT WILL BE
November 3rd: FOLLOWING THE DOCTOR’S ORDERS
November 4th: NOT GOOD, NOR BAD
November 5th: A HIGHER POWER
November 6th: SOMEONE ELSE IS SPINNING THE THREAD
November 7th: HOW TO BE POWERFUL
November 8th: ACTORS IN A PLAY
November 9th: ALL IS FLUID
November 10th: ALWAYS THE SAME
November 11th: IT’S NOT THE THING, IT’S WHAT WE MAKE OF IT
November 12th: THE STRONG ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY
November 13th: NEVER COMPLAIN, NEVER EXPLAIN
November 14th: YOU CHOOSE THE OUTCOME
November 15th: EVERYTHING IS CHANGE
November 16th: HOPE AND FEAR ARE THE SAME
November 17th: JUDGE NOT, LEST . . .
November 18th: FOUR HABITS OF THE STOIC MIND
November 19th: MAXIMS FROM THREE WISE MEN
November 20th: BEHOLD, NOW AS EVER
November 21st: ONCE IS ENOUGH, ONCE IS FOREVER
November 22nd: THE GLASS IS ALREADY BROKEN
November 23rd: ATTACHMENTS ARE THE ENEMY
November 24th: TRAIN TO LET GO OF WHAT’S NOT YOURS
November 25th: FUNNY HOW THAT WORKS OUT
November 26th: THE ALTAR OF NO DIFFERENCE
November 27th: THE PLEASURE OF TUNING OUT THE NEGATIVE
November 28th: IT’S NOT ON THEM, IT’S ON YOU
November 29th: YOU’RE GOING TO BE OK
November 30th: FOLLOW THE LOGOS
DECEMBER: MEDITATION ON MORTALITY
December 1st: PRETEND TODAY IS THE END
December 2nd: DON’T MIND ME, I’M ONLY DYING SLOW
December 3rd: THE PHILOSOPHER AS AN ARTISAN OF LIFE AND DEATH
December 4th: YOU DON’T OWN THAT
December 5th: THE BENEFITS OF SOBERING THOUGHTS
December 6th: THE SWORD DANGLES OVER YOU
December 7th: THE CARDS WE’RE DEALT
December 8th: DON’T HIDE FROM YOUR FEELINGS
December 9th: SPENDTHRIFTS OF TIME
December 10th: DON’T SELL YOURSELF TOO CHEAPLY
December 11th: DIGNITY AND BRAVERY
December 12th: THE BEAT GOES ON
December 13th: IT’S JUST A NUMBER
December 14th: WHAT WE SHOULD KNOW BY THE END
December 15th: A SIMPLE WAY TO MEASURE OUR DAYS
December 16th: EVERLASTING GOOD HEALTH
December 17th: KNOW THYSELF—BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE
December 18th: WHAT COMES TO US ALL
December 19th: HUMAN SCALE
December 20th: FEAR THE FEAR OF DEATH
December 21st: WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SHOW FOR YOUR YEARS?
December 22nd: STAKE YOUR OWN CLAIM
December 23rd: WHAT ARE YOU SO AFRAID OF LOSING?
December 24th: MEANINGLESS . . . LIKE A FINE WINE
December 25th: DON’T BURN THE CANDLE AT BOTH ENDS
December 26th: LIFE IS LONG—IF YOU KNOW HOW TO USE IT
December 27th: DON’T LET YOUR SOUL GO FIRST
December 28th: ON BEING REMEMBERED
December 29th: GIVE THANKS
December 30th: TAKING THE BITE OUT OF IT
December 31st: GET ACTIVE IN YOUR OWN RESCUE
STAYING STOIC
A MODEL OF LATE STOIC PRACTICE AND GLOSSARY OF KEY TERMS AND PASSAGES
A WORD ON THE TRANSLATIONS, REFERENCES, AND SOURCES
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING
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