<![CDATA[Stories by Ryan Holiday on Medium]]> https://medium.com/@ryanholiday?source=rss-2e2701ae378f------2 https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/fit/c/150/150/0*oxw8NBp_Td0n3l4_.png Stories by Ryan Holiday on Medium https://medium.com/@ryanholiday?source=rss-2e2701ae378f------2 Medium Mon, 19 Oct 2026 01:37:29 GMT <![CDATA[I’m Sorry But There’s No Shortcut for This (And That’s a Good Thing)]]>

It’s clearly a timeless tendency because Seneca tells us a story about it from two thousand years ago.

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It’s been said that books are “uniquely portable magic.” But, believe it or not, I think that understates it.

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In March 2025, we found two ten-week old puppies dumped on the road near where we live out in the country.

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]]> https://ryanholiday.medium.com/this-is-magic-and-you-should-do-it-every-day-4f8801b68169?source=rss-2e2701ae378f------2 https://medium.com/p/4f8801b68169 Fri, 04 Sep 2026 16:09:20 GMT 2026-09-04T16:09:20.771Z <![CDATA[The Discipline Required To Create The Life You Want]]>

You know, not everything has to be big.

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One of my kids’ favorite books is I Need a New Butt.

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For 2,130 consecutive games, Lou Gehrig played first base for the New York Yankees — a streak that would stand for five and a half decades…

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Well, I’m now almost 40. Like officially almost 40. I woke up yesterday in Cle Elum, Washington, ran 20 miles and then turned 39. I did a…

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I’ll tell you, very few people become writers because they want to stand up in front of a room full of strangers and talk.

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]]> https://ryanholiday.medium.com/this-is-something-you-have-to-get-good-at-9c9240a28b53?source=rss-2e2701ae378f------2 https://medium.com/p/9c9240a28b53 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 20:36:12 GMT 2026-06-05T20:36:12.259Z <![CDATA[My Office Explained in 13 Objects]]>

If you walk into the locker room or practice facility for a professional sports team or elite college program, one of the things that…

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Come see me in SF and Portland next month — Australia and the mid-west after that and then the east coast — as part of the Daily Stoic…

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