Ryan Holiday

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132 appearances 4 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 8 Sep

Ryan Holiday’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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I think about the people that I really admire are people who work for years and years on things.

And I just think about what it must be like to be in the wilderness that long.

To just show up every single day and work on a thing and not get any recognition or appreciation for that thing.

To not know if you're heading in the right direction or not.

The kind of character and determination that that takes.

And so, you know, you just do the thing.

If people like it at the end, that's great.

The highest form of discipline is the ability to adjust and be flexible and adapt.

You're building the muscle either way.

You're either building the muscle that says, I do what I say.

I keep the commitments that I make.

Or you're building the muscle that says, I make excuses.

I don't do what I say.

I can't be counted on, right?

And so when we think about discipline, it's really about what promises are you going to keep?

And the tricky thing is you're keeping promises to yourself that nobody even knows that you made.

I get up really early.

I'm an early bird.

Like at 4, 4 to 5.

You still wake up at 4 a.m.?

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