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What Ryan Holiday thinks about courage

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American author of The Obstacle Is the Way and Ego Is the Enemy; writes the Reading List book-recommendation email and owns The Painted Porch bookstore in Bastrop, Texas.

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2 dated positions, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Ryan Holiday has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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  1. Our readingThere are no tricks to pushing through fear: you cannot read or think your way to it, only do the thing, again and again.

    Their wordsThere are unfortunately no tricks to cultivating this ability. You can’t read your way to it. You can’t think your way to it. You just gotta do it. You make the pitch. You get up on the stage. You deliver the pre-game speech. You give the toast. And then you do it again and again.

    ↗This Is Something You Have To Get Good Atryanholiday.net 1st of 2 in this piece

  3. Our readingGetting up in front of people gets less scary the more you do it, because confidence is built by competence.

    Their wordsIt is scary to get up there. But it gets less scary the more you do it. Confidence is built by competence, there’s no way around it.

    ↗This Is Something You Have To Get Good Atryanholiday.net 2nd of 2 in this piece