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Ryan Holiday

What Ryan Holiday thinks about happiness

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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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Only Ryan Holiday on happiness. See everyone on happiness

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 readingContentment with what one has does not require great wealth — some billionaires lack it while many ordinary people never lose it.

    Their wordsThere are plenty of billionaires who don't have it, plenty of ordinary people who have never lost it. So it doesn't take some enormous amount of money.

    ↗The Discipline Required To Create The Life You Wantryanholiday.net 3rd of 4 in this piece

  3. Our readingBuilding the life you actually want takes discipline: to work out what you want, and to turn down cool, lucrative opportunities.

    Their wordsIt takes discipline. The discipline to figure out what you actually want your life to look like. The discipline to turn down cool, lucrative opportunities.

    ↗The Discipline Required To Create The Life You Wantryanholiday.net 4th of 4 in this piece