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Following the bestselling Courage is Calling, this is the second book in a new series. This time: self-control

About the Author

Ryan Holiday is one of the world's bestselling living philosophers. His books include The Obstacle Is the Way, The Daily Stoic, and Stillness Is the Key. Together, they've been translated into over 40 languages, sold over 4 million copies worldwide and spent over 300 weeks on the bestseller lists. He lives outside Austin with his wife and two boys ... and a small herd of cows and donkeys and goats. His bookstore, The Painted Porch, sits on historic Main St in Bastrop, Texas.

Reviews

'Ryan Holiday is a genius. ... All of his books are amazing - you have got to get into Ryan Holiday, it's as simple as that. If you don't, you're doing yourself a disfavour.' - Chris Evans

'Ryan Holiday is among the most psychologically wise writers I know.' - Angela Duckworth, bestselling author of Grit

'Ryan Holiday is one of his generation's finest thinkers' - Steven Pressfield, author of The War of Art

'[Ryan Holiday is a] self-help sage, who is now a sought-after guru to NFL coaches, Olympians, hip-hop stars, and Silicon Valley entrepreneurs . . . [he] translates Stoicism, which had counted emperors and statesmen among its adherents during antiquity, into pithy catchphrases and digestible anecdotes for ambitious, twenty-first-century life hackers.' - New York Times

'I don't have many rules in life, but one I never break is: If Ryan Holiday writes a book, I read it as soon as I can get my hands on it.' - Brian Koppelman, screenwriter and director, Ocean's Thirteen and Billions