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" I made a lot of money and had a great time playing with the words that make up the news. I exploited the laziness behind the news and people's reading habits. "

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" In every job and position, there are valuable lessons to be learned. Even in a nasty, abusive, toxic workplace, you're being taught precisely how not to run an organization. "

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Workplace

You

" No matter how commonplace or dull your first job's duties seem, chances are you can find something to do that others don't want to and make it your own. "

" I love books. Probably too much for my own good. "

" The risks of speaking extemporaneously are apparent the first time you wing it and promptly put your foot in your mouth. "

" Virality, at its core, is asking someone to spend their social capital recommending or linking or posting about you for free. "

" I wholeheartedly agree that many media 'standards' can feel disingenuous or, in fact, be a cover for less-than-honest behavior. "

" Here's the thing I've learned about ideas: It's your job to have them. "

" Growth-hacking is about scalability - ideally, you want your marketing efforts to bring in users, which then bring in more users. "

" As I discovered in my media manipulations, the information that finds us online - what spreads - is the worst kind. It raised itself above the din not through its value, importance, or accuracy but through the opposite: through slickness, titillation, and polarity. "

" Growth hackers don't tolerate waste. "

" As someone responsible for my own fair share of marketing stunts, I am suspicious and cynical - I'll disclose that right up front. "

" Being criticized in the media is a good problem to have - most of the time. It means you're doing something that is at least interesting or cool or crazy enough to be noticed. It might not always feel good, but it's usually better than the alternative of obscurity. "

" In Los Angeles and other cities, being around immigrants is inspiring. They are touching the American Dream and reminding you how much you take it for granted. "

" The news is notoriously inaccurate, and our memory of it is even worse. "

" Reddit is like any democratic form of government - unless carefully guarded by its leaders and members, its trusts and privileges can be and often are abused. "

Ryan Holiday

Democratic

Leaders

" My advice to young people would be this: Don't move to New York. It is not where you will find yourself. "

" Stoicism - and philosophy - are not the domains of idle professors. They are the succor of the successful and the men and women of action. "

" We only have so much energy for our work, for our relationships, for ourselves. A smart person understands this and guards it carefully. Meanwhile, idiots focus on marginal productivity hacks and gains while they leak out energy each passing day. "

" The greats - they protect their sleep because it's where the best work comes from. They say no to things. They turn in when they hit their limits. They don't let the creep of sleep deprivation undermine their judgment. "

" When work impedes on sleep, poor planning is to blame - not superior will power. "

" Times change. Context changes. Just because something is old and a 'part of our history' shouldn't mean we are forced to honor it forever. "

" I took the 'Seinfeld' tour of New York once - and if I think about it too hard, my brain explodes. "

" If you run a business that isn't cutting edge or doesn't naturally stick out of the crowd, it's your job to be different and get attention. "

" It angers me to see armed defenders at the bottom of Lost Cause statues, adding a renewed threat of violence to icons that are themselves part of an ideology of violence and intimidation. "

Ryan Holiday

Violence

See

" Life is hard, but we make it much harder. "

" My neighbors don't care that I'm an author. It's inherently ego-inhibiting. "

" The process for finding, creating, and consuming information has fundamentally changed with the advent of the web and the rise of blogging. "

" I know how hard authors work on their books and how far out of their element many are when it comes to doing the sales and marketing. So when I see someone doing it wrong and giving bad advice, I do my best to help - even when they're not my clients. "

" Because we make ourselves deaf to feedback, because we overestimate our abilities, because we become consumed with ourselves, we end up subjecting ourselves not just to the inevitable stumbles or difficulties of life but catastrophic, painful failures. "

" Watching well-meaning authors follow in the footsteps of someone going in the wrong direction breaks my heart. "

Ryan Holiday

Someone

Direction