DISCIPLINE IS DESTINY: THE POWER OF SELF:CONTROL: A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER [Hardcover] Holiday Ryan [Hardcover] Holiday Ryan

<b>Ryan Holiday</b> is one of the world's bestselling living philosophers. His books include <i>The Obstacle Is the Way, The Daily Stoic, </i>and <i>Stillness Is the Key.</i> 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.<p><b>A <i>NEW YORK TIMES </i>BESTSELLER</b><br><b><br>'Ryan Holiday is a genius' Chris Evans</b><br><br><b>'[He] translates Stoicism ... into pithy catchphrases and digestible anecdotes for ambitious, twenty-first-century life hackers' <i>New York Times</i></b><br><br>The inscription on the Oracle of Delphi says: 'Nothing in excess.' C.S. Lewis described temperance as going to the 'right length but no further.' Easy to say, hard to practice - and if it was tough in 300 BC, or in the 1940s, it feels all but impossible today. Yet it's the most empowering and important virtue any of us can learn.<br><br>Without self-discipline, all our plans fall apart. Here, Ryan Holiday shows how to cultivate willpower, moderation and self-control in our lives. From Aristotle and Marcus Aurelius, to Toni Morrison and Queen Elizabeth II, he illuminates the great exemplars of its practice and what we can learn from them. Moderation is not about abstinence: it is about self-respect, focus and balance. Without it, even the most positive traits become vices. But with it, happiness and success are assured: the key is not <i>more</i> but finding <i>the right amount</i>.</p>Following the bestselling <i>Courage is Calling</i>, this is the second book in a new series. This time: self-controlA powerful case for the virtues and values that leaders must live by in the modern world.A brisk and absorbing read.Ryan Holiday has helped bring the ancient teaching of Stoicism to millions of readers - from athletes and politicians to CEOs.<b>Ryan Holiday is a genius. ... </b> 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.Ryan Holiday is among the most psychologically wise writers I know.Ryan Holiday is one of his generation's finest thinkers[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.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.