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Ryan Holiday

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Author of 'Ego is the Enemy' & 'The Obstacle Is The Way'.
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1,219 quotes curated by Ryan Holiday:

“Once again, Jobs's reality distortion field pushed them to do what they had thought impossible.”
— Walter Isaacson, Steve Jobs
Tagged: Reality Distortion
“It was a self-fulling distortion. You did the impossible because you didn't realize it was impossible.”
— Debi Coleman, Steve Jobs
Tagged: Reality Distortion
“[Jobs'] reality distortion is when he has an illogical vision of the future... you realize that it can't be true but he somehow makes it true.”
— Walter Isaacson, Steve Jobs
Tagged: Reality Distortion
“A lot of people distort reality, of course. When Jobs did so, it was often a tactic for accomplishing something.”
— Walter Isaacson, Steve Jobs
Tagged: Reality Distortion
“To be a good field goal kicker you have to ignore all the external factors. Focus solely on that spot on the ground.”
— Tom Dempsey, The Kick Is Up and It’s ... A Career Killer
Tagged: Pure Concentrate
“The Blitzkrieg strategy only works if the enemy sees it as an overwhelming obstacle bearing down on them. Properly seen, the Blitzkrieg is rushing headfirst into a net, easy the trap provided you bend instead of breaking.”
— Lee Sandin, Finding the Opportunity Inside the Obstacle
Tagged: Pure Concentrate
“If we could first know where we are and whether we are ready, we could better judge what to do and how to do it.”
— Abraham Lincoln, The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln
Tagged: Perspective
“When I started to go on auditions, I just wanted them to like me. That wasn't the right attitude... I started to view auditions as my chance to solve their problem.”
— George Clooney, The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists
Tagged: Perspective
“Business opportunities are like buses; there's always another coming around.”
— Richard Branson, The $100 Startup: Reinvent the Way You Make a Living, Do What You Love, and Create a New Future
Tagged: Perspective
“When you understand the obstacles that people have had to overcome–nothing that improves man's condition and circumstance is accomplished without going up against very heavy odds. This is what history teaches you so that you don't despair of your own time.”
— Lewis Lapham, Lewis Lapham: Here's The Thing
Tagged: Perspective