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Book: The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
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  1. Ryan Holiday _ The Daily Stoic: 366

    There's no time off. There aren't even weekends. We are always preparing for what life might throw at us-and when it does, we're ready and don't stop until we've handled it.
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  2. Ryan Holiday _ The Daily Stoic: 366

    don't spend your time {the most valuable and least renewable of all your resources} on the things that don't matter.
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  3. Ryan Holiday _ The Daily Stoic: 366

    the attention you give to any action should be in due proportion to its worth, for then you won't tire and give up,
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  4. Ryan Holiday _ The Daily Stoic: 366

    we shouldn't forget at each moment to ask, is this one of the unnecessary things?
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    Since the vast majority of our words and actions are unnecessary, corralling them will create an abundance of leisure and tranquility.
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  6. Ryan Holiday _ The Daily Stoic: 366

    When you want to be creative, take a walk. When you need to get some air, take a walk. When you have a phone call to make, take a walk. When you need some exercise, take a long walk. When you have a meeting or a friend over, take a walk together. Nourish yourself and your mind and solve your problems along the way.
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  7. Ryan Holiday _ The Daily Stoic: 366

    Don't be the agitator, the paranoid, the worrier, or the irrational. Be the calm, not the liability.
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  8. Ryan Holiday _ The Daily Stoic: 366

    instill calm-not by force but by example.
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  9. Ryan Holiday _ The Daily Stoic: 366

    Today, make sure you take a walk. And in the future, when you get stressed or overwhelmed, take a walk. When you have a tough problem to solve or a decision to make, take a walk. When you want to be creative, take a walk. When you need to get some air, take a walk. When you have a phone call to make, take a walk. When you need some exercise, take a long walk. When you have a meeting or a friend over, take a walk together. Nourish yourself and your mind and solve your problems along the way.
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  10. Ryan Holiday _ The Daily Stoic: 366

    Even one minute without playing the blame game is progress in the art of living.
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  11. Ryan Holiday _ The Daily Stoic: 366

    I can't call a person a hard worker just because I hear they read and write, even if working at it all night. Until I know what a person is working for, I can't deem them industrious. . . . I can if the end they work for is their own ruling principle, having it be and remain in constant harmony with Nature." -EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 4.4.41; 43 What are the chances that the busiest person you know is actually the most productive? We tend to associate busyness with goodness and believe that spending many hours at work should be rewarded. Instead, evaluate what you are doing, why you are doing it, and where accomplishing it will take you. If you don't have a good answer, then stop.
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  12. Ryan Holiday _ The Daily Stoic: 366

    I am a great believer in luck. The harder I work, the more of it I seem to have.
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