Ryan Holiday

“The reality is that the economic situation for millennials is not a good one.”

“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.”

“Online journalism has always had a sourcing problem. From using unverified 'anonymous tips' to repeating whatever rumor or speculation people are chattering about, the general ethic is, 'We'll publish just about anything.'”

“I have a pet goat.”

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

“If you ask most smart or successful people where they learned their craft, they will not talk to you about their time in school. It's always a mentor, a particularly transformative job, or a period of experimentation or trial and error.”

“Do I regret how my life turned out? Of course not - not for a single second.”

“We often learn the hard way that our world is ruled by external factors. We don't always get what is rightfully ours, even if we've earned it.”

“The news as entertainment is the real danger, because the truth or accuracy of what it is reporting becomes irrelevant.”

“Growth hacking is a mindset, and those who have it will reap incredible gains.”

“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.”

“Dr. Drew Pinsky changed my life.”

“If it comes as a constant surprise each and every time something unexpected occurs, you're not only going to be miserable whenever you attempt something big, you're going to have a much harder time accepting it and moving on to attempts two, three, and four.”

“We want things to go perfectly, so we naturally tell ourselves that we'll get started once the conditions are right or once we have our bearings, when, really, it would be better to focus on making do with how things actually are.”

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

“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.”

“What people often forget is that for the parties involved, the media game is a vicious contest.”

“As tough an idea as it often is to stomach, the best way to thrive in a world that requires grunt work is to stop seeing it as grunt work.”

“Take pride in your work. But it is not all there is.”

“Our facts aren't fact; they are opinions dressed up like facts. Our opinions aren't opinions; they are emotions that feel like opinions. Our information isn't information; it's just hastily assembled symbols.”