Ryan Holiday

"Looks at how we find purpose by dedicating ourselves to a cause, learning to love and finding a meaning to our suffering." - Ryan Holiday

"The private thoughts of the most powerful man in the world, admonishing himself on how to be better, more just, more immune to temptation, wiser." - Ryan Holiday

1984, obviously.

Here we have Atlas Shrugged clocking in at a measly 1,200 pages. You should read them and then you should grow the up and not be an iron randian.

Surely you're joking, Mr. Fineman. It's great.

One of Ryan Holiday's 2 answers to "what book are you most likely to give out as a gift?"

0ero to1. I mentioned Peter Teal earlier. Controversial figure of course, but also this is a classic for a reason.

"I’ve read and re-read many times." - Ryan Holiday

"This book (and his life) were living proof of his family motto: 'Fortitudine vincimus' (By endurance we conquer)." - Ryan Holiday

Of course, Lightning Round the Road doesn't have any punctuation in it.

Ryan Holiday recommended this book on his blog.

Warren Buffett's entire fortune can be traced back to a book recommendation he got as a young man. Benjamin Graham's the intelligent investor.

I think I'm in Tribe of Mentors. That one is good.

Shoe Dog is a classic for a reason.

Hab one was huge

"I found Rockefeller to be strangely stoic, incredibly resilient, and, despite his reputation as a robber baron, humble and compassionate." - Ryan Holiday

Ryan Holiday recommended this book on his blog.

A confederacy of dunes, of course. Incredible novel by John Kennedy Tulle.

I would rather have read this than Catcher in the Rye.

I tell the story in The Obstacle Is the Way.

"Read [this book] so that you can figure your life’s task and how to dedicate yourself to it." - Ryan Holiday

Ryan Holiday recommended this book on his blog.

Roald Dahl's The BFG and The Witches.

This Seth Godin's Purple Cow. You got to make something that stands out. You got to make something that's different. that's worth stopping and looking at.