Courage Is Calling (Hardcover)  | Released: 20 Oct 2021

Product DescriptionFortune favours the bold. All great leaders of history have known this, and were successful because of the risks they dared to take. But today so many of us are paralysed by fear. Drawing on ancient Stoic wisdom and examples across history and around the world, Ryan Holiday shows why courage is so important, and how to cultivate it in our own lives. Courage is not simply physical bravery but also doing the right thing and standing up for what you believe; it's creativity, generosity and perseverance. And it is the only way to live an extraordinary, fulfilled and effective life. Everything in life begins with courage. This book will equip you with the bravery to begin.ReviewA superb handbook for crafting a purposeful life. -- General Jim Mattis, General, U.S. Marines (ret.) and 26th Secretary of DefenseRyan Holiday is among the most psychologically wise writers I know. -- Angela Duckworth, bestselling author of GritRyan Holiday is one of his generation's finest thinkers -- Steven Pressfield, author of The War of Art[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. ?New York TimesI 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. -- Brian Koppelman, screenwriter and director, Rounders, Ocean?s Thirteen and BillionsBook DescriptionThe first book in Stoicism guru Ryan Holiday's new series looking at the four key virtues of StoicismAbout the AuthorRyan Holidayis one of the world's foremost writers on ancient philosophy and its place in everyday life. His books like The Obstacle Is the Way,Ego Is the Enemy,The Daily Stoic,and the #1 New York Timesbestseller tillness Is the Key have sold millions of copies and been translated into over 30 languages. He lives outside Austin, Texas, with his wife and two boys... and cows and donkeys and goats.Follow Ryan on Twitter @ryanholiday and visit his website www.ryanholiday.net