Ryan Holiday

In every job and position, there are valuable lessons to be learned. Even in a nasty, abusive, toxic workplace, you're being taught precisely how not to run an organization.

Growth hackers are typically computer engineers that build great marketing ideas into the product during the development process.

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

Philosophy is not just about talking or lecturing or even reading long, dense books. In fact, it is something men and women of action use - and have used throughout history - to solve their problems and achieve their greatest triumphs. Not in the classroom but on the battlefield, in the forum, and at court.

Stoicism is a philosophy designed for the masses, and if it has to be simplified a bit to reach the masses, so be it.

Every media appearance is a learning experience about the media outlet and their journalists and their feelings about you, so treat it as such.

Understanding how the media actually works is critical. Because editors depend on ignorance and media illiteracy to ply their trade. The fact that many readers expect fact checking, editorial oversight, and ethics actually makes it easier for the media to be lazy.

Leveraging community intelligence and making connections is a key component to being a growth hacker.

Writing the perfect paper is a lot like a military operation. It takes discipline, foresight, research, strategy, and, if done right, ends in total victory.

The news is notoriously inaccurate, and our memory of it is even worse.

The problem with a lot of marketing advice is that the examples they use are not exactly typical. It's hard for businesses, particularly smaller businesses, to relate to the bold innovations of companies like Apple or Tesla.

You know what's better than building things up in your imagination? Building things up in real life.