Ryan Holiday
Ryan Holiday runs Brass Check Marketing and is the former director of marketing at American Apparel. He is an editor at large for the New York Observer and the best-selling author of Ego is the Enemy and three other books. His monthly reading recommendations, which go out to 50,000+ subscribers, are found here.
Psychology
4 Ways To Push Through Adversity and Failure Without Ego
There is no escaping loss and hardship, but whether it makes us or breaks us is a choice we can make. There are no victims, only volunteers.
Psychology
5 Deadly Kinds of Ego That Prey Upon Your Success
Because we prize victory so, we are often blind to the fact -- well known to the ancients -- that it can be harder to bear than hardship itself.
Overcoming Obstacles
The 3 Ways Ego Will Derail Your Career Before It Really Begins
Passion, pride and too much talk can get in the way of accomplishing your dreams.
Management Lessons
A Leadership Lesson From Eisenhower's Stoic Reversal at D-Day
Remember the obstacle or the rival is only as strong as your perception lets it be.
Marketing Bootcamp
Capturing Repeat Customers Is the Magic of Growth Hacking
Companies like Amazon and Twitter have mastered the art of paying attention to the consumers already at hand.
Books
How Entrepreneurs Can Read to Lead
Sometime in the last 5,000 years somebody may have experienced a similar problem. The tips you need might be in books. Here's how to peruse and use them.
Persistence
The Entrepreneur's Secret Weapon: Persistence. (See General Grant.)
With slow, steady striving to solve a problem from many different angles, an innovator can arrive at a breakthrough.
Overcoming Obstacles
Turning Crisis Into Opportunity: 5 Ways to Deal With Hardship
Some of history's greatest leaders and inventors not only kept their cool under fire but used calamity to inspire success.