Cultivate willpower self-respect and focus in an age of distraction: book 2 in the New York
Times -bestselling Stoic Virtues series 'Ryan Holiday is among the most psychologically wise
writers I know' ANGELA DUCKWORTH bestselling author of Grit To master anything we must
first master ourselves: our emotions thoughts and actions. Without self-discipline we risk
not only failing to meet our full potential or jeopardising what we have already achieved - we
may end up in a lifetime of mediocrity and regret. With discipline we hold the key to
greatness. From elite athletes to heads of state and thought leaders from Marcus Aurelius to
Toni Morrison Queen Elizabeth II to Martin Luther King Jr history's greats have all
understoodthe power of directing your own habits and setting your limits. In this second volume
of the bestselling Stoic Virtues series Ryan Holiday shows how the most important battle is
always with the self. What can you do? Who will you be? Discipline is destiny. Do you have
it? 'Holiday is a self-help sage' The New York Times
