It's not that you read, Epictetus said, it's what you read...

Reading is not just something you should do on vacation, or when you have free time. It should be, like all important things in your life, a daily practice, something you’re working to get better at.

Not everyone has as much time as Ryan Holiday does to read, so in this video he summarized his favorite books in one digestible sentence.

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Blue Ocean Strategy - W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/business5?_pos=1&_sid=a5db2ab17&_ss=r
The Gift of Failure - Jessica Lahey - https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/the-gift-of-failure?_pos=1&_sid=24cec1a8e&_ss=r
Discourses and Selected Writings - Epictetus https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/philosophy4?_pos=1&_sid=b61b8179c&_ss=r
Steal Like an Artist - Austin Kleon https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/writing7?_pos=1&_sid=a7ad102af&_ss=r
Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk - https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/fiction13?_pos=1&_sid=7a198a9ac&_ss=r
How to Fight Anti-Semitism - Bari Weiss - https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/how-to-fight-anti-semitism?_pos=1&_sid=905d3b8d0&_ss=r
The 48 Laws of Power - Robert Greene - https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/48-laws-of-power?_pos=1&_sid=9f2ee8541&_ss=r
Hold Me Tight - Dr. Sue Johnson - https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/hold-me-tight-seven-conversations-for-a-lifetime-of-love?_pos=1&_sid=5408e0975&_ss=r
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz - Mordecai Richler - https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/apprenticeship-of-duddy-kravitz?_pos=1&_sid=d47fe1b27&_ss=r
Essentialism - Greg Mckeown - https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/rhmoo38?_pos=1&_sid=e50fb8388&_ss=r
The War of Art - Steven Pressfield - https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/war-of-art-break-through-the-blocks-and-win-your-inner-creative-battles?_pos=5&_sid=98dae465d&_ss=r
The Art of Happiness - Epicurus - https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/art-of-happiness?_pos=1&_sid=0bae439f3&_ss=r
On the Shortness of Life - Seneca - https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/philosophy19?_pos=1&_sid=d8a7ba847&_ss=r
Dying Every Day - James Romm - https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/dying-every-day-seneca-at-the-court-of-nero?_pos=1&_sid=ddc7612dc&_ss=r
Meditations - Marcus Aurelius - https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/philosophy15?_pos=3&_sid=95c0b512b&_ss=r

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00:00 Intro
00:47 Blue Ocean Strategy - W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne
01:00 The Gift of Failure - Jessica Lahey
01:25 Discourses and Selected Writings - Epictetus
01:52 Steal Like an Artist - Austin Kleon
02:04 Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk
02:13 How to Fight Anti-Semitism - Bari Weiss
02:43 The 48 Laws of Power - Robert Greene
03:19 Hold Me Tight - Dr. Sue Johnson
03:47 The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz - Mordecai Richler
04:23 Essentialism - Greg Mckeown
04:45 The War of Art - Steven Pressfield
05:15 The Art of Happiness - Epicurus
06:00 On the Shortness of Life - Seneca
06:30 Dying Every Day - James Romm
06:47 Meditations - Marcus Aurelius

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