Six lessons from Discipline is Destiny by Ryan Holiday
Discipline is Destiny is the second of four books by Ryan Holiday about the four stoic virtues: Courage, Temperance (sometimes referred to as Moderation or Discipline), Wisdom and Justice. Here are six lessons I’ve learned from it.
By now, you should know who Ryan Holiday is. Best-seller author, his newsletters, podcasts and social accounts are followed by hundreds of thousands, and he is credited to have single-handily brought stoicism to its current modern fame.
Stoicism is a philosophy I truly can recognize my principles in, and I discovered it a few years ago because of Ryan Holiday.
Here are but a few lessons from the book Discipline is Destiny, which I listened to on Audible, and read by the author.
1. Self-discipline is the work by which pleasure is the reward
This is the thought that has most stayed with me after reading the book. Self-discipline is hard work, but its result is not LESS, it’s MORE. More of what makes ME happy.
Moderation calls for restraint, but restraint equals a better mental and physical state.
Some examples of how discipline brings joy:
- Not eating too much -> Not feeling bloated
