«Ryan Holiday ha tra獮o las antiguas ense鎙nzas del estoicismo a millones de lectores, desde atletas y pol癃icos hasta directores ejecutivos . -Good Morning America
Un inspirador tributo al poder y la promesa de la autodisciplina; este es el segundo libro de la serie «Las 4 virtudes estoicas -Ryan Holiday, autor superventas de The New York Times.
Para conquistar el mundo, uno debe conquistarse primero a s?mismo: las emociones, las acciones y los pensamientos. Eisenhower dijo que la libertad es la pr塶tica de la autodisciplina. Cicer鏮 defini?la virtud de la templanza como el esplendor de la vida. Sin l璥ites ni autocontrol, no solo nos arriesgamos a no alcanzar nuestro potencial y a perder lo que hemos logrado, sino que, adem嫳, nos aseguramos una vida de humillaci鏮 y miseria.
En este nuevo libro, Ryan Holiday defiende la templanza como la virtud m嫳 importante. A lo largo de la historia ha recibido distintos nombres --autocontrol, disciplina...-- pero todos hacen referencia a lo mismo: a gobernar en lugar de ser gobernado; a establecer tus propios l璥ites; a marcar tus propios h墎itos. Todos los grandes de la historia han practicado esta forma de autodominio, desde la leyenda del b嶯sbol Lou Gehrig, hasta la reina Isabel II, la escritora Joyce Carol Oates, el emperador Marco Aurelio y Martin Luther King Jr., ministro y l獮er del movimiento por los derechos civiles.
En una 廧oca de excesos y desorden, la autodisciplina es ahora m嫳 necesaria que nunca. Te atreves a cavar hondo para encontrarla? Y, m嫳 importante, la usar嫳? Solo con autodisciplina podr嫳 dirigir tu vida rumbo a la verdadera realizaci鏮.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION In his New York Times bestselling book Courage is Calling, author Ryan Holiday made the Stoic case for a bold and brave life. In this much-anticipated second book of his Stoic Virtue series, Holiday celebrates the awesome power of self-discipline and those who have seized it. To master anything, one must first master themselves-one's emotions, one's thoughts, one's actions. Eisenhower famously said that freedom is really the opportunity to practice self-discipline. Cicero called the virtue of temperance the polish of life. Without boundaries and restraint, we risk not only failing to meet our full potential and jeopardizing what we have achieved, but we ensure misery and shame. In a world of temptation and excess, this ancient idea is more urgent than ever.
In Discipline is Destiny, Holiday draws on the stories of historical figures we can emulate as pillars of self-discipline, including Lou Gehrig, Queen Elizabeth II, boxer Floyd Patterson, Marcus Aurelius and writer Toni Morrison, as well as the cautionary tales of Napoleon, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Babe Ruth. Through these engaging examples, Holiday teaches readers the power of self-discipline and balance, and cautions against the perils of extravagance and hedonism. At the heart of Stoicism are four simple virtues: courage, temperance, justice, and wisdom. Everything else, the Stoics believed, flows from them. Discipline is Destiny will guide readers down the path to self-mastery, upon which all the other virtues depend. Discipline is predictive. You cannot succeed without it. And if you lose it, you cannot help but bring yourself failure and unhappiness.
