The Nvidia Way unveils the journey of Jensen Huang and how his visionary leadership transformed Nvidia into a revolutionary tech giant shaping AI, gaming, and computing.

Jensen Huang’s childhood in Taiwan and immigration to the U.S. shaped his resilience and adaptability, core traits in his leadership.“You can’t change the world without facing adversity first.”

Humble Beginnings

In 1993, Huang co-founded Nvidia with a focus on GPUs. Starting small, they aimed for a niche in gaming but ended up reshaping technology as we know it.“Start with a clear vision, and let passion drive execution.”

Birth of Nvidia

The introduction of the GeForce 256, the first GPU in 1999, cemented Nvidia’s reputation for innovation and transformed gaming into an immersive experience.“Inventing a new category is the ultimate competitive advantage.”

GPU Revolution

Huang emphasized constant improvement, creating a culture where iterative progress, not perfection, became Nvidia’s core operating principle.“Good today, better tomorrow—this is how revolutions are built.”

Art of Iteration

Huang foresaw the rise of AI early, pivoting Nvidia’s technology toward AI acceleration, which made them a leader in AI processing chips.“Predicting trends isn’t enough; preparing for them is the real game.”

AI as Future

The development of CUDA in 2006 turned Nvidia into a major player beyond gaming, enabling breakthroughs in AI, machine learning, and scientific research.“Great platforms grow when others build their dreams on them.”

CUDA Ecosystem

Huang guided Nvidia to pivot toward data centers, capturing a market vital for cloud computing and AI growth.“The next frontier is always where demand outpaces imagination.”

Data Center Boom

Despite diversification, Nvidia stayed true to its gaming roots, building GPUs that continue to set the standard in immersive entertainment.“Never forget the customers who got you here.”

Gaming

Huang cultivated a workplace where risk-taking was encouraged, and failure was seen as a stepping stone rather than a setback.“Innovation thrives where risks are embraced, not avoided.”

Risk & Innovation

Huang’s emphasis on both hardware and software design excellence differentiated Nvidia, making their products not just functional but aspirational.“Engineering is the brain; design is the soul.”

Design as Strategy

Huang strategically collaborated with competitors like Intel and Microsoft when it aligned with Nvidia’s goals, choosing growth over rivalry.“Sometimes, the smartest move is to win together.”

Collaborating with Competitors

Huang led Nvidia through setbacks, including the 2008 recession and early AI skepticism, showing resilience and long-term vision.“True leaders rise when the world falls.”

Crisis Management

Huang’s hands-on leadership and ability to anticipate future trends kept Nvidia ahead in dynamic and competitive markets.“Leadership isn’t about control; it’s about inspiring clarity.”

Visionary Leadership

The book highlights Nvidia’s cautious yet optimistic approach to ensuring its tech is used ethically, especially in AI and automation.“Innovation must serve humanity, not just profits.”

Ethical Technology Growth

Nvidia’s impact on industries like gaming, AI, healthcare, and autonomous driving cements it as one of the most transformative companies of our time.“The true mark of success is leaving a legacy others can build on.”

Legacy of Transformation

The Nvidia Way encapsulates Jensen Huang’s journey from a visionary founder to an industry titan. His relentless focus on innovation, adaptability, and ethics provides lessons for anyone aiming to create a lasting impact in technology and beyond.

Discover how Jensen Huang turned Nvidia into a tech giant revolutionizing AI, gaming, and computing.

"[L]oaded with fascinating details about Huang’s unusual leadership style and maniacal work habits." —Ben Cohen, Wall Street Journal "The definitive look at the most remarkable business story of this era." —Morgan Housel, New York Times best-selling author of The Psychology of Money and Same As Ever A deeply reported business history of the chip-designer Nvidia—from its founding in 1993 to its recent emergence as one of the most valuable corporations in the world—explaining how the company’s culture, overseen by cofounder and CEO Jensen Huang, has powered its incredible success. Nvidia is the darling of the age of artificial intelligence: its chips are powering the generative-AI revolution, and demand is insatiable. For all the current interest and attention, however, Nvidia is not of our time. Founded more than three decades ago in a Denny’s in East San Jose, for years it was known primarily in the then-niche world of computer gaming. In fact, the company’s leather-jacketed leader, Jensen Huang, is the longest-serving CEO in an industry marked by near constant turmoil and failure. In The Nvidia Way, acclaimed tech writer Tae Kim draws on more than one hundred interviews—including Jensen (as he is known) and his cofounders, the two original venture capital investors, early former employees, and current senior executives—to show how Nvidia played the longest of long games, repeatedly creating new markets and outmaneuvering competitors, including the original semiconductor giant, Intel, which now finds itself well behind the upstart. Kim offers revelations at every step, among them: <ul> <li>An authoritative, myth-busting account of Nvidia’s founding in 1993.</li> <li>How Nvidia managed to overcome early missteps that would have killed most start-ups.</li> <li>The benefits of Nvidia’s flat organizational structure, which allows even low-level employees to contribute to the direction of the company.</li> <li>How Jensen’s obsession with solving the Innovator’s Dilemma—the problem of an entrenched market leader falling to smaller, nimbler companies—drove him to reinvent his approach to corporate strategy.</li> <li>How Nvidia saw the coming AI wave sooner than anyone else, and how it bet its future on a technology that had not yet arrived.</li> </ul> A rare view into Nvidia’s distinct culture and Jensen’s management principles, The Nvidia Way is a book for our moment as well as an instant classic of business history, with enduring lessons for entrepreneurs and managers alike.

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The Nvidia Way: Jensen Huang and the Making of a Tech Giant

Aslan’s willingness to sacrifice himself to save Edmund symbolizes profound bravery and selflessness. This act mirrors the concept of a noble leader who prioritizes the well-being of others over personal safety. The children, especially Lucy and Peter, also demonstrate courage by stepping into roles of leadership in Narnia’s darkest hour. The story encourages readers to embrace challenges and stand up for what is right, even when afraid.

Courage and Sacrifice

The stark contrast between Aslan (representing good) and the White Witch (representing evil) is central to the narrative. The White Witch’s endless winter signifies oppression and despair, while Aslan’s arrival heralds hope and renewal. This theme emphasizes the idea that good ultimately triumphs over evil, even in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds, and that each individual’s choices can tip the balance.

Good vs. Evil

Edmund’s betrayal stems from his jealousy and desire for power, manipulated by the Witch’s false promises. His eventual remorse and redemption underline the importance of acknowledging one’s mistakes and seeking forgiveness. Aslan’s sacrifice to redeem Edmund shows unconditional love and the possibility of a fresh start, teaching readers that no one is beyond redemption.

Redemption and Forgiveness

Lucy’s unwavering belief in Narnia, despite initial skepticism from her siblings, demonstrates the importance of faith in what cannot yet be seen or understood. Aslan’s mysterious but profound presence symbolizes the power of trust and belief in higher ideals or forces. The children’s journey reflects the transition from doubt to belief, a theme that resonates with readers facing uncertainty in their own lives.

Faith and Belief

The Pevensie siblings are strongest when they work together. Each sibling brings unique strengths: Peter’s leadership, Susan’s pragmatism, Edmund’s eventual insight, and Lucy’s compassion. Their unity, despite disagreements, is what helps them triumph over the Witch and restore peace to Narnia. This reinforces the importance of collaboration and mutual respect in achieving common goals.

Unity and Teamwork

Four siblings stumble upon a magical wardrobe that leads to a snow-covered land under the grip of an evil witch, where they must join forces with a noble lion to battle darkness, fulfill an ancient prophecy, and restore hope to a broken kingdom.

Now considered a classic, The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe is C.S. Lewis's second book of The Chronicles of Narnia, which has captured the imaginations of children for several generations.

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Politics

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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

My wit’s diseased

Let me be cruel, not unnatural. I will speak daggers to her, but use none. My tongue and soul in this be hypocrites: how in my words somever she be shent, to give them seals never, my soul, consent

Mad as the sea and wind when both contend which is the mightier

A knavish speech sleeps in a foolish ear

Diseases desperate grown by desperate appliance are relived or not at all

How all occasions do inform against me and spur my dull revenge

When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions

Revenge should have no bounds

My words fly up, my thoughts remain below; words without thoughts never to heaven go

For there is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so. To me, it is a prison

Doubt thou the stars are fire, doubt that the sun doth move, doubt truth to be a liar, but never doubt I love

If thou didst ever hold me in thy heart, absent thee from felicity awhile and in this harsh world draw thy breath in pain to tell my story

Now cracks a noble heart. Goodnight, sweet prince

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Philosophy

Hamlet

I am too much in the sun

Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice. Take each man’s censure, but reserve thy judgment

Neither a borrower nor a lender be, for loan oft loses both itself and friend, and borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry

This above all: to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man

That one may smile and smile and be a villain

Hic et ubique

There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy

Brevity is the soul of wit

Though this be madness, yet there is method in’t

What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving how express and admirable; in action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god: the beauty of the world, the paragon of animals—and yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust? Man delights not me, no, nor women neither, though by your smiling you seem to say so

I am but mad north-north-west. When the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a handsaw

Prompted to my revenge by heaven and hell, must, like a whore, unpack my heart with words and fall a-cursing like a very drab, a stallion!

How smart a lash that speech doth give my conscience

To be or not to be—that is the question: whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of troubles and, by opposing, end them

To die, to sleep—to sleep, perchance to dream. At, there’s the rub, for in that sleep of death what dreams may come, when we have shuffled off this mortal coil, must give us pause. There’s the respect that makes calamity of so long life. For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, th’ oppressor’s wrong, the proud man’s contumely, the pangs of despised love, the law’s delay, the insolence of office, and the spurns that patient merit of th’ unworthy takes, when he himself might his quietus make with a bare bodkin

Thus conscience does make cowards of us all, and thus the native hue of resolution is sicklied o’er with the pale cast of thought, and enterprises of great pitch and moment with this regard their currents turn awry and lose the name of action

Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind

God hath given you one face, and you make yourself another

Madness in great ones must not unwatched go

The lady doth protest too much, methinks

Hamlet, probably composed between 1599 and 1601, takes place in Denmark and tells how Prince Hamlet carries out his revenge on his uncle Claudius who murdered Hamlet's father, the king, and holds the usurped crown as well as nuptials with Gertrude, the mother of Hamlet. The play is vividly traced around insanity (both real and feigned) and the course from deep pain to inordinate anger. It also explores the themes of betrayal, revenge, incest and moral corruption.

William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon".

William Shakespeare

In spiritual terms, success is measured by how efficiently, how effortlessly, we co-create with the universe. Hard work, struggle, and frustration are the opposite of what the ancient sages taught; they knew that spirit lies at the source of all achievement in life.

Pure potentiality is pure consciousness; it is the field of all possibilities and infinite creativity. Our physical body, the physical universe — everything in the material world — comes from the same place: a field of silent, unmoving awareness from which anything is possible.There is no separation between this field of energy and our spiritual essence, our Self.This field is our own Self. And when we know that our essential nature is one of pure potentiality, we align with the power that manifests everything in the universe.

First Law: The Law Of Pure Potentiality

Every relationship is one of give and take because giving and receiving are different aspects of the flow of energy in the universe. If we stop the flow of energy, we interfere with nature's intelligence. We must give and receive in order to keep money, or anything we want, circulating in our lives.

Second Law: The Law Of Giving And Receiving

Nature supports your every need and desire, including your need for joy, love, laughter, harmony, and knowledge.

Karma is both action and the consequence of that action. Everyone has heard the expression"What you sow is what you reap.” If we want to create happiness in our lives, we must learn to sow the seeds of happiness.

Third Law: The Law Of Karma

Nature's intelligence unfolds spontaneously through the path of least effort and no resistance. This is the way that you can live, too.When you combine acceptance, responsibility, and defenselessness, your life flows with effortless ease. Your dreams and desires flow with nature's desires. Then you can release your intentions without attachment, and when the season is right, your desires will blossom into reality.

Fourth Law: The Law Of Least Effort

Inherent in every desire are the mechanics for its fulfillment, and these mechanics apply to desires reaching far beyond the physical body.Energy and information exist everywhere in nature; at the level of pure consciousness, there is nothing other than energy and information. This means there are no well-defined edges between our physical body and our extended body — the universe.We can consciously change the energy and information of our own body, and influence the energy and information of our extended body — our environment — and cause things to manifest in it.

Fifth Law: The Law Of Intention And Desire

The way to acquire anything in the universe is to relinquish our attachment to it. This doesn't mean we give up the intention to create our desire; we don't give up the intention, and we don't give up the desire. We give up our attachment to the outcome. The moment we combine one-pointed intention with detachment to the outcome, we will have that which we desire.

Sixth Law: The Law Of Detachment

We are spiritual beings who have taken physical form to fulfill a purpose. Everyone has a purpose in life — a unique gift or special talent to give to others, and for every unique talent and expression of that talent, there are also unique needs. When we blend this unique talent with service to others, we experience the ecstasy and exultation of our spirit. This is the goal of all goals.

Seventh Law: The Law Of Dharma

Quotes and descriptions of the Seven Spiritual Laws of Success as defined by Deepak Chopra

In The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, Deepak Chopra distills the essence of his teachings into seven simple, yet powerful principles that can easily be applied to create success in all areas of your life. Based on natural laws that govern all of creation, this book shatters the myth that success is the result of hard work, exacting plans, or driving ambition. Instead, Chopra offers a life-altering perspective on the attainment of success: Once we understand our true nature and learn to live in harmony with natural law, a sense of well-being, good health, fulfilling relationships, energy and enthusiasm for life, and material abundance will spring forth easily and effortlessly. Filled with timeless wisdom and practical steps you can apply right away, this is a book you will cherish for a lifetime, for within its pages are the secrets to making all your dreams come true. ___________________ &quot;A must-read for anyone who missed The Prophet, by Kahlil Gibran.&quot; — The New York Times “Of all Deepak’s books, The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success gives a profound outline for conducting one’s life at the highest and most integrated level. It is magnificent.” — Anthony Robbins, Author, Unlimited Power “The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success make wonderful guiding principles for anyone attempting to create a productive and satisfying life or human organization.” — Ken Blanchard, Co-author, The One Minute Manager ___________________ About the Author Deepak Chopra is a world-renowned leader in the fields of holistic health and human potential. He is The New York Times bestselling author of numerous books and audio programs that cover every aspect of mind, body, and spirit. His books have been translated into more than 50 languages, and he travels widely throughout the world promoting peace, health, and well-being.

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Mindfulness

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Mental Health

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The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success

We humans are experts at casting ourselves as victims and rewriting narratives that put us in the center of injustices. And we can repaint our anger or hatred of someone, into a righteouslooking work of art.

When we recognize our unsurprising fallenness and keep our eyes joyfully open for the glorious exceptions, we're much less offendable.

Anger and rest are always at odds. You can’t have both at once.

We’ve so justified anger that we can’t imagine doing the right thing without it.

Loving people means divesting ourselves of our status.

We humans can't save ourselves, but we want to be our own saviors. And many of us would rather go down on our own terms than be humble.

Quotes selected from Unoffendable by Brant Hansen. A book in giving up anger and offering forgiveness as we have been forgiven according to the christian faith.

Unoffendable, now revised and updated with two new chapters, gives you a concrete, practical way to live life with less stress. In our easily offended, cancel-culture society, learn how to replace perpetual frustration and anger with refreshing humility and gratitude.It turns out giving up your "right" to be offended can be one of the most freeing, healthy, simplifying, relaxing, refreshing, stress-relieving, encouraging things you can do. It's a radical, provocative idea: We're not entitled to get offended or stay angry. The idea of our own "righteous anger" is a myth. It is the number one problem in our societies today and, as Dallas Willard says, Christians have not been taught out of it. But what if Christians were the most unoffendable people on the planet?In Unoffendable you will find concrete, practical ways to live life with less stress, including:<ul><li>Adjusting your expectations to fit human nature</li><li>Replacing perpetual anger with refreshing humility and gratitude</li><li>Embracing forgiveness and beginning to love others in unexpected ways</li></ul>Newly revised with two brand-new chapters on forgiveness and what Hansen has learned since writing his original book, this updated edition of the bestselling book is a must-read for every Christian. With short chapters, this book is easy to slip into a daily routine or commute to spend time deepening in God’s Word. In a humorous and conversational style,?Unoffendable?seeks to lift religious burdens from our backs and allow us to experience the joy of gratitude, perhaps for the first time, every single day of our lives—flourishing the way God intended.

Understand yourself and those around you.

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Psychology

Brant Hansen

Unoffendable

Without objective morality, we could not be held more accountable for our actions than could a flying piece of shrapnel from an explosion.﻿

The existence of morality proves that we are innately valuable as image bearers of God. Thus we have a moral duty to love God and neighbor which is the ultimate summary of the 10 commandments. Jesus shows it here in Matthew 22:36-40 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” Jesus replied: “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”

Why It Is CRUCIAL

A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true.

What’s Wrong With Subjective Morality??

Criminals pray for a universe where they can make up the rules. After all, if morality is up to the individual, who is to say that what they do is wrong? Furthermore, who is to say that a society is wrong if they have all agreed upon something? This is why slavery was a massive problem. When a society turns away from a standard of right and wrong, you will have a nation that dehumanizes anyone who’s skin color isn’t white for their selfish gain. Thank God for Christian abolitionists that stood up to the law makers and plantation owners in order to put an end to the evil that was taking place.

Subjective Morality Always Fails

Morality is truth in full bloom.

In conclusion, a standard of morality can also be used as a mirror to hold up to yourself and see how you compare.The bad news is that no one is perfect. All have fallen short and broken the moral code that God has given us. However, the good news is that Jesus was perfect and He made a way back to the Father. Romans 3:23-24 states that:“for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.” Christ fulfilled the Law and sacrificed Himself so that we can have salvation through His perfect work. Amen.

So You Haven’t Been Perfect…

There must be a standard that we hold ourselves to! God is the eternal creator of all things, which includes right and wrong.

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Personal Development

Morality

Explore the turbulent five months between Lincoln’s election and the Civil War’s start, where hubris, heartbreak, and heroism clashed, culminating in the assault on Fort Sumter.

Lincoln’s unexpected election win on November 6, 1860, set the stage for national unrest, with Southern extremists calling for secession.	•	“Could I have anticipated them, I would not have believed it possible to survive them,” Lincoln later reflected.

Lincoln's Unforeseen Victory

Southern states began seceding from the Union, with South Carolina leading the way. The movement was fueled by fears about slavery’s future.

The Fire of Secession Ignites

The focal point of the looming conflict was Fort Sumter, a federal stronghold in Charleston Harbor that symbolized Union authority in a seceding South.

Fort Sumter: The Flashpoint

Ruffin, a radical secessionist, fueled pro-secession sentiment through fiery speeches and literature, pushing for Southern independence.

Edmund Ruffin: The Fanatic Firebrand

Outgoing President Buchanan’s indecision and refusal to act decisively allowed Southern states to strengthen their secessionist stance.

James Buchanan's Passive Leadership

Tensions arose between Lincoln and his Secretary of State, William Seward, as the new administration struggled to maintain the Union.

Internal Division in Lincoln's Cabinet

The commander of Fort Sumter, Anderson, was a former slave owner sympathetic to the South but loyal to the Union, making him a pivotal figure in the crisis.

Major Robert Anderson: A Man of Two Loyalties

Tragic miscommunications and mixed signals from both Union and Confederate sides intensified tensions, propelling both sides closer to war.

The Role of Miscommunication

The Union’s defensive positions in Charleston Harbor, including Fort Moultrie, were inadequately prepared to withstand a Southern assault.

Charleston Harbor's Weak Defenses

Southern leaders like James Henry Hammond justified slavery as essential to the Southern economy and social structure, promoting the idea that certain groups must perform menial labor.

The Mudsill Theory of Slavery

Wife of a prominent planter, Chesnut provided a personal perspective on the conflict, reflecting on both marriage and slavery’s moral implications.

Mary Boykin Chestnut: A Witness To History

Efforts for a peaceful resolution ultimately failed, with Lincoln’s attempts to avoid war thwarted by the secessionists’ determination.

The Final Days of Diplomacy

On April 12, 1861, Confederate forces opened fire on Fort Sumter, marking the official start of the Civil War.

The Bombardment of Fort Sumter

The attack on Fort Sumter galvanized public opinion, transforming the conflict from a political dispute into a national crisis.

Public Sentiment Erupts

Lincoln’s appeal for 75,000 volunteers to suppress the rebellion led to mass enlistment and escalated the path to all-out war.

Lincoln's Call For Troops

Erik Larson masterfully chronicles the chaotic months that led to the Civil War, offering a gripping narrative filled with flawed leaders, conflicting loyalties, and the relentless march toward a war that would define a nation.

Dive into the chaotic months before the Civil War, where hubris, division, and miscommunication ignited America’s deadliest conflict.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of the Civil War in this “riveting reexamination of a nation in tumult” (Los Angeles Times). “A feast of historical insight and narrative verve . . . This is Erik Larson at his best, enlivening even a thrice-told tale into an irresistible thriller.”—The Wall Street Journal On November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln became the fluky victor in a tight race for president. The country was bitterly at odds; Southern extremists were moving ever closer to destroying the Union, with one state after another seceding and Lincoln powerless to stop them. Slavery fueled the conflict, but somehow the passions of North and South came to focus on a lonely federal fortress in Charleston Harbor: Fort Sumter. Master storyteller Erik Larson offers a gripping account of the chaotic months between Lincoln’s election and the Confederacy’s shelling of Sumter—a period marked by tragic errors and miscommunications, enflamed egos and craven ambitions, personal tragedies and betrayals. Lincoln himself wrote that the trials of these five months were “so great that, could I have anticipated them, I would not have believed it possible to survive them.” At the heart of this suspense-filled narrative are Major Robert Anderson, Sumter’s commander and a former slave owner sympathetic to the South but loyal to the Union; Edmund Ruffin, a vain and bloodthirsty radical who stirs secessionist ardor at every opportunity; and Mary Boykin Chesnut, wife of a prominent planter, conflicted over both marriage and slavery and seeing parallels between them. In the middle of it all is the overwhelmed Lincoln, battling with his duplicitous secretary of state, William Seward, as he tries desperately to avert a war that he fears is inevitable—one that will eventually kill 750,000 Americans. Drawing on diaries, secret communiques, slave ledgers, and plantation records, Larson gives us a political horror story that captures the forces that led America to the brink—a dark reminder that we often don’t see a cataclysm coming until it’s too late.

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History

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Leadership & Management

Erik Larson

The Demon of Unrest

“Be scared. You can’t help that, but don’t be afraid.”

“There are always more of them before they are counted.”

“One cannot find a great exemplar except in misfortune.”

Insightful and inspiring quotes hand selected from Ryan Holiday’s first book of his most recent stoic virtue series.

The instant New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestseller! Ryan Holiday’s bestselling trilogy—The Obstacle Is the Way, Ego is the Enemy, and Stillness is the Key—captivated professional athletes, CEOs, politicians, and entrepreneurs and helped bring Stoicism to millions of readers. Now, in the first book of an exciting new series on the cardinal virtues of ancient philosophy, Holiday explores the most foundational virtue of all: Courage. Almost every religion, spiritual practice, philosophy and person grapples with fear. The most repeated phrase in the Bible is “Be not afraid.” The ancient Greeks spoke of phobos, panic and terror. It is natural to feel fear, the Stoics believed, but it cannot rule you. Courage, then, is the ability to rise above fear, to do what’s right, to do what’s needed, to do what is true. And so it rests at the heart of the works of Marcus Aurelius, Aristotle, and CS Lewis, alongside temperance, justice, and wisdom. In Courage Is Calling, Ryan Holiday breaks down the elements of fear, an expression of cowardice, the elements of courage, an expression of bravery, and lastly, the elements of heroism, an expression of valor. Through engaging stories about historic and contemporary leaders, including Charles De Gaulle, Florence Nightingale, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Holiday shows you how to conquer fear and practice courage in your daily life. You’ll also delve deep into the moral dilemmas and courageous acts of lesser-known, but equally as important, figures from ancient and modern history, such as Helvidius Priscus, a Roman Senator who stood his ground against emperor Vespasian, even in the face of death; Frank Serpico, a former New York City Police Department Detective who exposed police corruption; and Frederick Douglass and a slave named Nelly, whose fierce resistance against her captors inspired his own crusade to end slavery. In a world in which fear runs rampant—when people would rather stand on the sidelines than speak out against injustice, go along with convention than bet on themselves, and turn a blind eye to the ugly realities of modern life—we need courage more than ever. We need the courage of whistleblowers and risk takers. We need the courage of activists and adventurers. We need the courage of writers who speak the truth—and the courage of leaders to listen. We need you to step into the arena and fight.

Courage Is Calling

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