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Book · 2021 · Business & Economics

Courage Is Calling

Fortune Favors the Brave

by Ryan Holiday · Recommended by 4 people on 4 podcasts

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I read, The Obstacle is the Way. I read, Ego is the Enemy. Stillness is the Key. Courage is Calling. And gradually, I realized these books weren't really teaching me how to control life.
Arishankar Muthenadi · The Daily Stoic · Oct 2026

The best things said about it

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Recommended
And his new book, The Courage Is Calling, already a New York Times bestseller. If you haven't read it, I highly recommend that you go and grab it.
Jay Shetty On Purpose with Jay Shetty · Jan 2022
Recommended
Courage is calling which i really recommend i've really enjoyed it.
Megyn Kelly The Megyn Kelly Show · Oct 2021
Discussed
So, the thing that I want to start off with is my favorite video, okay, of yours is there's this clip where I think that you were working on Discipline is Destiny and you get a call from your editor that Courage is calling was number three on the New York Times list and I'm like, "This guy is so.
David Perell How I Write · Jun 2024

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Why people recommend it

Courage Is Calling by Ryan Holiday is a notable book in the author's Stoic virtue series that examines the nature of fear and the necessity of acting bravely in spite of it. Jay Shetty discussed the book on On Purpose with Jay Shetty, noting that it had already become a New York Times bestseller and highly recommending that listeners secure a copy if they had not yet read it. Megyn Kelly similarly endorsed the work during an episode of The Megyn Kelly Show, stating that she had really enjoyed it and strongly recommended it to her audience. In addition to these direct recommendations, the book was referenced by David Perell on How I Write while he discussed a video clip featuring Ryan Holiday. Perell recalled the moment when Holiday received a phone call from his editor informing him that Courage Is Calling had reached number three on the New York Times bestseller list. Across these different podcast discussions, the book is acknowledged both as a practical guide for overcoming personal fears and as a significant publishing success within Ryan Holiday's body of work, resonating with readers who seek to apply ancient Stoic philosophy to modern professional and personal challenges.

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Arishankar Muthenadi I read, The Obstacle is the Way. I read, Ego is the Enemy. Stillness is the Key. Courage is Calling. And gr… 1
Recommended
“I read, The Obstacle is the Way. I read, Ego is the Enemy. Stillness is the Key. Courage is Calling. And gradually, I realized these books weren't really teaching me how to control life.”
Jay Shetty And his new book, The Courage Is Calling, already a New York Times bestseller. If you haven't read it, I hi… 1
Recommended
“And his new book, The Courage Is Calling, already a New York Times bestseller. If you haven't read it, I highly recommend that you go and grab it.”
Megyn Kelly courage is calling which i really recommend i've really enjoyed it 1
Recommended
“courage is calling which i really recommend i've really enjoyed it”
David Perell So, the thing that I want to start off with is my favorite video, okay, of yours is there's this clip where… 1
Discussed
“So, the thing that I want to start off with is my favorite video, okay, of yours is there's this clip where I think that you were working on Discipline is Destiny and you get a call from your editor that Courage is calling was number three on the New York Times list and I'm like, "This guy is so”

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“As it happens, I retold this story, and I forgot that I told it in the data stoke, but I retell part of the story, encourages calling. This is from, I think, the third or fourth chapter in the book, and it says the important thing is to not be afraid.”
Plugged
“Yeah, no, I have a talk about this in the courage book. I had a moment like that where I went to my boss when I was at American Parolead, asked me to do something.”
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“No, I have I talked about this in the courage book.”
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“I talked about this in my my courage book where I I have found that the times I didn't do something or I didn't speak up or I didn't I wasn't bold enough, it's I always had my reasons, but the reasons don't age very well.”
Plugged
“In the afterward of "Courage is Calling," I discuss how insidious these things are.”
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“so again the downside is uh courage came out it did okay discipline came out it did spectacular”
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“So again, the downside is, 'Courage' came out; it did okay. 'Discipline' came out; it did spectacularly.”
Plugged
“So again the downside is, uh, Courage came out, it did okay, Discipline came out, it did spectacular. So maybe I could have been selling Justice for more, but um all of that was irrelevant because I was just in the middle of writing the book.”
Plugged
“I mean, like if you if you I would not recommend writing a book called The Obstacle Is the Way, a book called Ego Is the Enemy, a book called Stillness Is the Key, a book called Courage Is Calling, Discipline Is Destiny because then people expect you to be all those things”
Plugged
“If you, I would not recommend writing a book called 'The Obstacle is the Way,' a book called 'Ego is the Enemy,' a book called 'Stillness is the Key,' a book called 'Courage is Calling,' or 'Discipline is Destiny.' Because then people expect you to be all those things, which is of course impossible.”
Plugged
“when i was writing uh my book courage is calling i i read this sort of operations manual a handbook for the u.s army that i think george marshall wrote it was published in 1944”
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“when i was writing uh my book courage's calling i i read this sort of operations manual a handbook for the us army”
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“there's a story i tell about margaret thatcher in the new book courage is colin”
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“there's a story I tell about Margaret Thatcher in the new book courage is Colin she's a young woman”
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“and I talk about this in courage's calling you know we think bravery is this big thing”
Plugged
“courage is calling make your decision to decide what you're going to do and then what the stck say”
Passing
“they didn't even say the name of the book”
Plugged
“and this one, Courage Is Calling is what we've been talking about today. Ryan, we end every interview with a final five.”
Plugged
“And his books, which include "The Obstacle Is the Way," "Ego Is the Enemy," "The Daily Stoic," "Stillness is the Key," and his latest offering and the focus of today's conversation, "Courage Is Calling" right here have sold altogether over four million copies.”
Plugged
“and as of yesterday his new book courage is calling fortune favors the brave is a new york times bestseller too”
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“i as i say in the book courage is calling but the voice but the call is coming from inside the house”
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“i talk about florence nightingale in my book courage is calling for 16 years”
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“that's the idea in the new book courage is calling if not you then who”
Plugged
“so in the book i'm talking about courage it's not just can you run into a building in the middle of a a terrorist attack and and save people”
Plugged
“you can pre-order my new book courage is calling until September 28th at Daily stoic.com pre-order then it'll be available everywhere books are sold”
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“this is my new book courage is calling fortune favors the brave I spent the last 2 years on it”

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