Right thing, right now : justice in an unjust world / Ryan Holiday.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holiday, Ryan, author.

Series:

Stoic virtues series

Stoic virtues

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Justice.

Virtue.

Stoics.

stoicism.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 338 pages ; 19 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Portfolio/Penguin, [2024]

Summary:

"In his New York Times bestselling book, Discipline Is Destiny, Ryan Holiday made the Stoic case for a life of self-discipline. In this much-anticipated third installment in the Stoic Virtues series, he argues for the necessity of doing what's right - even when it isn't easy For the ancients, everything worth pursuing in life flowed from a strong sense of justice-or one's commitment to doing the right thing, no matter how difficult. In order to be courageous, wise, and self-disciplined, one must begin with justice. The influence of the modern world often tells us that acting justly is optional. Holiday argues that that's simply untrue-and the fact that so few people today have the strength to stand by their convictions explains much about why we're so unhappy. In Right Thing. Right Now., Holiday draws on fascinating stories of historical figures such as Marcus Aurelius, Florence Nightingale, Jimmy Carter, Gandhi, and Frederick Douglass, whose examples of kindness, honesty, integrity, and loyalty we can emulate as pillars of upright living. Through the lives of these role models, readers learn the transformational power of living by a moral code and, through the cautionary tales of unjust leaders, the consequences of an ill-formed conscience. The Stoics never claimed that living justly was easy, only that it was necessary. And that the alternative-sacrificing our principles for something lesser-was considered only by cowards and fools. Right Thing. Right Now. is a powerful antidote to the moral failures of our modern age, and a manual for living virtuously"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

PART I: THE ME (PERSONAL). To stand before kings...

Keep your word

Tell the truth

Take responsibility

Be y our own referee

Good, not great

Be an open book

Be decent

Do your job

Keep your hands clean

Integrity is everything

Realize your potential

Be loyal

Choose a north star

Right thing, right now

PART II: THE WE (SOCIOPOLITICAL). To you from failing hands we thrown the torch...

You just have to be kind

See how the other half lives

You have to help

Start small

Create alliances

Become powerful

Practice pragmatism

Develop competence

Give, give, give

Grow a coaching tree

Look out for the little guy

Make good trouble

Just keep going back

Something bigger than us...

PART III: THE ALL (IS ONE). To so love the wold...

Climb your second mountain

Stop asking for the third thing

Give them hope

Be an angel

Forgive

Make amends

The great oneness

Expand the circle

Find the good in everyone

Give the full measure of devotion

Love wins

Pay it forward.

Other Format:

Online version: Holiday, Ryan. Right thing, right now

ISBN:

9780593191712

0593191714

OCLC:

1398279289

Publisher Number:

99996631267