Book Summary | Discipline Is Destiny (2022)

​What is it about? ​Discipline Is Destiny: The Power of Self-Control by Ryan Holiday talks about the value of having self-control in our life and how to achieve it.

Why bother? The book has five stars from 559 ratings, and the content is inspiring. It reminds us to guide our lives with principles, moderation, and determination so that we can work hard, practice good habits, ensure challenges, set boundaries, and resist temptations. 

Key Ideas Stotics believe everything good in life resulted in practicing four virtues: Courage, temperance, justice, and wisdom are four virtually in Stoics. This book talks about the second one, in which people now describe temperance using discipline. The author explores discipline from physical, mental, and spiritual perspectives. 

• Physical: means challenging our body every day, such as sleeping early, exercising that challenges our endurance, and eating healthy food that doesn't savor our tastes. The challenging practices of the body remind our mind to keep up and hold ourselves to a high standard.
• Mental: requires us to practice focus and ignore distractions. 
• Spiritual demand self-discipline to be balanced by kindness, compassion, and love emotions. 

In summary, the author believes our self-control can open up a world of opportunity.

Favorite Quotes ​

“The less you desire, the richer you are, the freer you are, the more powerful you are.” 

​"Freedom is the opportunity for self-discipline."
​― Ryan Holiday, Discipline Is Destiny: The Power of Self-Control