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I'm Ryan Holiday, and I draw these lessons from ancient philosophy, modern psychology, practical wisdom, and insights from

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It will happen just when you think it never will. Your kid that will not sleep through the night,

your kid that just cannot seem to learn how to ride a bike,

your 20-something that's been drifting, that doesn't seem to have any direction, when will they figure it out?

How much longer can this go on? Is it ever going to happen?

It's been said that the market turns around when the last hopeful person finally gives up.

And in life, we often get the call we were expecting seconds after we finally accept that it was

never going to come. And so it can go with kids whom we have to remember all have their own

timetables and journeys. It's when we finally give up. It's when we start to resign ourselves

to the idea that they just aren't interested. That's when they ask you to take the bike down from

the garage rafters. One day the swimming lessons you thought were a waste, click. It's when you

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