This is Something Ryan Holiday Is Forever Grateful For

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🗓️ 6 April 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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In a note to himself in the early days of the pandemic, Ryan Holiday wrote, “2020 is a test: will it make you a better person or a worse person?” That was the test that he reminded myself of over and over again: will this make you a better person or a worse person?

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