Right Thing Right Now

This is the third book in Ryan Holiday’s four-part “Stoic Virtue Series.” We’ve already covered the first two, Courage Is Calling and Discipline Is Destiny, and we’ll cover the fourth soon, Wisdom Takes Work. As you know if you’ve been following along, I absolutely love Ryan Holiday. He’s an incredible writer whose work consistently challenges us to live with more virtue, courage, and love. This is the seventh book I’ve featured so far, and Right Thing Right Now may be his most urgent and practical yet. In it, Ryan reminds us that the Stoics weren’t interested in philosophy as theory, they were interested in philosophy as a way of being, doing, and serving. Virtue, or arete, is excellence in action, and justice, the highest virtue, is ultimately love lived through good character and good deeds. If you want a powerful, no-excuses call to realize your potential, master your craft, activate your Soul Force, and pay forward the goodness you’ve received, I highly recommend this book. Big Ideas we explore include The Ultimate Virtue, Realize Your Potential, Competence Is the Highest Form of Compassion, Satyagraha, and Pay It Forward Today.