Here’s How You Take Back Your Time | Become Dangerously Persuasive With These Books
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Were those seven days as efficient or productive as they could be? </p><br><p>🎥 <strong>VIDEO EPISODE |</strong> Watch this episode on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax6xguhdQFM" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ryan Holiday's YouTube Channel</a>:<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@DailyStoic/videos" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> </a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax6xguhdQFM" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax6xguhdQFM</a></p><br><p>📚 <strong>BOOKS MENTIONED:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/48-laws-of-power?_pos=4&_sid=7c638b94f&_ss=r" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">48 Laws of Power</a> by Robert Greene</p><p><a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/33-strategies-of-war?_pos=5&_sid=7c638b94f&_ss=r" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">33 Strategies of War</a> by Robert Greene</p><p><a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/art-of-seduction?_pos=6&_sid=7c638b94f&_ss=r" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Art of Seduction </a>by Robert Greene</p><p><a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/writing3?_pos=1&_sid=a0b4bc7a2&_ss=r" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Keep Going </a>by Austin Kleon</p><p><a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/business22?_pos=1&_sid=fdb5aba6e&_ss=r" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Words That Work</a> by Dr. Frank Luntz</p><p><a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/22-immutable-laws-of-marketing-exposed-and-explained-by-the-worlds-two?_pos=1&_sid=30e7e7938&_ss=r" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing </a>by Al Ries and Jack Trout </p><p><a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/purple-cow-new-edition-transform-your-business-by-being-remarkable?_pos=1&_sid=2320879bd&_ss=r" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Purple Cow</a> by Seth Godin</p><p><a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/ryan12?_pos=1&_sid=25114df88&_ss=r" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Growth Hacker Marketing</a> by Ryan Holiday</p><p><a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/supercommunicators-how-to-unlock-the-secret-language-of-connection?_pos=1&_sid=d285985d4&_ss=r" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Supercommunicators</a> by Charles Duhigg </p><p><a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/ryan6?_pos=1&_sid=0fc2de0e5&_ss=r" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Trust Me, I’m Lying</a> by Ryan Holiday</p><p><a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/right-thing-right-now-pre-order-dates-are-tbd?_pos=1&_sid=31c1827d2&_ss=r" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Right Thing, Right Now</a> by Ryan Holiday </p><p><a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/waging-a-good-war-a-military-history-of-the-civil-rights-movement-1954-1968?_pos=1&_sid=a18235045&_ss=r" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Waging a Good War</a> by Thomas Ricks</p><p><a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/bury-the-chains-prophets-and-rebels-in-the-fight-to-free-an-empires-slaves?_pos=1&_sid=8ecef7c1e&_ss=r" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bury the Chains</a> by Adam Hochschild</p><p><a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/selfhelp13?_pos=1&_sid=ba93a246d&_ss=r" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How To Be A Leader</a> by Plutarch</p><p><a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/how-to-stop-a-conspiracy-an-ancient-guide-to-saving-a-republic-ancient-wisdom-for-modern-readers?_pos=1&_sid=2058b5962&_ss=r" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How To Stop A Conspiracy</a> by Sallust</p><p><a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/the-children?_pos=1&_sid=cc544164b&_ss=r" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Children </a>by David Halberstam’</p><p><a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/rules-for-radicals-a-practical-primer-for-realistic-radicals?_pos=1&_sid=cda34ec71&_ss=r" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rules for Radicals</a> by Saul Alinksy</p><p><a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/the-prince?_pos=2&_sid=5c11cc384&_ss=r" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Prince</a> by Machiavelli</p><p><a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/war4?_pos=1&_sid=edc717f09&_ss=r" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Boyd</a> by Robert Coram</p><br><p>👉 <strong>SPECIAL OFFER |</strong> Go to<a href="https://dailystoic.com/spring" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> dailystoic.com/spring</a> and enter code<a href="https://dailystoic.com/spring" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> DSPOD20</a> at checkout to get<strong> </strong>20% off the<a href="https://dailystoic.com/spring" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Spring Forward Challenge</a>! 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