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Ego Is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday, framework 5 of 5

Alive time or dead time

Robert Greene's test for any period of failure or waiting.

Ryan Holiday's framework, from Ego Is the Enemy, pp. 134 to 182.

  1. Name the situation

    Recognise a stretch you did not choose or control as either alive or dead time.

  2. Pick a purpose for it

    Use it for learning and doing what you have long put off.

  3. Do not repeat the old pattern

    Avoid reinvesting in the behaviour that caused the problem.

From chapter: PART III: FAILURE, pp. 134–182

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