“The Obstacle is the Way by Ryan Holiday”
This book shares with us the collective wisdom of ancient philosophers and greatest thinkers in order to help us accomplish the very specific and increasingly urgent goal we all share: overcoming obstacles.
10 lessons from the book 🧵
This book shares with us the collective wisdom of ancient philosophers and greatest thinkers in order to help us accomplish the very specific and increasingly urgent goal we all share: overcoming obstacles.
10 lessons from the book 🧵
1) Things to keep in mind when faced with a seemingly insurmountable obstacle:
2) Recognize Your Power:
Our perceptions are the thing that we're in complete control of.
Our perceptions are the thing that we're in complete control of.
3) Control Your Emotions: apatheia
Don't let the negativity in, don't let those emotions even get started.
Don't let the negativity in, don't let those emotions even get started.
4) Practice Objectivity:
Give yourself clarity, not sympathy.
Give yourself clarity, not sympathy.
5) Get Moving:
If you want momentum, you'll have to create it yourself, right now, by getting up and getting started.
If you want momentum, you'll have to create it yourself, right now, by getting up and getting started.
6) Do Your Job, Do It Right:
To whatever we face, our job is to respond with:
hard work,
honesty and
helping others as best we can.
To whatever we face, our job is to respond with:
hard work,
honesty and
helping others as best we can.
7) Use Obstacles Against Themselves:
8) The Discipline of the Will:
9) The Art of Acquiescence:
10) Prepare To Start Again:
Behind mountains are more mountains.
Behind mountains are more mountains.
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