The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph

✍ Scribed by Holiday, Ryan

• Book ID: 108629354
• Publisher: Penguin Group US
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 138 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9781101620595

✦ Synopsis

The impediment to action advances action.What stands in the way becomes the way. Marcus Aurelius

We are stuck, stymied, frustrated. But it neednt be this way. There is a formula for success thats been followed by the icons of historyfrom John D. Rockefeller to Amelia Earhart to Ulysses S. Grant to Steve Jobsa formula that let them turn obstacles into opportunities. Faced with impossible situations, they found the astounding triumphs we all seek.

These men and women were not exceptionally brilliant, lucky, or gifted. Their success came from timeless philosophical principles laid down by a Roman emperor who struggled to articulate a method for excellence in any and all situations.

This book reveals that formula for the first timeand shows us how we can turn our own adversity into advantage.

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Review

Follow these precepts and you will revolutionize your life. Read this book!
Steven Pressfield, author of The War of Art and Gates of Fire

A book for the bedside of every futureand currentleader in the world.
Robert Greene, author of The 48 Laws of Power and Mastery

An absolute must-read.
Jimmy Soni, managing editor of Huffington Post, author of Romes Last Citizen

First came Marcus Aurelius, then Frederick the Great... and now theres you. This surprising book shows you how to craft a life of wonder by embracing obstacles and challenges.
Chris Guillebeau, author of The $100 Startup

In this tight, engaging book, Ryan Holiday shines a bright, powerful light on the path to living and leading well. Read it, learn from it, and get cracking!
Nancy F. Koehn, historian and leadership expert, Harvard Business School

My life has been beset with obstacles. It takes practice (and pain) to surmount them and achieve success. Ryans book is a how-to guide for just that.
James Altucher, investor and author of Choose Yourself

Ryan Holiday has written a brilliant and engaging book, well beyond his years. . . . It is invaluable.
Honorable Frederic Block, Judge, U.S. District Court

About the Author

RYAN HOLIDAYRyan Holiday is a media strategist and prominent writer on strategy and business. After dropping out of college at nineteen to apprentice under Robert Greene, author of The 48 Laws of Power, he went on to advise many bestselling authors and multiplatinum musicians. He served as director of marketing at American Apparel for many years, where his campaigns have been used as case studies by Twitter, YouTube, and Google and written about in AdAge, the New York Times, and Fast Company.

His first book, Trust Me Im Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulatorwhich the Financial Times called an astonishing, disturbing bookwas a debut bestseller and is now taught in colleges around the world. He currently lives in Austin, Texas, and writes at RyanHoliday.net and Thought Catalog and for the New York Observer.