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The Obstacle is the Way: The Ancient Art of Turning Adversity to Advantage by Ryan Holiday

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i_hunter54's review against another edition

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adventurous hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

tfomenko's review against another edition

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5.0

Intro to Stoic resilience

Ryan Holiday did well in using the examples of the greats (Teddy Roosevelt, Marcus Aurelius, etc) to show that resilience is the nicer way to live which gives more joy and freedom of choice. The book urges us to moving past the inconvenience of obstacles to their benefits.

trippalli's review against another edition

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reflective medium-paced

2.0

Another examples list of successful businessmen...how they preserve to become rich and successful. I wanted to like this because a friend gave it to me not I find out very similar to other books I've read ... I think I need to purge all my business books and self help books..

There are some motivating ideas and examples... I've just read too much like this, and the examples seem intangible and not feasible for most small realistic goals unless transposed with great stretching...
most the great successes are whose m we n. We need to diversify success books.
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lindseygl's review against another edition

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informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

nicosierra's review against another edition

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informative reflective medium-paced

3.25

I found it alright, there are some really good points but (this is me) I didn't like the celebrity worshipping and name dropping. It was trying a little too hard to be inspiring.