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The Obstacle is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph
Ryan Holiday
3.86 AVERAGE
927 reviews for:
The Obstacle is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph
Ryan Holiday
3.86 AVERAGE
I don’t know Ryan Holiday, but I heard of this book from Tim Ferriss and was intrigued by the description so I decided to dose myself in some stoicism. Dynamite book – I’m glad I put the time in. Holiday covers the topic well in a very accessible way.
Really like the way that Ryan Holiday split the book into short chapters that could be read in 5-10 minutes each. I found something in each one that inspired me and made me think more about how I could take challenges in every day and turn them into positive experiences.
Full disclosure I did not finish this, therefore, I will not rate it. I am grateful to Ryan Holiday because his reading and note taking method (which I came across in a blog) changed the way I read. That being said, this book was not for me. I was listening to it because I was not convinced that I should buy a hard copy and half way through I felt like it was a waste of my time. Not because its not good or useful but because I have read a few similar books, some of the original philosophers and this, even though with some valuable and entertaining examples is nothing new to me. Also his tone annoyed me. A bit pretentious and as if he is telling off immature children assuming that nobody has come across the secrets to life he found. Ok that is a bit harsh and unfair. But that is how it made me feel. Now if one is looking for an introduction to bite sized philosophy, valuable lessons and inspiration to change ones way of thinking I would perhaps recommend it. Not for me. NOW I SOUND LIKE A PRETENTIOUS KNOWITALL. UGH.
Reductive and impractical, some interesting examples, but overall, nothing useful to take away.
I wanted to like this book, and in some ways I did. In rather too many though, I did not.
As a self-help narrative, Ryan's book comes across as never less than enthusiastic, never more than a collection of anecdotes, home truths and stoic philosophies that are all intermingled in an attempt to bind the ideas together as a whole. If you want more stoicism, look elsewhere…if you're looking for self-help then it's a crowded field and, sadly, this book risks getting lost in the grass.
As a self-help narrative, Ryan's book comes across as never less than enthusiastic, never more than a collection of anecdotes, home truths and stoic philosophies that are all intermingled in an attempt to bind the ideas together as a whole. If you want more stoicism, look elsewhere…if you're looking for self-help then it's a crowded field and, sadly, this book risks getting lost in the grass.
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I cant even, I mean there were many 'good' (probably mediocre) quotes that are just straight up from old stoic literature {And some from other resources}. It was such a bore to read all the time, it just feels like the point of this is to put as many words as possible to possibly comply the most amount of pages to sell more. It features such basic and miscontexted historical events to support his confirmation bias.