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The Obstacle is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph
Ryan Holiday
3.86 AVERAGE
930 reviews for:
The Obstacle is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph
Ryan Holiday
3.86 AVERAGE
A collection of motivational essays based on a long reading list. If you feel like lacking motivation and motivational speakers like Gary Vaynerchuk influence you positively, this book may be a good fit for you. To me, it was not that successful. Too many quotations I already knew, references to books I've read, and stories that sounded oddly similar to each other. X was in trouble. X did this and that (some unrealistic sequence of actions). X achieved and succeeded.
It would be unfair to give the 2 I believe it deserves because I realize that it can actually be a good book if motivation to overcome hardship is what you need. It also encourages persistence and creativity in resolving problems. Be creative. Keep pushing. Ignore your weak brain.
It would be unfair to give the 2 I believe it deserves because I realize that it can actually be a good book if motivation to overcome hardship is what you need. It also encourages persistence and creativity in resolving problems. Be creative. Keep pushing. Ignore your weak brain.
2 estrellas como los dos capitulos que creo que aportan algo del libro. Ultimo libro que me leo de este tipo de un estadounidense
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Highlighted notes:
“The things which hurt,” Ben Franklin wrote, “instruct.”
Warren Buffet’s adage to be “fearful when people are greedy, and greedy when people are fearful.”
You must realize: Nothing makes us feel this way; we choose to give in to such feelings.
Unhelpful perceptions can invade our minds – that sacred place of reason, action, and will – and throw off our compass.
There is no good or bad without us, there is only perception. There is the event itself and the story we tell ourselves about what it means.
The perceiving eye is weak, the observing eye is strong. -Miyamoto Musashi
The struggle against an obstacle inevitably propels the fighter to a new level of functioning.
Action requires courage, not brashness – creative application and not brute force… we must be sure to act with deliberation, boldness, and persistence. Those are the attributes of right and effective action.
Genius often really is just persistence in disguise.
In the chaos of sport, as in life, process provides us way.
The inertia of success makes it much harder to truly develop good technique.
To be physically and mentally loose takes no talent. That’s just recklessness. Physical looseness combined with mental restraint is power.
True will is quiet humility, resilience, and flexibility; the other kind of will is weakness, disguised by bluster and ambition.
sustine et abstine - bear and forbear. Acknowledge pain but trod onward in your task.
The path of least resistance is a terrible teacher.
“True genius is a mind of large general powers accidentally determined in some particular direction.“ -Dr. Samuel Johnson
With the exercise of self trust, new powers shall appear. -Emerson
arguably the worst advice i’ve EVER been given. this is why i don’t listen to men.
Holiday offers some easily-digestible and practice thoughts. His prose is very clear, sometimes too unadorned for my tastes. My only complaint was that it was done too soon. I look forward to using the recommended reading lists at the book's conclusion.
This is a good tool if you need to remind yourself how to overcome personal road blocks. I found myself poking holes in some of the philosophies because I believe there is nuance in every scenario. Societal issues can make some of these beliefs hard to implement. That being said, this is best used as a guide book and reminder on ways to pull yourself out of a psychological rut.
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Great stories and insights but sometimes it reads as “just breathe”, belittling some aspects of life.
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inspiring
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I erroneously picked this up thinking it was a book about stoicism. Instead, it was a book full of boring platitudes that everyone has read about a hundred times before. See the positives! Stay calm! Never give up! Work hard! It's all so trite. I also found the writing unlikable - I know nothing about the author but the writing never struck me as genuine. We all know people who attempt to come off as holier than thou, but their persona crumbles under pressure. Whether the author is like that or not, who knows, but that's what struck me when I was reading this.