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932 reviews for:
The Obstacle is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph
Ryan Holiday
3.86 AVERAGE
932 reviews for:
The Obstacle is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph
Ryan Holiday
3.86 AVERAGE
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reflective
medium-paced
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
The only thing I liked this book for is that it indeed managed to give me a short burst of energy. Otherwise, the stories that the author based his conclusions upon seemed very superficial, and the ideas themselves are very shallow. If you want a more thought provoking introduction to stoicism, Id just suggest to skip this book and read the stoic philosophers instead.
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1.5* rounded down.
The anecdotes and examples of others' stories and triumphs are probably the only good thing about this book. As well as the fact that it was well delivered on Audible. The anecdotes at the start of the chapters were a visual for the message that Holiday was trying to convey.
I'm not a huge fan of self-help/motivational books so I had an inkling that I wasn't going to LOVE it but I went in open-minded and as my partner urged me to give it a try. The whole time that I was listening to it I was bored and uninterested as it all just felt like common sense. The main message is that yes, bad things sometimes happen and we should not try to prevent bad things from happening as they help to build character, and don't bury your head in the sand when the bad things happen, deal with them as they happen. I get it. I really do. But I already got it before I read this book. I haven't gained anything by reading it.
I continually questioned myself whilst listening to this book: "why am I really hating this?", "is my opinion justified?" etc. Sometimes I am emotional and sometimes I can be a stoic. Even with putting my emotions aside, I still didn't enjoy the book.
Maybe I'll re-read it when I'm actually facing an obstacle with the hope that it'll get me through said hard time, if it requires no emotion and a stoic approach. Then again, the book was an obstacle itself so perhaps I won't.
The anecdotes and examples of others' stories and triumphs are probably the only good thing about this book. As well as the fact that it was well delivered on Audible. The anecdotes at the start of the chapters were a visual for the message that Holiday was trying to convey.
I'm not a huge fan of self-help/motivational books so I had an inkling that I wasn't going to LOVE it but I went in open-minded and as my partner urged me to give it a try. The whole time that I was listening to it I was bored and uninterested as it all just felt like common sense. The main message is that yes, bad things sometimes happen and we should not try to prevent bad things from happening as they help to build character, and don't bury your head in the sand when the bad things happen, deal with them as they happen. I get it. I really do. But I already got it before I read this book. I haven't gained anything by reading it.
I continually questioned myself whilst listening to this book: "why am I really hating this?", "is my opinion justified?" etc. Sometimes I am emotional and sometimes I can be a stoic. Even with putting my emotions aside, I still didn't enjoy the book.
Maybe I'll re-read it when I'm actually facing an obstacle with the hope that it'll get me through said hard time, if it requires no emotion and a stoic approach. Then again, the book was an obstacle itself so perhaps I won't.
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced