Look for the Opportunity in the Problem Part 2: Actionįamous Greek orator, Demosthenes, was a sickly child with a serious speech impediment. In our complete book summary, we break this down further into examples and perspectives of how to: To turn adversity to strength, the first step is to manage your perceptions: calmly and objectively evaluate what’s happening, look for opportunities, and actions within your control. It affects how you see and respond to a situation. Your perception is how you interpret what’s happening around you. Get more insights and examples in our full summary and infographic! Over the next 20 years, he gained control of 90% of the oil in the United States while his competitors languished. Thereafter, Rockefeller applied the same composure, discipline and objectivity to invest in oil. Instead, he calmly saved up, used the opportunity to observe what was going on, and gained critical insights about the financial markets. Despite the mass panic, Rockefeller didn’t exit the market. Rockefeller was still a small-time investor. Part 1: Perceptionĭuring the financial crisis of 1957, John D. Do get a copy of our complete The Obstacle is the Way summary ( get full 15-page summary here) for more details or get the full mojo from the book.Ĭombine Perception, Action and Will, and let the obstacles lead the way. Here’s a quick overview of these principles. Will: how to cultivate and maintain your inner being to conquer problems and difficulties. Action: how to tackle problems in actionable parts and. Perception: how you look at your problems. 
These are broken down into 3 disciplines: In this book, Ryan Holiday consolidates his analysis of ancient philosophers’ works on Stoicism into practical insights and tips to overcome obstacles. They turn adversity to strength to end up even better than before they encountered the obstacles. What stands in the way becomes the way.” Successful organizations and individuals aren’t crushed by obstacles. Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius once wrote: “The impediment to action advances action. Faced with an abundance of options and progress, we’ve grown comfortable, soft and entitled. Today, we face more internal obstacles than external ones. knowledge or experience), or emotional (e.g. For more details, examples and tips, do get our complete book summary bundle in text, infographic and audio formats.Īll of us face obstacles. In The Obstacle is the Way summary, we’ll outline the 3 disciplines of Perception, Action and Will for turning trials to triumph.
In this book, Ryan Holiday explains how to go about doing that with 3 key disciplines. To live to your full potential, you must overcome all sorts of obstacles and convert them to opportunities and strengths.
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