The Obstacle Is the Way by Ryan Holiday

The description of the book shared of people like John D. Rockefeller, Amelia Earhart, Ulysses S. Grant, and Steve Jobs who have overcome great adversity and how they did it. That was what the book was going to be all about and I was certainly looking forward to seeing what’s worked for other people and what might work well for me too. I found this book insightful and the interview at the end of the book was a wonderful experience. It was a nice addition to the audiobook and definitely helped provide a greater insight into the author’s journey through obstacles.

All 3. In this order. Period. We must determine how we are going to look at and approach problems and then actually use that approach and attitude. After that, we must relentlessly and resiliently generate solutions and chase the most effective one. Finally, the act of prevention and being proactive rather than reactive. All 3. As the author shared, a simple process… but NEVER easy.

Overcoming obstacles is a discipline of 3 critical steps:

1. Attitude or approach: how we look at a specific problem

2. Energy and creativity with which we actively break them down into opportunities

3. Cultivation and maintenance of an inner will that allows us to handle defeat and difficulty