We give up too easily. With a simple change of attitude, what seem like insurmountable obstacles become once-in-a-lifetime opportunities. Ryan Holiday, who dropped out of college at nineteen to serve as an apprentice to bestselling 'modern Machiavelli' Robert Greene and is now a media consultant for billion-dollar brands, draws on the philosophy of the Stoics to guide you in every situation, showing that what blocks our path actually opens one that is new and better.If the competition threatens you, it's time to be fearless, to display your courage. An impossible deadline becomes a chance to show how dedicated you are. And as Ryan discovered as Director of Marketing for American Apparel, if your brand is generating controversy - it's also potentially generating publicity.The Stoic philosophy - that what is in the way, is the way - can be applied to any problem: it's a formula invented more than 2,000 years ago, whose effectiveness has been proven in battles and board rooms ever since. From Barack Obama's ability to overcome obstacles in his election races, to the design of the iPhone, the stoic philosophy has helped its users become world-beaters.
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The Obstacle is the Way The Ancient Art of Turning Adversity to Advantage
By Ryan Holiday
We give up too easily. With a simple change of attitude, what seem like insurmountable obstacles become once-in-a-lifetime opportunities. Ryan Holiday, who dropped out of college at nineteen to serve as an apprentice to bestselling 'modern Machiavelli' Robert Greene and is now a media consultant for billion-dollar brands, draws on the philosophy of the Stoics to guide you in every situation, showing that what blocks our path actually opens one that is new and better.If the competition threatens you, it's time to be fearless, to display your courage. An impossible deadline becomes a chance to show how dedicated you are. And as Ryan discovered as Director of Marketing for American Apparel, if your brand is generating controversy - it's also potentially generating publicity.The Stoic philosophy - that what is in the way, is the way - can be applied to any problem: it's a formula invented more than 2,000 years ago, whose effectiveness has been proven in battles and board rooms ever since. From Barack Obama's ability to overcome obstacles in his election races, to the design of the iPhone, the stoic philosophy has helped its users become world-beaters.
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Reviewed by SvenWo soll ich anfangen, um aufzuzeigen, wie Scheiße dieses Buch ist. Das Positive vorweg, es liest sich schnell. Meine Probleme: Bro-Stoizismus und Hustle-Culture: Holiday nimmt die tiefgründige, oft sehr ruhige Philosophie der alten Stoiker und presst sie in ein modernes, aggressives Performanz- und Karriere-Muster. Das Buch vermittelt oft das Gefühl: "Hab dich nicht so, wandel jedes Problem einfach in Grind und Profit um!" Das blendet mentale Gesundheit, emotionale Verarbeitung und echte Schicksalsschläge völlig aus. Zudem trivialisiert es komplexe Probleme, indem es so tut, als gäbe es für jedes systemische oder persönliche Problem eine einfache Mindset-Spritze. Wenn man vor einem Burnaut, Trauer, Depression oder Handlungsunfähigkeit steht, wirkt das zu oberflächlich, fast schon beleidigend. Und zuletzt ist es extrem repetitiv und formelhaft. Das Buch folgt gefühlt auf jeder Seite demselben Schema: Stoizistisches Zitat, Anekdote aus der Geschichte, Motivationsspruch. Nach den ersten 50 Seiten passiert inhaltlich absolut nichts Neues mehr.