The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph

by Ryan Holiday

It’s simple. Simple but, of course, not easy.

“The obstacle in the path becomes the path. Never forget, within every obstacle is an opportunity to improve our condition.”

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.

Where the head goes, the body follows. Perception precedes action. Right action follows the right perspective.

Stop looking for angels, and start looking for angles.

Pragmatism is not so much realism as flexibility. There are a lot of ways to get from point A to point B. It doesn’t have to be a straight line. It’s just got to get you where you need to go.

Determination, if you think about it, is invincible. Nothing other than death can prevent us from following Churchill’s old acronym: KBO. Keep Buggering On.