The book originated from a guest post on Stoicism that Holiday wrote for Tim Ferriss’s blog in 2009. The Obstacle Is the Way is Holiday’s third book, published in 2014. He currently lives on a ranch in Texas, raising cows, goats, chickens, and other animals when he isn’t writing. Holiday is also the founder of the Daily Stoic blog and currently hosts its daily podcast, offering bite-sized lessons in Stoicism and interviewing top performers from a variety of disciplines. Drew Pinsky, host of the radio show Loveline, recommended it to him and credits this event as a pivotal moment in his life. He read Marcus Aurelius’s Meditations after Dr.
Holiday recounts that at this age, he made it a habit to ask as many successful people as possible for book recommendations. Holiday first encountered Stoicism at 19. After releasing The Obstacle Is the Way, Holiday’s career as a nonfiction author took off, and he quit marketing to focus on writing full time. During this time, Holiday also founded his own consulting firm Brass Check, which has served such high-profile clients as Tony Robbins and Tim Ferriss. Ryan Holiday began his career after dropping out of college at age 19, when Robert Greene, author of The 48 Laws of Power, agreed to take him on as an “apprentice.” A year later, he got a job in the PR department of American Apparel, eventually becoming the company’s director of marketing.
The following The Obstacle Is the Way review covers the book’s context, background, and critical reception by the readers. Ryan Holiday argues that by adopting the Stoics’ historically proven formula for success, you can redirect the forces that typically work against you and will them to push you toward your goals. The Obstacle Is the Way is an instruction manual on how to solve life’s toughest problems, based on the teachings of the Stoics of Ancient Greece. What is Ryan Holiday’s The Obstacle Is the Way about? What is the Stoic secret to staying calm and unperturbed in the face of adversity? Like this article? Sign up for a free trial here. Shortform has the world's best summaries and analyses of books you should be reading. This article is an excerpt from the Shortform book guide to "The Obstacle Is The Way" by Ryan Holiday.
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