“A good person dyes events with his own color…and turns
whatever happens to his own benefit.” - Seneca
From the outside looking in, the last several weeks have been
disaster after disaster for me:
Death in the family
Several deals that have been worked on for 6+ months fell
apart at the last minute
I might need to sue someone for egregious breach of contract
and unexpected damages
On and on and on...
I've thought of several books over and over again during this
period to cope. One of them was The Obstacle Is the Way: The
Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph by Ryan Holiday
(@ryanholiday). It has helped me to turn problems upside-down,
look at them through a different lens, and even uncover unique
opportunities.
The Obstacle Is The Way is a collection of stories and principles
about Stoicism, which I consider to be the ultimate personal
"operating system" for anyone who wants to thrive in high-stress
environments and situations.
If you want to be antifragile like Thomas Jefferson, Marcus
Aurelius, Bill Belichick, and many of the most dominant investors
in history, Stoicism offers a real playbook. If you want to make
better decisions, if you want to smile when other people cower,
it offers real tools.
To quote Andy Grove, former CEO of Intel, "Bad companies are
destroyed by crisis. Good companies survive them. Great companies
are improved by them." What if you could be a person who is
improved by crisis? At the very least, it would give you
opportunities no one else can see, let alone grasp. Much more
important, it would make you a happier human being.
Here are a few sample chapters from The Obstacle Is The
Way. Please enjoy!
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