“The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.” (Marcus Aurelius)
We are stuck, stymied, frustrated. But it needn’t be this way. There is a formula for success that’s been followed by the icons of history – from John D. Rockefeller to Amelia Earhart to Ulysses S. Grant to Steve Jobs – a formula that let them turn obstacles into opportunities. Faced with impossible situations, they found the astounding triumphs we all seek.
These men and women were not exceptionally brilliant, lucky, or gifted. Their success came from timeless philosophical principles laid down by a Roman emperor who struggled to articulate a method for excellence in any and all situations.
This book reveals that formula for the first time – and shows us how we can turn our own adversity into advantage.
This book is a *really* smart, lucid, compelling, inspiring manual on the art of living invincibly. Length:: 12:03 Mins “Whatever we face, we have a choice: Will we be blocked by obstacles, or will we advance through and over them?We might not be emperors, but the world is still constantly testing us. It asks: Are you worthy? Can you get past the things that inevitably fall in your way? Will you stand up and show us what you’re made of?Plenty of people have answered this question in the affirmative. And a rarer breed still has shown that they…
Outstanding. I used to have a practice. Each … Outstanding. I used to have a practice. Each year, at the end of the year, I would take about 20 minutes to write a list of all of the “bad” things that happened that year. Then, I would take the list outside, burn it and bury the ashes. Kind of a release from the burdens or pain that came from the tough times. They were over. I could move on. Now, I make the same list, but instead of burning it, I go back over the list and beside each “bad” thing, I write a positive development…
Decent This is overall a really good book and it was a great introduction to Stoic philosophy for me. However, the tone is very focused on promoting modern busy culture instead of stepping back from it. More like a book to help you use Stoic techniques to do better at what you are already doing instead of figuring out what is really important. It seems very focused on doing big things in life and most of the examples given are the same old tired people we’ve heard about a million times, mostly rich…