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

Ryan Holiday's first Stoic-inspired book and the one that put modern Stoicism on the cultural map. Holiday builds his case from a passage in Marcus Aurelius: 'The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.' He then traces how that idea shaped the careers of figures as different as John D. Rockefeller, Ulysses S. Grant, Steve Jobs, and Amelia Earhart. The book has been adopted by NFL coaches, military commanders, and Silicon Valley founders, which is unusual reach for a philosophy book.