Subscribe to my newsletter and get updates straight into your inbox.How could I not read this book?! Right there on the outside cover is a quote from Steven Pressfield, author of The War of Art and Gates of Fire: “Follow these precepts and you will revolutionize your life. Stories of John Rockefeller, Warren Buffet, John Glenn, Pericles, Richard Branson, Steve Jobs, George Washington, Barack Obama, Thomas Edison, Demosthenes and other people describe how they incorporated obstacles they faced, into solutions. But true will means humility, resilience and flexibility.Įvery step above includes useful lessons and learnings. Too often people think that will is how badly we want something. Will is our internal power, which can never be affected by the outside world. Step by step, (right) action by action will help us overcome the obstacles we face. Deliberation boldness and persistence are the attributes of right and effective actions. Our perception can be a source of great strength or weakness.Īction requires courage. How we see and understand what occurs around us, and what we believe those events mean. The most effective way of overcoming obstacles includes three interdependent and fluidly contingent disciplines: This book shares collective wisdom in order to help the reader accomplish, the very specific and increasingly urgent goal we all share nowadays: overcoming obstacles.

The impediment to action advances action. They are ever-lasting masterpieces written by great humans and thinkers. I suggest reading the original documents. I won’t write more about Stoic philosophy since there are plenty of resources out there for those who are interested to learn more. The modern usage of the word “stoic” usually refers to someone who endures patiently. The main ambassadors were Zeno of Citium, Seneca & Emperor Marcus Aurelius. According to stoics the path to eudaimonia is obvious by the time you accept life as it is, avoiding the desire for pleasure, fear or pain. Stoicism is a school of Hellenistic philosophy that was born in Athens in the early 3rd century BC. Here is what I learned: What is Stoic Philosophy Back in August, I started exploring Stoic philosophy and I bought this book. In 2020, many people lost their jobs, the business landscape changed dramatically (see tourism industry) and the way we work was transformed drastically, exploding remote working across the globe. Spanish Flu or 1918 flu pandemic lasted for two years, infected 500 million people, and killed from 17 million to 50 million people (some say that it killed 100 million).

The last time a major pandemic disease occurred was about 100 years ago.

Obstacle is the way review