The Obstacle Is the Way
内容简介
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 hist ory—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.
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作者简介
RYAN HOLIDAY Ryan Holiday is a media strategist and prominent writer on strategy and business. After dropping out of college at ninetee n to apprentice under Robert Greene, author of The 48 Laws of Power, he went on to advise many bestselling authors and multiplatinum musicians. He served as director of marketing at American Apparel for many years, where his campaigns have been used as case studies by Twitter, YouTube, and Google and written about in AdAge, the New York Times, and Fast Company.
His first book, Trust Me I’m Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator—which the Financial Times called an “astonishing, disturbing book”—was a debut bestseller and is now taught in colleges around the world. He currently lives in Austin, Texas, and writes at RyanHoliday.net and Thought Catalog and for the New York Observer.
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目录
Title Page
Copyright
Preface
Introduction
PART I: PERCEPTION
THE DISCIPLINE OF PERCEPTION
RECOGNIZE YOUR POWER
STEADY YOUR NERVES
CONTROL YOUR EMOTIONS
PRACTICE OBJECTIVITY
ALTER YOUR PERSPECTIVE
IS IT UP TO YOU?
LIVE IN THE PRESENT MOMENT
THINK DIFFERENTLY
FINDING THE OPPORTUNITY
PREPARE TO ACT
PART II: ACTION
THE DISCIPLINE OF ACTION
GET MOVING
PRACTICE PERSISTENCE
ITERATE
FOLLOW THE PROCESS
DO YOUR JOB, DO IT RIGHT
WHAT’S RIGHT IS WHAT WORKS
IN PRAISE OF THE FLANK ATTACK
USE OBSTACLES AGAINST THEMSELVES
CHANNEL YOUR ENERGY
SEIZE THE OFFENSIVE
PREPARE FOR NONE OF IT TO WORK
PART III: WILL
THE DISCIPLINE OF THE WILL
BUILD YOUR INNER CITADEL
ANTICIPATION (THINKING NEGATIVELY)
THE ART OF ACQUIESCENCE
LOVE EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS: AMOR FATI
PERSEVERANCE
SOMETHING BIGGER THAN YOURSELF
MEDITATE ON YOUR MORTALITY
PREPARE TO START AGAIN
Final Thoughts: The Obstacle Becomes the Way
Postscript: You’re Now A Philosopher. Congratulations
Acknowledgments
Selected Bibliography
The Stoic Reading List
Reading Recommendations
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