The Obstacle Is the Way

There are two reasons I didn't think this book deserved a five star which isn't surprising many people give it. My reasons are pretty basic too.

1. There's simply a lot of fluff. The added stories are relevant and add to his point, but there's still a lot of fluff around what he's trying to get across.

2. it really annoyed me when he talked about Lincoln as he cared about slaves. There were several other passages about famous people (or notorious as Lincoln is more aptly described) that I also didn't agree with. Lincoln was one of the most hated presidents ever during his time.

“I will say then that I am not, nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in anyway the social and political equality of the white and black races - that I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people; and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believed will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality.”

- Lincoln during his fourth debate with Stephan Douglas - Sept. 18, 1858



That said, the actual material itself and the lessons are worth five stars.