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

The Obstacle Is the Way

The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph

2014 • 229 pages

Ratings177

Average rating3.9

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This book came highly recommended, and had its moments. It wasn't a great fit for me, though.

I'm a Christian, and while much of the advice is logical and can be applied regardless of worldview, the heavy Stoic influence feels... anemic, I guess.

Beyond worldview, I also found it too abstract. I appreciated many of the philosophies in theory, but the application was often nebulous.

It was a slog to finish, and I would have spent the time more profitably reading a blog post on the topic and then moving on to the next book in my to-read pile.

June 24, 2019