I am excited that my book The Obstacle Is The Way has been selected as May’s selection for the Product Hunt Book Club! I've written a Medium post to give you a quick introduction to the book and to facilitate discussion and conversation. Please let me know what you all think!
@ryanholiday I'm a big believer in stoicism and overcoming adversity so I have to say that I'm pumped to read your book. I've had it on my reading list for a while now.
@andrewwarner One of my favorite musicians Jackie Greene did it in a photo once and I've always liked the photo. A photographer at American Apparel took a version of it for the back cover of my first book, Trust Me I'm Lying and I use it for a lot of stuff now. My wife and I did a version at our wedding too. It's my favorite.
https://instagram.com/p/zxIbemleQv/
@eriktorenberg
1) Writing a book about stoicism is a bit inconvenient if you'd ever like to complain about anything ever again. People are always trying to make me 'live up to my own words' which is a total pain.
2) Just how many people have followed the precepts in their life but didn't know that there was a word or a philosophy for it. It's been really cool to connect with those people and reintroduce them to a philosophy they already KNEW but couldn't articulate.
3) Just last week I read a new passage in Marcus Aurelius's Meditations--one I have read dozens and dozens of times--that I never realized better articulates my own thesis better than I could have hoped. Funny how that works.
"–But there are external obstacles…
Not to behaving with justice, self-control, and good sense.
–Well, but perhaps to some more concrete action.
–But if you accept the obstacle and work with what you’re given, an alternative will present itself–another piece of what you’re trying to assemble. Action by action."
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Rich Roll Podcast 197 - Jesse Itzler