The obstacle is the way
Subtitle: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph
Publisher: The Penguin Group
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York, USA
Format: Ebook
Number of pages: 2484
ISBN-13: 9781101620595
Copyright date: 2014
First sentence: In the year 170, at night in his tent on the front lines of the war in Germania, Marcus Aurelius, the emperor of the Roman Empire, sat down to write.
Table of contents: title: Praise for The Obstacle Is the Way; title: Title Page; title: Copyright; title: Preface; title: Introduction; title: PART I: PERCEPTION; title: THE DISCIPLINE OF PERCEPTION; title: RECOGNIZE YOUR POWER; title: STEADY YOUR NERVES; title: CONTROL YOUR EMOTIONS; title: PRACTICE OBJECTIVITY; title: ALTER YOUR PERSPECTIVE; title: IS IT UP TO YOU?; title: LIVE IN THE PRESENT MOMENT; title: THINK DIFFERENTLY; title: FINDING THE OPPORTUNITY; title: PREPARE TO ACT; title: PART II: ACTION; title: THE DISCIPLINE OF ACTION; title: GET MOVING; title: PRACTICE PERSISTENCE; title: ITERATE; title: FOLLOW THE PROCESS; title: DO YOUR JOB, DO IT RIGHT; title: WHAT’S RIGHT IS WHAT WORKS; title: IN PRAISE OF THE FLANK ATTACK; title: USE OBSTACLES AGAINST THEMSELVES; title: CHANNEL YOUR ENERGY; title: SEIZE THE OFFENSIVE; title: PREPARE FOR NONE OF IT TO WORK; title: PART III: WILL; title: THE DISCIPLINE OF THE WILL; title: BUILD YOUR INNER CITADEL; title: ANTICIPATION (THINKING NEGATIVELY); title: THE ART OF ACQUIESCENCE; title: LOVE EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS: AMOR FATI; title: PERSEVERANCE; title: SOMETHING BIGGER THAN YOURSELF; title: MEDITATE ON YOUR MORTALITY; title: PREPARE TO START AGAIN; title: Final Thoughts: The Obstacle Becomes the Way; title: Postscript: You’re Now A Philosopher. Congratulations; title: Acknowledgments; title: Selected Bibliography; title: The Stoic Reading List; title: Reading Recommendations; title: Let's Connect!