As was true with my two previous posts, I ran across this one yesterday, but didn't have time to post it. It was $3.99 then and is $3.99 now, but I don't know how long that it will stay that way.
Frankly, I am so thrifty (that sounds better than "miserly." haha) that I don't like to buy or even post books this expensive. But this one, even at $3.99, is reduced way, way down in price (from the print list price). Too, it looks to me like it is on its way to be a modern-day classic. I just wish that it was Whispersync'd (it apparently isn't).
The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph. By Ryan Holiday. Print list price $24.95; Kindle price now $3.99. The book is also available at the same price at (Apple) iTunes, Barnes & Noble, Google Play, and Kobo. Rated 4 and 1/2 stars out of 47 reviews at the present moment (the book has a publication date of May 1, 2014. I don't know how it could have gotten 47 reviews since then. Maybe Amazon is counting reviews from a previous edition? I dunno. I'm not going to bother trying to figure that out.).
http://www.amazon.com/Obstacle-Way-T...s+into+Triumph.
“The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.” — Marcus Aurelius
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 history—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.