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The Obstacle Is the Way
Where the head goes, the body follows. Perception precedes action. Right action follows the right perspective.
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When we believe in the obstacle
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What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first steps to something better. —WENDELL PHILLIPS
from The Obstacle Is the Way by Ryan Holiday
though our doubts (and self-doubts) feel real, they have very little bearing on what is and isn’t possible.
from The Obstacle Is the Way by Ryan Holiday
Consider this mind-set. never in a hurry never worried
from The Obstacle Is the Way by Ryan Holiday
There is always a countermove, always an escape or a way through, so there is no reason to get worked up. No one said it would be easy and, of course, the stakes are high, but the path is there for those ready to take it.
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There is no good or bad without us, there is only perception. There is the event itself and the story we tell ourselves about what it means.
from The Obstacle Is the Way by Ryan Holiday
In our own lives, how many problems seem to come from applying judgments to things we don’t control, as though there were a way they were supposed to be? How often do we see what we think is there or should be there, instead of what actually is there?
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It’s time you understand that the world is telling you something with each and every failure and action. It’s feedback—giving you precise instructions on how to improve, it’s trying to wake you up from your cluelessness. It’s trying to teach you something. Listen. Lessons come hard only if you’re deaf to them. Don’t be.
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We are A-to-Z thinkers, fretting about A, obsessing over Z, yet forgetting all about B through Y.
from The Obstacle Is the Way by Ryan Holiday