BRX Pro Tip: Book Recommendation: The Obstacle is the Way
Stone Payton: [00:00:00] And we are back with Business RadioX Pro Tips. Stone Payton and Lee Kantor here with you. Lee, you’ve got a new book recommendation, and this book is called The Obstacle is the Way.
Lee Kantor: [00:00:11] Yeah. This is one of my favorite books. I read it a while ago and I revisit it all of the time. It’s by Ryan Holiday. He writes a lot about this. This is, I think, early in his path to talk about stoicism, which is a philosophy that he feels very strongly about and writes a lot about. So, if you’re interested in that, he has a lot of good information about that as well.
Lee Kantor: [00:00:33] But the premise of The Obstacle is the Way is to reframe an obstacle or a challenge you’re struggling with into an opportunity to practice patience, courage, humility, resourcefulness, reason, or some other virtue you aspire to have. And that he recommends and suggests that there are no paths that are obstacle free. Obstacles are just part of the path. And going through it, around it, over it, under it, that’s just part of the journey. So, don’t take it personally.
Lee Kantor: [00:01:06] You know, the universe isn’t conspiring to stop you from getting everything you want. There’s just obstacles in front of you all the time. Everybody has to deal with them, and everybody does deal with them. So, don’t take it personally. Just keep moving forward. And I think that that’s an important thing to realize. And it’s easy to kind of fall into this victim thinking about why me? Why is this happening to me? It’s why isn’t it happening to you? There are billions of people on this planet that are having to deal with a lot worse than whatever it is you’re dealing with right now.
Lee Kantor: [00:01:44] So, just remember, there’s a lot of things that are going your way that you’re not appreciating. And obstacles are just part of the journey. So, lean into them, embrace them, and don’t sweat them.
