The Obstacle Is The Way: How Stoics Turn Tragedy To Triumph | Ryan Holiday | The Obstacle Is The Way

The Stoics were masters at turning tragedy into triumph. In his book, "The Obstacle Is The Way," Ryan Holiday talks about strategies for confronting life's most difficult situations with Stoicism and finding growth and purpose in hardship. With the coronavirus pandemic spreading rapidly, there has been no better time to turn to Stoicism for answers as to how we can stay calm and be virtuous in trying times.

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Ryan Holiday has influenced the modern stoicism movement greatly. His books are read by modern stoicism's practitioners like Tim Ferriss, Robert Greene, and others.

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[DailyStoic]

We realize this well-being and fight this virus by the choices we make right now. Some of those choices include:

Practice social distancing: as much as possible, stay away from people outside of your family. Avoid social events and public gatherings, work from home if possible. If you have employees, do what you can so they can do the same. And implement common-sense measures so that your employees and customers are safe: reduce face-to-face interactions as much as possible, grant generous sick leave, and limit the number of customers at a single time.
Cancel or postpone events if you have them. Make them remote-access, if possible. Do not prioritize your convenience or entertainment over the potential spread of the virus.
Practice safety measures: wash your hands as much as possible, especially before you eat. Don’t touch your face, and cough into a tissue or your elbow. Don’t shake hands with people, press buttons with knuckles or elbows, and avoid food that is uncooked.
Help others who are in more precarious situations. If you know your neighbor is elderly and planning to make a grocery run, see if you can help them get what they need without leaving their house. Think of the wonderful generosity of this Chinese company sending face masks to Italy (with a quote from Seneca on them no less!)
Hold off on visiting elderly friends or family members. Yes, you’re worried about them. Yes, you miss them. But you put them and their community at risk by stopping at their old folks home or visiting their house. Even if you feel healthy, even if the person you’re visiting seems to be in good health, the safest option is to wait to see them.
Don’t hoard: hoarding essential goods hurts other members of the community who lack resources to prepare. Slowly stock up with non-perishable foods and goods so that others can do the same. Long lines at stores only make things worse.
Along those lines, don’t tie up medical resources that you don’t need. Save masks for doctors, nurses, first responders, and others who need them in the course of their jobs. And don’t forget that for now our testing supply is sorely limited; do your best not to tie up the critical resource of COVID-19 tests, and avoid being a hypochondriac.
Self-quarantine and self-isolate: if you believe you may have been exposed to COVID-19, stay in your home for two weeks to keep others safe.
Use your time wisely: don’t let the possible weeks or months of isolation be for nothing. You can’t control how long you’ll need to engage in social distancing, but you can control if you spend that time productively. The version of you who steps out of quarantine at some future date can be better than the version that entered it, if you try.
Batch your online orders if you’re stocking up to reduce the need for inefficient shipments and stress on already stressed supply chains.
Educate: don’t spread misinformation about the virus. Instead, make sure others know how to best handle the spread of the virus. If you’re someone with a platform, your number one obligation right now is to not spread bullshit or breaking information. You’re not helping, you’re hurting.
If you get sick, isolate yourself at home as long as symptoms remain moderate. If you have trouble breathing, are an older adult (70+), have pre-existing lung conditions or are immunocompromised, be ready to call your doctor or visit an ER.
Remember that panic doesn’t help. Rushing to sell your stocks; ignoring the needs of others; freaking out; being cross with or cruel to others. You know what this does? It takes a bad situation and makes it worse.
Cherish the people you love and the present moment, as scary as it is. It is all we have for certain.

[mattinnj]

Man did I need this. Had it all just 5 yrs ago. Great 7 figure career, marriage, home…lost it all due to a surgical mishap in mid 50s. Took me a few years to recover and by that time, I felt like I was too old to make a comeback

At some point, I said F it and went for the comeback

Better shape than when I was 18 and money is flowing again

The comeback is actually fun

[e.j.volkman]

I love the phrase that the world easily found another dye merchant, but that there has never been another Zeno. That, for me, is the power of individuality vs. my niche or profession in life.

[raymondtendau]

Is a world without pain possible? Then dont ask the impossible.
-Marcus Aurelius

[ajaramaba]

We will never live in such a situation again, let us embrace it.

[RyanBlaske]

Not going to lie, your book and this mindset have saved my ass multiple times. Thank You.

[tevinfindlay]

Do a video on ppl that embody stoicism in our modern culture.

[jameskerr]

Tragically I did ~21 years in the Navy and didn't truly know, outside of Admiralty and the MoH, James Stockdale's torture in Vietnam and his philosophical views that allowed him to endure as a leader, even in the midst of such brutal conditions. Perhaps his story, from my mind, was overshadowed by the equally horrible treatment of John McCain. Either way, thank you Mr. Stockdale for your service and sacrifices far, far beyond anything I'd ever endured (post-humously of course).

[stefanpetrovic]

Courage, Justice, Temperance and Wisdom. Thank you Ryan.

[HeavenOrHell]

This is definitely relatable to me as I had a very tragic event happen to myself in August 2019 that landed me in the mental hospital for 12 days. I'm doing my humble best to turn that tragic event into my most triumphant being that it was an Ego Death.

[cjmeincke]

The first story had me in tears at the end

[ForeverFunded]

This pandemic and this self quarantine is a good way to improve myself physically, spiritually, and mentally.


This will be the only time that this will happen, so we must embrace it and make the most of it. Go.

[Hiepphandang]

Losing everything we have gives us a freedom to work on the task we are born to do.

[jenna]

U.S.--Unity over Self--emboldened words for such a time as this.

[AashimGupta]

This is absolutely brilliant. Thank you so much for all that you do. "To Forgive a man who has wronged one, to remain a friend to one who has transgressed friendship, to continue faithful to one who has broken faith.” Even repeating these words brings so much peace. Marcus Aurelius has to be the most noble person who ever lived. Inspirational and life changing!

[frustratedchild]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH RYAN. your book "The Obstacle is the way is really great. Specially in this modern era full of envy and criticism, the stoic philosophy is key..Thank you. I was inspired by your book to create A CHANNEL to help people who are currently stuck in life and hopefully one of my videos will inspire them..

[kareemelsayed]

I just want to say from the bottom of my heart. Thank you Ryan Holiday. Your work improved my mindset a lot

[orhansaimdemirturk]

Thank you Ryan for this post in such really hard times...Bravo...Like Zeno after the shipwreck, a lot of us may lose a lot in this pandemic including our have entered the world of Epictetus

[Omar]

I learned that courage was not the fear of absence, but the triumph over it.

[Adonis-official]

Man, the stoics must be the happiest people on Earth .