Podcast: The Daily Stoic
Episode: Turn the Tables | Ryan Holiday Reflects on 10 Years of The Obstacle Is the Way
Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode, complete with an Amazon buy link and quotes from the episode.
The Obstacle Is the Way
Buy on Amazon"I was thinking about the obstacles way in my early 20s primarily as a means to overcome professional obstacles."
The Obstacle Is the Way
Buy on Amazon"What if we started with the understanding that many people resonate deeply with this book?"
The Obstacle Is the Way
Buy on Amazon"If someone thinks, 'Well, I've read that book,' why would they want the 10th anniversary edition?"
The Obstacle Is the Way
Buy on Amazon"Well, you know, I feel like I've read that book because I wrote it, and then I had this unique experience during the pandemic where I was reading some of it to my son, primarily to help him sleep."
Trust Me, I'm Lying
Buy on Amazon"I did this with Trust Me, I’m Lying as well, but it was like a 5-year anniversary edition because stuff in the media changes faster than this."
The Obstacle Is the Way
Buy on Amazon"Having to listen to the audiobook of The Obstacle is the Way, I barely recognized my own voice; that is a surreal experience."
The Obstacle Is the Way
Buy on Amazon"So when I was writing The Obstacle is the Way, it was about popularizing and making interesting something many did not think was interesting."
The Obstacle Is the Way
Buy on Amazon"So sure, if The Obstacle Is the Way had failed and been this embarrassing, painful, devastating thing, then yeah, The Obstacle Is the Way would have been a chance to practice stoicism."
The Obstacle Is the Way
Buy on Amazon"Was there anything when you went back through The Obstacle on this past read, and you're like, 'Oh, I forgot how I did that."
The Obstacle Is the Way
Buy on Amazon"So I did I think two versions of The Obstacle or two versions of Trust Me, I'm Lying; I think this is my—I’m getting this 10 years apart on The Obstacle Is the Way, and then I've obviously reread stuff that I've written even further ago than that."
Stillness Is the Key
Buy on Amazon"So I have noticed like even in The Obstacle, Ego, Stillness, each one is a little bit longer than the one that came before it."
Essentialism
Buy on Amazon"And he, he sort of went out of his way to—I forget which book it was—but you did a similar thing where it was a story about you."