TY - BOOK AU - Holiday,Ryan TI - The obstacle is the way : : the ancient art of turning adversity to advantage SN - 9781781251485 (hbk.) U1 - 650.1 HOL 23 PY - 2014/// CY - London : PB - Profile Books KW - Success in business KW - Self-realization KW - Life skills N2 - We give up too easily. With a simple change of attitude, what seem like insurmountable obstacles become once-in-a-lifetime opportunities. Ryan Holiday, who dropped out of college at nineteen to serve as an apprentice to bestselling 'modern Machiavelli' Robert Greene and is now a media consultant for billion-dollar brands, draws on the philosophy of the Stoics to guide you in every situation, showing that what blocks our path actually opens one that is new and better. If the competition threatens you, it's time to be fearless, to display your courage. An impossible deadline becomes a chance to show how dedicated you are ER -