In this episode I microwave the second section of The Obstacle is the Way by Ryan Holiday.
This section is titled Action. Here are the quotes that Ryan uses in this section.
The Discipline of Action:
GET MOVING- “We must all either wear out or rust out, every one of us. My choice is to wear out”. THEODORE ROOSEVELT
PRACTICE- “He says the best way out is always through. And I agree to that, or in so far as I can see no way out but through”. ROBERT FROST
ITERATE- “What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first steps to something better”. WENDELL PHILLIPS
FOLLOW THE PROCESS- “Under the comb the tangle and the straight path are the same”. HERACLITUS
DO YOUR JOB, DO IT RIGHT- “Whatever is rightly done, however humble, is noble”. SIR HENRY ROYCE
WHAT’S RIGHT IS WHAT WORKS- “The cucumber is bitter? Then throw it out. There are brambles in the path? Then go around. That’s all you need to know”. MARCUS AURELIUS
IN PRAISE OF THE FLANK ATTACK- “Whoever cannot seek the unforeseen sees nothing, for the known way is an impasse”. HERACLITUS
USE OBSTACLES AGAINST THEMSELVES- “Wise men are able to make fitting use even of their enemies”. PLUTARCH
CHANNEL YOUR ENERGY- “When jarred, unavoidably, by circumstance revert at once to yourself and don’t lose the rhythm more than you can help. You’ll have a better grasp of harmony if you keep going back to it”. MARCUS AURELIUS
SIEZE THE OFFENSIVE- “The best men are not those who have waited for chances but who have taken them; besieged chance, conquered the chance, and made chance the servitor”. E.H. CHAPIN
PREPARE FOR NONE OF IT TO WORK- “In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune’s habit of behaving just as she pleases”. SENECA
Thank you for listening to this episode. Join me tomorrow (hopefully) where I will microwave the last section of the book, which is the third discipline. The Discipline of Action.
Brenda