The Obstacle is the Way - Ryan Holiday Pt 2

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Part 2 - Action

- In the process of dealing with the reality of a bad hand, you can either fold or play it for all you’ve got. Play it hard, working through the problem will reveal the steps to success.
- Obstacles won’t unobstacle themselves. They'll only get worse
- Meet our obstacle with action, energy, persistence, coherent and logical process, strategic vision, craftiness, eye for savvy ingenuity
- You’ve got to start to go anywhere and the circumstances in which you start will never be perfect, but the first and best thing you have to do is say ‘yes’ and take action. Once you get started, no matter how slight. You will build momentum and achieve greatness.
- Always ask you if there is more you can be doing
- There is an opportunity cost to you not acting with speed and vigor. As you slowly proceed forward, you’ve lost the opportunity to do more in that same amount of time.
- Slow pressure applied from many different angles will provide the path to the solution
- The solution isn’t going to be easy. Don't look for angels, look for angles
- Stop fearing failure, you need to fail in order to create a better product
- Failure puts you in corners you have to think your way out of
- Anticipated short term failure is better than a final catastrophic failure. It’s a cost of winning
- Follow the process and not the prize
- Exist in the present, taking one step at a time and not getting distracted anything else
- We tend to think A to Z and forget about the B through Y steps in order to get there
- Take pride in your job, no matter how low. Other people will not want to do it and that is exactly why you must
- Don’t worry about the future, you must be in the present and you’re never too good for anything.
- Think like a craftsman - with pride and dedication.
- There is always a divide between, The way you wish they are and way they actually are. You need to think about how you’ll bridge the gap in creative ways
- Don’t occupy too much of your time looking for the perfect solution, simply the solution that works
- You don’t always find victory in the traditional head on attack. Try and find the indirect, hazardous, never thought of before angle of attack
- Action can have many meanings. It’s not always moving moving forward. Non action can be action, by using the energy of the obstacle to defeat itself
- When we want something too badly, we can put ourselves in a worse situation, we can advance, not necessarily by pushing forward
- Be free where it matters, within. Be physically loose & mentally tight.
- Rather than being oppressed by the rules, see how you can subvert them and change them in a less obvious way
- You must press forward, just when everyone else sees disaster. You can act swiftly and unexpectedly
- Ordinary people shy away from troubles. The extraordinary people do the opposite, they are their best in these situations and they look for advantage in the crises.
- Perceptions can be managed, actions can be directed. Look for opportunity. Seize the initiative
- Instantly accept the verdict/result and move on.

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