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Dealing with Obstacles
The mind adapts and converts to its own purposes the obstacle to our acting. The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.
–Marcus Aurelius
In 2020, I suffered a major foot injury during a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournament in Houston, Texas. That injury completely changed my life because I couldn’t walk for almost three months after surgery. After the surgery, I had difficulty adjusting my schedule while facing my physical limitation to move and do simple things. During that time, I started reading more about stoicism as a philosophy and a way of living. The first book I read was The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph by Ryan Holiday. It was there that ...
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