PAPERBACK, ENGLISH book for the bedside of every future - and current - leader in the world. Ryan Holiday is part Machiavelli, part Ogilvy ... this whiz kid is the secret weapon you've never heard of. (The 4-Hour Work Week) [The book that's] turning the entrepreneurs and the moguls into hard-wired stoics (The Times) An absolute must-read. A kind of user's manual for life, you will turn to it time and time again and learn to tear through any obstacle and resolve any conflict. i The Obstacle is the Way /i decants in concentrated form the timeless techniques for self-mastery as employed to world-conquering effect by philosophers and men of action from Alexander the Great to Marcus Aurelius to Steve Jobs. Follow these precepts and you will revolutionize your life. As Mr Holiday writes, "It's simple, it's just not easy." Read this book!