2024-12-22T02:35:20-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150190625/turning-obstacles-into-opportunities-in-architectural-practice Sean Joyner 2020-03-23T18:04:00-04:00 >2020-12-23T11:46:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/29/2923875d39082425956970c5caa1e3ad.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Today, with the developing inconveniences of life, the hardships and frustrations, and the multitude of circumstantial consequences many of us face, it can be tough to know how to navigate the challenges we encounter. How do we trek this rocky path?</p> <p>In his book&nbsp;<em><a href="https://amzn.to/2QCVuc4" target="_blank">The Obstacle is the Way</a>,</em> Ryan Holiday takes the timeless teachings of stoic philosophy and translates them for the modern reader, pulling stories from history to teach the art of "turning obstacles upside down." The book is based off of a passage written by the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius:</p> <p><em>Our actions may be impeded...but there can be no impeding our intentions or dispositions. Because we can accommodate and adapt. 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.</em></p> <p>As we all face obstacles in our professional and personal lives, the lessons Holiday expounds are crucially important during this time. Many firms of all ...</p>