“The Obstacle is the Way” is one of the best books I’ve read in a while – it goes back well beyond its publication date of 2014 and the author Ryan Holiday and to a time of the stoic philosophers of Seneca, Cicero and Marcus Aurelius.

Business guru and serial entrepreneur, Tim Ferris has given Seneca a serious amount of publicity through his podcasting and also the transcript of his writings – this book is as good an introduction as you will ever need.