Stillness is the Key
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In The Obstacle Is the Way and Ego Is the Enemy, bestselling author Ryan Holiday made ancient wisdom wildly popular with a new generation of leaders in sports, politics, and technology. In his new book, Stillness Is the Key, Holiday draws on timeless Stoic and Buddhist philosophy to show why slowing down is the secret weapon for those charging ahead.
All great leaders, thinkers, artists, athletes, and visionaries share one indelible quality. It enables them to conquer their tempers. To avoid distraction and discover great insights. To achieve happiness and do the right thing. Ryan Holiday calls it stillness—to be steady while the world spins around you.
In this audiobook, he outlines a path for achieving this ancient, but urgently necessary way of living. Drawing on a wide range of history's greatest thinkers, from Confucius to Seneca, Marcus Aurelius to Thich Nhat Hanh, John Stuart Mill to Nietzsche, he argues that stillness is not mere inactivity, but the doorway to self-mastery, discipline, and focus.
Holiday also examines figures who exemplified the power of stillness: baseball player Sadaharu Oh, whose study of Zen made him the greatest home run hitter of all time; Winston Churchill, who in balancing his busy public life with time spent laying bricks and painting at his Chartwell estate managed to save the world from annihilation in the process; Fred Rogers, who taught generations of children to see what was invisible to the eye; Anne Frank, whose journaling and love of nature guided her through unimaginable adversity.
More than ever, people are overwhelmed. They face obstacles and egos and competition. Stillness Is the Key offers a simple but inspiring antidote to the stress of 24/7 news and social media. The stillness that we all seek is the path to meaning, contentment, and excellence in a world that needs more of it than ever.
Editor's Note
Stay focused on your goals.…
Today, everyone is so busy with work, and their side projects, and binging shows on Netflix. But Ryan Holiday has studied the Stoics and Buddhist philosophy, and has learned that keeping calm in a chaotic world brings the most success. Here are the keys to staying focused on your goals.
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Reviews for Stillness is the Key
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I liked that: this reading was inclusive to all faiths. It was thought-provoking and insightful. I appreciated the many historical examples of people who struggled and the path each one followed. Nice read suitable for anyone.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Right book, right time. Life changing is an understatement. Awesome.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Ryan Holiday is one of the top thinkers of our time, Stillness is the key truly is a masterpiece.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Slow down.. pick this book up, great book and insight
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Wonderful reminder to slow down, think, and savor what’s important. Ryan provides guidance from great thinkers, leaders, and leaders. He inspired me to unplug and simplify.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Love Ryan's work but this book felt a little bit too off topic sometimes and missing a core teaching to make it more practical. Anyway, good read.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A fantastic blend of philosophy and spirituality and how it applies to contemporary life
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Well researched but not worth if you already know a bit of stoicism
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is an amazing book; words and ideas long ago further emphasized, modernized, and elaborated by the author. This book is timeless and a must read! Thank you Ryan Holiday!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is an essential book for everyone to read in their lives. I will be passing this book on to my friends and those seeking to enrich themselves. I wish this book existed when I was a kid trying to attain greatness. In fact, read Obstacle is the Way and Ego is the Enemy. A few times. I can't say enough.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Amazing book! Its a must read for everyone of any age
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great book! Couldn’t put it down. Easy to apply to my life.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Previous books were better. This book was more like a Malcolm Gladwell style.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Another Ryan Hokiday classic. It has some new material in there but lots of it I had already heard in Eg9 is the Enemy and the Obstacle is the Way. Not that I dont need reminders of what he writes about often however.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Very interesting listen. A must for anyone who is trying to gain wisdom and insights on stillness, meditation, and life from the collection of great thinkers Ryan have mentioned, and Ryan himself.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is one of those books you have to read again and again because you'll get something new every time
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I haven’t read the book only listened to the audio version, but mixed in with readings from eckhardt tolle I enjoy his stoic philosophical touch to the book.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I’m sooooo glad Ryan attacked this subject. It was much needed. I have read all of his books and this one is another grand slam. Thanks for this Ryan...Thanks for sharing your talents with us!
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