Stillness is the Key: An Ancient Strategy for Modern Life

Description Stillness is the Key: An Ancient Strategy for Modern Life Hardcover by Holiday, Ryan Publisher : Profile Books (2019), Edition: Main, 288 pages Language : English Hardcover : 2019 ISBN-10 : ?1788162056 ISBN-13 : 9781788162050 Weight : 0.385 Dimensions : 18×2.6×13.5 cm Stillness is the Key: An Ancient Strategy for Modern Life by Ryan Holiday (2019) Reviews Stillness is the KeyAverage Rating:4.2 rating based on 41,340 ratings (all editions)ISBN-10: 1788162056ISBN-13: 9781788162050Goodreads: 45297853Author(s): Ryan HolidayPublisher: Published: //Throughout history, there's been one indelible quality that great leaders, makers, artists and fighters have shared. The Zen Buddhists described it as inner peace, the Stoics called it ataraxia and Ryan Holiday calls it stillness: the ability to be steady, focussed and calm in a constantly busy world.This quality, valued by every major school of thought from Buddha to Seneca, John Stuart Mill to Nietzsche, is urgently necessary today. And, Holiday shows, it is entirely attainable. Just as Winston Churchill used bricklaying as a time to recharge and reflect, or Oprah Winfrey learned deep empathy from her quiet childhood, we can all benefit from stillness to feed into our greater ambitions - whether winning a battle, building a business, or simply finding happiness, peace and self-direction.Filled with wisdom and examples from historical and contemporary figures, this book shows how to cultivate this quality in your own life. Because stillness is not merely inactivity, but the doorway to the self-mastery, discipline and focus necessary to succeed in this competitive, noisy world.Information from Goodreads.com  Stillness is the Key Reviews Reviews from Goodreads.com