Stillness is the Key: An Ancient Strategy for Modern Life

by Ryan Holiday

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Throughout history, there has been one 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, focused and calm in a constantly busy world.

Drawing on a wide range of history's greatest thinkers, Holiday shows us how crucial stillness is, and how it can be cultivated in our own lives today. Just as Winston Churchill, Oprah Winfrey and baseball player Sadaharu Oh have done, we can all benefit from stillness to feed into our greater ambitions - whether building a business or simply finding happiness, peace and self-direction.

Stillness is the key to the self-mastery, discipline and focus necessary to succeed in this competitive, noisy world.
  • ISBN10 178283527X
  • ISBN13 9781782835271
  • Publish Date 10 October 2019 (first published 1 October 2019)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Profile Books Ltd
  • Format eBook
  • Language English