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Stillness Is the Key

Ryan Holiday

Ryan Holiday

Stillness Is the Key

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In Stillness is the Key the author aims to create a guide to lead a life that is both serene and productive. The objective is to achieve a state of calm and stillness that allows you to have a successful life. The book explains that this is only possible when we reach a balance between the three most important areas of human life: mind, body and spirit; each one of these is analysed individually to uncover the best methods to reach a calm state in each area

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Analysis and key concepts

01.

What is stillness or, as the stoics called it, apatheia

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The domain of the body; a stressed body cannot achieve serenity

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Living in the moment, limiting inputs and letting go of preconceptions can help to achieve mental peace

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Tricks to avoid distractions, to reflect and to seek silence and wisdom

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Learning to feel sure of yourself and to let things go

06.

The spiritual domain, how to achieve spiritual stillness

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To achieve spiritual stillness, develop a strong moral code, be kind to your inner child and manage your desires

08.

Nourishing the spirit, learning to believe in a greater force and sharing the quest for serenity are excellent pathways to spiritual peace

09.

The domain of the body; a stressed body cannot achieve serenity

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Regenerate the body with hobbies, with movement and with routine

11.

Seek out solitude and rest, learn not to react to protect your body from stress

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Quotes

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Take-home message

01. What is stillness or, as the stoics called it, apatheia

Staying steady while the world spins around you. It means reacting without frenzy. Hearing only what needs to be heard. Stillness means to possess quietude, both interior and exterior, on command. The concept of stillness is a pathway that leads to excellence, it improves performance, inspires ideas and refines perspective, it enables us to persevere, to resist the passions of the masses and make space for gratitude and wonder. In reality most philosophers and world religions revere this stillness or inner peace as supreme well-being and the secret to a happy life. To achieve stillness we need to reduce the disturbances and the chaos that make it impossible, by concentrating on three specific things: mind, body and soul.

02. The domain of the body; a stressed body cannot achieve serenity

03. Living in the moment, limiting inputs and letting go of preconceptions can help to achieve mental peace

04. Tricks to avoid distractions, to reflect and to seek silence and wisdom

05. Learning to feel sure of yourself and to let things go

06. The spiritual domain, how to achieve spiritual stillness

07. To achieve spiritual stillness, develop a strong moral code, be kind to your inner child and manage your desires

08. Nourishing the spirit, learning to believe in a greater force and sharing the quest for serenity are excellent pathways to spiritual peace

09. The domain of the body; a stressed body cannot achieve serenity

10. Regenerate the body with hobbies, with movement and with routine

11. Seek out solitude and rest, learn not to react to protect your body from stress

12. Quotes

13. Take-home message

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Many useful tips to:

  • Achieve inner peace and live a better life.
  • Learn to balance your mind, body and spirit and access stillness.
  • Learn to discover and make the most of the inner calm present within each of us, that is shrunken by modern life.

Ryan Holiday is a highly sought-after speaker and strategist and, author of bestsellers such as The Obstacle Is the Way, Ego Is the Enemy, Conspiracy, Trust me, I am Lying and other books about marketing, culture and the human condition. His works have been translated into more than thirty languages and have appeared all over, from the New York Times to Fast Company. Holiday is one of the main thinkers and writers of ancient philosophy and how to apply it in everyday life. He lives in Austin, Texas with his family.

Publishing house:

Profile Books

Year:

2020

Pages:

288

ISBN:

978-1788162067