Stillness Is the Key

By: Ryan Holiday

Narrated by: Ryan Holiday

Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins

Publisher's summary

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 audiobook 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.

©2019 Ryan Holiday (P)2019 Hachette Audio UK

another solid follow up

great content, well researched, hypothesised and explained. well worth a read for greater spiritual understanding.

Really find stillness in all areas of your life...

I've listened to this book at least 5 times, and it has become a kind of "reference book" when I think of how I want to shape and live my life. It covers all the different areas of your life, and can be applied to both your professional life as well as your personal life.

Ryan brings together the thoughts and writings from many different philosophies, mainly focusing on Stoicism, to really challenge you to look at the way you live your life, in order to find true stillness and joy. He discusses many clever examples from famous people in history, highlighting both things you should do and also things you should avoid, in order to live a thoughtful and successful life.

His narration is beautiful, and I found it much more compelling than some of his other titles.

Very insightful and Practical.

Very well researched and the recommendations and strategies can be put to use immediately. Thank you for writing this Ryan

Another great book!

More ruminations on life by Holiday. lot's to think about. this book is one of those books that will mature for a long time in my head.

Concise and Pointed

Overall very happy. Excellent and precise guidance without a lot of fluff.

I’ve been a Daily Stoic email subscriber for some time. And an avid reader of books and blogs in this wider genre. And watched a few Ryan Holiday YouTube videos. Yet this was my first experience delving into a full book. Well worth the listen. My take away affirmation that I’m already practicing much of what is discussed. And provided a few areas where I had some blind spots.

A must read for all

The most thought provoking book I read in the past 2 years. I totally loved it.

Good to teach balance in life

Good examples of using Tiger Woods, President Kennedy, Michael Jordan, Winston Churchill, Michael Phelps etc as good examples to teach the concepts, views and perceptions of life that the author communicates to listener

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Another great Audio Book by a Ryan, I'm grateful that I found his work and now have the tools to tackle life and upgrade my internal operating software to become a better human, Father, Husband, Son, Neighbour, Friend, etc

Very good actually

Though it seems like an extended means to say find/make peace and be good always - this book is very very well structured and the journey by use of real life examples per idea is handled well.

A suitable end to the series

Another informative addition to Ryan's collection. I value his efforts to make this philosophy of ours accessible to the modern reader.