Stillness Is the Key

De: Ryan Holiday

Narrado por: Ryan Holiday

Instant number one New York Times best seller and Wall Street Journal best seller

In The Obstacle Is the Way and Ego Is the Enemy, best-selling 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.

©2019 Ryan Holiday (P)2019 Penguin Audio

Reseñas de la Crítica

"In this age of manufactured outrage and constant distraction, the ability to choose a focused inner stillness is arguably more important than ever before. Ryan Holiday’s book revives ancient wisdom that calls for a quiet life in a noisy and restless world." (Mark Manson, number one best-selling author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck)

"The next Malcolm Gladwell. Ryan Holiday's just brilliant." (Lance Armstrong)

"Whether you are an athlete, an investor, a writer or an entrepreneur, this little but wise and soulful book will open the door to a healthier, less anxious and more productive life and career." (Arianna Huffington)

good

It says to find peace in work, and then says not to work too much.

Excellent in many ways

By far one of the best books on condensed philosophy. the author covered a lot of ground quite eloquently. the bookhas many good attributes to it and I consider it a must-read.

Ryan Holliday is great as always

if you have ever heard or read any of Ryan Holliday's other books you know how easy and pleasant of an experience they are.

love it

Ryan makes stoicism cool and reachable. makes you think and think about your life and your true self and meaning. thank you Ryan

Fascinating look at Stillness

This was the first book I’ve read from Holliday. I will be reading them all! I really enjoyed this book. This is a a topic not discussed very often. I really enjoyed the historical examples throughout and how they approached stillness. I especially enjoyed the cautionary tales of Tiger Woods, American apparel, and John F Kennedy as well. This is a quick easy Listen!

Life Changing

Ryan is the best stoic writer of our time. His delivery in the audiobook is a little mechanical and dry, but the information contained within, and the arc in which he gets you to understand stillness is brilliant. I highly suggest this book for everyone.

A Way of Life

I am listening to this book once a month. Just finished the 2nd time I have listened to it and it just gets better. Finally found a light at the end of the tunnel!

so good I've bought the ebook for future reference

A great book, enjoyable to listen to. more than only great advices for life, you can expect to listen to some great histories from great people.

a calming listen in a world of storms

tremendous performance and material. the wisdom here is more appropriate than ever in a world that often teters on chaos. highly recommend.

Ace work.

Fantastic content and motivational message. The of the reading suits the content very well. Definitely recommend.