The stillness that we all seek is the path to meaning, contentment, and excellence in a world that needs more of it than ever.

In Ego is the Enemy, Ryan Holiday shows us how and why ego is such a powerful internal opponent to be. Stillness Is the Key offers a simple but inspiring antidote to the stress of 24/7 news and social media. Whether you’re already familiar with Seneca and Marcus Aurelius, or you’re entirely new to Stoicism, this handbook will help you embrace challenges, thrive under pressure, and discover the good life. They face obstacles and egos and competition. 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. 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. In this book, he outlines a path for achieving this ancient, but urgently necessary way of living.

Ryan Holiday calls it stillness-to be steady while the world spins around you. To achieve happiness and do the right thing. Your ego is the voice in the back of your head that says don’t worry about working hard, that’s for those other guys who aren’t as talented if you’re on top it. To avoid distraction and discover great insights. No matter where you are in life, or where you aspire to be, you’ll find yourself facing a common enemy every step of the way. More specifically, Holiday takes aim at the subject of ego which he defines as an unhealthy belief in our own importance. It enables them to conquer their tempers. Summary Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday (2016) is a book about the biggest obstacle to individual success: ourselves. 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.Īll great leaders, thinkers, artists, athletes, and visionaries share one indelible quality. In The Obstacle Is the Way and Ego Is the Enemy, bestselling author Ryan Holiday made ancient wisdom wildly popular with a new generation of leaders in sports, politics, and technology. Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller & Wall Street Journal Bestseller

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