{"product_id":"stillness-is-the-key-9780525538585","title":"Stillness Is the Key","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn the third book in the trilogy that includes \u003ci\u003eThe Obstacle Is the Way \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eEgo Is the Enemy\u003c\/i\u003e, bestselling author Ryan Holiday draws on ancient Stoic and Buddhist wisdom to show why slowing down is essential to getting ahead.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThroughout history, there's been one indelible quality that great leaders, thinkers, artists, and visionaries have shared. It enables them to conquer their tempers. To avoid distraction and discover great insights. To achieve happiness and do the right thing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Zen Buddhists described it as inner peace, and knew it was essential whether you were a Samurai warrior or a monk. The Stoics and Epicureans called it ataraxia and believed it was a bulwark against the passions of the mob, a requirement of good leadership and a pathway to deep truth. Ryan Holiday calls it stillness--to be steady while the world spins around you. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this book, he outlines a path for achieving this timeless, 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 Hahn, John Stuart Mill to Nietzsche, he argues that stillness is not merely inactivity, but the doorway to self-mastery, discipline, and focus. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo make these ideas concrete, he also shares a wide range of examples from historical and contemporary 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 enjoyed the time spent laying bricks at his Chartwell estate as an opportunity to reflect and recharge; 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; and Marina Abramovic, whose performance art tests the limits of human endurance and focus. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten in the same engaging style and packaged in the same concise, addictive format as \u003ci\u003eThe Obstacle Is the Way\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEgo Is the Enemy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStillness Is the Key\u003c\/i\u003e establishes Holiday as one of the preeminent writers making ancient wisdom accessible and relevant for a new generation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Portfolio\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780525538585\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.30h x 5.30w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ryan Holiday","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36638319673500,"sku":"9780525538585","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_89bef11d-848e-41c7-871d-7b8d8a67ed96.jpg?v=1603846987","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/stillness-is-the-key-9780525538585","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}