Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller & Wall Street Journal Bestseller 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. 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 book 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.
