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Throughout history, there has been one 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, focused and calm in a constantly busy world.

 

Drawing on a wide range of history's greatest thinkers, Holiday shows us how crucial stillness is, and how it can be cultivated in our own lives today. Just as Winston Churchill, Oprah Winfrey and baseball player Sadaharu Oh have done, we can all benefit from stillness to feed into our greater ambitions - whether building a business or simply finding happiness, peace and self-direction.

 

Stillness is the key to the self-mastery, discipline and focus necessary to succeed in this competitive, noisy world.

 

Table of Contents

Preface xiii

Introduction 1 (10)

PART I MIND

The Domain of the Mind

11 (12)

Become Present

23 (7)

Limit Your Inputs

30 (7)

Empty the Mind

37 (8)

Slowdown, Think Deeply

45 (7)

Start Journaling

52 (6)

Cultivate Silence

58 (5)

Seek Wisdom

63 (5)

Find Confidence, Avoid Ego

68 (7)

Let Go

75 (5)

Onto What's Next

80 (5)

PART II SPIRIT

The Domain of the Soul

85 (13)

Choose Virtue

98 (7)

Heal the Inner Child

105 (7)

Beware Desire

112 (7)

Enough

119 (8)

Bathe in Beauty

127 (7)

Accept a Higher Power

134 (8)

Enter Relationships

142 (7)

Conquer Your Anger

149 (8)

All is One

157 (6)

On to What's Next ...

163 (6)

PART III BODY

The Domain of the Body

169 (16)

Say No

185 (7)

Take a Walk

192 (7)

Build a Routine

199 (7)

Get Rid of Your Stuff

206 (7)

Seek Solitude

213 (45)

Be a Human Being

220 (7)

Go to Sleep

227 (7)

Find a Hobby

234 (8)

Beware Escapism

242 (5)

Act Bravely

247 (6)

On to the Final Act

253 (5)

AFTERWORD

258 (4)

What's Next?

261 (1)

Acknowledgments 262 (2)

Sources and Bibliography 264