Stillness is the key / Ryan Holiday

By:

Holiday, Ryan [author ]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Profile Books, c2019Description: 264 pages ; 20 cmISBN:

9781788162067

Other title:

Stillness is the key : an ancient strategy for modern life

Subject(s):

QUIETUDE

LOC classification:

BJ 1533.H65 2019

Contents:

Preface -- Introduction -- Part 1: Mind -- Part 2: Spirit -- Part 3: Body

Summary: "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."

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Materials specified	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	NU Clark Circulation	Non-fiction	GC BJ 1533.H65 2019 (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Available		NUCLA000002883

Preface -- Introduction -- Part 1: Mind -- Part 2: Spirit -- Part 3: Body

"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."

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