<\/span><\/h3>\nThe author of this book will not tell you to watch Netflix, sleep for a long time and eat chocolate. He is saying to become intentional with your decisions and actions so you can note if you are doing this to achieve leisure moments or to escape from something.<\/p>\n
You have to about your motivation behind your actions. You need to decide what you like as a treat, the have that platter. Try not to watch TV shows or movies mindlessly. Schedule some time to spend some time with your family, but without skipping work. You have to keep in mind that playing games with family are leisure so is savoring a treat you like.<\/p>\n
If you snooze your way through exercise, it will be escapism. Binging shows mindlessly will be the same. This snooze-hitting and binge-watching you will not build the future self that you will be proud of. This is the person who is soothing their inner emotion watching the continuous shows. The snooze button is for the groggy future self. With the help of stillness, you can keep track of your emotions and choose the actions that you will not regret in the future.<\/p>\n
On the other hand, escapism comes from restlessness and despair. You will not be able to run away from the choices you made; you can only manage them by making a better selection in life. You can’t run from the things that are in your mind, you can’t escape despair. The main thing here, it’s impossible to run away from yourself. You must respect your choices and face your decisions.<\/p>\n
Who should read vs. who shouldn’t read this book? <\/strong><\/p>\nIf you are doubtful of your intentions and actions in life then this is the book for you. If you are doing things mindlessly with no apparent destination in mind, then you need the stillness of mind. Make sure this book guides you through the path of ambition and self values. You have to weigh things as you go, and pay attention to your daily reactions to things. Once you have achieved the stillness you will be able to make better choices and you will not regret them in the future.<\/p>\n
This is not the book for the ones who are not ready to accept the stillness of life. This book will not be useful for those who have made work and impulsive things their life. If you doubt this book will not guide you through anything special, then it’s not the read for you.<\/p>\n
Review of the book <\/strong><\/p>\nThis is the book that will teach you how to achieve stillness in life and what you will gain once you get it. If I am honest, this book has helped me think of my actions twice and guided me to overcome mindlessness to a huge level. The concept is simple, and it will only tell you about the easiest things in life. This is a cure for busy people like us who don’t have time to think or reflect then let alone enjoy some time with ourselves.<\/p>\n
I have also found some negative traits in this book like the cliché self-help ideas, short biographies of famous people, repeating the things twenty times. However, it’s still a great book and anyone can learn so much from it.<\/p>\n
Should I read the complete book? <\/strong><\/p>\nI enjoyed reading this book and finished it in a day. The book is divided into three parts body, spirit, and mind. You will get chapters like build a routine, say no, conquer your anger, choose virtue, limit your inputs, become present, and more. Although, this is not a book based on stoicism a lot of people will get benefits from reading this book.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Stillness Is the Key is a must-read for wired-minded people like mine. Minds like us never stop; it always stays in the running mood and will never stop until it proves their worth. This mentality has been profusely elaborated in Ryan Holiday’s book, Stillness Is the Key. The first thing is what is the key … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":6,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestsellersummary.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/506"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestsellersummary.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestsellersummary.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestsellersummary.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestsellersummary.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bestsellersummary.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/506\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestsellersummary.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestsellersummary.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}