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Stillness Is the Key

Ryan Holiday · 2019 · 256 pages

2 people have this book on the record — 1 of 2 verdicts positive. The dissent stays on the page.

The bar next to each date shows how long ago it was said: 6d is days, 4yr is years.

Rakhim Davletkaliyev read it
Very concise, very well written, beautiful book. But I’d say its goal is to inspire or maybe motivate, but not to teach. Also (and I realize I’m in the minority here), sport and athletes references are extremely non-relatable.

on rakhim.org · 16 Aug 2026

Mark Manson recommends it affiliate
But the book was great, the best out of all his stoicism books, in my opinion.

on markmanson.net · 1 Mar 2021

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That little bar

It says how long ago something was said, so you can tell last month from 2014 without doing the arithmetic. Full and green is recent; it drains and cools as the date gets older, and empties completely at about 6 years.

A striped bar means the date itself is an estimate — the source did not carry an exact one. An entry with no date at all gets no bar.