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In Stillness is the Key, I feel like Ryan Holiday simply set out to write a guide to the good life — it just so happens that you can weave a theme of stillness through that guide. If you’re new to philosophy or spirituality, this book is perfect for you…

Although I’m already familiar with most of the topics in Ryan Holiday’s new book, Stillness is the Key, I’m grateful that the book introduced me to this story. Holiday says: One of the best stories in Zen literature is a series of ten poems about a farmer and his trouble…

There’s definitely something universally intriguing about transcendence. Maslow revised his own hierarchy of needs late in his life to propose transcendence — or self-actualizing transcenders — above self-actualization as the highest height of humanity and full humanness. Similarly, apparently Erik Erikson’s eight stages of psychosocial development were supplemented by his…

When I say the word “ego,” what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Maybe “ego” immediately makes you think of a “big ego” — someone who thinks they are a big deal, superior to others, full of themselves, or too cool for school. …

I’m thrilled to announce Sloww 2.0! Before we jump into the new stuff, here’s a quick history to get you up to speed. Late 2015: The seed of an idea for Sloww was planted near the end of my existential crisis. Christmas Eve 2015: I bought the domain Sloww.co. Christmas…

“An entrepreneurial tale of universal wisdom we can apply to the business of our own lives.” — Spencer Johnson, M.D., author of Who Moved My Cheese It’s no surprise that The Alchemist resonates universally. It’s the story of each of us, and it’s a highly spiritual book. Some sources say…

A Short Story about the Secret of Happiness from The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho “A certain shopkeeper sent his son to learn about the secret of happiness from the wisest man in the world. The lad wandered through the desert for forty days, and finally came upon a beautiful castle, high atop a mountain. It was there that the wise man lived. “Rather than…

The One Quote Burning in my Brain from the Minimalism Documentary I watched Minimalism: A Documentary about the Important Things around the time it was first released in 2016 — probably not too long after my existential crisis in late 2015. There was one part of the film in particular that stuck with me even though I only watched it once…