
Finding Stillness In A CRAZY World | Techniques To Let It All Go
About this episode
It's a wild and crazy world out there. So we'll be going over our ideas on how to tune it out and find some tranquility.
In Episode #340 of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: Ryan Holiday's book called 'Stillness Is The Key', Juan's definition involving external influences, a lack of stillness whilst reading a book about it (lol), tech distractions and why it's ok to let some vices remain untouched, 3 particular chapters worthy of note and why you need to be able to say enough (or Genug in German).
Legendary shoutout to McIntosh for supporting the show this week. A ray of sunshine in an otherwise sad puppy vibe :(
As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!
Timeline:
(0:00) - Beginning with a pause
(0:30) - Description
(2:26) - Differentiation vs Patience
(5:57) - Juan's failure of stillness
(10:26) - Social Media seems to be the trigger nowadays
(15:45) - JFK: A calm sex maniac
(18:10) - Is it an important topic?
(22:58) - It's a quiet chat
(23:23) - Boostagram Lounge: Sad quiet puppy
(28:30) - Can't be achieved without a deep relationship
(35:13) - Letting go to a higher power
(38:30) - The 'E' Word
(47:39) - Technique suggestions for finding stillness
(50:33) - Summary
(54:46) - Value for value pitch
Intro Music by 'Signs Of New Growth':
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