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8 Lessons From “Stillness Is Key” by Ryan Holiday That Helped Repurpose My Entrepreneurial Career

Use stillness to get that surge of inspiration.

Derick David
6 min readMay 7, 2021
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It’s funny how even one book can change your life so suddenly.

And all you need is to read that one book.

This is how exactly I felt when I read “Stillness Is The Key” by Ryan Holiday.

I felt that life changed.

Also, it is crazy to think that I was extremely hesitant to read this book just a year ago for a number of reasons, including having a long backlog of books I’ve promised myself to read and going through a hard time due to the pandemic.

Then a few months ago, I started noticing that my entrepreneurial career lacked direction.

I had no plans and I was just lost.

I wanted to do something to impact people’s lives, but I had no idea how.

So, I decided to read a book hoping it would bring alignment.

This time, I chose to read Ryan Holiday’s Stillness is the Key.

What happens next to me is amazing. The relief and satisfaction were unexplainable.

It was like two stars aligning together after a long time.

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Derick David
Derick David

Written by Derick David

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