14 Best personal development books like Stillness Is the Key by Ryan Holiday

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Stillness Is the Key

By: Ryan Holiday

4.23

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In The Obstacle Is the Way and Ego Is the Enemy, bestselling author Ryan Holiday made ancient wisdo…

"Build a life you don't need to escape from."

-Ryan Holiday, Stillness Is the Key

"Routine, done for long enough and done sincerely enough, becomes more than routine. It becomes ritual—it becomes sanctified and holy."

-Ryan Holiday, Stillness Is the Key

"If solitude is the school of genius, as the historian Edward Gibbon put it, then the crowded, busy world is the purgatory of the idiot."

-Ryan Holiday, Stillness Is the Key

"Put yourself in tough situations. Accept challenges. Familiarize yourself with the unfamiliar. That's how you widen your perspective and your understanding."

-Ryan Holiday, Stillness Is the Key

If you liked the personal development plot in Stillness Is the Key by Ryan Holiday , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. Mastery

By: Robert Greene

4.26

Format: 318 pages, Hardcover

In this book, Robert Greene demonstrates that the ultimate form of power is mastery itself. By anal… read more

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  • productivity
  • self help
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
"Creative Endeavors are by their nature uncertain."

-Robert Greene, Mastery

"The problem is that we humans are deep conformists."

-Robert Greene, Mastery

"The time that leads to mastery is dependent on the intensity of our focus."

-Robert Greene, Mastery

"Read more books than those who have a formal education, developing this into a lifelong habit."

-Robert Greene, Mastery

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2. Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

By: Greg McKeown

3.80

Format: 184 pages, Hardcover

Have you ever found yourself stretched too thin? Do you simultaneously feel overworked and underuti… read more

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  • productivity
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • self help
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3. Discourses and Selected Writings

By: Epictetus , Robert F. Dobbin , Robert Dobbin

3.84

Format: 135 pages, Paperback

A new translation of the influential teachings of the great Stoic philosopher DESPITE BEING BORN in… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • self help
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4. Meditations

By: Marcus Aurelius , Martin Hammond , Diskin Clay

3.75

Format: 148 pages,

Written in Greek, without any intention of publication, by the only Roman emperor who was also a ph… read more

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  • personal development
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • self help

5. Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

By: Cal Newport

3.82

Format: 262 pages, Hardcover

One of the most valuable skills in our economy is becoming increasingly rare. If you master this sk… read more

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6. The 48 Laws of Power

By: Robert Greene , Joost Elffers

4.32

Format: 318 pages, Paperback

This amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive book synthesizes the philosophies of Machiavelli, S… read more

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7. Letters from a Stoic

By: Seneca , Robin Campbell

4.75

Format: 118 pages, Paperback

The power and wealth which Seneca the Younger (c.4 B.C. - A.D. 65) acquired as Nero's minister were… read more

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8. How to Be a Stoic: Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life

By: Massimo Pigliucci

3.85

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of How to Liveand How Proust Can Change Your Life, a philosopher asks how ancient … read more

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9. Man's Search for Meaning

By: Viktor E. Frankl

3.93

Format: 265 pages, Paperback

Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl's memoir has riveted generations of readers with its descriptions of lif… read more

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10. Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes

By: Morgan Housel

4.19

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

“Want to understand the changing world? Start with what stays the same. That’s the amazing conclusi… read more

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  • self help
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • audiobook
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11. The Psychology of Money

By: Morgan Housel

4.30

Format: 252 pages, Paperback

Doing well with money isn't necessarily about what you know. It's about how you behave. And behavio… read more

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  • personal development
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • audiobook
"Saving is the gap between your ego and your income."

-Morgan Housel, The Psychology of Money

"Spending money to show people how much money you have is the fastest way to have less money."

-Morgan Housel, The Psychology of Money

"To grasp why people bury themselves in debt, you don’t need to study interest rate: you need to sturdy the history of greed , insecurity and optimism."

-Morgan Housel, The Psychology of Money

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12. Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity

By: Peter Attia

4.37

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A groundbreaking manifesto on living better and longer that challeng… read more

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  • audiobook
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • self help
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13. Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things

By: Adam M. Grant

4.12

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times Bestseller“This brilliant book will shatter your assumptions about what it takes … read more

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  • audiobook
  • productivity
  • self help
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
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14. Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

By: Cal Newport

3.73

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

Do fewer things. Work at a natural pace. Obsess over quality. From the New York Times bestsellin… read more

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  • audiobook
  • productivity
  • self help
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
"What are we really doing here?"

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

"Wouldn’t it be nice to have a job like that where you didn’t have to worry about being productive?"

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

"The world of cognitive work lacks coherent ideas about how our efforts should be organized and measured."

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

"The pandemic didn’t introduce this trend so much as push its worst excesses beyond the threshold of tolerability."

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

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15. Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results

By: Shane Parrish

4.21

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFew things will change your trajectory in life or business as m… read more

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  • productivity
  • self help
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
"Our desire to feel right overpowers our desire to be right."

-Shane Parrish, Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results

"The social rewards for going with the crowd are felt long before the benefits of going against it are gained."

-Shane Parrish, Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results

"Most people go through life assuming that we’re right about everything all the time and that people who don’t see things our way are wrong. We mistake how we want the world to be with how it actually…"

-Shane Parrish, Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results

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16. The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness

By: Eric Jorgenson

4.44

Format: 244 pages, Kindle Edition

Getting rich is not just about luck; Happiness is not just a trait we are born with. These aspirati… read more

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  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • self help
"No one in the world is going to beat you at being you."

-Eric Jorgenson, The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness

"Intentions don’t matter. Actions do. That’s why being ethical is hard."

-Eric Jorgenson, The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness

"An old boss once warned: “You’ll never be rich since you’re obviously smart, and someone will always offer you a job that’s just good enough."

-Eric Jorgenson, The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness

"I don’t buy the everlasting afterlife answers because it’s insane to me, with absolutely no evidence, to believe because of how you live seventy years here on this planet, you’re going to spend etern…"

-Eric Jorgenson, The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness

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17. The Laws of Human Nature

By: Robert Greene

4.37

Format: 624 pages, Kindle Edition

From the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The 48 Laws of Power comes the definitive new book… read more

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  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
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"Fo each weakness there is a corresponding strength."

-Robert Greene, The Laws of Human Nature

"Results are important, but the way they are achieved, the process, is equally important."

-Robert Greene, The Laws of Human Nature

"Rationality is not a power you are born with but one you acquire through training and practice."

-Robert Greene, The Laws of Human Nature

"So often we think that power has changed people, when in fact it simply reveals more of who they are."

-Robert Greene, The Laws of Human Nature

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18. Stillness Is the Key

By: Ryan Holiday

4.23

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In The Obstacle Is the Way and Ego Is the Enemy, bestselling author Ryan Holiday made ancient wisdo… read more

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  • audiobook
  • productivity
  • self help
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • business
  • leadership
"Build a life you don't need to escape from."

-Ryan Holiday, Stillness Is the Key

"Routine, done for long enough and done sincerely enough, becomes more than routine. It becomes ritual—it becomes sanctified and holy."

-Ryan Holiday, Stillness Is the Key

"If solitude is the school of genius, as the historian Edward Gibbon put it, then the crowded, busy world is the purgatory of the idiot."

-Ryan Holiday, Stillness Is the Key

"Put yourself in tough situations. Accept challenges. Familiarize yourself with the unfamiliar. That's how you widen your perspective and your understanding."

-Ryan Holiday, Stillness Is the Key

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19. Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life

By: Arnold Schwarzenegger

4.14

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The seven rules to follow to realize your true purpose in life—di… read more

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  • personal development
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • business
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"The fact that I had such vivid impressions and expectations at all is the reason I got there in the first place."

-Arnold Schwarzenegger, Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life

"The beauty of pain, not only is it temporary...is it tells you when you begin to give enough of yourself in pursuit of your dreams. If the work hasn't hurt or cost you anything, or at least made you …"

-Arnold Schwarzenegger, Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life

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20. Never Finished: Unshackle Your Mind and Win the War Within

By: David Goggins

4.44

Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition

This is not a self-help book. It's a wake-up call! Can't Hurt Me, David Goggins' smash hit memoi… read more

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  • psychology
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  • leadership
"Whatever it takes for you to believe that you're better than good enough to achieve your dreams is what you must do. And remember, your greatness is not tied to any outcome. It is found in the valian…"

-David Goggins, Never Finished: Unshackle Your Mind and Win the War Within

"We all owe it ourselves to stand for something. Principles give us a foundation — solid ground we can trust and build on as we continue to redefine what's possible in our own lives. Sure, some will b…"

-David Goggins, Never Finished: Unshackle Your Mind and Win the War Within

"Back in SEAL training, I loved when people froze up and quit. I felt it elevated me in some way, but that was ego-driven immaturity and poor leadership. These days, I consider my business to make eve…"

-David Goggins, Never Finished: Unshackle Your Mind and Win the War Within

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21. How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius

By: Donald J. Robertson

4.36

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The life-changing principles of Stoicism taught through the story of its most famous proponent.Roma… read more

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12 best-selling audiobook books like Stillness Is the Key by Ryan Holiday

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Mastery

Robert Greene

4.26

Transform Your Habits

Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes

Morgan Housel

4.19

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The Psychology of Money

Morgan Housel

4.30

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Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity

Peter Attia

4.37

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Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win

Jocko Willink , Leif Babin

4.26

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Living with a SEAL: 31 Days Training with the Toughest Man on the Planet

Jesse Itzler

4.29

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The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph

Ryan Holiday

4.15

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Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen

Christopher McDougall

4.57

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