RE: Stillness Is the Key by Ryan Holiday

by @epodcaster · 2026-09-23

This sort of reminds me about that old story about a man who goes fishing every morning to feed his family, sells what he has left over and enjoys the rest of the day. A tourist sees him and says why don't you fish for the whole day and then sell even more of what you catch to make more money. The story continues until at the very end the tourist tells the fisherman that once he has a large empire he can sell it and then enjoy retirement fishing when he wants and spending more time with his family. I've totally butchering the story, but the meaning is so very clear. The fisherman was already living the dream. Why would he need to build an empire so he could then live the dream. Busyness and societies perception of success is only one way to measure a satisfying and happy life. <sub>Posted via [HiveSuite](https://hivesuite.app/@epodcaster/ifdhzk4l)</sub>

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