Nick HutchisonFounder and CEO, BookThinkers

I used to be Emotionally Reactive until…

20 Apr 2023 · 0 min

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Nick Hutchison explains ataraxia, the ancient Greek concept of stillness, and how it helped him stop reacting instantly to everything. He got the word tattooed on his wrist as a reminder during stress, and recommends Ryan Holiday's book Stillness Is the Key.

Ataraxia is an ancient Greek word that translates to stillness. As a person who used to be very emotionally reactive, responding to inputs to my brain immediately, stillness was a new concept— slowing things down between the input to my brain and my reaction to them. And so I actually got a tattoo on my wrist of ataraxia to remind me to slow down when things get stressful. And if you'd like to learn more about this concept, Ryan Holiday talks all about it in his bestselling book Stillness Is the Key.

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