This is a short promotional/introductory talk (video transcript) featuring Tom Cronin, who recounts leaving a high-adrenaline finance career (starting in 1987 as a bond broker), overcoming panic attacks and depression through Eastern philosophy and meditation, and founding/spreading the Stillness Project. He describes stillness as a harmonized mind-body state, emphasizes its personal and societal benefits, lists speaking engagements worldwide (Mexico, Bali, Malaysia, Hawaii), and states a mission to bring meditation to the world—seeking 7 billion people living happily and calmly.
Questions this video answers
1987
Four books published
Mexico, Bali, Malaysia, and Hawaii
7 billion people living happily, calmly and successfully, all in harmony.
With four books published, he travels globally, presenting his extraordinary keynote. I am honored to present the King of calm, Tom Cronin.
There is mighty power in the silence.
Today we're going to explore for you.
The science behind stillness. And now, more than ever, we need stillness. Stillness is a state of mind and body harmonized without motion.
Within you is the ability to experience a bliss and a joy and a lightness that's always with you. 24 7.
It started out in 1987. I landed a job on a trading room floor as a broker trading bonds for the investment banks. It was fast. There was lots of adrenaline. I was making a ton of money. As a result of the stress and some very poor lifestyle choices, I suffered these extreme panic attacks and depression. There was this heavy dark cloud that hung over my head every day. I'd lost interest in everything, and I felt checked out of life in the process. I discovered Eastern philosophy and meditation, and it was like everything I'd been looking for in my life, I was finding here in this place of stillness. Very quickly, the anxiety and the depression faded away. I felt this lightness and calm and happiness. But as time went by, I felt something bigger was calling me. The meditation had changed my life, and I felt compelled to share this with the world. Now I travel the world, speaking on stage in schools, in the boardrooms of some of the biggest organizations in the world, at huge conferences in exotic locations like Mexico, Bali, Malaysia and Hawaii. What really inspires me most is hearing the stories of the people's lives I've changed and empowered through the work that I do at Stillness Project.
Happiness is the very essence of who you are.
And this is the ripple effect, the stillness effect. To me, this is what it's all about. We all have this ability to master our mind, be adaptable and creative with an inner calm. You have access to infinite creative potential. I feel my role is to let people know this and help them find it.
Our mission is to bring meditation to the world.
My work isn't done until we have 7 billion people living happily, calmly and successfully, all in harmony. Join us in stillness.
