The bell rang. Noble silence ended. I stood in a circle of 33 people, and during the past four days, we had not spoken. We hadn’t even looked at each other in the eye. We hadn’t used phones or computers, listened to music, read books, or written. We’d spent four days together at a silent […]

This world is a hectic one. Technology only exacerbates the feeling that no matter how quickly we move, how much we accomplish, it’s never enough. To combat that, Ryan Holiday turned to the ancient Stoics. In his recent book, Stillness Is the Key, he analyzes how stillness—physical, spiritual and mental—can save us from the chaos.

You can react one of two ways when confronted by failure. You may give up, or you can try again. Everyone will tell you, “Keep trying.” But that advice rings hollow after defeat. If you have given something your all, maybe that’s all you’ve got. That is where resilience comes in. Resilience means more than

A few years ago, a volunteer delivering magazines and comic books for the nonprofit MagLiteracy delivered some reading material to a homeless shelter in Boston. The volunteer came across a young boy who had never shown an interest in reading. But on this particular day, the boy decided to pick up a magazine from the