Introduction

All of humanity's problems stemmed from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone. Blaise pascal wrote those words almost 400 years ago, and he had no idea how much harder this feat of stillness, sitting with ourselves would become. I hope you all are finding some quiet time this summer, ideally not in a room but outside enjoying the great outdoors. And if you haven't done any of that this summer, well, maybe this conversation with ryan holiday, one of our favorites, will inspire you.