Top Highlights

• attending silent meditation retreats once or twice a year; working out several times a week; getting massages; occasionally visiting the spa with my wife; and reading books, listening to podcasts, and even taking baths on the road—often after indulging in some
• productivity doesn’t have to be overly stressful, especially when you work calmly.
• I discovered how misunderstood the state of mind we call calm is, to the extent that it is understood at all. While it’s true that anxiety—the opposite of calm—is our responsibility to deal with, many of the factors that lead us to feel anxious are hidden from view, making them difficult to identify, let alone tame.
• Investing in calm is the way to maintain and even grow our capacity for productivity.
• By bringing more calm to our day, we invest in the missing piece that fuels our efforts—in work and life—to become sustainable over time. Encountering the ideas in this book,