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S53E5 Stillness: the hammer and the anvil
Season 53 · Episode 5

S53E5 Stillness: the hammer and the anvil

Walk the Pod: 10 minute walking

January 17, 202512m 58s

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Show Notes

Walking in the woods this lunchtime thinking about Ryan Holiday’s book, Stillness is the Key and the question of whether we should be a hammer or an anvil.

There is a German phrase: 'Lieber Hammer als Amboss', which means, 'Better Hammer than Anvil'. This means better to be a proactive hammer that 'makes things happen' than a passive anvil. However, George Orwell observed that “It is always the anvil that breaks the hammer, never the other way about.”

Interesting food for thought for our 'Stillness' series.