Unshakable Freedom: Ancient Stoic Secrets Applied to Modern Life Kindle Edition

Great introduction. This gives you the history, thought exercises, encourages you to journal, and gives you stories in case you didn't understand the lessons. It's almost impossible to not understand stoicism the way the author breaks it down for you. Read this book along with the Good Life Handbook by the same author. You will get a wonderful introduction to Stoicism. After you have read this book I highly recommend, How to be Stoic by Massimo Pigluicci.

Overall a decent book. A bit repetitive but a good message andsummary of stoic principles for people who are just discovering this type of Philosophy. The books main learnings are to live in the moment and to not stress on issues that are outside of your control.

I have really enjoyed reading this book. It offers a modern view of the Stoic philosophy, a bit different angle from the other authors (with the focus on freedom as a main indicator of the good life). I liked the way the book emphasized the "big ideas" of Stoicism and how well organized and consistent it is. Easier to read than many other books on the market. Highly recommended!

I am drawn to Stoic writings by Admiral James Stockdale and the writings of his time in the Hanoi Hilton. He articulated his life philosophy from a first-hand first person point of view. In this book there are nuggets but for me, it fell short of being impactful. It could be my expectations. It is well written. I just felt like it lost something in the translation the Author did to modern times.

I have really enjoyed this book. Chuck makes the subject of Stoicism highly accessible for the lay reader. I would recommend this book to anyone that has an interest in Stoicism.

My first book on Stoicism, which I found easy to read and follow. I think the ideas presented will be beneficial to apply to my life with practice.

This is a wonderful book for people interested in Stoicism. It is not as well known as some other books but very well written and concise.

Great, practical book on Stoic principals. Short, easy to digest and apply to one's life.

I found this a very clear and practical guide to Stoicism. The language was simple and concise and the explanations of difficult ideas were easy to understand. I have some previous knowledge of stoicism having read William Irvine’s “A Guide to the Good Life” (also excellent but a more involved read), Pigliucci’s “How to be a Stoic” (also very good), and dipped extensively into Seneca’s Letters, Aurelius’ Meditations, and Epictetus’ Discourses, however I found Chakrapani’s book very much to the point and easy to put the ideas and excercises into practice. It was, for me, a useful way of summarising much of the other material I have read. I am sure it will be a useful framework for taking Stoicism forwards in my life.

It is very disappointing reading. The author jumps from one idea to another then repeats same ideas, examples and conclusions several time. You not going to learn much about stoicism from this book either as it has very basic information

Quite basic. More about introducing you to further reading. A bit like a school book, tell them, tell them and tell them again. However, an interesting subject that makes you think.

This is a definite read. I have read a few stoicism books and have found success in reading This book is compact on ideas in one place. And is has some great practical exercises which are what I was looking for.

Worth reading.