One book suggestion for self-development

Finally, the writer had 33 answers, that he writes about in this book.

For the writer, wonder or wondering is an important part of life, one of the purest forms of joy, that can be imagined; it is one of the strongest forces we are born with and one of the best skills that can be. There is also wonder in silence, silence must be talkative, there is some power in it, and one, who does not marvel at this power, will be afraid. Probably that's why many people are really afraid of the silence, they must always have some background noise.

The writer is an adventurer in his soul, he writes in his book, for example, about his trip to Antarctic, where he traveled on cold ice and snow fields and did not see any soul for 50 days, without saying any words in that time, not even a swear word, when he almost fell into a crevice of glacier, because swearing kind of depresses, and makes the bad mood worse.

The South Pole is not a much-studied place by people, so it was exciting to read about it. You have to go on foot (on skis) in the cold of -50 degrees and carry all the food and equipment on the sled, while you have to make sure the limbs do not freeze constantly. To stay overnight, the tent must be put up and the hardest thing was to get up in the morning with such cold.

Erling Kagge has also traveled to the North Pole, and he also describes his adventure in the book.

She believes, that everyone can find silence within himself, it is there even when we are surrounded by constant noise. The detachment of the world does not mean turning your back to the world, but rather seeing the world more clearly, staying on track, and trying to love life, he says.

There have been made studies, keeping people in an empty room for 15 minutes without activity, in silence. And for most, it's not easy at all. About half of them even prefer to get an electric shock, that they have tried before and have felt, that it is quite painful, to only shorten their time of isolation and silence.

Interestingly, the more we get disturbed, the more we want to get disturbed. It should be the other way around, but it is not, because a person gets into a dopamine cycle. This messenger makes us wish, aspire, and crave. We do not know, when a message or call will arrive or something else will come up, so we look at the phone all the time. This is because we want constantly to create satisfaction. But dopamine is not programmed to give you a sense of satisfaction, so even when you've got, what you were trying to get, you would not achieve satisfaction. Opioids are the ones, that make us feel contented, when we have achieved what we wanted, but unfortunately dopamine is stronger than opioids, so even if we have achieved everything we dreamed of, we will continue in the same spirit - wanting more. Waiting and searching offers greater satisfaction than appreciating and evaluating what you have. This constant looking at the phone is a type of noise, that creates anxiety and negative feelings. All phone applications do not only create addiction, but also a sense of loneliness. There also comes up a fear, that we could miss some news. They called the competition between the producers of apps the "Opium War", where distributors use dependence as a business strategy.

Silence is the opposite of all that, focusing on your current activities, not thinking constantly about something else.

The book reminds us of important life truths and is also a pleasant reading. It is not very bulky, I listened to it as audio-version while I was running and  I finished it in two days, I recommend reading it.