You Learn by Living: Eleven Keys for a More Fulfilling LifeHarper Collins, 2011 M04 26 - 228 pages From one of the world’s most celebrated and admired public figures, a wise and intimate book on how to get the most of out life. Courage is more exhilarating than fear and in the long run it is easier. We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each new thing that comes up, seeing it is not as dreadful as it appeared, discovering we have the strength to stare it down. One of the most beloved figures of the twentieth century, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt remains a role model for a life well lived. At the age of seventy-six, Roosevelt penned this simple guide to living a fuller life—a powerful volume of enduring commonsense ideas and heartfelt values. Offering her own philosophy on living, she takes readers on a path to compassion, confidence, maturity, civic stewardship, and more. Her keys to a fulfilling life? Learning to Learn • Fear—the Great Enemy • The Uses of Time • The Difficult Art of Maturity • Readjustment is Endless • Learning to Be Useful• The Right to Be an Individual • How to Get the Best Out of People •Facing Responsibility • How Everyone Can Take Part in Politics • Learning to Be a Public Servant A crucial precursor to better-living guides like Mark Nepo’s The Book of Awakening or Robert Pirsig’s Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, as well as political memoirs such as John F. Kennedy’s Profiles in Courage, the First Lady’s illuminating manual is a window into Eleanor Roosevelt herself and a trove of timeless wisdom that resonates in any era. |
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... give such blanket answers. No one finds ultimate solutions. But the questions are questions we all meet in our lives; they are questions we must all answer in some way. Not with finality, for life is too fluid, too alive for that. So I ...
... give every one of us an instrument which we can use to acquire information at any time we need it. I remember certain milestones in learning how to learn. As far as training my memory was concerned, that began very young. I loved poetry ...
... give anyone a list of books which, in themselves, will provide him or her with culture. I tell them that they should read at least a few of the classics, translations of the Greek philosophers, and some of the old Greek plays. They can ...
... gives life its salt . And this , too , comes back primarily to interest . You must be interested in anything that comes your way . Right here , some of you will shrug and say , " It's different for you . You've had an interesting life ...