You Learn By Living: Eleven Keys for a More Fulfilling LifeHarper Collins, 26. 4. 2011. - 224 страница 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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... acquired self-discipline, which teaches you to cast out fear and frees you for the fullest experience of the adventure of life. My own life has been crowded with activity and, best of all, with people. I have seen them wrest victory ...
... 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 and I would often learn it while I was dressing and ...
... acquire all there is to learn about any subject. What is essential is to train the mind so that it is capable of finding facts as it needs them, train it to learn how to learn. If, later on, a child must acquire a foreign language he ...
... acquiring of languages, Latin was of positive help. I had studied in private classes until I was sent abroad for ... acquired a certain technique for picking their brains. It was not only great fun but I began to get an insight into many ...
... acquire, from each experience you have, from each person you meet. And nothing you learn, however wide of the mark ... acquired an interest in politics. My usual answer is that it is because of my uncle, Theodore Roosevelt, and my ...