By Elizabeth Gilbert — 2010
Elizabeth Gilbert, the author of Eat, Pray, Love and Committed shares the key to a well-lived life.
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Don’t take anything personally. This agreement gives you immunity in the interaction you have with the secondary characters in your story. You don’t have to concern yourself with other people’s points of view.
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Most genetic studies completely ignore the science of epigenetics, which is how the environment actually turns certain genes on or off.
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Research shows there is a ‘sweet spot’ and subjective wellbeing drops off after about five hours.
No matter how great your life may be, you will eventually deal with disappointments, setbacks, failures, and even loss and trauma.
Insecurity about doing things incorrectly causes many people to unconsciously sabotage their chances for success.
Learning to fail is a skill like any other—which means it takes practice. Learn how to thrive in spite of even your most epic mistakes.
Made a mistake? How to face failure
While everyone may be afraid of failing from time to time, it becomes more serious when it inhibits your ability to pursue your goals and achieve the things you want to accomplish in life.
Knowing how to deal with failure in a healthy way takes some of the fear out of it—and it might reduce the pain so you can bounce back better than before.
Experiencing failure can teach you lessons that you wouldn’t have learned otherwise—you can learn from failure.