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34 Unconventional Life Lessons That Changed My Definition of Success

34 Unconventional Life Lessons That Changed My Definition of Success22 sept.38 min

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Beyond money, status, and attractive partner where do we find meaning, and happiness?

Across 34 unconventional life lessons, we explore the inner machinery behind a meaningful life: why status can behave like a sugary breakfast cereal, why exercise is cheaper than many illnesses, and why some of our finest ideas arrive only after we stop staring aggressively at a blank page.

Along the way, we consider discipline, creativity, money, identity, empathy, confirmation bias, and the possibility that society is held together with rather more metaphorical duct tape than anyone would like to admit.

We all have enough heroic checklists for self-improvement. My aim is to make familiar ideas seem strange enough to re-examine properly. That and to leave you feeling slightly more optimistic about being human.

Treat mistakes as tuition rather than evidence of failure.

Make room for rest, curiosity, and unplanned opportunities.

Build beliefs carefully instead of inheriting them wholesale.

Listen in and discover why a less certain life may be a happier one.