Brendan Mahan explains why simple things can be so difficult.
06:34 min
CLEAR ALL
In the past 10 years, I've realized that our culture is rife with ideas that actually inhibit joy. Here are some of the things I'm most grateful to have unlearned:
If you’re constantly castigating friends and family, you may be overlooking a truly tragic flaw.
Still clinging to the fears and fury of childhood? You can unarrest your development once and for all.
Includes an all-new afterword about Adam. John and Martha Beck had two Harvard degrees apiece when they conceived their second child. Further graduate studies, budding careers, and a growing family meant major stress--not that they'd have admitted it to anyone (or themselves).