There’s something profound in life’s bitter moments. The transformative beauty of a sad song, the anguished past of a story’s hero, the unexpected turnout of a crowded funeral. Turns out we often need darkness in order to appreciate the light.
In our modern world, we focus so much on the pursuit of happiness that we often forego an appreciation of bitterness. Susan Cain has found a way to celebrate both the sweet and the bitter... in fact she’s written a bestselling book about it.
This is... A Bit of Optimism.
For more on Susan and her work check out:
https://susancain.net/book/bittersweet/
https://susancain.net/newsletter
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11/15/22 • 25 min
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A Bit of Optimism - The Sweet Bitter with Susan Cain
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There's something profound about sad music. We sort of feel it more than happy music. I think this is true in other places too. You know, we can't have a movie about a hero without them facing some sort of challenge or some sort of bad guy. Even Walt Disney said you can tell the quality of a movie by how good the villain is. And he's right. And it's not just these things are opposites or juxtapositions. It's that they are sort of metaphors for ou
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