Want to get the "Moment of Happiness"? A daily happiness quotation in your inbox. Sign up here
Each week, I post a video about some Pigeon of Discontent raised by a reader. Because, as much as we try to find the Bluebird of Happiness, we’re also plagued by those small but pesky Pigeons of Discontent. This week’s Pigeon of Discontent, suggested by a reader, is: “I’m a perfectionist, and I fear failure.” If you want to …
Further Secrets of Adulthood:
Interview: Alina Tugend. Alina Tugend writes the biweekly ShortCuts column for the New York Times business section, and she has a great new book that just hit the shelves: Better by Mistake: The Unexpected Benefits of Being Wrong. One of my most helpful happiness-project resolutions is to Enjoy the fun of failure, and I’m very interested in how to deal …
“We do not learn so much by our successes as we learn by failures—our own and others’. Especially if we see the failures properly corrected.” – Frank Lloyd Wright * Want to launch a group for people doing happiness projects together? Email me at gretchenrubin1 at gmail dot com. Just write “starter kit” in the subject line.
