I think there's something about like yes on the one hand for sure you have to weather all kinds of difficulties but but you have to first be situated correctly yeah. When I was a lawyer and didn't feel that same sense of meaning I still soldered through all the difficult things because I'm just sort of trained to do that. But now I hardly like to take vacation because I love so much with doing the wrong placeYeah absolutely or like you know even during the time that many people in the u.s. might remember is like a really placid and easy time like the 90s - it wasn't there were terrible hardships going on in the 90s somewhere else.
Susan Cain is the New York Times bestselling author of Quiet, which changed how the world views introverts forever, and a her latest book, Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole, which reached #1 on the New York Times Bestseller List.
Susan is also an award-winning keynote speaker who has delivered two TED Talks with millions of views and the founder of Quiet Revolution.
Susan joined host Robert Glazer on the Elevate Podcast to discuss how she began her writing career, her writing process, the value of bittersweet feelings and thinking, and how to fight toxic positivity in work and life.
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