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#118: How Philosophy Can Change Your Life, Alain de Botton

The Tim Ferriss Show

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What a Wonderful Essay, I'm So I Ben in So Much as Where Did All This Come From?

I came from a family of very displaced, very neurotic and anxious immigrants. My father made it big in the world of finance but he always retained a kind of immigrant panic mentality. And every time he crossed a border, there would be panic in his eyes as he just thought, is this going to be the moment when they grabbed me and put me somewhere else? I'm so i ben in so much as where did you grow up? What did your parents do? Could you give us some color as to your your saing the pre the preking?" "My work has been exploring and probing what we mean by success and challenges"

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