You Learn by Living: Eleven Keys for a More Fulfilling Life

by Eleanor Roosevelt

Overview

From one of the world’s most celebrated and admired public figures, a wise and intimate book on how to get the most of out life.

Courage is more exhilarating than fear and in the long run it is easier. We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each new thing that comes up, seeing it is not as dreadful as it appeared, discovering we have the strength to stare it down.

One of the most beloved figures of the twentieth century, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt remains a role model for a life well lived. At the age of seventy-six, Roosevelt penned this simple guide to living a fuller life—a powerful volume of enduring commonsense ideas and heartfelt values. Offering her own philosophy on living, she takes readers on a path to compassion, confidence, maturity, civic stewardship, and more. Her keys to a fulfilling life?

Learning to Learn • Fear—the Great Enemy • The Uses of Time • The Difficult Art of Maturity • Readjustment is Endless • Learning to Be Useful• The Right to Be an Individual • How to Get the Best Out of People •Facing Responsibility • How Everyone Can Take Part in Politics • Learning to Be a Public Servant

A crucial precursor to better-living guides like Mark Nepo’s The Book of Awakening or Robert Pirsig’s Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, as well as political memoirs such as John F. Kennedy’s Profiles in Courage, the First Lady’s illuminating manual is a window into Eleanor Roosevelt herself and a trove of timeless wisdom that resonates in any era.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062078506
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	03/19/2024
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	228
Sales rank:	615,827
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was born in New York City on October 11, 1884. She married Franklin Delano Roosevelt on March 17, 1905, and was the mother of six children. She became First Lady on March 4, 1933, and went on to serve as Delegate to the United Nations General Assembly and Representative to the Commission on Human Rights under Harry S. Truman, and chairwoman of the Presidential Commission on the Status of Women under John F. Kennedy. She died on November 7, 1962, at the age of seventy-eight.

Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was born in New York City on October 11, 1884. She married Franklin Delano Roosevelt on March 17, 1905, and was the mother of six children. She became First Lady on March 4, 1933, and went on to serve as Delegate to the United Nations General Assembly and Representative to the Commission on Human Rights under Harry S. Truman, and chairwoman of the Presidential Commission on the Status of Women under John F. Kennedy. She died on November 7, 1962, at the age of seventy-eight.

Table of Contents

Foreword

1 Learning to Learn 1

2 Fear-the Great Enemy 23

3 The Uses of Time 43

4 The Difficult Art of Maturity 61

5 Readjustment Is Endless 75

6 Learning to Be Useful 93

7 The Right to Be an Individual 109

8 How to Get the Best Out of People 131

9 Facing Responsibility 149

10 How Everyone Can Take Part in Politics 169

11 Learning to Be a Public Servant 191

Afterword 205

Index 209

Editorial Reviews

Echoing the refreshing frankness of the author, narrator Vivienne Leheny delivers Eleanor Roosevelt's reflections and advice without any unnecessary fanfare. Leheny hits the right note from the start as Roosevelt declares, “You learn by living.” Drawing from her very public life and offering her personal beliefs, Roosevelt's title underscores her encouraging message to listeners. While there are moments when Roosevelt's word choice reveals the age of this work, her good advice is timeless. Leheny's delivery is measured and confident, though at certain inflection points, listeners may wonder where Roosevelt herself might have placed the emphasis or if a wry smile lurked as she was writing. A.S. © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine

MARCH 2019 - AudioFile

Echoing the refreshing frankness of the author, narrator Vivienne Leheny delivers Eleanor Roosevelt's reflections and advice without any unnecessary fanfare. Leheny hits the right note from the start as Roosevelt declares, “You learn by living.” Drawing from her very public life and offering her personal beliefs, Roosevelt's title underscores her encouraging message to listeners. While there are moments when Roosevelt's word choice reveals the age of this work, her good advice is timeless. Leheny's delivery is measured and confident, though at certain inflection points, listeners may wonder where Roosevelt herself might have placed the emphasis or if a wry smile lurked as she was writing. A.S. © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine

MARCH 2019 - AudioFile