Susan Cain Quotes
At The Foley Center For The Study Of Lives At Northwestern University, McAdams Studies The Stories That People Tell About Themselves. We All Write Our Life Stories As If We Were Novelists, McAdams Believes, With Beginnings, Conflicts, Turning Points, And Endings. And The Way We Characterize Our Past Setbacks Profoundly Influences How Satisfied We Are With Our Current Lives. Unhappy People Tend To See Setbacks As Contaminants That Ruined An Otherwise Good Thing ("I Was Never The Same Again After My Wife Left Me"), While Generative Adults See Them As Blessings In Disguise ("The Divorce Was The Most Painful Thing That Ever Happened To Me, But I'm So Much Happier With My New Wife"). Those Who Live The Most Fully Realized Lives - Giving Back To Their Families, Societies, And Ultimately Themselves - Tend To Find Meaning In Their Obstacles. In A Sense, McAdams Has Breathed New Life Into One Of The Great Insights Of Western Mythology: That Where We Stumble Is Where Our Treasure Lies.
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