How to Fall in Love with Questions: A New Way to Thrive in Times of Uncertainty [9780063335134]

Overview

"In a world stupefied by quick fixes and easy answers, Elizabeth Weingarten delivers a smart and urgent wake-up call."—Daniel H. Pink

"An interesting, insightful, and surprisingly reassuring read."—Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again and Hidden Potential

Journalist and applied behavioral scientist Elizabeth Weingarten charts a new path for personal growth—a way to embrace the questions of our lives instead of seeking fast, easy answers.

What do you do when faced with a big, important question that keeps you up at night? Many people, understandably, seize answers dispensed by "experts," influencers, gurus, and more. But these fast, easy, one-size-fits-all solutions often fail to satisfy, and can even cause more pain.

What if our questions—the ones we ask about relationships, work, meaning, identity, and purpose—are not our tormentors, but our teachers? Inspired by 150-year-old advice from Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke and backed by contemporary science, Elizabeth Weingarten offers a fresh, evidence-based approach for dealing with these seemingly unsolvable questions. In her quest for self-discovery, Weingarten shares her own journey and the stories of many others, whose lives have transformed through a different, and better, relationship with uncertainty.

Designed to inspire anyone who feels stuck, powerless, and drained, How to Fall in Love with Questions challenges us to unlock our minds and embark on the kind of self-discovery that’s only possible when we feel most alive—that is, when we don’t know what will happen next.

This insightful guide to living with uncertainty reveals:

• Finding Purpose: Learn to see the big questions about your career, relationships, and identity not as tormentors, but as your greatest teachers.
• Behavioral Science for Anxiety Relief: Discover science-backed strategies to transform your relationship with the unknown and find peace when you feel stuck, powerless, or drained.
• Mindset Shifts: Move beyond the endless search for quick fixes and one-size-fits-all solutions with a new framework for embracing life’s most important questions.
• Living with Uncertainty: Inspired by the timeless wisdom of poet Rainer Maria Rilke, find a better, more resilient way to navigate life when you don’t know what will happen next.