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

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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. Eleanor Roosevelt, one of the world's best loved and most admired public figures, offers a wise and intimate guide on how to overcome fears, embrace challenges as opportunities, and cultivate civic pride: You Learn by Living. A crucial precursor to better-living guides like Mark Nepo's The Book of Awakening or Robert Persig'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 of personal exploration resonates with the timeless power to change lives.

Eleanor Roosevelt was First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945. Dramatically changing the role of the first lady, she held press conferences and had her own newspaper column. After her husband's death in 1945, she was selected to be a delegate to the United Nations General Assembly, serving from 1945 to 1953. She also became the chair of the UN's Human Rights Commission and helped to write the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. President John F. Kennedy made her a delegate to the United Nations in 1961 and selected her to serve as chair of the Commission on the Status of Women. Eleanor died of cancer on November 7, 1962.