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843 - How Feeling Melancholy Can Boost Your Creativity with Susan Cain
843 - How Feeling Melancholy Can Boost Your Creativity with Susan Cain
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Length:
58 minutes
Released:
Apr 28, 2022
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Podcast episode
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Are you the person that has to feel happy all the time? Were you ashamed of yourself if you were feeling down and melancholy? Or are you the person that has to pick back up every time you feel down?Well, a study has shown that it's okay, and sometimes it's better to feel melancholy than feel positive!I invited one of my favorite authors, Susan Cain, the author of the bestsellers Quiet Journal, Quiet Power: The Secret Strengths of Introverts, and Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, on to talk about her new book, Bittersweet, How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole.In the episode, we talked about why people are more drawn to melancholy music, the differences between sadness and melancholy, and the benefits of feeling melancholy that including elevating your creativity. We also talked about ways to cultivate the feeling of melancholy!Visit Notepd.com to read more idea lists, or sign up and create your own idea list!My new book Skip The Line is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever you get your new book!Join You Should Run For President 2.0 Facebook Group, and we discuss why should run for president.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast.Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to “The James Altucher Show” and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts:Apple PodcastsStitcheriHeart RadioSpotify Follow me on Social Media:YouTubeTwitterFacebook
Released:
Apr 28, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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