You Learn by Living: Eleven Keys for a More Fulfilling Life
Written by Eleanor Roosevelt
Narrated by Vivienne Leheny
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From Eleanor Roosevelt, one of the world’s most celebrated and public figures, comes this wise and intimate book on how to get the most out of life—now available on audio.
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. You Learn by Living is a powerful volume of enduring common sense ideas and heartfelt values. Offering her own philosophy on living, Eleanor 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
Informed by her personal experiences as a daughter, wife, parent, and diplomat, this book is a window into Eleanor Roosevelt herself and a trove of timeless wisdom that resonates in any era.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) was an American politician, diplomat, writer, and activist. She is also the nation’s longest-serving First Lady (1933 to 1945). A committed advocate for democracy, civil rights, and social justice, she was tireless in her efforts to improve political, economic, and social conditions at home and abroad. She brought the same energy and devotion to her work at the United Nations where, as chair of the Human Rights Commission she played a key role in the creation and passage of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948). A woman of her time who was also ahead of her time, she never gave up the struggle to create a better world because she believed that “lost causes are usually won in the end.”
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This direction for life is worth living and I feel more alive than I did before. I will listen again and get even more from it. Much gratitude for teachings from Eleanor Roosevelt!
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5What an absolute gem of a book. Eleanor Roosevelt giving tips on how to best live life, using many examples from her own life and experiences. I loved all parts of it and certainly recommend this as an historical piece, but also as a book with legitimate tips and thoughts on how to live a good life that apply both in the past and today.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I’m not sure if knowing how long we’ve been struggling with the same things makes me feel hopeful, or makes me feel woeful. I do like her perspective and agree with many of the concepts, however, noting that it was a different time as far as women’s roles and duties in the home.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Many gems in this great read! Will look for more titles by Eleanor
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A nonfiction piece by the former First Lady. I love the point she makes about learning through every thing you do, but much of what she says feels dated and elitist. She talks about how to train your servants and things like that, which obviously is not applicable to most people. Good to read, but take it with a grain of salt.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Short but interesting. She sounds like someone I would have liked to know. And some of her comments are surprisingly apt for the 2nd decade of the 21st century.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I didn't enjoy this as much as I expected to, as I do somewhat consider myself an Eleanor Roosevelt fan. The book occupies some sort of space between a collection of personal essays and a self-help/self-improving book, and that in-betweenery didn't really work for me. Also, while I can certainly deploy my brain in one of its many intended uses and filter out what is good and useful here from what no longer feels relevant and/or now smacks of hurtfulness (teach children to cry to themselves in the bath so as not to bother others with their personal upsets?!), there was just a little too much I had to filter out for this to be a fully enjoyable read. Still, some good stuff here. Worth the read, if not as great a read as I'd hoped.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The former First Lady and social activist gives worthwhile practical advice for everyone. Several of her core principles remain current in the philosophy of mindfulness, which she apparently adopted through experience. Her compassion for ordinary people and social justice shines here throughout. We now live in an age when principled leaders like her have been replaced by hardened economic materialists and even corporate criminals, making her vision even more important than ever.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Although some of the information is a little dated, largely this is an interesting and informative read on her philosophy of life and how to live a good life. It's like listening to a wise older woman who doesn't take your nonsense and will not brook any poor me-ing. She's quite interesting and occasionally shows where she fell down, but believes whole-heartedledy in learning from mistakes and keeping going.It's a book I would press into the hands of my nephew and tell him to use it for living.She is interesting and wise and has a great way with words.From page 111 ""We are facing a great danger today - the loss of our individuality. It is besieged on all sides by pressures to conform: to a standardized way of living, to regognized - or required- codes of behaviour, to rubber-stamp thinking. But the worst threat comes from within, from a man's or a woman's apathy, his willingness to surrender to pressure, to "do it the easy way," to give up the one thing that is himself, his value and his meaning as a person - his individuality."No different now than in 1960The above is also a good sample of her writing.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I read the 1960 copy from my library and am glad to say that is has been reissued for a new generation. This is a remarkable book and I wish I could have been Ms Roosevelt's friend; she was so wise and helpful in her description of life and how to handle it. She is candid about the things she did wrong in her immaturity, and not knowing enough before being married. Having 5 children and no help, as women today in her situation would, she learned uses of her time, how to keep up with her own interests and activities,and how to stay focused when 5 children are playing around you. She speaks of maturity and the need to eliminate faults in yourself even though others may not see or know them. Her adjustment after the death of her husband were required by circumstances and she learned to fill her alone time properly, knowing that she would be better off not focusing on her loneliness. I recommend this book highly to anyone who needs a reason to look at life lovingly and with a passion to be all that God made us to be. It is full of wisdom that is never old, and always within reach if our goal is to grow in a mature way.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Lots of plain speaking, good advice that's been written by someone who's got the actual experience to provide counsel. What most struck me about this book is whilst it was published in 1960, the circumstances she writes about are still very relevant.