Bittersweet: An Audio E-Course by Susan Cain

The Next Big Idea

Next Big Idea Club

Self-improvement, Arts, Books, Society & Culture, Education

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🗓️ 27 October 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

The Next Big Idea presents an audio masterclass from bestselling author Susan Cain. Drawing on her latest book, "Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole," Susan shares practical insights that you can use to bolster your creativity, deepen your connections, and find joy. Susan Cain is the author of two New York Times #1 bestsellers, "Bittersweet" and "Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking." She's also one of our curators here at the Next Big Idea Club. To learn more about her work, visit susancain.net. If you enjoy this episode, we invite you to join our community by downloading the Next Big Idea app, where you can listen to e-courses by brilliant authors like Shankar Vedantam, Lisa Feldman Barrett, and Surgeon General Vivek Murthy. Visit nextbigideaclub.com/app.

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0:00.0	LinkedIn presents.
0:09.6	I'm Rufus Griskem and this is the next big idea.
0:15.6	A few weeks ago, our curator Susan Kayn did something really special for members of
0:20.4	the next big idea club.
0:22.4	She produced an audio e-course where she shared the key learnings from her new book, The New
0:26.8	Rufus Griskem's number one bestseller, Bittersweet, How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole.
0:32.4	This book and my conversation with Susan on this podcast have been among the most moving
0:36.6	for me in the last year.
0:38.3	Bittersweet persuaded me that we can live richer lives if we embrace the full breadth of
0:43.0	the human experience, including the sorrow and the hurt and the pain, and maybe even the
0:47.9	petty annoyances.
0:49.7	They're all keys on a piano, and the music is more beautiful if we appreciate the full
0:54.8	range.
0:55.8	She puts it, I love this, whatever pain you can't get rid of, make it your creative
1:00.0	offering.
1:02.2	Bittersweet is a soaring, expansive book.
1:05.3	This course is a little different.
1:06.7	It's a practical guide to harnessing the power of the Bittersweet mindset in your everyday
1:11.6	life.
1:12.9	As I said, until now this has only been available to members of the next big idea club, but
1:17.2	it's so wonderful, so wise and warm and so thought-provoking and useful that we decided
1:22.6	we wanted to share it with as many people as possible.
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