Little Happier: Churchill’s Life Proves that We Can’t Know What’s Good or Bad Luck

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.7 • 13K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2019

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

Winston Churchill reflects on his eventful life, and how impossible it was for him to discern what was good luck and what was bad luck. Get in touch on Instagram: @GretchenRubin & @LizCraft Links and notes related to this episode can be found in the latest post here: https://gretchenrubin.com/podcasts/ Get the podcast show notes by email every week here: http://gretchenrubin.com/#newsletter Order a copy of Gretchen’s new book OUTER ORDER, INNER CALM here: http://outerorderinnercalmbook.com Leave a voicemail message on: 774-277-9336 To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Gretchen Rubin and this is a little happier.
0:03.0	A while back in an episode of a little happier,
0:06.0	I described a teaching story that my mother often
0:08.6	in books to illustrate the idea that we can't know
0:12.1	what's good luck or bad luck.
0:14.0	I'll post a link to that story about the farmer,
0:16.4	his horse, and his son in the show notes.
0:19.5	As I was recently recording the audio book for my book,
0:22.3	40 Ways to Look at Winston Churchill,
0:24.4	I was reminded of this famous teaching story
0:27.5	and it's lesson that we can't know
0:29.8	what's good luck and bad luck
0:31.6	because Churchill draws the same point
0:33.4	from the colorful events of his own life.
0:36.5	Here's what I write.
0:38.7	As Churchill himself noticed,
0:40.4	even seemingly chance events played their role
0:43.4	in helping him to achieve his destiny.
0:46.4	In his memoir My Early Life,
0:48.4	he reflected on the 1896 accident that dislocated his shoulder
0:53.3	and prevented him from using a sword.
0:55.8	The injury bothered him until he died,
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