Making Decisions about What's Worth Doing

Kelly Corrigan Wonders

Kelly Corrigan Show

Society & Culture

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🗓️ 7 April 2023

⏱️ 9 minutes

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There’s a new book out - LIFE WORTH LIVING - that I have been loving (and relying on) since I got an early copy six months ago. I think it might be my go to guide to how to think about what’s worth doing. it’s based on the very popular Yale class of the same name. So I rallied some Yalies — Claire Danes and Kate Bowler — to read it and walk through the major questions with me in a 5-part pod series that starts right after Memorial Day. You can follow along even if you haven’t read the book but honestly, I can’t think of a better way to immerse yourself in the big questions every thinking person wrestles with over the course of a lifetime. Today’s GOTO is a few compelling passages to get your wheels turning. Please share with your book club. It’s a perfect read-along. 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	Hey, it's Kelly, and at the end of every week, I like to share something true and useful,
0:07.5	something I stumbled over that gave me a burst of optimism, something you can share
0:11.3	with friends like an audio greeting card, something to help us all.
0:16.1	Keep our eyes on what's working and what could be.
0:19.7	So, I'll be right back with this week's For The Good of the Order.
0:23.5	This is Kelly Corgan Wonders.
0:30.5	This week's For The Good of the Order is an invitation for you to join me in a little
0:45.0	bit of a book club.
0:47.0	As I'm sure you can imagine, there are a ton of books across my transom and many that
0:54.0	I love to pieces and have gifted and reread many times.
0:58.0	But I have recently come across a book that I think is really worth all of our time.
1:03.9	And so I'm going to do a five part series on it with Claire Daines, who is a new friend
1:09.4	in New York, and Kate Bowler, who is an old friend.
1:13.4	Both of them have ties to Yale, and this book is based on a course that's taught at Yale,
1:18.5	which focuses on how to think about your life, like what's worth doing, what's worth wanting,
1:24.3	what should we set aside, who are we responsible to, what should a good life feel like, should
1:30.6	it be all pleasure, no pain, et cetera, et cetera.
1:34.4	And basically this book is a compilation of all the great wisdom traditions, opinions
1:39.2	on all the great questions of life over the last 5,000 years.
1:44.5	And so it's going to take some time to work through it and I want to invite you to join
1:48.2	me.
1:49.2	So as I say, the question at the heart of the book is what matters most?
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