The Power of Bittersweet Emotions with Susan Cain

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Jim Kwik, Your Brain Coach, Founder www.KwikLearning.com

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🗓️ 4 April 2022

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

What is the power of a having bittersweet outlook?

If you’re like most people, you’ve probably felt the pressure to always look on the bright side and act happy no matter what. While there is a place for optimism and positivity, you may actually be doing yourself a terrible disservice by burying your sad and melancholy feelings all the time.

To explore this topic deeper, I’m thrilled to have bestselling author Susan Cain on our show today. Susan is the author of "QUIET: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking" and "Quiet Power: The Secret Strengths of Introverts." Through her powerful TED talk, she has helped millions of introverts feel seen and understood. In her latest book, "Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole," she discovered that sadness and melancholy are key to achieving transcendence and feeling connected to others.

Susan’s journey began by wanting to understand why people are drawn to rainy days and sad songs. She discovered that tapping into those bittersweet emotions can help you open your heart and see the world through new eyes. Listen in as Susan explains how finding beauty in sorrow, heartache, and longing can help you feel less alone.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Quick Brain, Bites-sized brain hacks for busy people who want to learn faster and achieve more.
0:07.0	I'm your coach, Jim Quick.
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0:27.0	Welcome back, Quick Brain. I am your host of the Quick Brain Show, Jim Quick, your brain coach. and today we are going to talk about the powers of a bittersweet outlook and this is an episode I've really been looking forward to and I want to welcome to our show Susan Kane who is the
0:46.1	author of the best-selling book Quiet the power of introverts in a world that can't stop
0:51.2	talking many people know my story of I didn't want to be seen I
0:54.9	wanted to be visible and I was always shrinking in school and this book made me
1:00.2	feel feel seen and Susan's TED Talk has been viewed tens of thousands of times. I think I'm directly
1:06.0	responsible for at least one million of those views myself personally. So her new masterpiece is
1:11.8	called Bittersweet, how Sorrow and Longing makes us whole.
1:15.0	And I love this book. This is my favorite new book, Susan.
1:19.0	So thanks for being on the show.
1:21.0	Well, thank you so much for having me Jim. It's always just so
1:25.4	great to see you. Yeah so so very wonderful now I just wanted to say that both
1:31.4	these titles help me to better understand myself, be able to see myself in new ways and really
1:36.7	open my eyes, it open up my mind, open up my heart, and you know, and I also watched your TED Talk and I want to make sure that I
1:45.1	link to your your newly released TED Talk also as well. We'll put that in the show
1:49.8	notes as we as we always do and I just wanted to read just as context there so people get a feel for this.
1:56.2	Bittersweetness is a tendency to states of longing, poignancy, and sorrow, an acute awareness of passing time, and curiously piercing
2:07.8	joy at the beauty of the world.
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