What We Gain from Pain

Hidden Brain

Hidden Brain Media

Arts, Science, Performing Arts, Social Sciences

4.6 • 40.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

We've all heard the saying, "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger." But is there any truth to this idea? This week, we explore the concept of post-traumatic growth with psychologist Eranda Jayawickreme. He finds that suffering can have benefits — but not necessarily the ones we expect.

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0:00.0	This is Hidden Brain, I'm Shankar Vedanta.
0:04.0	Some years ago, I got a talking with an investor.
0:07.6	By his own account, he was a 1%er.
0:11.0	Like many other successful Americans before him,
0:13.6	he had overcome many challenges growing up.
0:17.0	And then he told me about the one thing in his life
0:19.3	that made him sad.
0:21.6	His kids.
0:23.8	They were sweet and smart, but they lacked drive.
0:29.0	They had led easy lives, he told me.
0:31.4	They didn't have the same hunger that had made him successful.
0:37.1	I've heard variations of the same story over the years.
0:40.4	People who have come through adversity
0:42.5	will invariably tell you that their adversity
0:45.4	played a central role in their success.
0:48.3	You're the Godfather of technology.
0:50.7	You founded this company, you're still thriving.
0:53.0	And you came from such humble beginnings.
0:55.5	Tell me how you did.
0:57.0	Well, I think for my favorite line is,
0:58.8	I had all the disadvantages necessary for success.
1:02.1	I was jobless, alone parent, and as poor as it is possible
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