Lots of people--from popular bloggers to academics to contemplatives--are pitching that our drive for greatness might not be giving us what it promises. Might "good-enough" living offer us a kind of joy along with giving us a place in a whole world that's happier? Dave Schmelzer mentions four recent discussion of this before focusing on two, including the mega-popular self-help book The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck.
Mentioned on this podcast:
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, by Mark Manson
The Good-Enough Life, by Avram Alpert
Mentioned in passing:
The Extraordinary Gift of Being Ordinary, by Ronald Siegel
Donald Winnicott's thinking about "The Good-Enough Mother"