Essential Skill 5: Experiment With Your Life
To embrace the ambiguity of a postpandemic world, the fifth essential skill to develop is to experiment with your life. A young woman once asked French Cuban American Anaïs Nin, how does one go about figuring out what to do with their life? The young woman was struggling with this question. In her response, Nin emphasized the need to experiment with one’s life, embrace the mistakes made along the way as they provide invaluable lessons, and be open to an unfolding of your life. Nin referred the young woman to Gauguin who decided at a certain point he was not a banker anymore as he wished to be a painter. Gauguin experimented with this life and walked away from banking. Having the ability ...
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