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What I Wish I’d Known When I Was Young - The Art and Science of Growing Up (Paperback)
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What I Wish I’d Known When I Was Young - The Art and Science of Growing Up (Paperback)
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‘A superb study … brilliant stories, hilarious observations and
jaw dropping revelations about so many figures in public life we
thought we knew – but never understood’ EMILY MAITLIS Loss and
adversity are part of the human condition, but an imperfect past
isn’t always an indicator of what’s to come. This book traces a
pattern: why is it that often the people with the hardest
beginnings in life – children who experience displacement,
disease, financial ruin, abandonment or bereavement – become the
most successful adults? And is there something to learn from those
people, who perhaps have the strongest sense of what matters most?
Of Britain’s fifty-five prime ministers, twenty-five lost one or
both of their parents as a child and 69 per cent suffered some form
of serious childhood trauma. For their acclaimed podcast Past
Imperfect, Thomson and Sylvester spoke to some such prime
ministers, as well as pioneers and poets, CEOs and chefs, actors
and archbishops, sports stars and Nobel prize-winning scientists.
How did Richard Branson overcome severe dyslexia? How did Daphne
Park, born in lonely, rural Tanzania, become one of Britain’s top
spies? How was diver Tom Daley driven on to win an Olympic gold
medal by being bullied at school and his father’s early death?
This book brings together psychological research with scores of
intimate, fascinating interviews. The resulting narrative is full
of hope, and might help us all towards a better understanding of
resilience, motivation, perspective and courage.
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