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Do It Anyway: Finding Personal Meaning and Deep Happiness by Living the Paradoxical Commandments

Kent M. Keith

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Navigate life's paradoxes for personal happiness.

If you're navigating challenging times and seeking a compass to guide you toward a fulfilling life, "Do It Anyway" might resonate deeply with you. Keith's Paradoxical Commandments offer a refreshingly straightforward path amidst life's complexities, inspiring you to find joy and meaning by engaging with life's paradoxes rather than avoiding them. This book isn't just about embracing feel-good philosophies; it's a practical toolkit that nudges you to reflect, act, and ultimately discover a more rewarding way of living.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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ISBN: 9781577316282
Author: Kent M. Keith
Publisher: New World Library
Date of Publication: 2008-05-28
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Creative Nonfiction, Personal Development, Philosophy
Related Topics: Leadership, Inspirational, Personal Development, How To, Essays
Goodreads rating: 4.07
(rated by 129 readers)

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People are illogical, unreasonable, and Love them anyway. If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives. Do good anyway. If you are successful, you will win false friends and true. Succeed anyway. — from the Paradoxical Commandments. Dr. Kent Keith published the Paradoxical Commandments as part of a book he wrote for student leaders in the 1960s when he was an undergraduate at Harvard. These maxims for finding meaning in the face of adversity took on a life of their own, making their way into countless speeches, advice columns, books, institutions, and homes around the world. They were even found on the wall of Mother Teresa’s children’s home in Calcutta. They became the basis of Keith’s bestselling book The Paradoxical Commandments. Do It Anyway expands on the vision behind the Paradoxical Commandments. It includes forty stories of people who live the commandments each day and gives you the examples, tools, and encouragement to find personal meaning and deep happiness, no matter who you are or what your circumstances, even when times are tough.
 

Navigate life's paradoxes for personal happiness.

If you're navigating challenging times and seeking a compass to guide you toward a fulfilling life, "Do It Anyway" might resonate deeply with you. Keith's Paradoxical Commandments offer a refreshingly straightforward path amidst life's complexities, inspiring you to find joy and meaning by engaging with life's paradoxes rather than avoiding them. This book isn't just about embracing feel-good philosophies; it's a practical toolkit that nudges you to reflect, act, and ultimately discover a more rewarding way of living.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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