On a New Way to Thrive in Uncertainty | Elizabeth Weingarten

About this episode

The episode explores how to thrive in uncertainty through the lens of Rainer Maria Rilke's philosophy on living with questions.

In his book Letters to a Young Poet Celebrated author and poet Rainer Maria Rilke wrote: “Be patient towards all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language. Don’t search for the answers, which could not be given to you now because you would not be able to live them. And the point is to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far in the future, you will...

People in this episode

Host: Joshua Steinfeldt

Guest: Elizabeth Weingarten

Topics covered

• thrive in uncertainty
• living questions
• patience
• self-discovery
• personal growth

Keywords

• uncertainty
• Rainer Maria Rilke
• personal growth
• questions
• self-discovery

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