Children are the kings and queens of antifragility, the…
Children are the kings and queens of antifragility, the masters of pain. It is we who are afraid.
— from Takeoff Into Chaos · Everything is Fcked: A Book About Hope by Mark Manson*
In the book
The goal is not merely to survive the shaking but to be built so the shaking improves you — the way a young venture learns fastest by failing fast and cheap, the way a family that meets hardship together becomes ever more resilient and agile with each blow it absorbs. Children, strangely, are the natural masters of this; it is we grown pilots who have forgotten how, we who are afraid. Life is sometimes like a mousetrap — the first mouse is crushed, and the second or third one gets the cheese — and the whole art is learning not to be paralyzed by the fact that the snapping is real. — Takeoff Into Chaos
Also belongs to
- Who Is Flying (Self, Nature & Nurture)
- Expanding Your Range (Growth/Change/Education/Learning/Habit)