6 minAngela Lee Duckworth
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Happiness researcher Tal Ben-Shahar explains antifragility: some systems, including people, grow stronger when they're put under pressure. Instead of chasing happiness, we can learn to grow from hard times.
- 7 min
- Growth
- by Tal Ben-Shahar
Key notes
What to take away.
- 01What antifragile means
Put pressure on an antifragile system and it grows bigger and stronger.
- 02Your body already does it
Lifting weights puts pressure on your muscles, and that's what makes them stronger.
- 03Growth after hard times
Psychologically, antifragility shows up as post-traumatic growth: learning and growing more resilient after a stressful event.
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