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Tag: wisdom
You Are Not What You Earn
The modern world firmly equates how much we earn with how good, noble, wise and worthy of honour we are. …
Why ‘love’ is a useless word – and three alternatives
Many of our relationship problems stem from the emptiness of our vocabulary around our affectionate emotion. We have only the …
The Problem With Travel
We’re used to thinking of going traveling as the easy and fun bit of life, but in fact, it’s a …
How To Seduce Someone With Confidence
The secret of good seduction is not to idealise the person we are trying to get together with. They are …
What is Transference And Why It Matters
Transference is a psychological phenomenon whereby we ‘transfer’ a way of behaving from childhood into adulthood – in situations which …
Why You Will Marry the Wrong Person
This video sees Alain de Botton, Creator of The School of Life and narrator on the majority of our videos, …
COME AND MEET US IN PORTUGAL
On October 20th, we’re gathering in Lisbon, Portugal for a big conference centered around all the themes on this channel, …