Things No One Else Can Teach Us

Things No One Else Can Teach Us
Humble the Poet

Create your own silver linings. SHIFT YOUR PERSPECTIVE. CHANGE YOUR LIFE. Setbacks, disappointments, failures can incapacitate anyone. But they don’t have to. Spoken word artist, rapper, and international bestselling author of Unlearn, Humble the Poet, shares raw and honest stories from his own life – from his rocky start becoming a rapper, nearly going broke to being the victim of racial prejudice – to reveal how a change in mindset can radically alter our outlook. Simple yet profound, Things No One Else Can Teach Us show how our hardest moments can help us flourish, but only if we recognize and seize the opportunity.

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CONTENTS

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Introduction

FORTUNATELY/UNFORTUNATELY, NOTHING LASTS FOREVER

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1. Everything Is Temporary, so Appreciate Those You Have While You Have Them

2. Patience Is Making Time Your BFF

3. You Are Going to Die, and Remembering That Can Be a Good Thing

4. Don’t Cry Because It’s Over, Smile Because It Happened

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KNOWING YOURSELF MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE

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5. We Can Survive a Lot

6. Service to Others Is Also a Great Service to Ourselves (Sewa)

7. When We Know Our Why, Our How Gets Easier

8. We Gotta Pay Tuition for Life Lessons

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DON’T FOCUS ON THE POT OF GOLD, ENJOY THE RAINBOW

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9. Focus on the Fun, and Everything Else Will Fall into Place (and If It Doesn’t, at Least You’re Having Fun)

10. The Pot of Gold Rarely Makes the Journey Worth It

11. Give Yourself Permission to Dance on Different Rainbows

12. We All Have Different Rainbows

13. Often, There Is No End to the Rainbow

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14. Try to Relate to the Bad Guys in Your Story

15. Chapters End, but Our Story as a Whole Keeps Evolving

16. Judge Less, Understand More

17. You Aren’t That Special, Embrace It