WHY BECOMING A BETTER PERSON DOESN’T WORK

Rooney

Excerpt From the book, Common Nonsense by Andy Rooney see pg. 155


One of the questions that arises from time to time in our lives is whether or not we can improve ourselves by trying. Experience has indicated to me that resolve has no influence on character. My answer to the question, therefore is “No,” you cannot improve yourself by trying but you should live your life as though you could.

Making yourself a better person, a more successful person, a happier person by deciding to be or studying how to be, doesn’t work for the same reason trying to lose weight by reading a book about it doesn’t work. We’re all trapped by who we are and how we act. No matter how hard we try, we can’t step out of character and be someone else.

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