Why You ll Never Find the Right Person

It could sound rather brutal to hear that we ll never find the right person, but it s in fact the most generous and optimistic sentiment, because only once we give up on the absurd dream of finding the Right Person (who doesn t exist for anyone), can we start to make it work with that far more realistic and likely partner: the good enough person. Sign up to our new newsletter and get 10% off your first online order of a book, product or class: https://bit.ly/2LayJ9F For gifts and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop: https://bit.ly/2SVHOI2 Our website has classes, articles and products to help you think and grow: https://bit.ly/2VOxnYR 2TPXQn6 FURTHER READING You can read more on this and other subjects on our blog, here: https://bit.ly/2TOuyVO “Your fears are right: you won’t. It seems harsh to say it just now but the right partner for you doesn’t really exist: there are just different varieties and degrees of wrongness. It’s not your fault or theirs. Anyone, however lovely they seem at first, will turn out to be maddening, difficult and deeply disappointing in a few – but to you very important – ways.” MORE SCHOOL OF LIFE Visit us in person at our London HQ: https://bit.ly/2VVwvkX Watch more films on RELATIONSHIPS in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLrelationships You can submit translations and transcripts on all of our videos here: https://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_panel?c=UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog&tab=2 Find out how more here: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6054623?hl=en-GB SOCIAL MEDIA Feel free to follow us at the links below: 2TPXQn6 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon/ CREDITS Produced in collaboration with: Tomás Pichardo-Espaillat https://vimeo.com/tomatico http://hola.tomatico.net/