The Right Life

How do we find the life that's right for each of us?

Moreand more of us are feeling overwhelmed by the everyday struggle to leadthe lives to which we aspire. Children are placed under unbearablepressure to achieve; adults fight a constant battle to balance familylife with work and economic demands; old people suffer from socialisolation and a lack of emotional security. People of every age arefeeling increasingly at odds with the world, and less able to live alife that corresponds to their individual needs and talents.

Atthe root of this problem, argues internationally renowned childdevelopment expert Remo Largo, is a mistaken idea of what makes ushuman.

A distillation of forty years of research and medical experience, The Right Lifesets out a new theory of human thriving. Tracing our development asindividuals from the beginnings of evolution to the twenty-firstcentury, he sets out his own theory, the 'Fit Principle', which proposesthat every human strives to live in harmony with their fellow humansand their environment. Rather than a ceaseless quest forself-improvement and growth, he argues, our collective goals should beindividual self-acceptance, as we embrace the unique matrix of skills,needs and limitations that makes each of us who we are.

Notonly, Largo suggests, can a true understanding of human thriving helppeople find their way back to their individuality; it can help us toreshape society and economy in order to live as fully as possible.