I admire his way of taking tiny concrete every-day things or situations, and relating them to life-size big-picture humanity themes. I read and loved these stories 30 years ago, so read again for tips on story-telling. Go to the Amazon page for details and reviews.

And here are those fresh thoughts on classic topics, right alongside the wonderful new essays.Perhaps in today's chaotic, more challenging world, these essays on life will resonate even deeper-as readers discover how universal insights can be found in ordinary events.From the Trade Paperback edition.All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten - by Robert Fulghum | Derek Sivers Derek Sivers All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten - by Robert Fulghum In the years that have passed since the first publication of this book that touched so many with its simple, profound wisdom, Robert Fulghum has had some time to ponder, to reevaluate, and to reconsider. All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten is brimming with the very stuff of life and the significance found in the smallest details. sardines-and how these games relate to the nature of God. magical qualities found in a box of crayons. the love story of Jean-Francois Pilatre and his hot air balloon reminds us to be brave and unafraid to 'fly'. a spider who catches (and loses) a full-grown woman in its web one fine morning teaches us about surviving catastrophe. The little seed in the Styrofoam cup offers a reminder about our own mortality and the delicate nature of life. Here Fulghum engages us with musings on life, death, love, pain, joy, sorrow, and the best chicken-fried steak in the continental U.S.A.

He has written a new preface and twenty-five essays, which add even more potency to a common, though no less relevant, piece of wisdom: that the most basic aspects of life bear its most important opportunities. Now, seven million copies later, Fulghum returns to the book that was embraced around the world.

Fifteen years ago, Robert Fulghum published a simple credo-a credo that became the phenomenal #1 New York Times bestseller All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten.

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