Gordon Livingston

Gordon Livingston was an American psychiatrist and essayist who turned clinical experience into concise reflections on fear, choice, relationships, and moral courage. The Thing You Think You Cannot Do, published by Balance, presents thirty short truths about habits that restrict people and virtues that help them act despite uncertainty. Livingston graduated from West Point and the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, served as an Army physician, and later practiced psychiatry. He also contributed newspaper essays in Washington, San Francisco, and Baltimore. His books Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart, And Never Stop Dancing, and How to Love share the same direct, aphoristic style, joining professional observation with practical questions about how people change.