Remember when you sat in the back of the classroom and constantly provoked the teacher with "but miss, when are we ever going to use that in the real world?". Well, it's come full circle for Little Johnny (Nicky) as books + stories have made my experience on this floating rock, all the more meaningful. Sorry for doubting you, Ms. Young.

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TRANSCRIPTION
5:07 → the dangers of comparing against your peers and judging yourself → the value of comparing against yourself

8:35 → why you should share information, and your experience irrespective of the outcome

18:12 → being flexible with your goals/ideas regardless of how headstrong and stubborn you may be; stubbornness does not always equivocate to being determined

24:29 → who in the fuck writes a book and why we should likely listen to them

25:52 → doing my best to not sound like an intellectual snob while trying to tout the importance of reading

28:39 → how reading can negate the shortened attention span of your modern day renaissance person

35:03 → do you completely read one book at a time before starting the next, or do you have many on the go?

38:26 → the pen is mightier than the short… the best practice I’ve adopted that has changed the game of consuming books

38:54 → the 5 minute practice to incorporate once you finish a book

LINKS MENTIONED
Cixin Liu - Three Body Problem

Alex Haley - Malcolm X

Yuval Noah Harari - Sapiens

Van Neistat - The Fourth Turning

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