Keep Talking

Episode 98: Sherry Ning - Creating Your Own Path


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Sherry Ning is an author and an essayist, whose Substack, "Pluripotent," has some of the best writing I've come across on human nature, purpose, and how to live. During our conversation, Shelly talks about creating one's own path, success, open-mindedness, beauty, nostalgia, spirituality, and religion.

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00:00 Intro

00:34 A purpose to write

2:35 Trait openness

6:10 Real diversity is found in human personality

8:35 Fame

10:29 WEIRD people

12:43 For happiness, ask: what will make me miserable?

15:45 Success and going your own way

26:34 Open-mindedness and particularity of taste

34:04 Wildflowers: beauty and toughness

39:50 The death of Sherry's father

43:25 Nostalgia and good times

49:47 What modern writer does Sherry enjoy?

52:24 Sherry's religious and spiritual beliefs

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