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At age 70, Letty Cottin Pogrebin felt fit as a fiddle on the fateful day she walked three miles to her routine mammogram. A founding editor of Ms. (magazine) and women's rights activist, she had energy and to spare until she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Facing six weeks of radiation treatment, she was now obligated to join others in the waiting room of Memorial Sloan-Kettering in New York City. So, putting on her journalist hat, she began interviewing fellow patients. The result? How to Be a Friend to a Friend Who's Sick--an invaluable handbook about "The New Illness Etiquette" for both the sick and their friends.

00:10   Intro to Letty Cottin Pogrebin, book author and founding editor of Ms. (magazine)

01:15   The Flu and cold season begins

01:45   Pogrebin gets a routine mammogram at age 70

02:10   Breast cancer diagnosis comes without warning signs

04:00   Shares news of cancer and radiation with close friends via email

05:00   Searches in vain for a book about sickness and friendship

05:50   Interviews waiting-room patients for How to Be a Friend to a Friend Who’s Sick

06:31   Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center attracts people the world over

07:45   Discovers discrepancies between their the experiences and wishes of sick people

08:15   Unexpectedly learns about caregivers’ needs

09:30   Ripple effect of illness touches families and friends

09:50   Bottom line: people want to be honest—both the sick and their friends

10:40   What a friend should be able to ask a sick friend

11:10   What a sick person should be able to say to a friend

11:55   Truth-telling and "The New Illness Etiquette"

12:30   A friend reacts perfectly to Pogrebin's diagnosis

13:15   Asking “Do you want to talk about it?” gives a sick person control

13:25   Other lines that are both true and helpful

14:30   Sick people don’t want to hear or answer, “How are you?”

15:55   Their responses can overwhelm friends with TMI

16:15   Asking “What’s happening?” gives patient control over how much to disclose

17:30   Nobody wants to be labeled sick (such as “cancer girl”)

18:15   Saying, “You look great!” can give false reassurance and seem disingenuous

18:30   “Empathy translated into action equals kindness”

18:50   “Illness is friendship’s proving ground”

19:15   Guidelines for visiting sick friends – be considerate

20:40   Guidelines for giving gifts to sick friends – pay attention to diagnoses

21:00   Examples of inappropriate gifts and insensitive comments

22:30   Personalize a friend’s illness to the point you know what gifts to give

24:15   Humor and laughter depend entirely on how well you know the patient

24:50   Remembers laughing at Marlo Thomas’s funny jokes

26:00   Disparages fruit baskets and extols massages (and other sensitive gifts)

27:20   Why ice cream scoops adorn the book cover

28:50   Contrasts generous gifts with the gift she really wanted

29:15   Follow up “What would you like?” with “You know I’m bringing something”

30:25   Illustrates differences between sick men and sick women

30:50   25% of men interviewed hadn’t disclosed their illness

31:15   Tells a heartbreaking story of Orthodox Jewish man hiding his cancer diagnosis

33:45   Cultural and gender barriers prevent many men from sharing the truth

34:10   Women tend to feel comfortable confiding in close friends

35:30   The book includes many lists for how to be helpful & honest

36:00   First step: learn what to say to a friend who’s sick (“Do no harm.”)

36:20   Also, learn appropriate things to say to the bereaved

37:10   Recommendation – Ryan Hamilton: Happy Face (on Netflix)

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Dr. Sharon Saline, licensed clinical psychologist and top ADHD expert, draws on her 25 years of expertise to offer her insightful and practical book, What Your ADHD Child Wishes You Knew: Working Together to Empower Kids for Success in School and Life. After listening carefully to ADHD kids express emotions, successes, and motivations, Saline knows how to share proven models of strength-based parenting and attentive awareness. Full of useful exercise and easy-to-remember techniques, the book serves as a must-have handbook for anyone dealing with ADHD kids ages 6-18.

00:15 Intro to Dr. Sharon Saline, licensed clinical psychologist and ADHD expert

02:00  Why Saline chooses to give voice to ADHD kids

02:55  ADHD kids spend lots of time hearing what they’re doing wrong

03:05  Adults tend to give suggestions and interventions that don’t resonate

04:00  Saline’s goal in writing the book is to bridge the gap between adults and kids

04:30  ADHD = hyperactivity or impulsivity that interferes with executive brain functions

06:00  No. of kids vs. adults diagnosed with ADHD today

06:45  How adults deal with ADHD

07:15  ADHD kids today have parents with access to resources

07:45  Saline includes direct quotes from ADHD kids

08:30  Adults often don’t read tantrums well or correctly

09:30  Saline develops “The 5 Cs of ADHD Parenting”

10:00  5 Cs based in strength-based thinking and attentive awareness

10:30 How to develop the ability to connect more & argue less

10:50  1st C: Self-Control – parents needs to regulate/manage themselves first

11:30  Breathing techniques (belly, alternative nostril, etc.)

11:55  The “Bathroom Technique”

12:30  2nd C: Compassion – both for yourself and your child

13:10  3rd C: Collaboration – adult & child create plan based on real incentives

14:00         Only try to change one thing at a time

14:50  4th C: Consistency – mean what you say and follow through

15:30  “Efforting” vs. achieving – keep trying!

16:05  5th C: Celebration – notice efforts and progress (give praise)

17:00  Positivity ratio should be between 3-5 to 1

17:30  Countering negativity by verbally observing positive behavior

18:00  Combined, the 5Cs = “secret sauce for success”

18:15  The toughest “C” for parents

19:40  “Medicine can help, but pills don’t teach skills.”

20:00  Skills need to be taught directly; medicine can help prepare brain for learning

20:40  ADHD kids have frontal lobes that mature up to three years behind the norm

21:30  The brain’s executive functions may not be fully developed until age 28

22:35  Book’s hopeful message is that ADHD kids are trying hard to do well

23:25  One sad constant among ADHD kids: shame (feeling different)

23:55  Medication facilitates connection between neurons to make learning skills easier

25:25  ADHD exterior often masks interior feelings

26:50  “Accepting the ADHD Brain You Have”

27:15  Clients name their brains and what they really like about them

28:15 Parents and kids to work together to make positive things “bigger”

29:00  Debunking myth that everyone else has no challenges

30:00  ADHD kids want their parents to “be real”

30:15 How to form an alliance with ADHD kids

31:50  Addressing the homework hurdle

32:30  School usually hardest area of functioning for ADHD kids, especially writing

33:00  Timing medication is critical to having success with homework assignments

35:00  Developing a homework routine with your ADHD child

36:30  Using quick fixes vs. developing a big plan to “walk through the valley”

Recommendation: Hoopla Digital to access 8 free books/month (without a wait!)

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For more information about dealing with ADHD, go to Dr. Saline's website.

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Dr. Sharon Saline, licensed clinical psychologist and top ADHD expert, draws on her 25 years of expertise to offer her insightful and practical book, What Your ADHD Child Wishes You Knew: Working Together to Empower Kids for Success in School and Life. After listening carefully to ADHD kids express emotions, successes, and motivations, Saline knows how to share proven models of strength-based parenting and attentive awareness. Full of useful exercise and easy-to-remember techniques, the book serves as a must-have handbook for anyone dealing with ADHD kids ages 6-18.

00:15 Intro to Dr. Sharon Saline, licensed clinical psychologist and ADHD expert

02:00  Why Saline chooses to give voice to ADHD kids

02:55  ADHD kids spend lots of time hearing what they’re doing wrong

03:05  Adults tend to give suggestions and interventions that don’t resonate

04:00  Saline’s goal in writing the book is to bridge the gap between adults and kids

04:30  ADHD = hyperactivity or impulsivity that interferes with executive brain functions

06:00  No. of kids vs. adults diagnosed with ADHD today

06:45  How adults deal with ADHD

07:15  ADHD kids today have parents with access to resources

07:45  Saline includes direct quotes from ADHD kids

08:30  Adults often don’t read tantrums well or correctly

09:30  Saline develops “The 5 Cs of ADHD Parenting”

10:00  5 Cs based in strength-based thinking and attentive awareness

10:30 How to develop the ability to connect more & argue less

10:50  1st C: Self-Control – parents needs to regulate/manage themselves first

11:30  Breathing techniques (belly, alternative nostril, etc.)

11:55  The “Bathroom Technique”

12:30  2nd C: Compassion – both for yourself and your child

13:10  3rd C: Collaboration – adult & child create plan based on real incentives

14:00         Only try to change one thing at a time

14:50  4th C: Consistency – mean what you say and follow through

15:30  “Efforting” vs. achieving – keep trying!

16:05  5th C: Celebration – notice efforts and progress (give praise)

17:00  Positivity ratio should be between 3-5 to 1

17:30  Countering negativity by verbally observing positive behavior

18:00  Combined, the 5Cs = “secret sauce for success”

18:15  The toughest “C” for parents

19:40  “Medicine can help, but pills don’t teach skills.”

20:00  Skills need to be taught directly; medicine can help prepare brain for learning

20:40  ADHD kids have frontal lobes that mature up to three years behind the norm

21:30  The brain’s executive functions may not be fully developed until age 28

22:35  Book’s hopeful message is that ADHD kids are trying hard to do well

23:25  One sad constant among ADHD kids: shame (feeling different)

23:55  Medication facilitates connection between neurons to make learning skills easier

25:25  ADHD exterior often masks interior feelings

26:50  “Accepting the ADHD Brain You Have”

27:15  Clients name their brains and what they really like about them

28:15 Parents and kids to work together to make positive things “bigger”

29:00  Debunking myth that everyone else has no challenges

30:00  ADHD kids want their parents to “be real”

30:15 How to form an alliance with ADHD kids

31:50  Addressing the homework hurdle

32:30  School usually hardest area of functioning for ADHD kids, especially writing

33:00  Timing medication is critical to having success with homework assignments

35:00  Developing a homework routine with your ADHD child

36:30  Using quick fixes vs. developing a big plan to “walk through the valley”

Recommendation: Hoopla Digital to access 8 free books/month (without a wait!)

BUY What Your ADHD Child Wishes You Knew: Working Together to Empower Kids for Success in School and Life

For more information about dealing with ADHD, go to Dr. Saline's website.

For 8 free e-downloads/month, check out Hoopla Digital.

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Janet shares Just 3 books in the "Personal Development" category to help improve yourself and your life. She also announces "Recommendations," a brand-new feature on Nonfiction4Life podcasts. 

00:20   Another episode of “Editor’s Picks” from the “Personal Development” category

00:25   Two other EP episodes (#20-Home & Family; #47-Biographies & Memoirs)

00:40   N4L adding “Recommendations” to the podcast; stay tuned to the end!

01:10   Just 3 Personal Development books

01:40   1st book: How Will You Measure Your Life by Clayton Christensen, James Allworth, and Karen Dillon

01:50   Impressive resume includes being named “the world’s most influential thinker

02:50   Health fails; he’s a Harvard Business School professor, but he can’t write or speak

03:20   Relearning is demanding, slow, and discouraging

03:35   Arrives at a “fork in the road” where he decides his true purpose in life

03:50   1. Encourages his students to use time at school to figure out their lives’ direction

04:30   2. Gives smart people permission to make family and home life top priority

06:00   HBS class reunions full of extremely successful, very unhappy people

06:55   3. Helps students use theories to predict the trajectory of their lives

07:30   Bottom line: he helps people choose happiness and joy over everything else

07:50   2nd book: Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans

08:10   Authors teach popular design course at Stanford University

08:15   Apply design principles and processes to help people design their own lives

08:45   1. Visual dashboards: how you’re spending time; “Odyssey Planning 101” (5-year plans)

09:30   2. Emphasizes the positive (look back at “peak experiences"; focus on offers, not jobs)

10:00   3. Being, Doing, and Becoming cycle emphasizes growth

10:55   3rd book: Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth

11:05   Good news for non-geniuses working hard: grit can be learned!

11:15   Duckworth supports ideas with research

11:25   1. Found grittiest adults in their late 6os, and the least gritty in their 20s

12:15   2. Finding your true passion takes time, sometimes years

12:40   3. How to grow grit from the inside out

12:50   “Grit Grid” charts commitment to outside activities and attached recognition

13:45   Follow-through & commitment to extra-curricular requires selection and cultivation

14:35   Discover your own level of grit using Duckworth's 10-Question Grit Scale.

14:50   Intro to N4L’s first-ever Recommendation

14:55   Janet’s mother, Mrs. Tanner, just turned 98 years old and has dementia        

15:10   Story of her forgetting how many children she has

15:30   Janet chooses to laugh; takes comfort knowing part of her brain works really well

15:45   Mom knows all the lyrics to hundreds of songs

16:10   Other older people suffering from memory loss can also be amazing, but changed

16:20   Teddy from the UK got Alzheimer’s and became aggressive and ill-tempered

16:30   His son Simon wanted to remember his father’s better side and his strong tenor voice

16:45   Simon takes Teddy for drives, plays music familiar to his father

16:50   Simon records father-son duets of Teddy’s signature songs; posts on YouTube

17:00   Teddy named “The Songaminute Man”

17:10   Videos go viral

17:15   Janet recommends "The Songaminute Man" YouTube video "Cuando, Cuando, Cuando"

17:25   Simon crowdsources to fund professional recordings; proceeds help Alzheimer’s research

BUY How Will You Measure Your Life?

BUY Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life

BUY Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

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Janet shares Just 3 books in the "Personal Development" category to help improve yourself and your life. She also announces "Recommendations," a brand-new feature on Nonfiction4Life podcasts. 

00:20   Another episode of “Editor’s Picks” from the “Personal Development” category

00:25   Two other EP episodes (#20-Home & Family; #47-Biographies & Memoirs)

00:40   N4L adding “Recommendations” to the podcast; stay tuned to the end!

01:10   Just 3 Personal Development books

01:40   1st book: How Will You Measure Your Life by Clayton Christensen, James Allworth, and Karen Dillon

01:50   Impressive resume includes being named “the world’s most influential thinker

02:50   Health fails; he’s a Harvard Business School professor, but he can’t write or speak

03:20   Relearning is demanding, slow, and discouraging

03:35   Arrives at a “fork in the road” where he decides his true purpose in life

03:50   1. Encourages his students to use time at school to figure out their lives’ direction

04:30   2. Gives smart people permission to make family and home life top priority

06:00   HBS class reunions full of extremely successful, very unhappy people

06:55   3. Helps students use theories to predict the trajectory of their lives

07:30   Bottom line: he helps people choose happiness and joy over everything else

07:50   2nd book: Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans

08:10   Authors teach popular design course at Stanford University

08:15   Apply design principles and processes to help people design their own lives

08:45   1. Visual dashboards: how you’re spending time; “Odyssey Planning 101” (5-year plans)

09:30   2. Emphasizes the positive (look back at “peak experiences"; focus on offers, not jobs)

10:00   3. Being, Doing, and Becoming cycle emphasizes growth

10:55   3rd book: Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth

11:05   Good news for non-geniuses working hard: grit can be learned!

11:15   Duckworth supports ideas with research

11:25   1. Found grittiest adults in their late 6os, and the least gritty in their 20s

12:15   2. Finding your true passion takes time, sometimes years

12:40   3. How to grow grit from the inside out

12:50   “Grit Grid” charts commitment to outside activities and attached recognition

13:45   Follow-through & commitment to extra-curricular requires selection and cultivation

14:35   Discover your own level of grit using Duckworth's 10-Question Grit Scale.

14:50   Intro to N4L’s first-ever Recommendation

14:55   Janet’s mother, Mrs. Tanner, just turned 98 years old and has dementia        

15:10   Story of her forgetting how many children she has

15:30   Janet chooses to laugh; takes comfort knowing part of her brain works really well

15:45   Mom knows all the lyrics to hundreds of songs

16:10   Other older people suffering from memory loss can also be amazing, but changed

16:20   Teddy from the UK got Alzheimer’s and became aggressive and ill-tempered

16:30   His son Simon wanted to remember his father’s better side and his strong tenor voice

16:45   Simon takes Teddy for drives, plays music familiar to his father

16:50   Simon records father-son duets of Teddy’s signature songs; posts on YouTube

17:00   Teddy named “The Songaminute Man”

17:10   Videos go viral

17:15   Janet recommends "The Songaminute Man" YouTube video "Cuando, Cuando, Cuando"

17:25   Simon crowdsources to fund professional recordings; proceeds help Alzheimer’s research

BUY How Will You Measure Your Life?

BUY Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life

BUY Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

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On his own from age 13, Chris Singleton had to fight to survive. Channeling all his youthful grit, determination, and perseverance into becoming a nationally recognized top salesman, he captures lessons learned in his bestselling book, All Is Fair in Love and Sales: Six Steps to Sales Success. Listen to his personal story of overcoming difficult challenges and how he lives to help others succeed.

00:15   Invitation to add to Janet’s 56th Birthday List

01:15   Intro to Chris Singleton

01:35   Singleton’s sales credentials

02:00   Begins sales career selling Kirby vacuum cleaners and Cutco knives

02:40   Lives by the mantra that life’s meaning comes from our impact on others

03:20   Young Singleton learns supply and demand in “free lunch” line

05:15   Rough times with poverty, homelessness, incarceration helps him learn to hustle

05:45   Explains why sales book is valuable to everyone

06:25   Selling is as universal as love

07:00   Communication part of everyone’s life

07:25   The #1 Rule of Sales

07:40   “Sell me this pen” test

08:45   The most common mistake salespeople make

09:40   How subconscious projection gets in the way

10:35   Singleton lists his most important mentors

12:15   Making an effective introduction

12:45   What makes a good first impression

13:00   Explains confirmation bias

14:15   Maximizing first impression opportunities

14:30   One of the biggest first-impression mistakes

15:15   How facial hair affects impressions

17:00   Effective presentations likened to doctor knowing symptoms

19:00   How to close the deal by knowing five personality types

19:30   Easiest personality to deal with is “The Entertainer”

20:20   Most difficult personality to deal with is “The Fighter”

22:00   What everyone needs to know about body language

24:00   Why "silence is golden" in salesmanship

25:00   Not allowing a customer adequate time to respond perceived as pressure

26:30   Networking: who you know vs. how you know

28:50   Getting referrals without asking for one

29:15   Using “golden nugget” as a bridge between you and the new client

31:00   The importance of following up

31:15   Joe Girard, sets the record for most automobile sales in one year

32:00   Kept in touch with every customer, remembering names & key dates and writing personalized notes

32:15   Stats on how well people remember the name of their realtor and car salesperson

34:20   Advice for aspiring authors or entrepreneurs

34:30   Don’t give up on your dreams

34:50   Invest in yourself by getting a coach

BUY All Is Fair in Love and Sales: Six Steps to Sales Success

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On his own from age 13, Chris Singleton had to fight to survive. Channeling all his youthful grit, determination, and perseverance into becoming a nationally recognized top salesman, he captures lessons learned in his bestselling book, All Is Fair in Love and Sales: Six Steps to Sales Success. Listen to his personal story of overcoming difficult challenges and how he lives to help others succeed.

00:15   Invitation to add to Janet’s 56th Birthday List

01:15   Intro to Chris Singleton

01:35   Singleton’s sales credentials

02:00   Begins sales career selling Kirby vacuum cleaners and Cutco knives

02:40   Lives by the mantra that life’s meaning comes from our impact on others

03:20   Young Singleton learns supply and demand in “free lunch” line

05:15   Rough times with poverty, homelessness, incarceration helps him learn to hustle

05:45   Explains why sales book is valuable to everyone

06:25   Selling is as universal as love

07:00   Communication part of everyone’s life

07:25   The #1 Rule of Sales

07:40   “Sell me this pen” test

08:45   The most common mistake salespeople make

09:40   How subconscious projection gets in the way

10:35   Singleton lists his most important mentors

12:15   Making an effective introduction

12:45   What makes a good first impression

13:00   Explains confirmation bias

14:15   Maximizing first impression opportunities

14:30   One of the biggest first-impression mistakes

15:15   How facial hair affects impressions

17:00   Effective presentations likened to doctor knowing symptoms

19:00   How to close the deal by knowing five personality types

19:30   Easiest personality to deal with is “The Entertainer”

20:20   Most difficult personality to deal with is “The Fighter”

22:00   What everyone needs to know about body language

24:00   Why "silence is golden" in salesmanship

25:00   Not allowing a customer adequate time to respond perceived as pressure

26:30   Networking: who you know vs. how you know

28:50   Getting referrals without asking for one

29:15   Using “golden nugget” as a bridge between you and the new client

31:00   The importance of following up

31:15   Joe Girard, sets the record for most automobile sales in one year

32:00   Kept in touch with every customer, remembering names & key dates and writing personalized notes

32:15   Stats on how well people remember the name of their realtor and car salesperson

34:20   Advice for aspiring authors or entrepreneurs

34:30   Don’t give up on your dreams

34:50   Invest in yourself by getting a coach

BUY All Is Fair in Love and Sales: Six Steps to Sales Success

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Nonfiction4Life Host & Founder Janet Perry celebrates her 56th birthday along with the posting of the 56th episode. She shares her story of falling in love...with learning! Connecting words to books and books to ideas, she takes listeners along her journey and explains how she chose to become a podcaster of nonfiction books.

She also invites all to subscribe to the email list so she can share a gift with them--"Janet's List of 56 Things"--that includes book lists, apps, movies, and other things that shaped her and her love of learning.

00:15   Taking a departure from standard author interviews

00:25   Today is Janet Perry's 56th birthday and N4L’s 56th podcast episode

00:35   She’s celebrating by sharing her own story

01:25   Welcome to those just discovering N4L

01:50   Two moments that illustrate Janet’s love for learning

02:30   The story of how Janet fell in love…with words, books, and ideas

02:55   She can’t remember not knowing how to read

03:20   Instead of collecting dolls, Janet collected words (homonyms)

03:45   Her mom was a natural grammarian who loved words

04:15   Parents’ teachings made Janet’s Modern American Usage college course a breeze

04:25   Pronunciation of words also important

05:00   Janet fell in love with the world of books in Tanner Manor, her childhood home

05:45   The Tanner Manor library was filled with solid-oak bookshelves and ceiling beams

06:20   One of her favorite assignments was dusting the library

07:00   A nondescript downstairs closet was filled with paperbacks of classics and new releases

07:50   South Pasadena Public Library was funded by Andrew Carnegie

08:15   Library built in same Classic/Mediterranean Revival style as Tanner Manor

08:30   Boasted columns on separate entrances for adult library and children’s library

09:05   Tanner family culture included frequenting the public library

09:40   Library located across the street from El Centro, Janet’s elementary school

09:50   Lost a library book and panicked she’d have to pay for overdue fines

10:30   Spent Wednesdays after school listening to children’s librarian read aloud

11:15   Loved sneaking up inside staircase to the adult section

12:00   Books led her to the world of ideas

12:15   Feared turning into “an economic zero” by becoming an English major

12:45   Found people discussing books and ideas – the “white noise” of Tanner Manor

13:10   Collected and memorized quotes of great thinkers

13:45   Book groups and podcasts sparked her love of great ideas

14:00   Gave herself permission to read books, even when busy and sick

14:30   Podcasts helped her satisfy the itch to learn

14:45   How she narrowed the scope of Nonfiction4Life

15:30   Summary of Janet (from About page on Nonfiction4Life website)

15:45   “So many books, so little time!”

16:20   To celebrate her 56th birthday, she offers a gift to all email subscribers

16:50   All subscribers will receive “Janet’s List of 56 Things”

17:20   Janet invites all listeners to stay on the journey to discover and discuss great nonfiction books

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Nonfiction4Life Host & Founder Janet Perry celebrates her 56th birthday along with the posting of the 56th episode. She shares her story of falling in love...with learning! Connecting words to books and books to ideas, she takes listeners along her journey and explains how she chose to become a podcaster of nonfiction books.

She also invites all to subscribe to the email list so she can share a gift with them--"Janet's List of 56 Things"--that includes book lists, apps, movies, and other things that shaped her and her love of learning.

00:15   Taking a departure from standard author interviews

00:25   Today is Janet Perry's 56th birthday and N4L’s 56th podcast episode

00:35   She’s celebrating by sharing her own story

01:25   Welcome to those just discovering N4L

01:50   Two moments that illustrate Janet’s love for learning

02:30   The story of how Janet fell in love…with words, books, and ideas

02:55   She can’t remember not knowing how to read

03:20   Instead of collecting dolls, Janet collected words (homonyms)

03:45   Her mom was a natural grammarian who loved words

04:15   Parents’ teachings made Janet’s Modern American Usage college course a breeze

04:25   Pronunciation of words also important

05:00   Janet fell in love with the world of books in Tanner Manor, her childhood home

05:45   The Tanner Manor library was filled with solid-oak bookshelves and ceiling beams

06:20   One of her favorite assignments was dusting the library

07:00   A nondescript downstairs closet was filled with paperbacks of classics and new releases

07:50   South Pasadena Public Library was funded by Andrew Carnegie

08:15   Library built in same Classic/Mediterranean Revival style as Tanner Manor

08:30   Boasted columns on separate entrances for adult library and children’s library

09:05   Tanner family culture included frequenting the public library

09:40   Library located across the street from El Centro, Janet’s elementary school

09:50   Lost a library book and panicked she’d have to pay for overdue fines

10:30   Spent Wednesdays after school listening to children’s librarian read aloud

11:15   Loved sneaking up inside staircase to the adult section

12:00   Books led her to the world of ideas

12:15   Feared turning into “an economic zero” by becoming an English major

12:45   Found people discussing books and ideas – the “white noise” of Tanner Manor

13:10   Collected and memorized quotes of great thinkers

13:45   Book groups and podcasts sparked her love of great ideas

14:00   Gave herself permission to read books, even when busy and sick

14:30   Podcasts helped her satisfy the itch to learn

14:45   How she narrowed the scope of Nonfiction4Life

15:30   Summary of Janet (from About page on Nonfiction4Life website)

15:45   “So many books, so little time!”

16:20   To celebrate her 56th birthday, she offers a gift to all email subscribers

16:50   All subscribers will receive “Janet’s List of 56 Things”

17:20   Janet invites all listeners to stay on the journey to discover and discuss great nonfiction books

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