So often I find what I’m lacking are the words. I get frustrated when it’s taking fifteen minutes to put on rainboots because we’re late and it’s not raining, even though my kids aren’t doing anything wrong. Sometimes I yell at my kids and then feel a huge wave of shame. Perfect for: People who want to rock themselves out of stasis, those who like getting their brain poked with art, and those who feel a bit uncultured (like me) in big broad areas like music and painting and film.A great way to keep challenging my own ideas and helps me explore lots of little “what if I dids.” He’s a former reference librarian turned bestselling author ( Steal Like An Artist, How To Keep Going) who points my brain at all kinds visual art, “ear candy,” quotes, and artistic ideas every Friday morning. But what artistic itches remain inside you’re always thinking about scratching? Austin Kleon’s newsletter helps me scratch those itches. Are you a great Vice President Of Something at your company? Fantastic. But… what if you hadn’t quit ballet when you were twenty-two? Would you be on Broadway right now? Hard to know because you’re selling so many condos. Are you killing it as a real estate agent? Great. I like the idea that success blocks future success. Perfect for: Business and self-help book lovers looking to inject more into their brain and anyone looking to stay on top of “thinking trends”. And the best part? We don’t have to vacuum! He pulls off a magic trick something akin to opening up the dusty vacuum cleaner bag, sneezing a ton while wading through dust balls and cat hair, and then pulling out three valuable things sucked up in there - a tiny doll’s comb, the back of an earring, a couple of coins - and then tells us all about those three valuable things in a warm and witty way. But then, unlike the rest of it, who sort of leave it at that, Eric Barker does not leave it at that. I’m not sure how he does it but Eric Barker seems to suck up business and self-help books like a vacuum cleaner. Man’s gotta have a code.ĩ. Barking Up The Wrong Tree by Eric Barker And if any real human delivering super value is insidiously dropping in ads (and tons of the big ones do), they’re out on my list.
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