every 2-3 weeks(ish) i talk on the phone with my friend ambroise. over the past four or five years he’s become one of my closest friends, for sure. he lives in paris and even though the time difference could keep us from talking, we make it work. we have such good conversations and it’s just a really nice thing.
Read more...on of the books i’m reading right now is focus: the hidden driver of excellence by daniel goleman. i mentioned in my last post about the book that it’s pretty poorly written (and that continues to feel true), but there are definitely some interesting insights.
Read more...the last thought that really stuck out to me in james martin’s on being interview was a thought about falling in love while being in a religious order (note from james: “So there are monastic orders, which would be cloister and living in monasteries. But [jesuits are a] more — religious order is kind of the broader term.”
Read more...around 23 minutes in alain de botton’s latest on being interview, he and krista have this little exchange:
Read more...alain de botton is one of my favorite contemporary thinkers and his school is life is brilliant. i wish i had started it, haha. maybe i’ll start my own or maybe danielle’s infinite growth platform will turn into something similar.
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