Dickie's Digest — Michael Lewis, Timeless Speeches, and Siddhartha
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Happy Sunday and Happy Mother’s Day to all of the incredible mothers out there. Mom, if you’re (hopefully!) reading this, I love you!
This afternoon, I scrolled through my contact list and sent a Happy Mother’s Day text to each and every mom whose number I had saved. In doing so, I took a second to think about just how fortunate I am to have not only an incredible Mom but also friends with incredible moms. If you’re reading this on Sunday, I highly recommend scrolling through your contacts and sending out a few of these. Fond memories will quickly flood your mind as you send each message, which we all need a little bit more of at the moment.
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Things I Enjoyed This Week—
Michael Lewis — Inside the Mind of the Iconic Writer | The Tim Ferriss Show — Michael Lewis is the author of many bestsellers including Liar’s Poker, Flash Boys, The Big Short, The Blindside, The Undoing Project, and Moneyball. He has an uncanny ability to tell stories in the written word, and this podcast dives into how he creates this magic. Michael and Tim discuss Lewis’ Princeton education, early struggles as a writer, quitting his Wall Street job, how he thinks about the creative process, and his new podcast Against the Rules. You can find this podcast amongst a handful of others I listened to last week in Dickie’s Digest’s Podcast Playlist.
James Clear’s List of Great Speeches — This is a collection of some of the best speeches of all time. Recently, instead of listening to a podcast halfway-through in a 20 minute period, I’ve popped on one of these speeches and listened to the whole thing. Great speeches like these have stood the test of time, so you can be sure they are worth listening to. Two that I listened to this week: Jim Valvano’s 1993 ESPY Acceptance Speech and Charlie Munger: How to Guarantee and Miserable Life.
Siddhartha by Herman Hesse — After reading this tweet from @Naval I decided to pick this book up. It’s only about 140 pages and I knocked it out in one sitting, alternating between reading and listening. The story chronicles the life of an Indian boy named Siddhartha, guiding you through the rollercoaster of his spiritual enlightenment. This book will leave you feeling just a little bit more relaxed, a bit more at ease, and a bit more grateful for the richness of life.
This tweet shows the incredible infrastructure China has implemented to stop the spread of COVID-19 and return to normalcy. I struggle to see how the United States will implement anything with this level of intensity. And even infrastructure like this may not be enough. South Korea, often lauded for its swift flattening of the curve, is struggling with cluster outbreaks in its reopening process — South Korea Shuts Down Bars After Cluster Outbreak is Traced Back to Nightclub.
Tweets like this show the power of Twitter — Only on Twitter could you aggregate ideas from hundreds of people that have changed their lives. Chances are there are a few ideas in here you have never heard of that are worth thinking about. Two that I’ve written about that have changed my life are Parkinson’s Law and Antifragility.
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Have an epic week,
Dickie
