Henry is a writer, speaker and brand consultant. He joins the podcast to discuss his upcoming book — Second Act — in which he analysises the phenomenon of late bloomers and what we can learn from them.
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⌛TIMESTAMPS
- (00:00) - Intro
- (01:11) - Guest introduction
- (01:57) - The scripts that Henry grew up with
- (06:10) - John Stuart Mill
- (08:41) - Samuel Johnson
- (15:23) - "The common reader" & Why we shouldn't dismiss Gladwell
- (18:41) - Writing
- (22:25) - His book about the late bloomers
- (29:10) - Penelope Fitzgerald
- (34:38) - Is it too easy to share your writing?
- (37:39) - The importance of finding the others
- (41:42) - Conversations, talking to yourself and writing
- (44:14) - Getting disappointed early
- (48:52) - There is no actual average person, the importance of taking variability into account
- (53:29) - How writing a book changes people
- (56:10) - Tyler Cowen and the power of the internet
- (58:47) - What Samuel Johnson would be working on today?
- (01:00:36) - The lessons from Audrey Sutherland
- (01:05:53) - Closing remarks
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