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201 | Slowing Down

The Minimalists

CHAPTER

The Power of Hobbies

Alex Castellanos: I think there's something to be said for both. For Winston Churchill, the hobbies were painting and Brickling. He basically bungled a bunch of stuff and he sort of thrown out of public life in order to learn these skills. And so it was this idea of having something totally the opposite of his profession that was rigorous and hard but forced him very much outside of his comfort zone.

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