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
- (00:49) - Guest introduction
- (01:35) - The scripts that Henry grew up with
- (05:48) - John Stuart Mill
- (08:19) - Samuel Johnson
- (15:01) - "The common reader" & Why we shouldn't dismiss Gladwell
- (18:19) - Writing
- (22:03) - His book about the late bloomers
- (28:48) - Penelope Fitzgerald
- (34:16) - Is it too easy to share your writing?
- (37:17) - The importance of finding the others
- (41:20) - Conversations, talking to yourself and writing
- (43:52) - Getting disappointed early
- (48:30) - There is no actual average person, the importance of taking variability into account
- (53:07) - How writing a book changes people
- (55:48) - Tyler Cowen and the power of the internet
- (58:25) - What Samuel Johnson would be working on today?
- (01:00:14) - The lessons from Audrey Sutherland
- (01:05:31) - Closing remarks
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