Introduction

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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Links:

• Personal website
• Substack: The Common Reader
• X (Twitter): @HenryEOliver
• Second Act

⌛TIMESTAMPS

• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:11) - Guest introduction
• (00:57) - The scripts that Henry grew up with
• (05:10) - John Stuart Mill
• (07:41) - Samuel Johnson
• (14:23) - "The common reader" & Why we shouldn't dismiss Gladwell
• (17:41) - Writing
• (21:25) - His book about the late bloomers
• (28:10) - Penelope Fitzgerald
• (33:38) - Is it too easy to share your writing?
• (36:39) - The importance of finding the others
• (40:42) - Conversations, talking to yourself and writing
• (43:14) - Getting disappointed early
• (47:52) - There is no actual average person, the importance of taking variability into account
• (52:29) - How writing a book changes people
• (55:10) - Tyler Cowen and the power of the internet
• (57:47) - What Samuel Johnson would be working on today?
• (59:36) - The lessons from Audrey Sutherland
• (01:04:53) - Closing remarks