How to Write a Book About a Subject

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"I've got a lot of time in my hands as they say I don't have a busy social life like I remember the days when I had more money than I knew what to spend on. that stuffYeah so you got into doing the podcast and the newsletter and stuff it reminds me of I always remember this quote from Benjamin D'Isralee the British Prime Minister all this stuck in my mind because he said the best way to learn a bit of subject is to write a book about it" "When you start writing it forces you to be more active in the process and to think about things from a different perspective reading can be a bit you know passive can be attached to you

In this episode, I chat with J.W. Bertolotti host of the In Search of Wisdom podcast, and founder of the Perennial Leader Project. Josh was one of the speakers at our Stoicon-x Military event a few years ago. We’re both very active on Substack now, Josh at Perennial Meditations so I thought it would be a great opportunity to reconnect and chat about philosophy as a guide to life.

Highlights

* How Joshua got into philosophy

* His journey as a podcaster speaking to people about the nature of wisdom

* Stoicism and other philosophies

* Desire and attachment in philosophy

* Conceit, and skepticism as a way of life

* How the Delphic maxims can teach us about philosophy

Links

* Perennial Meditations Newsletter on Substack

* In Search of Wisdom Podcast @in sear on Substack and on Spotify

* Perennial Meditations Podcast

* @JWBertolotti on Twitter