The Inspiring Journey of Penelope Fitzgerald: Turning Life Experiences into Literary Success

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
• (00:49) - 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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