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Ep. 168 | Find Your Life's Task with Robert Greene

Resist Average Academy | Tommy Baker

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The Worst Emotion in Life

"It's never good to give up on yourself," he says. "Even if you're in your 50s and those little footsteps are creeping up on you from behind, you can still say, all right, maybe I could still write that book." The author was inspired by an African-American woman who wanted to be a writer but couldn't get a job because she had three children. She would work two hours every day at 12 o'clock when everyone else was sleeping; then take the bus or train to Manhattan for her job. Now she is a writer.

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