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Hi All!
Here is the current issue of my weekly “Sunday Share,” a list of what I have been engaging with, excited by or otherwise found intriguing.
What I’m reading —
Damn Good Advice by George Lois. Ah, wow, this George Lois is the kind of creative that shows up once in a hundred years. His impact on modern advertising has been monstrously large. Father of the Big Idea with balls that would look over-sized on a stallion… I like to read a few pages of this book to give myself some well-deserved hard slaps in the creative face. As George modestly puts in his subtitle, this is a book “for people of talent.” If that would be you, then get this!
What I sometimes put into my body —
BrainQuicken.It must have been around 2004. Pavel and I were busy promoting our kettlebell programs at that grotesque event known as the Arnold Fitness Expo, replete with its jacked-up steroidals, bikini-clad, high-heeled, bodalicious eye candy, goofy, nerdish fans, earnest con men, shifty-eyed pedlers of bogus supplements, waddling, fat-bellied powerlifters and so much more… I was wandering the aisles when I come across this bright-eyed, smiling, handsome fella promoting his nootropic formula now known as BrainQuicken, but then BodyQuicken. It was pre-superstardom, pre-4-Hour Workweek Tim Ferriss. I found him charming, bright and engaging. And I bought some of his product. And have used it ever since when I need to be on top of my game mentally. I have played around with a lot of different nootropics over the years but for whatever reason this is still my go-to noggin-enhancer… I am not seeing it currently available on Amazon but hopefully it will be back some time soon.
Device I still use after all these years —
The Chi Machine. I was introduced to the Chi Machine I believe around 1993 when I was in a tiny office above a car wash, struggling to get Dragon Door off the ground. You lie down and put your ankles on it, while it oscillates backwards and forwards at a pace and duration of your choosing. When you stop the obvious waves of energy pulsing through your body have to be experienced to be believed. Sometimes it feels akin to an orgasm, frankly. Other times, you just welcome the disappearance of most-all of the stress and tension you’ve been holding on to… If I am still using the Chi Machine after around 26 years, I might be on to something, right?
Newsletter I always read —
Ryan Holiday. Speaking of Tim Ferriss, one of the highlights of his legendary Opening The Kimono workshop was befriending Ryan Holiday, one of the gentlest, most brilliant men I have had the good fortune to meet. Ryan is a voracious reader. I mean VORACIOUS. And he puts out a goldmine of a newsletter just chock-a-block-full of excellent reading suggestions. He is of course also the author of some highly influential books, like The Obstacle Is The Way, which I purchased thirty copies of to give away to friends.. Check him out at https://ryanholiday.net/reading-newsletter/
Most thought-provoking quote —
“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” — Samuel Beckett
Thoughts, comments, wishes, suggestions? Hit me up by email at johnrducane@gmail.com