Why do people read? In Episode #175 - Musings, Juan and I discuss: another examination of some ideas from Simon Sinek, a clarification on my purpose for doing the podcast, why a small act of volunteering can have an exponential/compounding impact, the areas in our lives that act as bottlenecks for action or achieving goals, my genetic makeup that forces me to read, ensuring you are reading a book for a valid reason, the realisation that my author gender/geography can use some diversification and some biographies that are on our to-read list.

As always, we hope you enjoy, Mere Mortals out!

Timeline:

(0:00) - Geese noise and Intro

(0:53) - The Golden Circle of WHY/HOW/WHAT

(1:55) - My WHY

(8:54) - My HOW

(11:27) - Our recent volunteering experience: MS Moonlight Walkathon

(14:50) - The Suez Canal blockage & throughput

(17:50) - Improving the bottlenecks in our lives

(23:18) - A knowledge bomb from Daddy Down

(26:25) - Don't read a book just to say you've read it

(29:14) - My reading sources are biased

(32:16) - Some suggested biographies

(33:21) - Mere Mortal Moments

(34:10) - Where to get more book recommendations

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