George

what a life

Revisado: 10-30-22

Shatner lets us see into his mind, his soul and passions. He is candid about his own failures. I don't think I ever heard a story of someone who took the bull my the horns as much as he did (does, at 91!). It was a long way from "Mr. tambourine man" on johnny Carson to a standing ovation at the Kennedy center. Well done.

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clear thinking

Revisado: 09-18-22

This provides clear thinking on a hyper-charged issue.

Hint: maybe we should do cost benefit analysis when making proposals to completely restructure the entire world economy.

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carpe diem

Revisado: 04-11-22

what a rant. grab life. live. don't miss a moment.

The narration was superb.

provides context for the Woodstock generation.

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News ... with perspective

Revisado: 11-09-21

Maintaining good relationships with people, even people you disagree with on hot issues is more important (trumps :-)) than being right. People matter.

And then, the end of the world may in fact not be the end of the world...

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A Franklin planner for your retirement

Revisado: 10-04-21

Useful stuff, but I kinda felt like I was back in Franklin planner training in 1986 all over again. I picture Hyrum Smith going around in 2018 with a paper planner mapping out his day, this book and his life.

In a nutshell, "figure out what matters to you, make checklists, and do it". I'm a checklist kind of guy, so it resonates with me. I get a sense of accomplishment from doing things. Other people have different motivations.

like I said, some good stuff in here, if a bit dated and presented as bromides and cliches. I'm going to make a second pass and ...make checklists :-)

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going into that good night as actively as possible

Revisado: 08-28-21

I listened twice. Learned things both times. May get the kindle or print versions and make checklists.

You can't cheat death or old age, but you can live to to fullest as long as possible. This book gives clues from current neuroscience in how to do that.

Kinda a contrast with some of the advice in "hiking with nietche" which I also finished today....

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hiking, philosophy, life and death

Revisado: 08-28-21

I hike. Your mind wanders when you hike. "trail thoughts". Nietche knew this, or rather lived it.

For me, this was an introduction to his thought (and Herman Hesse) in an accessible way I could relate to.

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A start

Revisado: 01-06-19

This was a start on the Divine Comedy.
Really just commentary and sampling.
A useful framework and background for
a complex and deep work.
From here, on to the poem itself...

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LONG telling of MANY stories (w/music too)

Revisado: 10-09-18

I probably never will like Opera, but I understand it, and the people and history.

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jazz make more sense now

Revisado: 07-07-18

I've enjoyed jazz all my life. After listening to this course (twice) I understand the historic progression, movements, sub-genres, how they influenced each other and what was to follow.

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