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#1 Regrets: We don't regret the choices we make. only the choices we fail to make. The biggest regrets are the choices we fail to make that push us towards our "ideal" selves.
#2 Creating Art: Seth Godin's Icarus Deception is a great book to listen to on audio about creating art, being creative and dealing with all the emotions and challenges of putting new things out into the world.
#3 Looking at History: Different lenses for looking at history. Stories: "The history of a lot of things – business, politics, militaries, teachers, journalists – shows that good storytellers with OK ideas often gain more authority than average communicators with the right answers."
#4 Stanford Prison "Experiment": Speaking of history, we are in an age where new information can emerge and change the past. This essay explores how the Stanford Prison Experiment - still taught in almost every college psychology class - remains a powerful idea even though it has been shown as deeply flawed and not able to replicate since the experiment happened in the first place.
#5 Catch Me If You Can: Frank Abagnale tells his real story of pretending to be a lawyer, doctor and pilot as portrayed by the movie & Leonardo DiCaprio. The first 27 minutes of his talk and the story are better than the movie.
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