I’ve never told this to anyone before: I credit Jim Morrison, lead singer of The Doors, for getting me into the University of Oxford.  Morrison wasn’t my sole influence. I had many influences pushing me towards the university. But he was the biggest driving force. Specifically, I believe it was due to me reading the […]

Diversity is not a dirty word. Dildo, dinkle, dingleberry – all dirty words. But diversity is not. Now when I talk about diversity in reading, understand I’m not talking about that ‘boycott all white male writers’ nonsense. I’m not talking about selecting books based on gender, sexual preference, or race alone. For all the advances we’ve […]

A few people have asked me what I think of Tai Lopez’s reading routine and his whole ‘read a book a day’ thing.  Mixed thoughts. Tai Lopez certainly has some good advice when it comes to reading but it’s built on a false premise. Tai Lopez doesn’t read a book a day. At least not […]

It’s #ShakespeareSunday, which means quotes from the Bard abound on Twitter. But what if you want to take your appreciation further than a quick soundbite from Hamlet and a pedestrian meme trotted out to take advantage of a trending hashtag?  Shakespeare is notoriously difficult to get into but once you’ve got a foothold on Shakespeare the […]

Most people like to set their goals for the new year in December. Typically on the last day of December, they’ll do some bullshit called “setting New Year’s resolutions”. I don’t believe in setting New Year’s resolutions. And I don’t believe in waiting to the last minute of the year to set my plans for […]