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Why Start An Email Newsletter? (Video)

May 9, 2020 By Ben McEvoy

Starting an email newsletter is one of the most rewarding things you can do online. After managing multiple successful email newsletter campaigns for businesses in different industries over the years, not to mention getting great joy out of running my own email newsletter, I decided I want to teach you how to start your own […]

Filed Under: Education, Marketing, Videos

#1 Audiobook Pick of the Week

May 8, 2020 By Ben McEvoy

We’re kicking off a new regular feature called Audiobook Pick of the Week.  My dirty secret for reading so many books is an audiobook and running addiction. I’ve got Anna Karenina and The Illustrated Man on my bedside right now, but I’ve also downloaded both of these books in audiobook form from Audible.  Audiobooks keep me company as […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Books

How To Analyse Your Dreams (Video)

May 8, 2020 By Ben McEvoy

This is probably one of the strangest videos I’ll ever do. We’re talking about dream analysis, using art to get into your unconscious, tarot readings, self-help practices, and examining the metaphors that rule our lives. How To Analyse Your Dreams Works that inspired this video: Carl Jung’s Man and His Symbols (link) (review) Sigmund Freud’s The Interpretation of […]

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Nietzsche’s Cave of Tarantulas

May 7, 2020 By Ben McEvoy

A popular YouTuber and an influencer with 9.5 million Instagram followers grin into the camera. They brandish fistfuls of twenty dollar bills. The total amount is two-hundred-and-fifty bucks. A toothless homeless man looks bewildered behind them. The YouTuber endeavours to put his arm around the homeless and points into the camera. ‘Tell them what we’re […]

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Solid Air

May 7, 2020 By Ben McEvoy

Nick Drake saved my life. I had vicious insomnia aged fourteen. The doctor prescribed an old-school heavy-duty tricyclic antidepressant called amitriptyline. He wouldn’t prescribe my requested melatonin because, in his words, ‘It’s a hormone. You’ll become addicted. And then you’ll be back for more.’ This only scratches the surface of why I despise most doctors.  […]

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Look Inside My MasterClass All Access Pass Area (Video)

May 6, 2020 By Ben McEvoy

Lockdown’s a great opportunity to finally grab that MasterClass All Access Pass membership you’ve been thinking about. If you’ve been wondering whether MasterClass is worth it, you’ve checked out my reviews and rankings of the best MasterClasses in order, and you still haven’t made the jump, maybe you need to see behind the scenes a […]

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How To Celebrate Short Story Month (31 Recommendations)

May 5, 2020 By Ben McEvoy

Every day is short story month. For me, at least. I’ve been following Ray Bradbury’s assignment of reading one short story, one poem, and one essay every night for years. I love short stories. Good ones, like Neil Gaiman says in his MasterClass module on writing short fiction, are like close-up magic tricks. Short story […]

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Can You Be A Writer?

May 5, 2020 By Ben McEvoy

I get a lot of emails from people who want to be a writer but don’t know how to do it. They say: I’m worried I’m too old to be a writer. Or: I don’t have a degree in English, so I can’t be a writer. Or: I didn’t do any creative writing courses, so […]

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I Wanna Be Adored

May 4, 2020 By Ben McEvoy

Sometimes you need to be angry.  Wrath pays. In life, like in writing. And in running too. This is not what I’m thinking as I start jogging this morning. But it will be what I’m thinking by the time the run is over.  The run begins with the iconic opening track of The Stone Roses […]

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The Best Lockdown Workout Routine

May 3, 2020 By Ben McEvoy

You’re about to learn the fitness secrets that will result in you leaving lockdown with the body of a Greek god. But act fast! This once-in-a-lifetime deal is only going to be available for the next 23 hours for the ludicrously low price of $989 $579 $299 $39.99 FREE! I’m just messing. Any fitness advice […]

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Benjamin McEvoy

I write essays on great books, elite education, practical mindset tips, and living a healthy, happy lifestyle. I'm here to help you live a meaningful life.

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