I went from Harvard Law School to being jobless and lost. What got me going again---the thing that reaffirmed life and led to new adventures---wasn't the so-called Great Books that you are supposed to read. Instead, a few words here and there from movies, popular magazines, blogs, comic strips, food labels, and other so-called "simple" or "unimportant" everyday things brought me back and helped me to a new life. It's simple: read whatever you want, especially if you're embarrassed about telling others you're reading it, and ...
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I went from Harvard Law School to being jobless and lost. What got me going again---the thing that reaffirmed life and led to new adventures---wasn't the so-called Great Books that you are supposed to read. Instead, a few words here and there from movies, popular magazines, blogs, comic strips, food labels, and other so-called "simple" or "unimportant" everyday things brought me back and helped me to a new life. It's simple: read whatever you want, especially if you're embarrassed about telling others you're reading it, and I'll show you how to think about simple words in exciting ways. This book shows you that there is encouragement and new beginnings everywhere.
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