Trove - August 23, 2022
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Hi everyone,
Happy Tuesday!
Here's your weekly trove of recommendations. If you enjoy it, please feel free to forward this along to friends.
Quotes from Courage is Calling by Ryan Holiday
When Apple had drifted from its innovative and rebellious roots, this was a tactic Steve Jobs used to bring the company back on track. “One way to remember who you are,” he said, “is to remember who your heroes are.”
Rivers are more easily forded at their source.
There is a Hebrew prayer that dates back to the early 1800s: "The world is a narrow bridge, and the important thing is not to be afraid.”
Ryan is currently writing a four-part series on the stoic virtues: Temperance, Wisdom, Courage, and Justice. The next in the series is titled Discipline is Destiny.
A dark, thrilling series I just finished: Tokyo Vice
The show gives you a semi-autobiographical peek into Tokyo's Yakuza culture in the 90s. I identified with Jake's effort to adapt to Japanese culture and use the language.
This life advice from Kurt Vonnegut
An simple, well designed stretching and bodyweight workout app: Bend
In a few taps I can start a stretching routine that can lasts from 5-30 minutes. I'm starting to schedule the more targeted routines into my mornings to work on everything from hips to splits.
Last but not least, some Malian music for your next cooking/dance session
Weirdly enough I found this artists via the movie soundtrack for the political thriller The Constant Gardner with Ralph Fiennes and Rachel Weisz.
Thanks for reading Trove. See you next week!
-Tobin