Interessante podcasts

Zomaar een paar leuke podcasts:

Kunst is Lang van Luuk Heezen. Waarschijnlijk beste Nederlandse podcast over kunst.

AmsterdamFM Kunst en Cultuur. Waarschijnlijk een goede tweede podcast over kunst. Wat elitair elan.

Deviate with Rolf Potts. Auteur van Vagabonding, een klassieker die om mij niet duidelijke redenen totaal onterecht nog niet in het Nederlands is vertaald (wil ik wel doen voor een fatsoenlijk honorarium).

Cool-tools van Mark Frauenfelder en Kevin Kelly. Lekker nerdy.

Met Groenteman in de kast. Ok, eigenlijk tweede Nederlandse podcast over kunst en andere dingen. Lekkere nonchalante lul, die Gijs Groenteman, met die ironisch-emotieloze stem.

No Such Thing As A Fish. Misschien wel de leukste podcast.

The Art of Doing – have a vision, persevere, collaborate

The Art of Doing by Camille Sweeney & Josh Gosfield was recommended here and there, so I put it on my list. The book turned out to be different than what I expected—not in a negative way. I had expected a self-help book with chapter-by-chapter advice. Instead, every chapter shares 10 learning points from the achievements of high-flyers in a wide variety of professions. The list of these people goes from author Stephen Dubner to tennis champion Martina Navratinova to soprano Anna Netrebko.

The Art Of Doing

A few common threads emerge among these people. All have a vision, persevere through bad times, and are collaborative. None of them are psychotic “leaders” you typically find in large bureaucratic organizations or egomaniac attention-seeking media addicts. All are driven by a why. All are hardworking and humble.

My highlights:

Martina Navratilova: don’t specialize, dream big, practice and exercise (do the work).

Simon Doonan (I didn’t know who he was before reading the book – Simon is a world-famous window dresser): Go Niche, be the best at something.

Tony Hsieh: discover your values (first).

Mark Frauenfelder (by far the best entry in the book!): Make the blog that doesn’t exist, Be original, get an attitude, Don’t bullshit (don’t waste people’s time), mix things, find unexpected things.