| Heyo, Nik here with this week's reads. Who's our headliner? Life in 5 Senses by Gretchen RubinLawyer turned scientist and researcher Gretchen Rubin is famous for her books about happiness, habits, and human behavior. But this time, she tried something different: She wrote a book about mastering your senses, learning to really experience the world as it is, and finding a wealth of gratitude in that. What was the trigger? Something mundane: An appointment at her eye doctor. "Remember your check-up," he told her when she was already halfway out the door. "You're at risk for a detached retina." "Wait a minute," Gretchen perked up. "Are you telling me my retina—the thing I'm literally using to see—might COME OFF?!" The casualness with which the doctor suggested it gave her a real shock. Worse, she knew someone with that condition. They could barely see. "All my senses seemed to sharpen," she writes. Ah, the prospect of losing something important. "I'd been taking it all for granted for too long," she realized—it was time to revisit, study, analyze, train, and, most of all, cherish her senses. For the next year, that's what she did—and Life in 5 Senses is the result that will help us do the same. Here's what you'll learn from today's video:
If you want to get out of your own head and learn to truly ground yourself in reality as well as enjoy and appreciate the 5 senses that make you uniquely human, watch this video. Not your cup of read? Here are 2 other titles you might enjoy:
That's it for this week. I hope you'll learn something, and don't hesitate to share your thoughts on the video! Happy reading, PS: If you like the kind of inspiring books like Life in 5 Senses, you should check out my book 2-Minute Pep Talks. It's a best-of collection of some of my snappiest yet most impactful posts from over 5 years of writing almost every day. The book covers different areas of life, but every short pep talk will provide a little cocktail of hope, love, and comfort for your day—and there's 67 of them! So that's over 2 months of daily inspiration in less than 120 seconds each. I even worked with an amazing narrator, Caroline Cole, who breathed some beautiful life into the audiobook version with her warm, calm and encouraging voice. You can buy the ebook directly from me for as little as $4 (or give more if you like), get the audiobook (also directly from me), or find links to Amazon for paperbacks and hardcovers (and all other retailers) here. Thanks for your support, and I hope this book will provide some inspiration for the rest of your year! |
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