137 - h woo, Fourth Wing, Shogun, Feel Good Productivity, Predator

A content diet review to start the new year. Aiming for weekly but we’ll see! Trying to get back into podcasting by focusing on audio-only. Also check out my latest Shorts.

(1) Journey to Michelin chef

* YouTube: h woo “i think i want to be a michelin star cook”

* Book: “Show Your Work” by Austin Kleon

* YouTube: Sam Sulek

* YouTube: Matt Choi

(2) Fourth Wing → The one thing... do they need to kill so many people?

“There is nothing more sacred than the Archives. Even temples can be rebuilt, but books cannot be rewritten.”

* Amazon: “Fourth Wing” by Rebecca Yarros

(3) Shogun → If you like Last Samurai and 1000-page books...

"The Emperor and the entire Imperial Court were kept completely isolated in walled palaces and gardens in the small enclave at Kyoto, most times in penury, and their activities perpetually confined to observing the rituals of Shinto, the ancient animistic religion of Japan, and to intellectual pursuits such as calligraphy, painting, philosophy, and poetry."

* Amazon: “Shogun” by James Clavell

(4) Feel Good Productivity → What if this were fun?

"What would this look like if it were fun? I stuck the note to my computer monitor and went to sleep."

* Amazon: “Feel Good Productivity” by Ali Abdaal

(5) Predator → “Last Action Heroes”

Mac: [to Blain's corpse] Here we are again, bro... Just you and me. Same kind of moon, same kind of jungle. Real number 10, remember? Whole platoon, 32 men chopped into meat... We walk out, just you and me, nobody else. Right on top, huh? Not a scratch... Not a f****n' scratch. You know, who ever got you, they'll come back again. And when he does, I'm gonna cut your name right into him... I'm gonna cut your name into him!

* Amazon: “Last Action Heroes” by Nick de Semlyen

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