The title of this post is the title of Po Bronson's last published book. The next one, Why Do I Love These People, should arrive in bookstores soon. Po Bronson is one great writer and the cofounder of Il Grotto in San Francisco, among other things.
I had a chance to interview him recently for an article I was writing about the topic "writers' communities", as Il Grotto is, and I found him sharp and pleasant. However, I never expected what happened tonight when I finally read this excerpt from his book, clicking on
http://www.fastcompany.com/online/66/mylife.html
I knew about the book, I saw it in the bookstores and thought it might be very interesting but I never really bought it and read it before. Funny how things work. Then, here is the link to this site arriving in my mailbox yesterday, late at night, and I am hooked. It was like mirroring my thoughts and reflections, idealism and passionate convictions included, down to his willingness of sharing enough time to get to know the people other writers would just "interview".
And Po Bronson too talks about dreams, and the ability to realize them at whatever age, just as I do in Reckless. He dismisses the common idea that one needs money first to fund his/her dreams telling the stories of people who did without becoming rich first.
How awesome. How inspiring. Tomorrow, first thing I'll do in the morning after coffee, will be heading to the bookstore to buy his book. You should do it too, if you are on a quest to discover inspiring life stories.
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