#335 - Adam Gopnik on THE REAL WORK
Books on Pod with Trey Elling
English - May 20, 2023 14:31 - 58 minutes - 53.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsBooks Arts health fitness business lifestyle entrepreneur marketing entrepreneurship interview wellness nutrition Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
The New Yorker's Adam Gopnik chats with Trey Elling about THE REAL WORK: ON THE MYSTERY OF MASTERY. Topics include:
The book’s goal (0:38)
The importance of learning new skills (3:26)
Defining ‘mastery’ (6:12)
The mystery of performance (8:19)
Jamy Ian Swiss and the real work (13:15)
“The method is not the trick” (16:33)
Learning about mastery from David Blaine (19:11)
The mystery of identity and intention (23:53)
The challenge of Adam learning to drive a car in his 50s (29:07)
How learning to drive in NYC changed his perception of the city (32:38)
Courtesy waves (34:54)
The mystery of interiority (36:24)
The mystery of meaning (40:17)
The mystery of late style (46:22)
Overcoming a shy bladder (49:32)
Whether learning how to draw altered Adam’s perception as an art critic (55:13)