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What Iâm reading â[The DC Comics Guide to Writing Comics](=) by [Dennis OâNeil](. Special thanks to [Daniel Henriques]( for this recommendation. The advice is great, the sample scripts are a boon, and Dennisâ delivery is both deep and hilarious. Kudos to the author for a job spectacularly well done. It far exceeded my expectations.
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ââ[Ten Burning Questions for John Wooden](=),â plus â[Wooden as a Teacher: The First Lesson Was Shoelaces](=)â [Click here]() in case of any issues with accessing the latter link. This is a great case of optimizing the macro by refining the micro. For those who donât recognize the name, John Wooden was nicknamed the âWizard of Westwood,â and he won ten National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) championships in a 12-year period as head coach for the UCLA Bruins, including a record seven in a row. He was enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame both as a player and as a coach, the first person ever in both categories. â
Album Iâm enjoying â[Panamericana]() by [Federico Aubele](. I wrote much of [The 4-Hour Body]( to this album, and I still listen to it often, especially when winding down after a long day or full week. â
What Iâm using for better sleep â[Nayoya Acupressure Mat](. This was originally introduced to me by acrobat phenom [Andrii Bondarenko](), but Iâve realized that the smaller portion intended for the neck is perfect for helping calm low-back stiffness and muscle spasms. Iâll lie on this for 5â10 minutes as I read before bed then ditch and go to sleep. It seems to substantially reduce tightness and discomfort throughout the night, and the neck-roll portion is much easier to pack for travel. â
Wikipedia page Iâm studying â[12 leverage points to intervene in a system](=). From the page: âMeadows started with the observation that there are levers, or places within a complex system (such as a firm, a city, an economy, a living being, an ecosystem, an ecoregion) where a âsmall shift in one thing can produce big changes in everything.ââ Pair it with â[Theory of constraints](.â â
Quote Iâm pondering âA writerâand, I believe, generally all personsâmust think that whatever happens to him or her is a resource. All things have been given to us for a purpose, and an artist must feel this more intensely. All that happens to us, including our humiliations, our misfortunes, our embarrassments, all is given to us as raw material, as clay, so that we may shape our art.ââ
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You can complement this edition of 5-Bullet Friday with [my interview](=) with David and Daniil Liberman, the two brothers who live one life; [my conversation](=) with 11-time NBA All-Star Chris Bosh; and [this video clip]( of me and Jimmy Fallon doing AcroYoga on The Tonight Show.
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