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The speaker mentioned that in his book, Austin Cleon talks about how he reads the obituaries each morning and considers them to be like near-death experiences for cowards. He uses this practice to contemplate mortality while maintaining a degree of emotional distance.
In his book Show Your Work, Austin Cleon talks about how he reads the obituaries each morning.
— Episode: Have A Near-Death Experience Every Morni...
Episode: Have A Near-Death Experience Every Morning
The speaker mentioned that in his book, Austin Cleon talks about how he reads the obituaries each morning and considers them to be like near-death experiences for cowards. He uses this practice to contemplate mortality while maintaining a degree of emotional distance.
In his book Show Your Work, Austin Cleon talks about how he reads the obituaries each morning.
He says obituaries are like near death experiences for cowards.
Reading them is a way for me to think about death while also keeping it at arm's length.
Obituaries aren't really about death, they're about life.