Donald Robertson

I mean, the pros and cons of that are sometimes when you stretch yourself and do something you haven't done before, you can kind of fall flat on your face and maybe you figure out it's not your forte or whatever. But the positive side is that that's how you grow, by taking a chance and doing something that's... something you never even imagined that you'd be doing.

I mean, the pros and cons of that are sometimes when you stretch yourself and do something you haven't done before, you can kind of fall flat on your face and maybe you figure out it's not your forte or whatever. But the positive side is that that's how you grow, by taking a chance and doing something that's... something you never even imagined that you'd be doing.

I think that was part of it as well. I kind of thought it's too difficult to write a book like this about Socrates. And I thought, well, as I get older, I'm less afraid of making mistakes. And I thought, what's the worst that can happen? Maybe I'll just mess it up and the book will be rubbish or something. I thought, yeah, I think I'd rather just try, have a go at doing it.

I think that was part of it as well. I kind of thought it's too difficult to write a book like this about Socrates. And I thought, well, as I get older, I'm less afraid of making mistakes. And I thought, what's the worst that can happen? Maybe I'll just mess it up and the book will be rubbish or something. I thought, yeah, I think I'd rather just try, have a go at doing it.

I think that was part of it as well. I kind of thought it's too difficult to write a book like this about Socrates. And I thought, well, as I get older, I'm less afraid of making mistakes. And I thought, what's the worst that can happen? Maybe I'll just mess it up and the book will be rubbish or something. I thought, yeah, I think I'd rather just try, have a go at doing it.

I think the other thing that swings it for me is I really – always approach it with this question in mind i imagine that if i could go back in time and kind of give the book that i'm writing to my 17 year old self or when i was 15 or something like i think what would i want to write in a book that i'm giving to my younger self And, you know, would I be kind of ashamed to write a book?

I think the other thing that swings it for me is I really – always approach it with this question in mind i imagine that if i could go back in time and kind of give the book that i'm writing to my 17 year old self or when i was 15 or something like i think what would i want to write in a book that i'm giving to my younger self And, you know, would I be kind of ashamed to write a book?

I think the other thing that swings it for me is I really – always approach it with this question in mind i imagine that if i could go back in time and kind of give the book that i'm writing to my 17 year old self or when i was 15 or something like i think what would i want to write in a book that i'm giving to my younger self And, you know, would I be kind of ashamed to write a book?

And then maybe we go, okay, we pick one of these dates for when the pronouncement is made at Delphi. Oh, damn, we got it wrong. You know, like, so maybe the chronology is a little bit off or something like that. Or there's some other debatable historical point. Would my 17-year-old self care about that? Or would he just think, I don't really care if there's one or two details that are debatable.

And then maybe we go, okay, we pick one of these dates for when the pronouncement is made at Delphi. Oh, damn, we got it wrong. You know, like, so maybe the chronology is a little bit off or something like that. Or there's some other debatable historical point. Would my 17-year-old self care about that? Or would he just think, I don't really care if there's one or two details that are debatable.

And then maybe we go, okay, we pick one of these dates for when the pronouncement is made at Delphi. Oh, damn, we got it wrong. You know, like, so maybe the chronology is a little bit off or something like that. Or there's some other debatable historical point. Would my 17-year-old self care about that? Or would he just think, I don't really care if there's one or two details that are debatable.

The story is really awesome.

The story is really awesome.

The story is really awesome.

Well, sometimes people ask you, you know, how'd you go about writing a book, right? And I don't think I've ever said this in a podcast before, but funnily enough, the answer to this is kind of weird, right? There's a bunch of things I do that are...

Well, sometimes people ask you, you know, how'd you go about writing a book, right? And I don't think I've ever said this in a podcast before, but funnily enough, the answer to this is kind of weird, right? There's a bunch of things I do that are...

Well, sometimes people ask you, you know, how'd you go about writing a book, right? And I don't think I've ever said this in a podcast before, but funnily enough, the answer to this is kind of weird, right? There's a bunch of things I do that are...

quite specific like one is that i write the audiobook first right um so when i'm writing a book i'm not writing a print book i think i'm writing an audiobook and as part of that i'll read it aloud a lot and i'll pay somebody like a local barmaid or something

quite specific like one is that i write the audiobook first right um so when i'm writing a book i'm not writing a print book i think i'm writing an audiobook and as part of that i'll read it aloud a lot and i'll pay somebody like a local barmaid or something

quite specific like one is that i write the audiobook first right um so when i'm writing a book i'm not writing a print book i think i'm writing an audiobook and as part of that i'll read it aloud a lot and i'll pay somebody like a local barmaid or something