Dr. Peter Weller
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But that's just me. And so I say, A, find out what you're really passionate about. And by the way, that's written in Sanskrit. Find out what you really want to do and do that. That's not 21st century hypo blah. Find out what you really want to do and do that. And then when you're doing that, if you find out something else you really want to do, do that. But here's the other thing.
Jane Bolker, I never met Jane Bolker, but I certainly liked her, wrote a book called Writing Your Dissertation or Anything in 15 Minutes a Day. She interviews about 185 people. And I took her workshop because I was not going to finish a dissertation. Are you kidding me? I'm not going to. I got work to do, man. It's movies. I'm going to sit down and write a dissertation.
Jane Bolker, I never met Jane Bolker, but I certainly liked her, wrote a book called Writing Your Dissertation or Anything in 15 Minutes a Day. She interviews about 185 people. And I took her workshop because I was not going to finish a dissertation. Are you kidding me? I'm not going to. I got work to do, man. It's movies. I'm going to sit down and write a dissertation.
Jane Bolker, I never met Jane Bolker, but I certainly liked her, wrote a book called Writing Your Dissertation or Anything in 15 Minutes a Day. She interviews about 185 people. And I took her workshop because I was not going to finish a dissertation. Are you kidding me? I'm not going to. I got work to do, man. It's movies. I'm going to sit down and write a dissertation.
I got the ideas and I pitched it and I passed the exams and whatever. But to sit down and write it?
I got the ideas and I pitched it and I passed the exams and whatever. But to sit down and write it?
I got the ideas and I pitched it and I passed the exams and whatever. But to sit down and write it?
No way. Ugh.
No way. Ugh.
No way. Ugh.
Sit around and write 286 pages and 215 images. No, I'm not going to do that. And then somebody says, read this book. Okay, this is the thing about how to follow many passions. To get back to your point, Jane Bolker's book basically interviews, and this is a short form of it, the people that she interviewed, be it what you do, which is interview journalism.
Sit around and write 286 pages and 215 images. No, I'm not going to do that. And then somebody says, read this book. Okay, this is the thing about how to follow many passions. To get back to your point, Jane Bolker's book basically interviews, and this is a short form of it, the people that she interviewed, be it what you do, which is interview journalism.
Sit around and write 286 pages and 215 images. No, I'm not going to do that. And then somebody says, read this book. Okay, this is the thing about how to follow many passions. To get back to your point, Jane Bolker's book basically interviews, and this is a short form of it, the people that she interviewed, be it what you do, which is interview journalism.
be it what Casey does, whether it's social media journalism, whether it's like social studies or academics or film scripts or whatever, the people that she interviewed, and it was all based on the fact that she could not write a dissertation, and then she went to interview these people, like, what was your secret? They all got three things in common, almost every single one of them.
be it what Casey does, whether it's social media journalism, whether it's like social studies or academics or film scripts or whatever, the people that she interviewed, and it was all based on the fact that she could not write a dissertation, and then she went to interview these people, like, what was your secret? They all got three things in common, almost every single one of them.
be it what Casey does, whether it's social media journalism, whether it's like social studies or academics or film scripts or whatever, the people that she interviewed, and it was all based on the fact that she could not write a dissertation, and then she went to interview these people, like, what was your secret? They all got three things in common, almost every single one of them.
One is, A, they write the second they get up.
One is, A, they write the second they get up.
One is, A, they write the second they get up.
Whether they get up at 6 a.m., okay... Or noon.