Jonathan Fields

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Just reams and reams of academic research, and also sitting down with hundreds.

Some of the most the most incredible people, innovators, primary researchers, um in almost any field.

in the world and asking them questions and learning from them.

And I wanted to kinda distill that and share it.

And that's really what the the book was about.

Yeah, it's funny you use the word toolbox 'cause that was kinda the way I was thinking about it.

There there are there's a lot of great wisdom out there, but a lot of it requires you to spend a lot of time just learning it.

And then a lot of time doing it.

So even if it works and even if it's great, if it doesn't

If it doesn't work with the way that most people live their lives these days, it's just it's not going to make a difference.

And I don't you know, I don't really have an interest in writing a book just because I feel like I've got something to say.

You know, I'd like it to actually in some way move people.

So that was why we made some of those decisions to really just try and say, Okay, so

How do we you know, how do I not only express my craft as a writer, but also make this genuinely of service to the people who most need it?

Yeah.

I mean if you think of you know, people are always asking me the question, you know, like what's your definition of a good life?

What does it mean to live a good life?

And um the simple model is if you think of your life as three buckets vitality, connection and contribution.

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