May you live in interesting times, goes an ancient Chinese curse.
In our modern era, a virus that first was detected in China and has since rapidly spread around the world has led us into very interesting times.
Or perhaps “interesting” isn’t the right word.
Scary times. Fearful times. Distressing times.
Worrying times.
Uncertain times.
Dr.Toby Fleishman, consultant hepatologist, wakes up to discover his two children asleep in the flat – and a short post-it note on his bedside table saying their mom was going to a yoga retreat.
That’s the last he’ll hear from Rachel… for a few weeks.
This is a complex debut novel. With a deeply introspective exploration into the minefield called ‘middle age‘.
The characters are delightfully fleshed out.
You get to know them, understand how they think, feel their angst and anger, and share their passage through life in a visceral sense. You’ll definitely identify with one or the other, maybe a combination of a few – and relate to others through actual people in your own life.
And the story line is brilliant.
Tracing the course through life of three high school friends as they progress to their forties, “Fleishman Is In Trouble” addresses concerns and controversies, tensions and troubles, problems and poignancies anyone who has lived past 4 decades will surely appreciate and resonate with.
“It’ll take around three hours!” said our tour guide.
Anticipating an easy amble to the foothills of Mount Cook, we set out on the popular Hooker Valley Track, four middle-aged folks with an average age of 51 years.
I volunteered to be ‘pack mule‘ for the group, lugging along a bag with 4 liters of water, some snacks and warm sweaters.
Quickly, we realized this was no walk down a rosy garden path!
The track sloped up, gently at first, then a bit more steeply. All around, mountains loomed and valleys rolled gently away to distant lakes and streams.
The walking path weaved and curved between thick shrubbery dotted with colorful blooms.
Like I did last year with a selection of ‘9 Best Books I Read In 2018’, I’ve compiled a list of my 10 favorite reads in 2019.
In no specific order, here they are:
Exactly 48 hours ago, there was a house in this spot across the road.
It took nearly 6 months to build. And for over 35 years, it sheltered many families.
And then, everything changed.
A construction company’s billboard went up, with a slogan saying:
“Let’s Build a Future… Bigger & Better”
Wreckers and giant diggers arrived one night. Next morning, a loud clanging and drilling indicated they had begun work.
Two days later, all that’s left is a mound of rubble.
And a vacant lot.
Another set of apartments will be built in it. They, too, will house many families. It will take several months, even years, to build it, though.
Tearing something down is quick, even easy.
Building it up is not.
It takes time, effort and patience.
For over a decade I’ve known Jason Fladlein, an incredible information marketing expert, who runs a thriving online business creating and selling infoproducts.
Once upon a long time ago, in preparation for one of his many product launches, Jason invited me to participate in an interview.
It was about how I built my infoproducts business, using it to raise funds that sponsor heart operations for kids from under-privileged families… a purpose that continues to drive my work online, and has led to 152 children having expensive treatment until now – with many more to follow.
Recently, while searching for other stuff, I found a transcript of that interview on my hard drive… and thought you’ll enjoy reading it.
So here’s a lightly edited version below.
And as quite a coincidence, my dear friend Barb Ling mentioned that she was offering a fantastic guide co-created by Jason, along with another specialist infopreneur and crack programmer Robert Plank… which is about how to quickly create and launch a new product.
Now, when a guy has built an 8-figure business doing exactly what he’s teaching, you should drop everything else and listen… especially if he’s letting you do it for less than 10 bucks!
You’ll want to give ‘Product Creation Strategies: Evergreen Content‘ a try – go here: click
It’s actually a pretty cool one – that was once on sale for $19.95 – and that I like to call “The $500 Infoproduct”!
Want it?
It’s yours – free.
Just check out ‘Evergreen Content’ (click this link) and then let me know you did… and I’ll send it to you!
Okay, here’s my interview with Jason Fladlein:
It was past midnight when I closed the window and turned off my computer.
For an hour, I had been watching an amazing presentation by Kevin Fahey. It was about his ‘Productivity Hacks‘.
I was amazed at how many tips, ideas and strategies he packed into such a brief talk. But even more amazed at the takeaways I got from it…
For years and years, I have thrived on being exceptionally productive.
In fact, I’ve written books on each of these topics.
And am actually in the middle of planning a launch of SIX different ebooks – along with a 6-module coaching program – on, guess what…?
So if a coach who teaches folks to be more productive actually learned something new and fresh from another guy’s short presentation, he can’t be much of a teacher, right?
Wrong!
Amazing Selling Machine 11 Review 2019 (ASM 11 Review)
Listen, this may not be like any other Amazing Selling Machine 11 review you’ve seen or read before!
I’m cutting right to the heart of the matter – and will address the 3 most important questions that should run through your mind whenever you see a banner ad or get an email message urging you to rush ahead and get Jason Katzenback and Matt Clark‘s ASM 11 (Amazing Selling Machine) coaching program.
Hello. I'm Dr.Mani, a Heart surgeon, Author and Social entrepreneur. I write and sell ebooks to help raise money that sponsors life-saving operations for children born with heart defects.
I'm also curious about things, and love to read & travel. My current Interests are Genomics, A.I. and nanotech.
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