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Excellent Advice for Living
- Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier
- Narrated by: Philip Hernandez
- Length: 1 hr and 34 mins
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Summary
“A shorthand manual for living with kindness, decency, and generosity of spirit.” —Maria Popova
“I love aphorisms, proverbs, and Secrets of Adulthood . . . Excellent Advice for Living includes wise, practical advice for life.” —Gretchen Rubin, via Twitter
“One hundred years from now, when so much of the nonsense of our age is forgotten, people will still remember Kevin Kelly and his wisdom.” —Seth Godin
“All will benefit from [Kelly's] idiosyncratic wit and wry humor.” —People
Wise, practical, optimistic life advice from author and leading technology thinker Kevin Kelly
On his 68th birthday, Kevin Kelly began to write down for his young adult children some things he had learned about life that he wished he had known earlier. To his surprise, Kelly had more to say than he thought, and kept adding to the advice over the years, compiling a life’s wisdom into this book.
Kelly’s timeless advice covers an astonishing range, from right living to setting ambitious goals, optimizing generosity, and cultivating compassion. He has wisdom for career, relationships, parenting, and finances, and gives guidance for practical matters ranging from travel to troubleshooting.
Excellent Advice for Living is aimed primarily at young people, but speaks to all ages. This is the ideal companion for anyone seeking to navigate life with grace and creativity.
Critic reviews
“A collection of inspiring insights from a wise technology writer . . . [a] wonderful collection of 450 useful aphorisms . . . fresh, inspiring, even exhilarating . . . The title really says it all. Buy more than one, or people will keep stealing it out of your bathroom.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“In this insightful entry, Kelly, a founding editor of Wired, collects pearls of wisdom for all stages of life . . . the entries are genuinely thought-provoking, and Kelly’s earnestness is leavened with refreshing humor. The result is an unapologetically upbeat offering.” —Publishers Weekly
“The non-linearity of this list is part of its magic. And one hundred years from now, when so much of the nonsense of our age is forgotten, people will still remember Kevin Kelly and his wisdom.” —Seth Godin
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- stephen beard
- 06-05-23
Difficult to listen to
I was really looking forward to this, but unfortunately it’s not great as an audio book.
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- Flynn's Dad
- 03-05-23
Not the right kind of book for audio
This book does not work as an audiobook, just a never ending series of short sentences, one after another, with no connection.
All great advice! So maybe listen to one a day, but I'm probably going to get it on my kobo
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- Steve M. Potter
- 06-05-23
Like a box of premium chocolates
Best to savour each nugget of wisdom that Kelly has to share, individually. The reader just blasts through them like you must eat the whole box before the elevator doors open. Keep your finger on the pause button. Slow they playback speed down. Stop and write them on the fridge whiteboard. I would love to get this as a big deck of cards instead. So many good ideas and rules to live by.
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- André
- 28-09-23
Pseudo
Pseudo smart bullshit, kind of fun though but not realy worth the time. Don’t buy.
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