Books Archives ⋆ Page 2 of 5 ⋆ Vincent Van Patten

Reading about life in Tokyo’s metropolitan outskirts had me reminiscing on my own experience there. ...

28 April, 2021 / 0 Comments

You can only fail if you never try. Inspired by Jordan Peterson's Beyond Order, and Fyodor Dostoevsky's Notes from Underground...

27 April, 2021 / 2 Comments

Getting lost in a magical world like this helps me better understand my own....

16 April, 2021 / 0 Comments

Harry Potter's timeless story is much more than a diversion from reality; it's an illustration of the possibility of what we may become. ...

26 March, 2021 / 0 Comments

Before thinking about success, focus on growing into the truest version of yourself, somebody worthy of the future success you dream of....

13 March, 2021 / 0 Comments

In the middle way between chaos and order, we find our reason to live...

10 February, 2021 / 1 Comment

As told by Anton Chekhov, the 19th-century playwright, short-story writer, and master of observation. ...

27 January, 2021 / 2 Comments

In this challenging year, reading my favorite books provided me with inspiration and tremendous joy. I know they can bring the same to you....

29 December, 2020 / 0 Comments

Three lessons from Seth Godin’s “Linchpin, Are you Indispensable?” on what it takes to be an artist who gives your gifts to the world....

30 November, 2020 / 0 Comments

A long-awaited pint on the outskirts of Dublin, at John Kavanagh “The Gravediggers” to pay respects to my childhood hero, Anthony Bourdain. ...

25 November, 2020 / 1 Comment