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Podcast Link
https://perell.com/podcast/robert-cottrell/
Podcast Description
A webinar hosted by David Perell with diverse guests. It deep dives into the stories, habits, ideas, strategies, and methods that drive fulfilled people and create enormous success for them.
Guest Introduction
Robert Cottrell, the founder of The Browser. In this newsletter service, he recommends five articles and includes a short summary for each one. They’re wild and random — but that’s what makes his work so exciting.
Key Takeaways
- Just because an article or book is new doesn’t make it better (read more of what’s stood the test of time)
- Avoid reading breaking news—there’ll almost always be a more detailed—and better—story about the event the following day or week
- The greatest virtue of a writer is honesty
- With audiobooks, authors are able to convey more emotion, include bonus content, and add background music, all of which can’t be done through static text
- Claire Danes reading Odyssey
- James Joyce's Ulysses
- The Goal Audiobook - with sound effects
- 12 Rules of Life by Jordan Peterson
- The moment you stop enjoying a book, movie, article— whatever it may be—DROP IT
- Remember: If something doesn’t start well, it almost never gets better
- Eventually, translation technology will reach a point where people will be able to read articles and not tell what language the article was originally written in
“If a book can be summarized, it shouldn’t be a book” – Robert Cottrell
Success of The Browser/Robert Cottrell
- Why avoid reading breaking news? – There’ll almost always be a more detailed—and better—story about the event the following day or week
- The opening rate of The Browser’s newsletter is over 50%!