38. How to Keep Creating: Jessica Hagy, ‘How to be Fearless’ x ‘The Stranger in the Woods’

When I think of philosophy, I think ... lots of words, mostly humourless. So, it’s extraordinary when someone can make me think more wisely and gratefully about life using very few words.

Jessica Hagy is one of those people. She is an author and cartoonist, best known for her blog Indexed. Her most recent book is How to be Fearless in 7 Simple Steps.

Jessica reads two pages from Michael Finkel’s The Stranger in the Woods, the Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit [Reading starts at 07:45]

Hear us talk about:

Coming to humour through language [03:05]
What we can learn from people at the extreme end of normal [11:50]
How to find new points of input [15:00]
Being fearless [16:45]
What we really want to be when we grow up [20:35]
The importance of structure [25:15]

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Resources:

Jessica’s Book | How to be Fearless in 7 Simple Steps

Jessica’s Book | The Art of War Visualized: The Sun Tzu Classic in Charts and Graphs

Michael Finkel | The Stranger in the Woods, The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit