living like a bestseller
I want to live my life in such a way that when I die, people are going to wish that I had a professional biographer following me around. If you knew that a book was going to be written about your life would you settle in for hour number four of video games? Would you head back for thirds of dessert? How would you treat those you came across who are less fortunate than you?
Almost all important people in history have at least one biographical book written about them. In some cases, they may have even had the author who was writing their biography follow them around on a day-to-day basis. I’m sure that none of us have a biographer sitting next to them right now, but it might be helpful to pretend you do. What do you need to do to make life easy for your (pretend) biographer?
1. Journal: The meat of many historical biographies consists of personal journals and diaries written by the individual. Not only does it provide a great look into your thoughts and motivations for your biographer, it will also help you clarify and work through your own problems.
2. Take Notes: Many famous politicians and businessmen were prodigious note takers. Taking notes helps you organize and frame new information. Plus, your biographer will be able to glean a lot of information from what you write (or doodle).
3. Correspond: Teddy Roosevelt wrote over 150,000 letters in his lifetime. Letters are a great source of information for your biographer. Plus, writing letters will strengthen your friendships and help you stand out from the email-only crowd.
4. Have Passion For Something: There’s no point in having a book written about you if you didn’t do anything with your life! What is your passion and what are you doing to make it a reality? Why should anyone care about what you did or how you lived your life?
Living my life like a book will be written about it can be a helpful motivational boost when I really don’t feel very inspired.
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