By Brendan O’Meara
Well, I’d say a curated book of letters written by a cherished author, even if that cherished author isn’t always a savory figure.
This is great for three reasons:
- You’ll find that they have the same hangups you have, the same insecurities and the letters are so honest and, if we’re being honest, reading them is sorta invasive.
- They’re dead! With all the wisdom we try to seek from the living through podcasts or YouTube videos to how-to books, letters, memoirs, and biographies of our dead “heroes” is quite possibly the best trove of wisdom we can find.
- It’s etched in stone and they can’t talk back anymore.
I like this idea as books as mentors. And when those books are letters, it’s an even greater dive into who they are and how they work.
