Thursday Tapestry: Agency, Reinvention, and the Courage to Live Differently
- May 27
- 2 min read
This month’s theme is agency: the refusal to treat where you are as where you must stay. A rat rescued from near-drowning swims for 60 hours. A phone lineman moves to Paris to design shoes. And science confirms that 80 per cent of how long and well we live comes down to the choices we make. This month, three pieces brought me back to the same hard truth: the life we are living is, more than we realise, the one we have agreed to believe is possible. I hope something here resonates with you.
Young at Heart with Kojo Nnamdi
Retired Washington broadcaster Kojo Nnamdi turns his lens on six people who reinvented themselves late: a telephone lineman who became a Parisian shoe designer, a scientist who became a poet. His Young at Heart podcast reveals what binds them is not courage but permission. What version of yourself have you been quietly postponing?
7 Simple Science-Backed Rules for Living Longer
Eric Topol’s research cuts through the longevity industry’s noise: genetics account for only twenty per cent of how long you live. The rest comes down to lifestyle. Learn more here.
Beyond Belief
Nir Eyal shares a 1950s experiment: a rat is able to increase its capacity for swimming from 15 minutes to 60 hours. How? Eyal’s case: beliefs are tools, not truths. Reinvention rarely stalls on skills. It stalls on the story you tell yourself about what you are capable of. Which of your beliefs are hindering your progress? Which are propelling you forward?
For a Wry Grin
Misalignment at Speed by Tom Fishburne
AI has arrived at almost every organisation. Almost none of them are designed to absorb it.
Thank you, as always, for walking this stretch of the journey with me. If something here sparked a thought, or better yet, a silence, I would genuinely love to hear about it. Hit reply. I read every message.
Until next month: may you be more yourself than you were last Thursday.
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