I'm feeling inspired. It's this new book I'm reading: The Secret of Shelter Island by Alex Green. It's sort of a collection of fables for the 21st century. They show you how to lead a fulfilling and wealthy life...

Shelter Island is full of interesting characters like Randy Pausch and Epictetus. The book has 68 chapters. Each chapter contains one simple idea, delivered with a story.

What's so useful about The Secret of Shelter Island is you can find all the secrets in one place, so you can learn the lessons of the Stoics or Paul Getty or Charles Darwin without having to plough through dozens of books. Alex Green has sorted the philosophical wheat from the chaff, in other words.