by Kyle Brennan
Hi All, Welcome to the Weekly Rapport. A weekly guide of things I’m reading, doing, and experimenting with. It's been nearly a month of quarantine and we're all running out of stuff to do. I'm trying to share what I'm doing and also taking everyone's advice on new things to try out. Enjoy. Quote of …
Fun fact: the term "quarantine" comes from an effort to protect Venice from plague epidemics in the 14th Century. Ships arriving in Venice from infected ports were required to sit at anchor for 40 days "quaranta" before landing. I'm normally a very laid back, non-chalant guy. Unflabbable, some may say. Almost nothing can rile me …
Books offer so much valuable information, it's easy to be inspired by the lastest book you finished and go on to be a beast for the next three weeks. But then it starts to ware off. You pick up a new novel and forget all about the "you" that you were during your last reading …
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Hi All, Welcome to the Weekly Rapport. A weekly guide of things I’m reading, doing, and experimenting with. Enjoy. Quote of the Week The way you do anything is the way you do everything. - Tom Waits What I'm Reading Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World - David Epstein You can pretty much figure …
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I always wanted to keep a full log and review of every book I've ever read. It may be too late in my life to go back and chronicle all the books I read since I was 10 years old, but I at least have a good established base of this blog and my Instagram …
Hi All, Welcome to the Weekly Rapport. A weekly guide of things I’m reading, doing, and experimenting with. Enjoy. What I'm Reading Wired to Eat - Robb Wolf It's actually ridiculous when you think about how eating healthy is treated in our society. Have you ever tried eating healthy in an office? Every nosey coworker …
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Note: I haven't posted on here since August. There's a reason for that... I recently completed a 10-week writing course at NYU and wanted to focus my writing efforts solely on the class. I spent a lot of time reading and learning and I really, really enjoyed it. Now that I've learned, improved, and adopted …
Hi All, Here's you weekly dose of what I'm currently consuming, reading, and partaking in. Enjoy! What I'm Reading Drive - Daniel Pink I'll let my Instagram caption do the bulk of the talking on this one but as a manager, this book was so valuable for me. And if you're a teacher, coach, or …
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Hi All, Here is your weekly guide of things I’m experimenting with. Enjoy. Top Instagram Post this Week https://www.instagram.com/p/BvwHnzzjjAh/ Activity I'm Getting Back Into Walks After reading Digital Minimalism, I've made it a point to go on more walks without my phone. Just my thoughts, my legs, and the open road. Sounds super old-man-y. Like …
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Hi All, Here is your weekly guide of things I’m experimenting with. Enjoy. Also, if you haven't already, please follow me on my Instagram page! @observeandrapport https://www.instagram.com/p/BvMFPCtjf44/ Void I Need to Fill Jack Reacher Books There are 29 books in the Jack Reacher series by Lee Child and I finally finished them all - which …
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