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#407 - Michael Lewis has a dirty little secret...

Best-selling author Michael Lewis has a dirty little secret.

A secret so bad his wife would rather there was a porn video of him circulating the internet than for the world to know the truth.

That secret?

How bad his taste in music really is.

In his course, How to Tell a Great Story, on Masterclass.com (my favourite place on the internet), he reveals that he wrote most of The Undoing Project while listening to 'Let It Go' from Frozen on repeat.

That and anything by Taylor Swift.

Maybe his wife was right!

(I wonder how many of the 887 million views were Michael's? Or the 3.3 billion views for the sing-a-long version!)


I'm a big fan of all of Michael Lewis's books (Liar's Poker, Moneyball, Flash Boys etc.) and recently watched his entire MasterClass.

In this issue of Cut/daily I'll share 5 lessons from it that editors can apply to their craft, but first I will pontificate on the importance of sites like MasterClass.com to creative artists like you and me.

It All Goes In

One of the things I most appreciate about being a MasterClass member is that I can learn from any one of the 200+ world-class instructors in their library to enhance my understanding of what I do as an editor, writer, entrepreneur, or parent.

They might be teaching me about the patience and diligence of a 12-hour beef brisket smoke or the intricacies of world-building in game design, but it all goes into my brain's creative marinade and becomes fuel for the creative fires within.

(I've watched more than I've reviewed but here's what I've learned so far from MasterClass)

I can't say when or where all this will emerge, but I think part of the process of growing as a creative person is absorbing as much of the world as you possibly can and letting those experiences permeate your artistic expression.

A $10/month subscription to MasterClass and a few lunch breaks just make that really easy to do.

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