Ben Tylecote

⛰ What It's About a girl, original sin, the meaning of life yeah for a children’s book  Pullman deals with a lot of stuff! 🔍 How I Discovered It I cannot remember but I do remember my initial confusion reading them, then getting hooked 🧠 Thoughts the books get better and better from starting as a little girl brought up in a small college at Oxford University running over the rooftops, these books reach unimaginable proportions only really understandable when I think of the books influence from Paradise lost. Most authors wouldn’t dare facing such large themes. The fact Pullman does makes these books even more impressive. What I Liked About It everything. almost everything the magical element the pure sense of adventure that encapsulates these books the learning, and the fact that pullman doesn’t hide his young protagonist from some truly impossible choices. escape, hunted, adventure, hunting, exploring, learning, manipulating and so much more. Twists to fill your b...

  ⛰ What It's About For anyone who hasn’t read the books These are hard to explain I first read the start of ‘The girl with the dragon tattoo,’ the first book in the series, years ago, but did not keep reading. However this Christmas, when I gave them another chance, I loved them. They start with a lot of mystery. What turns out to be necessary build up but initially feels like a less exciting introduction. However once the plot starts to flow... wow these books hook you, in a way that I can only compare to Dan Brown’s books. 🔍 How I Discovered It My mum had read the books so they were in the house, I had seen how popular they were so wanted to give them a chance. 🧠 Thoughts as much as I loved this entire trilogy, I could not bring myself to read the follow up books by a different author. That is not a bad thing. It is because the trilogy feels like such a complete set and story that adding to it, for me at least, feels unnecessary and only has a chance of taking aw...

⛰ What It's About a man who lived in the roman era and came to became one of the most famous people in the whole of Rome, living alongside (and sometimes against) the likes of Julius Caesar. The book plots Cicero and Tiro's rise from lawyer and secretary, from a low class background, to placing themselves against some of Rome’s most notorious figures ever.  The story begins with Cicero (from a fairly humble background) as the 'second best lawyer in Rome'. Over the course of the true story Cicero rubs shoulders with incredibly influential individuals. Hearing about them in a normal everyday context is fascinating.  The book is from the perspective of Cicero's lifelong servant and friend, who, after a monumental moment in his life, is eventually freed by Cicero. The book details the ever present conflict between reality and always being morally correct. Cicero, an Athens educated philosopher, always deeply wants to be the later but, as you will see, politics is a di...

 webiste: sive.rs by derek sivers this website / blog has been incredibly useful to me, and to millions of others. The frequently asked questions section answers some of the most common questions that people who are feeling lost must have. articles like 'how to do what you love and make good money". I highly recommend checking it out In addition to answering some of the most common questions sivers gets (he gets a lot as he claims to answer or at least read every email he gets (somethign i am yet to check haha))  sivers also includes notes from almost every book he has read, another valuable resource. I hope you find this recommendation helpful :)

APP that's been incredibly useful was RunKeeper, unlike other run trackers (Strava, Nike Run Club etc) this allows you to customise how often it notifies you. This has allowed me to continue doing track workouts without having access to a track or having to stare at my phone the entire run. Movie I watched was Inception starring Leonardo Di'Caprio. Great movie and makes you think a little bit. Podcasts: I have been listening to both my first million, which gives a really fascinating insight into the startup world. Along with this I 've also been listening to More or Less which gives a great insight, I'm not sure anyone would believe me if I told them that when the government says they have performed 100,000 tests in a day they actually mean we tested 30,000 and sent out some tests in the post.  Both of these are definitely worth listening to. YouTube channel recommendation: The Lion Whisperer: you thought the jungle book was unrealistic when the kid is friends with anim...

Starship mountain star wars mine and ben's first proper roller coaster - liked the adrenaline in dark first time then jouney across park to find toilet then find teachers and watch fireworks. Not knowingn Sir's name Pirates of carribean - actually get to sit down Rides up and down one Bus jouney music and podcasts Working out in room because no pool or gym Playing Jackbox with everyone The talk that we came for where everyone fell asleep Final day actually going on the rides Seb "what is your name?" Everyone getting followed by girls Tom catfishing, Seb taking a motorbike down mermoies are powerful gratitude is powerful sometimes it is importnat to rememeber good times

Recently a very popular blog post has been shooting around all the different arms of the innerwebs, if you are interested in any kind of "self help" content at all you have probably heard of it, its called 68 pieces of unsolicited life advice. summary of it It lead to me asking a greater question of myself - what are my philosophies for life? If I had to make one of these myself - say 16 pieces of unsolicited life advice - what would I put?

Here it was, the big one. We were siting in a hotel room in Disneyland, Paris - it had been a great day exploring the park and now the day was stretching out, it was almost 10'o'clock. After having a meal at Planet Hollywood we had just returned to our hotel. Our room- meant for 3, was full of every year eleven on the trip- about 11 of us in total and we were pretty much split.  The question proposed, as the title says, was this: if you had to pick one of the options what would you pick- kill 100 dogs or 1 baby. I cannot remember who brought this up but surprisingly, to me at least, the room was pretty split on this one. Going in my view was this, if it was between a dog and a baby I would probably pick the baby, Controversial? what would you pick

 at somepoint i will write properly about this this is just a prompt but honestly this is a scandal that is damaging our socitey  and yet so few people know about it as short as possible: water companies are monopolies that pump raw sewage into the ocean and rivers the majority of the year using extreme and severe weather as an excuse and go un punished! something has to be done about it

 became a lot more mindful patient  and happier overall this is done by so many succesful individuals over the course of time i suspect it is a very good to do habit at least that is what i believe

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 at our school we had to write and perform speeches at open evenings run student council delegate prefects to do their rota around school

From british perspective (autobiography for notes) Had to have radiotharpy get told bacuase my tumour near brain im going to America for special proton beam treatment. (will be there for 2-3 months- bro and mum will come over in October holiday, I will be in America whilst all my friends are at school. Go get picked up by lady in van in pitch black in Oaklahoma city At this point two of three weeks I feel like a normal kid, I do have several days after chemo of feeling terrible and throwing up a ton, along with weekly blood tests Arrived at hotel Man looks at me funny in elevator, turns out he is dad of mia, another girl their for treatment. IN room with dad on upper stories , here with seismometer sent with us by next door neighbour who is one of the best in country, write a blog called roving school boy seismologist. + chat w/ friends and fam called quake in oaklahome (noweherdays quake in oakham which parents still use to talk to friends several of whom basically still u...

A trilogy that gets existential fast. That is the only way I can think to describe this trilogy. Now soon to be "double trilogy".

learnt so much lengthened my ability to focus and concentrate had to calculate my reading speed eg. how long does it take to read a page and then allocate that amount of time in blocks in the day

 a lot fitter not much muscle gained try julian shapiro guide to building muscle instead i believe it is better certainly gave me a lot better results in a lot shorter time frame

  Smile when talking (yes even though they can't see you it makes your voice more energetic and nicer to listen to someone who sounds like they wnat to be there) (smiling actually makes you happier just like being happy makes you smile) Water Don’t clear throught  No background noise No umms, ors, you know what I mean, like Make sure you understand questions 3 key points have three key things you want to try and talk about to fall back on Anticipate difficult questions - what why how and have answers

  Some people will always do what is easiest for them With these people the easiest option is not to ask for permission but beg for forgiveness  Even then the only way to find out whether they actually mean what they say is to push back Sport teachers always said you can’t play tennis, you can’t start a hockey club, you can’t use the other side of the sports hall All it took was a little push back on my side to get what I want  To often previously I have allowed myself to be a push over  The best example of this was when my DofE instructor told me I had packed my bad wrong, I thought it was fine and told him so  This ended up with him spending 5 minutes re- arranging my bag This skill is a delicate one, it is hard to read when people are making you a push over and when they actually mean what they say  It’s a balance I’m still trying to understand

  How to grow any ig account to 1000+ followers in under a month: Pick something your interested in (what do you spend your time doing? Watching a certain tv show - make an account about it, same for a sport or hobbie u do Get a unique profile picture and account name immediately identifying what your about Make your bio something unique and memorable  If you’re good at sport as narsasitic as it sounds list your best achievements  Obviously if there is space chuck in a witty self deprecating comment Post 10 bits of decent content asap (in the space of an hour this should be done) (because of your interest this shouldn’t be to difficult)  Your captions should be the best you can come up with - not just saying what’s in the picture - unless it’s a cool word or something eg. Exploring, dog Add relevant hashtags in a single comment and keep them all in a notes file so you can copy and paste them into comments on every post Also tag other accounts you would like to be fea...

  Being able to be with your own thoughts is a super power/ super time that to many people neglect The ability to focus for long periods of time is a skill that is incredibly useful for school, one that can be trained and one that most people weaken by hitting their brains with constant short duration dopamine hits ( Tik tok) Sometimes your brain is off, let it rest properly and sometimes it’s on- get some paper and let it think  80% of your output comes from 20% of your time Being prepared = or > being confident  The past is gone, learn from it  The present is now act in it  The future is ahead plan for it Ikagai + 4hr work week = the most useful things I have come across YouTube creators if required can equal friends in times when you have to isolate (2019)

  Why I will still try to get rich and famous even if being rich and famous will not make me happy Many people say money and wealth will not make you happy They are probably correct But having the goal of fame and wealth to work towards can be enough to make you happy- just by the fact of providing you a clear purpose and goal Therefore it could be argued that although wealth and fame do not make you happy the pursuit of them can Or having any goal can, because it provides purpose, it just happens that fame and money are easily measurable goals whose progress can be seen. Making them attractive targets for becoming our focus even if we are subconsciously aware they will not actually make us happy  Also fame = earning respect of others and ppl to share your life with  Money = being able to live the lifestyle you want  + Both enable you to aid the causes you want to help Obviously if the lifestyle you want is built on material goods (and you don’t realise buying more a...

 Chimp vs captain short term vs long term this is the ultimate balancing act

 take a book some headphones some water, snacks and a head pillow download some podcasts or audiobooks a charger  and wear some comfortable cloths if you are in the uk be prepared to wait

  More than 100 million copies [ edit ] Book Author(s) Original language First published Approximate sales Genre A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens English 1859 200 million  [17] [18] [19] [20] Historical Literature The Hobbit J. R. R. Tolkien English 1937 140.6 million [21] [ dubious   –  discuss ] Fantasy Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone J. K. Rowling English 1997 120 million [22] [23] Fantasy The Little Prince Antoine de Saint-Exupéry French 1943 100 million [24] Novella Dream of the Red Chamber Cao Xueqin Chinese 18th century 100 million [24] Family saga And Then There Were None Agatha Christie English 1939 100 million [25] Mystery Between 50 million and 100 million copies [ edit ] Book Author(s) Original language First published Approximate sales Genre The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe C. S. Lewis English 1950 85 million [26] Fantasy ,  Children's fiction She: A History of Adventure H. Rider Haggard English 1887 83 million [27] Adventure The Ad...