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An optimists guide to thriving in the age of accelerations turned out to be a tremendously profound reading experience, and also happened to be a powerful complementary to brene browns braving the nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. It canters along at a pace that is quick enough to permit learning without getting bogged downcriticizing friedman for humanizing and boiling down big topics is like complaining that mick jagger used sex to sell songs. With vision, authority, and wit, thank you for being late establishes a blueprint for how to think about our times. A field guide to the twentyfirst century, written by o. Friedman exposes the movements that are reshaping the world today and explains how to get the most out of them and cushion their worst impacts. Thank you for being late an optimists guide to thriving in the age of accelerations by thomas l. Friedman exposes the movements that are reshaping the world today and explains how to get the most out of. Thank you for being late is a master class in explaining.
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