Author of Vital Signs: The Nature and Nurture of Passion 

Interview starts at 9:20 and ends at 41:50.

 It takes courage and vigilance and diligence to ask this question of yourself repeatedly: Where am I losing energy? Why am I losing energy? Why do I not feel engaged in life? Which is a lot of what passion is about, is engagement.

News

“Amazon Prime Experiences Another Record-Breaking Holiday Season†– Amazon press release December 26, 2014

“3 Things Amazon Wants Investors to Know About Its Holiday Season†by Daniel B. Kline at The Motley Fool – December 30, 2014

Tech Tip

Goodreads integration with Kindle for ratings and reviews

Interview with Gregg Levoy

Gregg Levoy’s home page

Callings: Finding and Following an Authentic Life (not available on Kindle)

Vital Signs: The Nature and Nurture of Passion

Content

“The 100 Most Useful URLs for Kindle Owners†at Me and My Kindle – January 2, 2014

Mozart in the Jungle – Original Amazon series, free for Amazon Prime members

Next Week’s Guest

John Ashbery, author of 17 volumes on poetry recently released in September, 2014, by Open Road Media

I will leave next week to cover Digital Book World in New York City January 13th through the 15th. That week’s show will bring you a full report on an impressive agenda of panels and speakers.

Music for my podcast is from an original Thelonius Monk composition named “Well, You Needn’t.” This version is “Ra-Monk” by Eval Manigat on the “Variations in Time: A Jazz Persepctive” CD by Public Transit Recording” CD.

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