conversations with mark
I just had an hour-long conversation with Mark Cole. He's an old friend from college, who lived two doors down on my dorm hall, and who immediately became a friend and kindred spirit. His new venture, Conversations From the Past, is a self-help-meets-men's-movement franchise, with newsletters, articles, tapes, and the like, all inspired by the lives of remarkable men — Winston Churchill, JS Bach, George Whitefield, Talleyrand.
He's starting a new series of interviews with remarkable men of the present, as well. And his first interview subject was — me! I was a bit surprised by this, but also energized and pleased by our wide-ranging conversation on career, culture, and the examined life.
One of the first things I remember him doing our freshman year — can it be twenty years ago now? — was an English paper he had to write on the life of a "remarkable" person. His subject was — me! I was flattered then, and I'm flattered now. Can't wait to hear the result.
He's starting a new series of interviews with remarkable men of the present, as well. And his first interview subject was — me! I was a bit surprised by this, but also energized and pleased by our wide-ranging conversation on career, culture, and the examined life.
One of the first things I remember him doing our freshman year — can it be twenty years ago now? — was an English paper he had to write on the life of a "remarkable" person. His subject was — me! I was flattered then, and I'm flattered now. Can't wait to hear the result.
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