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You Don't Have To Have A Dream

Advice for the Incrementally Ambitious

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You Don't Have To Have A Dream

By: Tim Minchin
Narrated by: Tim Minchin
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 'Here's my idea of romance: You will soon be dead. Life will sometimes seem long and tough and, God, it's tiring. And you will sometimes be happy and sometimes sad. And then you'll be old. And then you'll be dead. There is only one sensible thing to do with this empty existence, and that is: fill it.'

Tim Minchin has a reputation for writing a good speech, and has been asked to do so on several occasions. Drawn from three of Tim's most beloved university commencement addresses, You Don't Have to Have a Dream offers his inimitable thoughts and advice on life, art, success, kindness, love, and thriving in a meaningless universe.

Featuring specially commissioned illustrations throughout, You Don't Have to Have a Dream is a rallying cry for creativity and compassion in our daily lives, and how it's never too late to put something beautiful out into the world. Career Success Creativity Motivation & Self-Improvement Personal Development Dream Success
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Thoroughly enjoyed this book and intend to listen to to again. A good book to encourage the youth of today to think outside the square.

This is a must read/listen

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A little gem of a book filled with anecdotes and musings from someone who doesn’t claim to know everything- but with some great life lessons. I have given copies to each of my young adult daughters because it is something I would have loved to hear or read at their age …

Whimsical and at times profound

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This was a nice quick listen and a good balance to some of the books and podcasts that I’ve been listening to. Tim Minchin’s advice can be summarised as: be kind, think critically, work hard to be the best version of you.

Be kind.

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This is fab and very very very dense. So much to absorb. Requires multiple listens.

Fab

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Tim crafts words like a fine winemaker crafts Cabernet Sauvignon. Punchy, rich but usually spot on!
He is intelligent and articulate, ridiculously talented and of course very lucky...
There's nothing I wouldn't give for a conversation with this man. A kidney, sure, I have 2. My second born, take him (jk, but not about the kidney)

That mind! That voice! That man!

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