Henry is a writer, speaker and brand consultant. He joins the podcast to discuss his upcoming book — Second Act — in which he analysises the phenomenon of late bloomers and what we can learn from them. 🎥🍿 YOUTUBE: WATCH HERE Links: Personal websiteSubstack: The Common ReaderX (Twitter): @HenryEOliverSecond Act⌛TIMESTAMPS(00:00) - Intro (00:11) - Guest introduction (00:57) - The scripts that Henry grew up with (05:10) - John Stuart Mill (07:41) - Samuel Johnson (14:23) - "The common reader" & Why we shouldn't dismiss Gladwell (17:41) - Writing (21:25) - His book about the late bloomers (28:10) - Penelope Fitzgerald (33:38) - Is it too easy to share your writing? (36:39) - The importance of finding the others (40:42) - Conversations, talking to yourself and writing (43:14) - Getting disappointed early (47:52) - There is no actual average person, the importance of taking variability into account (52:29) - How writing a book changes people (55:10) - Tyler Cowen and the power of the internet (57:47) - What Samuel Johnson would be working on today? (59:36) - The lessons from Audrey Sutherland (01:04:53) - Closing remarks