Jesse Browner: What If I’d Taken a Different Path?

杰西·布朗纳:如果我走了一条不同的路呢?

Good Life Project

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2016-06-23

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Have you ever wondered what your life would be like if you had chosen another path? Would you have been more successful in your craft? A better writer, artist, musician? Would you have made a bigger impact in the world? My guest today, Jesse Browner, has by all rights been extremely successful. He has a great marriage and family, living in the middle of Manhattan. He is a successful author whose books have been published by some of the biggest houses in New York City and he has a lucrative full-time job. However, as Jesse approached his 50s, he started wondering, "What if?" Jesse spent his 20s in what was known as the heartbeat of Bohemia in New York City (if you have ever seen the movie or the musical Rent, then you know exactly the place I am describing). As he looked back at this time, he realized that although no one he knew was extremely successful or rich, they were all living and breathing their craft. From this reflection came the question, "Is there an untapped wealth of talent just buried within me?" Jesse's exploration of this question over many years led to his latest book, How Did I Get Here?. Today, Jesse guides us through his incredible journey of discovery and letting go. If you have ever been tormented by the “What If?” questions in your life, then this episode is one you cannot afford to miss. So turn up the volume, get comfortable and listen in as we take you on an incredible journey of growth and development.   Mentioned in This Episode: Connect with Jesse: Jesse Browner | Facebook | TwitterHow Did I Get Here?: Making Peace with the Road Not Taken by Jesse BrownerScenes From The Life Of Bohemia: Scenes De La View De Boheme (1896) by Henri MurgerDaily Rituals: How Artists Work by Mason CurreyHappiness: A Guide to Developing Life’s Most Important Skill by Matthieu RicardThe Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World by Lewis HydeLa BohemeRentWhiplashSeamus Heaney Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  • The decisions you've made that have led you to this point were not wrong decisions.

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  • By all accounts, this week's guest, Jesse Browner, was living a fantastic life as he entered his fifties.

  • A successful multi time author with big published houses in New York City, full time prestigious job, married to wonderful Woman, father of great kids, living in the middle of Manhattan.

  • Everything seemed to be going well.

  • But tripping into this moment in his life, he began to ask some of the big questions, and his attention zoomed back to his early twenties, when he lived in part of New York City that was kind of known as being the heartbeat of Bohemia, where actually, if you've ever seen the movie or seen the play rend, it depicted life in what was then called the Alphabet City, where the writers and the artists and the hyper creatives were really living hand to mouth, but living and breathing their art in this extraordinary place and way.

  • And he was one of those people, and he made a series of choices that led to a beautiful, secure life.

  • But he started to wonder, what if I chose differently?

  • Where might my expression of the craft be?

  • What kind of a writer would I potentially have emerged into?

  • Is there just massive wellspring of buried potential that I've kept on some level buried because I made different choices?

  • And his exploration of these questions which I'm guessing if you're listening to this, you may have some of those same questions.