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Murakami writes about running the way runners think about running: not as exercise, not as training, but as the thing itself. The rhythm of feet on pavement becomes a metaphor for the rhythm of writing, and both become metaphors for the rhythm of a life lived with intention.
I listen to Admiral McRaven's commencement speech every week. Not every day. Not randomly. Every week. The book expands on that famous University of Texas address, but the speech is what hooks you. Ten lessons from Navy SEAL training distilled into something almost too simple to be wisdom: start your day by making your bed, and you have already won. That simplicity is precisely why it works.