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J just J's avatar

“The biggest room in my apartment is the room for improvement “. Ain’t that the truth. Love the thought.

Arman Khodadoost's avatar

haha thank you. glad you liked it!

Sophie S.'s avatar

The big short - the movie is worth a watch as well!

Arman Khodadoost's avatar

Yep the movie is great too! I wish they would make all his books into movies.

CansaFis Foote's avatar

...great jimmy carr quote...what a funny dapper dude...

Arman Khodadoost's avatar

he's a legend! and quite handsome too

Karena's avatar

Jealous of your subscriber numbers, Arman! But I know you put in the effort to engage your reader. Esp with phrases like "we didn't use a bidet"!

I am a HUGGGGEEE Michael Lewis fan, particularly with his ability to take topics that might appear dry and keep me rapt right through a 10-hour drive. I save him as my shotgun audio companion for the long solo drives from Toronto to NYC and Boston. He never disappoints! Liar's Poker. The Premonition. The Fifth Risk (a must read at this election cusp) . He is my "wanna write like him". Welcome to the fan club!

Arman Khodadoost's avatar

Thank you Karena. I don't know why I keep getting new subscribers. I don't do anything to promote my work.

I can't believe it took me so long to finally start reading his stuff. I powered through the big short and now am sinking my teeth into liars poker. Im ignoring all my other books right now because I cant get enough of him!

Karena's avatar

Check out this post on did on him in wop7. Thanks for sending me back in time to my own work!

https://tiltthefuture.substack.com/p/tilt-the-future-from-boring-to-riveting?utm_source=publication-search

Arman Khodadoost's avatar

great piece Karena! It's impossible to not fall in love with the characters he finds.

Jack Dixon's avatar

Great point on jealousy, Arman. Completely agree. The other side to this is that we often only see the good side of someone while the dark goes unnoticed. Not only do you have to sacrifice to get to where someone else is, as you point out, but you will likely have to take on failure, darkness, and demons in one part of your life to achieve greatness in another. Ie. show me someone with the body of a Greek god who doesn't have body dysmorphia.

Arman Khodadoost's avatar

Thank you Jack. Yep that's so true too. And unfortunately many of those darker sides are a price of admission too.