#74 Pt 2 – “Enjoy The Unenjoyable”: Impactful Literature, Stoicism & A Positive Outlook With Adam De Collibus

This week Mike once again joined by traveller, author and positive thinker; Adam De Collibus for a discussion about his new book Caravan, his travels around the world, the importance of perspective and much more!

This episode is part 2 where you can hear Mike & Adam discussing Adam’s future as an author and some of Adam’s literary influences, before a brief talk on movies including (Tarantino & Taika Waititi), pushing through adversities to achieve goals, the value of being empathetic, the importance of exercise & self-care, not allowing others to ruin your day and many other topics which will definitely peak your interest!

In case you missed part 1 of their chat, Mike & Adam discussed a great many things including interacting with people from different countries & cultures, why Adam decided to write a book and his love of storytelling, Adam’s writing process and love of reading, how writing short stories is different from novels, Adam & Mike’s mutual love of history, the importance of having a reasonable perspective in all walks of life and much more, so go back for that if you haven’t heard it!

Adam's Website - Third Lion Stories- Adam's Book Caravan - IG: @Adam_DeCollibus

Mike also guested on The Brave Files to speak about how his dad passing away when he was 19 changed his character, so if you enjoyed episode 24 of GCC, you’re sure to like this too

In case you missed it, in the last episode of GCC, Mike spoke with his girlfriend Megan about a great many things! They spoke about their new pet tortoise before discussing their love of their new coffee machine and the recent love of espresso after a trip to Italy to see Megan’s family, before they discuss Spongebob and other kids TV shows which links onto Megan’s job as a teacher of 11-16 year olds. The conversation then leads onto retaliating to bullies, the churches Mike & Megan saw while in Italy along with Megan’s involvement in “God Squad”, plus Mike & Megan reminisce about hymns, memories from pre-school, the movie Joker (with no spoilers mentioned) as well as Warwick Davis in Star Wars. They also talk about horror films, how they met, their thoughts on oversharing relationships on social media, online dating & much more, so be sure to go back and listen to that if you haven’t already!

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