Scrolling through my podcast feed it feels like every show and guest is a rolling list of midlife crises with various culprits and predictions of doom. I’m convinced if someone, really anyone, wrote a book called “How to Do Things and Have Fun” it would eclipse Dale Carnegie’s very practical self-help manual in sales and become an instant classic. Someone should write this rosy book.

How to Win Friends is truly great because it’s easy advice anyone can follow. “Call people by their names! They’ll like you.” Easy. The equivalent here would be something like “smile even when you’re not happy. People will think you are and you’ll feel happy too.” Easy stuff!