Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 10 hours ago

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Clip from a 2003 interview with the German TV station ZDF. You can listen to the full interview here:
youtube.com/watch?v=iGLzWdT7vGc

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Do you find it hard to read these days?

I do! We all do. How can't we? The distraction engine is cranked to 10. Social media fractures and rattles our brain. Focusing on a book sounds difficult. Impossible!

I found this longform German TV interview with David Foster Wallace, author of 'Infinite Jest', from 2003 and this quote he said about reading rung true for me.

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Hey there,

I'm Neil and I spend a ton of time thinking, writing, podcasting, and speaking about living intentionally. I'm the New York Times bestselling author of six books including The Book of Awesome and The Happiness Equation. I've been lucky to speak at places like TED, SXSW, and Google. And I host a huge passion project called the 3 Books podcast.

Want more 3 Books? Check out my top interviews with:
Brené Brown youtube.com/watch?v=X5l-Auv7h8Y
Quentin Tarantino youtube.com/watch?v=VVFdvfiPB-w
David Sedaris youtube.com/watch?v=wzz8tqnz1mI

Want to read more of my stuff?
https://www.neil.blog/archive/

Want to check out my podcast?
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Want to learn about my live events?
globalhappiness.org/speaking

Want my monthly book recos?
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Lastly, thanks so much for watching this vid.

👊,

Neil
neil@globalhappiness.org