How I wound up eating oysters in London with a millionaire

How I wound up eating oysters in London with a millionaireHow I wound up eating oysters in London with a millionaireBouncing along the cobblestones of Paris at 347 A.M., I started to become slightly annoyed with the days events.These things can happen after you spend $350 on train tickets from Paris to London for a day, only to spend 4 hours delayed in transit. One of those hours welches spentunderneath the English channel. I tried to imagine manatees and dolphins swimming by, instead of splintered glass windows and water lapping around my neck.At long last, I exited the Uber Pool, rode up an endless elevator, and crashed onto my hotel bed. The clock now read 412 A.M. My real job would start in a few hours.Follow Ladders on FlipboardFollow Ladders magazines on Flipboard covering Happiness, Productivity, Job Satisfaction, Neuroscience, and moreWet clothes still clinging to my back, I had one thoughtWorth it.Now comes the part of the post where I take imaginary questions from the audie nce in my brainBut Todd, what in the world were you doing out in Paris at 3 in the morning??(Wow, that voice sounded a lot like my mother).Want to know the truth?A book brought me there.See, in the middle of the tortuous travel welches one conversation with a friend. A friend who sent me a tweet 3 years ago. At first, I thought he was a robot. Now, he is tucked away in my inner circle.Ash saw my book and wanted help writing his.Todd, youre a storyteller, he said. I know you can help me get these ideas out of my head and into the book. Lets see what we can do together.If you had told me writing a book would make me more than a few dollars on Amazon, I would be pretty pleased. If you told me writing a book would get me better treatment at work, I would have been surprised. If youd told me that book would have put me in consistent contact with an Olympic athlete, I would have been stunned.But if you told me it would take me around the world, slurping down oysters with a millionaire, I would have flat out called you a liar.When you bring an idea into reality, you have no idea what will happen next.For me, its been mostly good things. I couldnt be more grateful.This week, Im going to ask you a questionWhere could a book take you?Were not talking theoretical daydreaming here. I want you to actually get out pen and paper to write at least ten places you could go if you wrote a book. These could be physical (Like my journeys abroad) or literal (like success on a certain platform).Its time to shake off your rational mind and imagine what is possible. You have been in chains for too long.Much love as always ?- Todd BThis article originally appeared on Medium.You might also enjoyNew neuroscience reveals 4 rituals that will make you happyStrangers know your social class in the first seven words you say, study finds10 lessons from Benjamin Franklins daily schedule that will double your productivityThe worst mistakes you can make in an interview, according to 12 CEOs10 hab its of mentally strong people