What inspired me to write The Graysonian Ethic is that I am aware of many sons and daughters who rely on their parents very late into life. I know 40 year olds who are going grey and still live in their parents basements and have very little in terms of their own personal prospects for the future. I'm already 38, and my son is going to be coming of age just as I retire, so I can't really do that. Because of that, I need to do everything I possibly can to help him achieve success early on, because I can't support him for his whole life.
The book's name is based on the nichomachean ethic by aristotle. The book was apparently a work where he was trying to impart good ethics onto his son. The cover is a line drawing of my hand with my son's hand holding onto one of my fingers. It represents fatherhood and the passing of wisdom from one generation to the next.
I live in research mode, I'm always trying to find out more about the world. I wrote the book by choosing a subject every weekend and writing an essay on that topic. Once I was completed, I sent it to my editor to edit, then before publishing I went through one last time with a text to speech to make sure it sounds good and completed the formatting.
The era before my son was born had a lot of spare time, so it wasn't too hard to balance writing with my other responsibilities. An hour or two one day of the weekend was quite manageable. The fact that these are very heartfelt essays meant they were largely easy to write.
To me, success isn't about sales or reviews, it's about whether the process and the book helps me to raise a good son. The process itself really forced me to consider what I find important, what sort of lessons I want to pass on and how I want to do that, and what lessons need to be reinforced and what lessons maybe aren't as important. Some chapters in retrospect I really started to realize how little current events matter in the grand scheme of things, and what really matters is the broader ideas that you need to think for yourself because even good and just causes can be turned to evil if you stop thinking for yourself and let someone else do it for you. The book has gotten nothing but positive reviews so far, which I'm thankful for.
The book's name is based on the nichomachean ethic by aristotle. The book was apparently a work where he was trying to impart good ethics onto his son. The cover is a line drawing of my hand with my son's hand holding onto one of my fingers. It represents fatherhood and the passing of wisdom from one generation to the next.
I live in research mode, I'm always trying to find out more about the world. I wrote the book by choosing a subject every weekend and writing an essay on that topic. Once I was completed, I sent it to my editor to edit, then before publishing I went through one last time with a text to speech to make sure it sounds good and completed the formatting.
The era before my son was born had a lot of spare time, so it wasn't too hard to balance writing with my other responsibilities. An hour or two one day of the weekend was quite manageable. The fact that these are very heartfelt essays meant they were largely easy to write.
To me, success isn't about sales or reviews, it's about whether the process and the book helps me to raise a good son. The process itself really forced me to consider what I find important, what sort of lessons I want to pass on and how I want to do that, and what lessons need to be reinforced and what lessons maybe aren't as important. Some chapters in retrospect I really started to realize how little current events matter in the grand scheme of things, and what really matters is the broader ideas that you need to think for yourself because even good and just causes can be turned to evil if you stop thinking for yourself and let someone else do it for you. The book has gotten nothing but positive reviews so far, which I'm thankful for.
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