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Manny Vallarino / June 1, 2023

Lessons in Stand-Up Comedy from My First Eurotour

Just finished my first stand-up comedy Eurotour, where I performed 14 shows in 8 cities and 5 countries all over Europe. One of the greatest experiences of …

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Manny Vallarino / May 29, 2023

The Book of Beautiful Sentences: A Lesson in Writing from Anne Frank

Today, on Monday, May 29, 2023, I visited the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It is one of the saddest experiences of my life thus far; I was …

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Manny Vallarino / March 29, 2023

Lessons from the book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, by Marie Kondō

How fully I recommend this book: 10/10 Lesson 1: Tidying up can transform your life. It's in the book's title, but it's worth repeating. Only keeping …

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Manny Vallarino / March 10, 2023

Lessons from the book Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull, Ph.D. (co-founder of Pixar)

How fully I recommend this book: 10/10 Lesson 1: Learn to see clearly. Great visual artists capture what they truly see (shape, color, etc.) before …

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Manny Vallarino / February 15, 2023

Lessons from the book All About Me!: My Remarkable Life in Show Business, by Mel Brooks

How fully I recommend this book: 7/10 Lesson 1: In satire, everything surrounding the comedy has to be real. In Young Frankenstein (one of my favorite …

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