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Hi Titus,

My wife and I have really loved you in everything we've seen you in, which for us started with Deadwood. We were stoked for you to have a series lead in Bosch -- love the show!

My question is, had you read/were you a fan of any of Michael Connelly's books prior to becoming involved in Bosch? If so, do you have a favorite?

Also, I am 90% sure my family spent a week at a beach you were also visiting in 2011 or so (obviously I won't mention where). Never introduced ourselves, so as not to interfere with your vacation, but it was a thrill. If it was in fact you, you looked like you had a ball with your dog and your paddleboard. :-)

Best wishes and thanks for all the great performances.

Thanks for the response. Be well.

What's the last thing you quit?

(I know it's cliche as a fan to heap praise on The Upside of Quitting, but, great stuff! Giving myself permission to quit things that aren't working out has been powerful. Cheers.)

Hi Tim,

Thanks for the constant inspiration and entertainment. Love your books and podcast, and really excited to watch the show.

Do you ever find that you get better results by behaving in a way that appears to be opposite what you believe to be true? For instance, I tend to agree with Sam Harris's conclusions on free will, and consider there to be no meaningful sense in which we humans have contra-causal agency. However, I find it more adaptive day to day to adopt the mindset that we are each individually responsible, the author of our own actions, and the captain of our destiny. The biggest shift in my mindset as I've gone through my 20s (28 now) has been a shift from being obsessed with what's true? to being obsessed with what works?

I'm curious if you'd had similar experiences or this kind of "true vs. helpful" mindset on any particular topic?

Sounds good. Combining The Upside of Quitting with The Power of "No." :-)

Your original episode on the topic came to me while I was struggling with whether to keep struggling at my lifelong rock star dream, so it hit very close to home. Quit that (not cleanly... it took about 5 years of waffling), I've quit jobs, quit school, quit ideological allegiances that were not serving me... but now that I think about it, I haven't quit much lately either. Oh, and I helped my wife quit a job that was burning her out.

Thanks again for the inspiration. And thanks for the answer!