Rick Steves Refuses To Get Cynical About the World

Rick Steves 拒绝对世界变得愤世嫉俗。

The Interview

社会与文化

2024-12-14

42 分钟
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The guidebook writer and television personality reflects on his cancer diagnosis, social media’s corrosive effect on tourism and the transformative power of travel.
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  • Tennis teaches you not to be distracted from being in the very present at every moment that you're out there competing.

  • It's more important to be present in life than even on a tennis court.

  • That's eight time Grand Slam champion Andre Agassi on everything and nothing to do with tennis.

  • Read more@nytimes.com UBS Agassi that's nytimes.com UBS A G A S S I From the New York Times,

  • this is the interview.

  • I'm Lulu Garcia Navarro.

  • The minute I left university, I put on a backpack and went to see the world.

  • I climbed the Andes in Ecuador.

  • I taught English in Cambodia.

  • I spent months visiting monasteries in Tibet.

  • It was the most transformative period of my life.

  • Lately, though, I feel like my travel mojo is gone.

  • Instead of traveling to discover, I now travel to retreat.

  • I'm often overwhelmed by the demands of daily life, so when it's time for vacation,

  • I choose a destination that doesn't ask too much of me and I don't give much back.

  • Rick Steves has been helping millions of people, including people like me,

  • expand their travel horizons since he was in his twenties.

  • The prolific guidebook writer and beloved PBS personality believes

  • that travel can make not only the world a better place,

  • but you a better person.