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Mick Unplugged

"Mick Unplugged" is a transformative podcast that challenges listeners to move beyond the conventional 'Why' and embrace the empowering realm of 'Because.' Hosted by Mick Hunt, the voice of Modern Leadership, this podcast is designed for leaders, doers, and anyone aspiring to create meaningful impac...

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The Psychology of Money

Morgan Housel

Mentioned 3 months ago

Why You’ll Never Feel Rich with Morgan Housel

Morgan Housel explained that his first book examined how money and health shape every person's life, and he referenced it as the foundation of his work on financial behavior.

I always say I said this in my first book, The Psychology of Money, there are two topics that impact everybody, whether they like it or not, which are money and health.

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The Art of Spending Money

Morgan Housel

Mentioned 3 months ago

Why You’ll Never Feel Rich with Morgan Housel

Housel described his latest book as a guide to how everyday spending decisions affect everyone, noting it had transformed the host's household conversations about money.

Your latest book, The Art of Spending Money, has changed my household because I don't have to talk about finances anymore.

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Super Agers

Eric Topol

Mentioned 5 months ago

Defying Aging: Preventative AI’s Game-Changer with Dr Eric Topol

The book presented evidencebased research on exceptionally healthy older adults, describing the Welderly study and emphasizing lifestyle over genetics for longevity.

You have a new book coming out, Super Agers. What I love about this book is that it's evidencebased, not hyperbole or theory, and it talks about real data and how to help people.

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The Pursuit of Legendary Fatherhood

Larry Hagner

Mentioned 5 months ago

Raw, Unfiltered, Purpose: The Dad Edge Unleashed with Larry Hagner

Larry announced that he had just released his new book, noting it launched on September16 and that it consolidates everything taught in the Dad Edge Alliance.

I've got six books out there, three kids books, three chapter books... I just released the pursuit of legendary fatherhood. It just came out, September 16th.

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Wild at Heart

John Eldredge

Mentioned 5 months ago

Raw, Unfiltered, Purpose: The Dad Edge Unleashed with Larry Hagner

Larry recommended the faithbased book, saying it opens a man's heart to Christ and provides practical, earthy lessons for men.

I think Wild at Heart by John Eldridge. I think it's such a good book. Such a good faithbased book too. I think it kind of opens a man's heart a little bit more to Christ, which I love. And it also gives them some earthly, really, really great things to latch onto.

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Build for Tomorrow

Jason Feifer

Mentioned 5 months ago

Define Your Value: Own Your Identity & Growth with Jason Feifer

The guest highlighted that the book "Build for Tomorrow" had saved his business by outlining four phases of change, and the host announced he would be sending copies to listeners because it had a major impact on both of them.

No, no. But what I didn't tell you was how you saved my business, one of my businesses. So I'm going to be quick because one of the books that I have behind me over there is Build for Tomorrow. Yeah, man. That's my book, right. That book written by Jason Pfeiffer. That book, if you're an entrepreneur, if you're a leader, if you have thoughts of being an entrepreneur or a leader, you need the book because it challenged me again.

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7 Rules of Self-Reliance

Maha Abouelenein

Mentioned 5 months ago

Unleash Your Value: Storytelling, AI, and Brand with Maha Abouelenein

The book was described as a practical playbook containing reflection exercises and questions to help readers put the concepts to work. It outlined seven rules focusing on creating value, building relationships, and managing one's personal brand as currency.

The book is a practical playbook. It is every chapter has reflection exercises and questions because I want you to put the book to work.

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How to Be a Good Leader When You've Never had One

Mick Hunt

Mentioned 5 months ago

Unleash Your Value: Storytelling, AI, and Brand with Maha Abouelenein

This book, described as Mick Hunt's best-selling work, was presented as a resource for modern leadership, promising real-talk strategies to ignite ambition.

Mick Hunt's BEST SELLING book, How to Be a Good Leader When You've Never Had One: The Blueprint for Modern Leadership, is here to light a fire under your ambition and arm you with the real-talk strategies that only Mick delivers.

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Monetizing Innovation

Madhavan Ramanujam

Mentioned 5 months ago

Don’t Just Survive-Thrive: Strategy and Stories from Eddie Hartman

The book explained how companies should price and package products based on customerperceived value, and it was praised as a practical guide for entrepreneurs.

We wrote a book in 2015 called Monetizing Innovation. We're very proud of that book.

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Scaling Innovation

Madhavan Ramanujam

Mentioned 5 months ago

Don’t Just Survive-Thrive: Strategy and Stories from Eddie Hartman

The book built on the concepts of Monetizing Innovation and described how smart companies can architect profitable growth, and it was highlighted as essential reading for scaling businesses.

If you can walk in, if you don't see it, ask for it. See if they've got monetizing innovation. See if they've got scaling innovation.

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Assisted Living Revolution

Isabelle Guarino

Mentioned 5 months ago

Aging with Dignity: Isabelle Guarino Redefines Senior Care

Isabelle described her latest book as a fictionstyle, chickensoupforthesoul collection of three stories that illustrate families navigating assistedliving decisions and offer practical resources. She expressed pride that readers found it helpful and shareable.

Assisted Living Revolution is it's fiction. It's actually more like chicken soup for the soul vibes. I really wanted to kind of take my whack at that to see how that went. I put all of those thousands of stories I've heard together in three different stories of families who are going through that decision of how to choose assisted living for their loved ones and kind of breaking down the pros and cons of all the options and giving readers resources on what they should be asking, where they should be looking.

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Living Legacy

Isabelle Guarino

Mentioned 5 months ago

Aging with Dignity: Isabelle Guarino Redefines Senior Care

Guarino explained that the book recounts her personal story after her father's passing and teaches how to build businesses that become a blessing for future generations rather than a burden.

Living Legacy, which is like about my story when my dad passed and these businesses being passed to me. So it's sharing how, you know, you should create these businesses to pass a blessing to your kids instead of a burden.

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Vernon Davis

Playing Ball

Life Lessons from My Journey to the Super Bowl and Beyond

The hosts highlighted the title as Vernon Davis's own publication, noting that it provided personal insights drawn from his football career and life beyond the field. Vernon Davis discussed the book during the episode, emphasizing its focus on chasing greatness, silencing doubt, and staying driven. The discussion conveyed a positive view of the book as a valuable source of motivation and perspective.

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Ruth Milligan

The Motivated Speaker

Six Principles to Unlock your Communication Potential

The hosts described the title as a practical, reader‑friendly blueprint for improving speaking skills, emphasizing its design for highlighting and note‑taking. They praised its ability to teach essential communication techniques and even offered free copies to the first listeners who reached out. Overall, they presented it as a must‑read for anyone wanting to become a better speaker.

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Episode: Ruth Milligan: Finding Your Voice: Secrets of a Ma...

The hosts highlighted the book as a practical blueprint for improving speaking skills, noting its readerfriendly format with highlighters and postit notes, and they offered free copies to listeners.

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I love it. And I want to go straight to the book, The Motivated Speaker.

Right? The Motivated Speaker. That is you, Mick. Yes.

Everyone needs the skill of speaking. And I think that that's what this book truly delivers. Right? Like I would almost call it a blueprint in modern form.

This book is meant to be read with a highlighter and postit notes. And she said, mom, look, I'm on page 25 and I've already highlighted the things I want to remember.

If you message me and it's got to be the first 10 people, message me, motivated speaker, I don't care what platform, LinkedIn, Instagram, whatever, and I am going to go send you a copy of the book.

Episode: Ruth Milligan: Finding Your Voice: Secrets of a Ma...

The hosts described the book as a practical blueprint for improving speaking skills, emphasizing that it delivers actionable guidance and can be read with highlights and notes.

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I love it. And I want to go straight to the book, The Motivated Speaker. Yeah. Right. The Motivated Speaker.

This is about wanting to learn. That's what this book is about.

But everyone needs the skills of speaking... I think that that's what this book truly delivers. Right. Like I would almost call it a blueprint in modern day form.

And we put a modern day blueprint in the back of every skill that you need to learn to speak... this book is meant to be read with a highlighter and post-it notes.

For purposes of reviews, I would like you to buy it on Amazon and I would like you to review it.

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Josh Pais

Lose Your Mind

The Path to Creative Invincibility

The book was highlighted as a practical workbook that combined meditation exercises, QR‑coded worksheets, and an Audible version to help listeners turn anxiety into creative energy. Host Mick Hunt introduced it and author Josh Pais explained its four access points to presence, emphasizing its hands‑on strategies. The discussion presented it as a useful tool for creative invincibility.

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Episode: Transform Anxiety into Creative Fuel: Insights fro...

The host highlighted that Josh Pais had recently released his book "Lose Your Mind, The Path to Creative Invincibility," noting it includes meditations, a QRcodeenabled hardcover edition and an Audible version, and serves as a practical workbook of exercises and strategies.

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And then we end it with his book, Lose Your Mind, and we're going to talk about why being back and saying I'm back can solve a lot of problems.

Well, I just happened to have this here, which is my book, which came out recently. It's called Lose Your Mind, The Path to Creative Invincibility.

There's different kinds of meditations that you can get, even with the hardcover book, with the QR code. It's also an audible.

It was going to be my final segue ... it's almost like a manual, a workbook of tips, of strategies in Lose Your Mind.

Episode: Transform Anxiety into Creative Fuel: Insights fro...

Josh described his new book as a practical guide that blends meditation exercises, QRcoded worksheets, and audio content to help readers turn anxiety into creative fuel.

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Well, I just happen to have this here, which is my book, which came out recently. It's called Lose Your Mind, The Path to Creative Invincibility.

There are different kinds of meditations that you can get even with the hardcover book with the QR code. It's also an audible.

It's almost like a manual, a workbook of tips, of strategies in Lose Your Mind.

One thing is there are four access points to presence.

The window of not being caught up in your mind starts to expand and light becomes an adventure. You have access to your creativity.

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Amina AlTai

The Ambition Trap

How to Stop Chasing and Start Living

The host highlighted the title as a multitime bestseller that reframed ambition as neutral and provided a framework for moving from painful to purposeful ambition. Both the host and the author noted that the book helped listeners, including the host, shift their relationship with ambition during periods of burnout, and the host urged listeners to obtain a copy. The discussion conveyed strong enthusiasm for the book’s practical insights.

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Episode: Leveraging Your Zone of Genius with Amina AlTai

The host and guest described the book as a multitime bestseller that explores ambition's neutral nature and offers a framework for shifting from painful to purposeful ambition.

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I want to talk a little bit about The Ambition Trap. Multiple time bestseller, right?

Yes. So the book is called The Ambition Trap and I'm somebody that has deeply studied ambition for basically my whole life.

I needed that in the book because it was coming at the right time for me when I first read it.

Make sure you're getting a copy of the book. And when you get a copy of the book, message her.

Episode: Leveraging Your Zone of Genius with Amina AlTai

The host introduced Amina as the author of The Ambition Trap and highlighted its status as a multitime bestseller, describing its focus on redefining ambition and noting how the book helped listeners shift their relationship with ambition, especially during a personal burnout phase.

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author of The Ambition Trap, and one of the leading voices on Purpose First Leadership.

the book is a multitime bestseller, which is amazing, Amina, by the way.

the book is called The Ambition Trap. I have deeply studied ambition for basically my whole life... I ended up getting very sick... I had to change my relationship to ambition and success.

the book made me pause. It said, okay, I may never change how hard I run... but I can talk about this interconnection that you brought up so brilliantly in the book.

I needed that in the book because it was coming at the right time for me when I first read it.

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Gay Hendricks

The Big Leap

Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level

In two episodes, the host and guest praised the title as a pivotal influence on their understanding of the zone of genius and the upper‑limit problem, noting that it fundamentally changed their perspective. Rudy Rush explicitly recommended the book, and Amina AlTai expressed that it "changed the game" for her. Both speakers highlighted its impact on personal growth concepts.

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Episode: Leveraging Your Zone of Genius with Amina AlTai

Both speakers praised the book as a key influence on their understanding of the zone of genius and the upperlimit problem.

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The zone of genius is a term that was coined by Gay Hendricks, who wrote the book, The Big Leap. I highly recommend it.

I really do love Gay Hendrick's book, The Big Leap, especially about our zone of genius and our upper limit. It just changed the game for me.

Episode: Leveraging Your Zone of Genius with Amina AlTai

The conversation cited Gay Hendricks' The Big Leap as the source of the 'zone of genius' concept, with the host praising it and later mentioning how the book profoundly changed the guest's understanding of personal limits.

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the zone of genius is a term that was coined by Gay Hendricks, who wrote the book, The Big Leap. I highly recommend it.

I really do love Gay Hendrick's book, The Big Leap, especially about our zone of genius and our upper limits. It just changed the game for me.

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Jordan Mendoza

The Life-Changing Power of Adversity

How to Overcome Struggles, Unlock Your Potential, and Blaze Your Own Trail to Success

The book was highlighted as a concise, ADHD‑friendly guide that broke adversity into five distinct categories—racial, physical, financial, communication, and family. Jordan Mendoza, the author, explained that he had even sent copies to his own children because he believed the content was valuable, and host Mick Hunt offered free copies to listeners who responded. The discussion emphasized its practical, easy‑to‑read format and its potential to help listeners turn struggles into growth, conveying a strongly positive endorsement.

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Episode: Why Adversity Can Be a Gift: Jordan Mendoza Breaks...

Jordan described his book as a short, ADHDfriendly guide that breaks adversity into five chapters, each covering a different type of challenge.

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the name of the book, the life changing power of adversity subtitle how to overcome struggles, unlock your potential and blaze your own trail to success.

the first five chapters are five different types of adversity - racial, physical, financial, communication and family - and the book is such an easy read; I sent copies to my kids because the content was really good.

I'm going to get 20 copies of the book if you message me the word Blaze - the first 20 people will get the lifechanging power of adversity coming their way.

If it doesn't add value to you, ping me - my goal with the book is to make sure everyone that gets it in their hand at least adds value to them in some capacity.

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Jordan discussed his new book about turning struggles into opportunities, describing its fivechapter structure and how he sent copies to his children.

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The name of the book, The Life-Changing Power of Adversity, subtitle, How to Overcome Struggles, Unlock Your Potential, and Blaze Your Own Trail to Success.

The first five chapters are five different types of adversity--racial, physical, financial, communication, and family--and I loved that it let people see they've faced at least one of these.

I sent a copy to my oldest son because the content was really good, and my youngest son begged for his copy too.

If you message me the word blaze, the first 20 people will get a copy of The Life-Changing Power of Adversity.

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Isabelle Guarino

Assisted Living Revolution

Senior Care Reimagined

The host highlighted the book as a fiction collection that weaves three family stories to illustrate assisted‑living decisions, offering practical resources and advice on evaluating options. Isabelle Guarino herself presented it as a "chicken‑soup‑for‑the‑soul" style guide that she wished she had earlier, noting its usefulness and shareability for anyone facing similar choices. Listeners were encouraged to read and pass it on to friends dealing with senior‑care decisions.

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Guarino described the book as a fiction work that weaves together three family stories about choosing assistedliving options, offering practical resources and advice for readers facing similar decisions.

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Most of my books have been business books, but this latest one, Assisted Living Revolution, is fiction. I really wanted to kind of take my whack at that to see how that went, and I put thousands of stories I've heard together in three different stories of families who are going through the decision of how to choose assisted living for their loved ones, breaking down the pros and cons of all the options and giving readers resources on what they should be asking, where they should be looking.

Episode: Aging with Dignity: Isabelle Guarino Redefines Sen...

Isabelle described her latest book as a fictionstyle, chickensoupforthesoul collection of three stories that illustrate families navigating assistedliving decisions and offer practical resources. She expressed pride that readers found it helpful and shareable.

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Assisted Living Revolution is it's fiction. It's actually more like chicken soup for the soul vibes. I really wanted to kind of take my whack at that to see how that went. I put all of those thousands of stories I've heard together in three different stories of families who are going through that decision of how to choose assisted living for their loved ones and kind of breaking down the pros and cons of all the options and giving readers resources on what they should be asking, where they should be looking.

I wish I had this earlier. It's kind of a good book to read and then pass to a friend who is going through that or going to be going through that. It's a very shareable resource.

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Isabelle Guarino

Living Legacy

Invest in Your Community While Creating Significant Cash Flow

In two episodes, Isabelle Guarino discussed the book as a personal account of inheriting her father’s business and emphasized the importance of building enterprises that serve as blessings for future generations rather than burdens. She highlighted the practical lessons on creating lasting cash flow and offered copies to listeners who requested the title.

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Guarino explained that the book recounts her personal story after her father's passing and teaches how to build businesses that become a blessing for future generations rather than a burden.

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Living Legacy, which is like about my story when my dad passed and these businesses being passed to me. So it's sharing how, you know, you should create these businesses to pass a blessing to your kids instead of a burden.

Episode: Aging with Dignity: Isabelle Guarino Redefines Sen...

Isabelle explained that Living Legacy recounts her personal story of inheriting her father's business and encourages readers to build enterprises that become blessings for future generations rather than burdens. She offered copies to listeners who request the book.

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Your second favorite book? What was the latest, the release before this one? Living Legacy, which is like about my story when my dad passed and these businesses being passed to me. So it's sharing how, you know, you should create these businesses to pass a blessing to your kids instead of a burden.

So the 10 people that want that book message me Legacy. So RAL for the latest book, Legacy for the Legacy book, and I'll make sure I get those.

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Madhavan Ramanujam

Monetizing Innovation

How Smart Companies Design the Product Around the Price

The title was highlighted as a practical guide for entrepreneurs on pricing and packaging products based on perceived customer value, and it was praised as a "Bible" of innovation strategy. Eddie Hartman, the co‑author, expressed pride in the work and Mick Hunt urged listeners to locate it in stores, libraries, or even borrow it, emphasizing its usefulness for thriving businesses.

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The book explained how companies should price and package products based on customerperceived value, and it was praised as a practical guide for entrepreneurs.

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We wrote a book in 2015 called Monetizing Innovation. We're very proud of that book.

When you walked into their office, they had a copy of Monetizing Innovation on everyone's desks and they called it the Bible.

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Eddie said they wrote the book in 2015 and were very proud of it; it was even called the "Bible" at a Shopify office, and Mick encouraged listeners to find it in stores or libraries.

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We wrote a book in 2015 called Monetizing Innovation. We're very proud of that book.

When you walked into their office, they had a copy of Monetizing Innovation on everyone's desks, and they called it the Bible. Very, very proud of it.

If you can walk in, if you don't see it, ask for it. See if they've got Monetizing Innovation. See if they've got scaling innovation. And if they don't say why not? But if you can't find it there or you can't get it, or it's not a reasonable period of time, yeah, sure. Go to Amazon, but I'll tell you, steal a copy if you need to. This is not about book sales. I want to see people thrive. And honestly, go to a library and read it.

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Madhavan Ramanujam

Scaling Innovation

How Smart Companies Architect Profitable Growth

Mick Hunt highlighted the title as essential reading for companies looking to scale profitably, noting that it builds on the concepts of Monetizing Innovation and serves as its companion volume. He praised both books as amazing and promised to purchase and distribute copies to the first listeners who requested them, emphasizing the practical impact he believes the book will have on business growth.

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Episode: Don’t Just Survive-Thrive: Strategy and Stories fr...

The book built on the concepts of Monetizing Innovation and described how smart companies can architect profitable growth, and it was highlighted as essential reading for scaling businesses.

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If you can walk in, if you don't see it, ask for it. See if they've got monetizing innovation. See if they've got Scaling Innovation.

The first 20 people that message me monetize and the first 20 people that message me scale, I will purchase those books and make sure that I send them to you as well.

Episode: Don’t Just Survive-Thrive: Strategy and Stories fr...

Mick highlighted the book as the companion to Monetizing Innovation, called both books amazing, and promised to send copies to listeners who request "scale".

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If you can walk in, if you don't see it, ask for it. See if they've got monetizing innovation. See if they've got Scaling Innovation.

And here's what I'm going to do, Eddie, because both books are amazing. The first 20 people that messaged me monetize and the first 20 people that messaged me scale, I will purchase those books and make sure that I send them to you as well too, because they're going to change the trajectory of your business mind.

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Daniel Kahneman

Thinking, Fast and Slow

He mentioned the book as a good read that caused him to think about decisionmaking and human behavior.

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I think, uh, Thinking Fast, Thinking Slow by Daniel Kahneman. Okay. Okay. It's a good book.

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He mentioned the book as a good read that caused him to think about decisionmaking and human behavior.

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I think, uh, Thinking Fast, Thinking Slow by Daniel Kahneman. Okay. Okay. It's a good book.

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Viktor E. Frankl

Man's Search For Meaning

The classic tribute to hope from the Holocaust (With New Material)

He said he loved the book and described it as an amazing work.

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I love A Man's Search For Meaning. That's an amazing book.

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He said he loved the book and described it as an amazing work.

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I love A Man's Search For Meaning. That's an amazing book.

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Mary Claire Haver MD

The New Menopause

Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and Facts

Mick said that reading the book called Purpose gave him a spark and heavily informed the direction of his Mick Unplugged brand and messaging.

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And I got a spark when I read a book called Purpose.

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Mick said that reading the book called Purpose gave him a spark and heavily informed the direction of his Mick Unplugged brand and messaging.

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And I got a spark when I read a book called Purpose.

my message and most importantly, a lot of what I'm doing under the Mick Unplugged brand was pushed by everything that you told me in that book.

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Clayton M. Christensen

The Innovator's Dilemma

When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail (Management of Innovation and Change)

The book was referenced while discussing how successful companies often forget the origins of their success and face the classic innovator's dilemma.

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Because The Innovator's Dilemma, most companies that have been successful don't remember how they got there.

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The book was referenced while discussing how successful companies often forget the origins of their success and face the classic innovator's dilemma.

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Because The Innovator's Dilemma, most companies that have been successful don't remember how they got there.

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Walter Isaacson

Steve Jobs

Joe McCarthy said the Steve Jobs book he was reading was massive.

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This one, Steve Jobs' book is massive.

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Joe McCarthy said the Steve Jobs book he was reading was massive.

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This one, Steve Jobs' book is massive.

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Maureen Callahan

Ask Not

The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed

Mick mentioned the book "Ask" while discussing the interview with its authors.

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their book, Ask.

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Mick mentioned the book "Ask" while discussing the interview with its authors.

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their book, Ask.

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James Clear

Atomic Habits

An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

He noted that the book offers a simple, easytoread framework for building effective habits, recommending it to anyone looking to improve their daily routines.

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James Clear Atomic Habits, if you haven't read it, it's great that the premise is simple.

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He noted that the book offers a simple, easytoread framework for building effective habits, recommending it to anyone looking to improve their daily routines.

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James Clear Atomic Habits, if you haven't read it, it's great that the premise is simple.

The Book of John (The Smart Guide to the Bible Series) Cover

Lin Johnson

The Book of John (The Smart Guide to the Bible Series)

Aaron said he always promotes the Bible and would keep it at the top of his reading list.

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Well, first and foremost is the one that I always promote, and that's God's Word, the Bible. So, I would keep that at the top of the list.

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Aaron said he always promotes the Bible and would keep it at the top of his reading list.

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Well, first and foremost is the one that I always promote, and that's God's Word, the Bible. So, I would keep that at the top of the list.

The Midnight Library: A GMA Book Club Pick (A Novel) Cover

Matt Haig

The Midnight Library

A GMA Book Club Pick (A Novel)

He called the book amazing and noted that it offers many possible life paths depending on one's decisions.

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A Midnight's Library is an amazing book. Where it kind of gives you different interpretations of what your life could be like, depending on the decisions that you make.

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He called the book amazing and noted that it offers many possible life paths depending on one's decisions.

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A Midnight's Library is an amazing book. Where it kind of gives you different interpretations of what your life could be like, depending on the decisions that you make.

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Robert Greene

The 48 Laws of Power

He cited the book's principle that enemies can become your greatest allies, using it to illustrate his own hiring strategy of bringing on former skeptics who later contributed significantly.

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But just like in the 48 Law of the Power, they say your enemies become your greatest allies.

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He cited the book's principle that enemies can become your greatest allies, using it to illustrate his own hiring strategy of bringing on former skeptics who later contributed significantly.

"

But just like in the 48 Law of the Power, they say your enemies become your greatest allies.

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