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How to Live a Meaningful Life
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If You're In My Office, It's Already Too Late
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
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The Power of Habit
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Notes on Being a Man
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Hacking the Human Mind
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Junglekeeper
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What We Owe the Future
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Frankenstein
The Original 1818 Unabridged and Complete Edition (A Mary Shelley Classics
The hosts used Frankenstein as an analogy, noting that assembling body and mind is like putting together a creature that still lacks a vital spark, illustrating the missing element of the mind in selfmastery.
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Let's start simple off. I think everybody knows the story of Frankenstein, yes? So meaning you literally put together everything that is physical, everything that is biological, you g...
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The hosts used Frankenstein as an analogy, noting that assembling body and mind is like putting together a creature that still lacks a vital spark, illustrating the missing element of the mind in selfmastery.
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Let's start simple off. I think everybody knows the story of Frankenstein, yes? So meaning you literally put together everything that is physical, everything that is biological, you glue it all together. But that body still doesn't come alive. So I think in the story of the Frankenstein, there is still one missing element, which sometimes you could refer to as electricity, or the spark, or the fire.
Genius Kitchen
Over 100 Easy and Delicious Recipes to Make Your Brain Sharp, Body Strong, and Taste Buds Happy (Genius Living, 3)
He mentioned that he also released a cookbook titled Genius Kitchen.
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If you like to cook, I put out a cookbook called Genius Kitchen.
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He mentioned that he also released a cookbook titled Genius Kitchen.
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If you like to cook, I put out a cookbook called Genius Kitchen.
The Happiness Hypothesis
Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom
It was recommended as a good starting point for understanding sex differences and evolutionary psychology, along with a few other titles.
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the ape who understood the universe by steve stewart uh the moral animal by robert wright The Happiness Hypothesis by jonathan height um richard reeves of boys and men uh billy no mat...
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It was recommended as a good starting point for understanding sex differences and evolutionary psychology, along with a few other titles.
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the ape who understood the universe by steve stewart uh the moral animal by robert wright The Happiness Hypothesis by jonathan height um richard reeves of boys and men uh billy no mates another good book
The Intelligent Investor...Hardcover
It was highlighted as a famous investing book, but also acknowledged that some of its advice is context-specific to the 1930s and 1940s, and may not be universally applicable today.
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So that's why one of the most famous investing books is the Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham and it was first written in the 1930s and there is of course a lot of timeless wisdom in there but t...
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It was highlighted as a famous investing book, but also acknowledged that some of its advice is context-specific to the 1930s and 1940s, and may not be universally applicable today.
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So that's why one of the most famous investing books is the Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham and it was first written in the 1930s and there is of course a lot of timeless wisdom in there but there's also a lot in those books that is like hyper specific to the economy in the 1930s and the 1940s that if you tried to implement those formulas today you'd lose everything.
The Origin Of Species
150th Anniversary Edition
The host noted that Darwin briefly mentioned sexual selection in this work and later added a sentence about beautiful males in later editions.
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He mentioned the idea in The Origin Of Species very briefly.
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The host noted that Darwin briefly mentioned sexual selection in this work and later added a sentence about beautiful males in later editions.
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He mentioned the idea in The Origin Of Species very briefly.
By the time of the fourth edition of The Origin Of Species, he felt it necessary to put in a sentence saying, yeah, look, they are beautiful, these male birds, to us.
Lost Connections
The book was mentioned in a discussion about sleep and how our evolutionary history has shaped our need to sleep with others for safety.
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I read the same thing with Johann Hari's book, which is fantastic. Was it Lost Connections, is that the right one?
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The book was mentioned in a discussion about sleep and how our evolutionary history has shaped our need to sleep with others for safety.
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I read the same thing with Johann Hari's book, which is fantastic. Was it Lost Connections, is that the right one?
The Brothers Karamazov
A Novel in Four Parts With Epilogue
A doctor's line from this novel was cited to illustrate the difficulty of loving particular people.
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He has a wonderful kind of offhand, brilliant insight from a doctor in The Brothers Karamazov where the doctor says, oh, you know, it's very easy to love mankind in general. And it's...
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A doctor's line from this novel was cited to illustrate the difficulty of loving particular people.
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He has a wonderful kind of offhand, brilliant insight from a doctor in The Brothers Karamazov where the doctor says, oh, you know, it's very easy to love mankind in general. And it's very hard to love people in particular.
The Coming of the Fairies - The Cottingley Incident
Harford recounted that Conan Doyle wrote The Coming of the Fairies about fairy photographs, initially treating them as possible evidence before revealing they were hoaxes, and highlighted his fascination with the case.
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And he wrote a whole book, The Coming of the Fairies. He said, well, obviously this could be a hoax and you'd be the judge. But I think more likely it is an epochmaking discovery. Spoiler, it was not...
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Harford recounted that Conan Doyle wrote The Coming of the Fairies about fairy photographs, initially treating them as possible evidence before revealing they were hoaxes, and highlighted his fascination with the case.
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And he wrote a whole book, The Coming of the Fairies. He said, well, obviously this could be a hoax and you'd be the judge. But I think more likely it is an epochmaking discovery. Spoiler, it was not an epochmaking discovery. It was a hoax.
The Godfather
The conversation used the novel as an example of autonomy versus external expectations, noting the protagonist's refusal to follow his mother's wishes.
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If you're Mario Puzo and we want to write The Godfather, we don't listen to our mother when she says, I want you to become a railroad clerk. And we go for it, right? We put everything...
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The conversation used the novel as an example of autonomy versus external expectations, noting the protagonist's refusal to follow his mother's wishes.
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If you're Mario Puzo and we want to write The Godfather, we don't listen to our mother when she says, I want you to become a railroad clerk. And we go for it, right? We put everything on the line and we try to make it as a writer or whatever we see our competence.
The Notebook
The Notebook was described as a great example of romantic storytelling in the context of discussing cultural narratives about love.
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The Notebook's a really great example of this because you have a guy who is kind of good as a handyman, but can't really hold down a job and is passionate, but kind of loose.
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The Notebook was described as a great example of romantic storytelling in the context of discussing cultural narratives about love.
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The Notebook's a really great example of this because you have a guy who is kind of good as a handyman, but can't really hold down a job and is passionate, but kind of loose.
I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jenette McCurdy, a former child actor, wrote a book about her experiences with her abusive mother. She was very honest about the abuse that she experienced, which was really hard to read and very heartbreaking.
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Jenette McCurdy wrote her fantastic book "I'm Glad My Mom Died" about her very abusive mother momager and her experience with Dan Schneider.
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Jenette McCurdy, a former child actor, wrote a book about her experiences with her abusive mother. She was very honest about the abuse that she experienced, which was really hard to read and very heartbreaking.
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Jenette McCurdy wrote her fantastic book "I'm Glad My Mom Died" about her very abusive mother momager and her experience with Dan Schneider.
And then I remember getting to the end of her book, literally just like crying because I was.
The Outsiders
He explained that he had made a podcast episode about Henry Singleton after reading the book The Outsiders.
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I did a podcast on this book called The Outsiders, which is one of the very few books that profiles what, what made Singleton.
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He explained that he had made a podcast episode about Henry Singleton after reading the book The Outsiders.
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I did a podcast on this book called The Outsiders, which is one of the very few books that profiles what, what made Singleton.
Verity
He mentioned the novel's heavy sexual content and said he bailed out after reading it.
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By Colleen Hoover. And it's just loads of sex scenes.
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He mentioned the novel's heavy sexual content and said he bailed out after reading it.
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By Colleen Hoover. And it's just loads of sex scenes.
Sex at Dawn
The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality
It was mentioned as a book on human mating psychology, with the speaker stating that it's not entirely accurate about human relationship patterns.
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I don't think that Christopher Ryan's 'Sex at Dawn' is perfectly accurate.
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It was mentioned as a book on human mating psychology, with the speaker stating that it's not entirely accurate about human relationship patterns.
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I don't think that Christopher Ryan's 'Sex at Dawn' is perfectly accurate.
Shoe Dog
A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
He described it as a chapterbychapter, yearbyyear account of Nike's founding through its IPO, emphasizing perseverance and struggle.
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One of the greatest, if you're talking about like one of the near perfect entrepreneur autobiographies is Phil Knight's Shoe Dog, where he's telling the story of Nike.
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He described it as a chapterbychapter, yearbyyear account of Nike's founding through its IPO, emphasizing perseverance and struggle.
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One of the greatest, if you're talking about like one of the near perfect entrepreneur autobiographies is Phil Knight's Shoe Dog, where he's telling the story of Nike.
MONEY Master the Game
7 Simple Steps to Financial Freedom (Tony Robbins Financial Freedom Series)
Tony Robbins mentioned that he was writing the book while interviewing prominent investors and noted it as part of his extensive work.
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I was writing the book, MONEY Master the Game. And I was interviewing Ray Dalio and Carl Icahn and Warren Buffett and, you know, all these multibillionaires.
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Tony Robbins mentioned that he was writing the book while interviewing prominent investors and noted it as part of his extensive work.
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I was writing the book, MONEY Master the Game. And I was interviewing Ray Dalio and Carl Icahn and Warren Buffett and, you know, all these multibillionaires.
A Tale of Two Cities (Signature Editions)
The host referenced A Tale of Two Cities as another Dickens work illustrating the upheavals of the French Revolution era.
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Charles Dickens writes about kids on the streets, Oliver Twist. There's the Tale of Two Cities, revolutions, French Revolution comes along.
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The host referenced A Tale of Two Cities as another Dickens work illustrating the upheavals of the French Revolution era.
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Charles Dickens writes about kids on the streets, Oliver Twist. There's the Tale of Two Cities, revolutions, French Revolution comes along.
Tools Of Titans
The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers
It was mentioned briefly in the context of heart vs mind, with Chris Willx suggesting a section of it may have been about that topic.
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Was there a page in Tools Of Titans about this?
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It was mentioned briefly in the context of heart vs mind, with Chris Willx suggesting a section of it may have been about that topic.
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Was there a page in Tools Of Titans about this?
Rebecca
Introduction by Lucy Hughes-Hallett (Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics Series)
The novel was cited as an example of du Maurier's complex treatment of female vulnerability and attraction to male violence.
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He has a little discussion about Daphne du Maurier's novels and Jamaica Inn particularly and Rebecca.
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The novel was cited as an example of du Maurier's complex treatment of female vulnerability and attraction to male violence.
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He has a little discussion about Daphne du Maurier's novels and Jamaica Inn particularly and Rebecca.
Homo Deus
A Brief History of Tomorrow
It was mentioned during the podcast and discussed as a book where the author talks about how wars will be fought in the future.
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I think it was you, Veal Harari in Sapiens, where or no maybe it was Homo Deus, where he talks about how in the future the wars will be fought within intersubjective reality, within t...
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It was mentioned during the podcast and discussed as a book where the author talks about how wars will be fought in the future.
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I think it was you, Veal Harari in Sapiens, where or no maybe it was Homo Deus, where he talks about how in the future the wars will be fought within intersubjective reality, within the reality of story, within the reality of narrative.
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