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The Game
James mentioned reading the pickupartist book The Game and its sequel, reflecting on how it shaped his views on confidence and social interactions.
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I read The Game, that Pickup Artist book and then I read his sequel to it where he realises that like much of the way he'd chosen to live was wrong.
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James mentioned reading the pickupartist book The Game and its sequel, reflecting on how it shaped his views on confidence and social interactions.
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I read The Game, that Pickup Artist book and then I read his sequel to it where he realises that like much of the way he'd chosen to live was wrong.
Attached
The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help YouFind?and Keep?Love
It was highlighted as a phenomenal book that explained adult attachment styles and how they affect love and relationships.
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That's why I was ... Dr. Levine wrote a phenomenal book called Attached. Yes. Right on this.
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It was highlighted as a phenomenal book that explained adult attachment styles and how they affect love and relationships.
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That's why I was ... Dr. Levine wrote a phenomenal book called Attached. Yes. Right on this.
The Obstacle Is the Way
The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph
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The Alchemist - Gift Edition
The book was referenced as an illustration that the ultimate answer we seek may already be where we started, emphasizing that a grand journey can end back in the garden.
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And it's the same lesson as Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist, which is this young boy goes on a huge, big journey and he finds out the thing that he was looking for was in the back garden all along.
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The book was referenced as an illustration that the ultimate answer we seek may already be where we started, emphasizing that a grand journey can end back in the garden.
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And it's the same lesson as Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist, which is this young boy goes on a huge, big journey and he finds out the thing that he was looking for was in the back garden all along.
And the big lesson behind The Alchemist is going on a massive journey to end up back where you started is not the same as having never left.
Four Thousand Weeks
Time Management for Mortals
The host praised the book for its fresh take on time management and noted that it urged readers to focus on a few top priorities rather than trying to do everything.
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your new book, 4,000 weeks time and how to use it, which I found incredibly important.
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The host praised the book for its fresh take on time management and noted that it urged readers to focus on a few top priorities rather than trying to do everything.
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your new book, 4,000 weeks time and how to use it, which I found incredibly important.
4,000 weeks, the title refers to the approximate length of average lifespan in the West.
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
He referenced the book to illustrate the concept of personal responsibility, using the example of a newborn left on a doorstep to show that responsibility is separate from fault.
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I use the example in Subtle Art of like, if somebody left a newborn baby on your doorstep, it's not your fault that there's a baby on your doorstep. But, but it sure, shit is your responsibility. Like...
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He referenced the book to illustrate the concept of personal responsibility, using the example of a newborn left on a doorstep to show that responsibility is separate from fault.
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I use the example in Subtle Art of like, if somebody left a newborn baby on your doorstep, it's not your fault that there's a baby on your doorstep. But, but it sure, shit is your responsibility. Like you have to do something. Like you can't, you can't just shut the door and be like, not my baby.
Ego Is the Enemy
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The Power of Habit
Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
He mentioned the book as an example of something he might see on a shelf, linking it to habits and personal improvement.
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If you walk in and you see a book, you know, The Power of Habit by Doring or the seven habits of highly effective people, I would go, oh, look at Stephen. He's still so successful.
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He mentioned the book as an example of something he might see on a shelf, linking it to habits and personal improvement.
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If you walk in and you see a book, you know, The Power of Habit by Doring or the seven habits of highly effective people, I would go, oh, look at Stephen. He's still so successful.
Same as Ever
A Guide to What Never Changes
This book was described as easy to read and engaging, focusing on the importance of low expectations and the impact of comparison on happiness. It also explores the fragility of the world and the importance of preparedness over prediction.
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It is so brilliant in this book you talk about exactly that you say the first rule of happiness is low expectations and that's exactly what you're talking about is comparison is the thief of joy is it...
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This book was described as easy to read and engaging, focusing on the importance of low expectations and the impact of comparison on happiness. It also explores the fragility of the world and the importance of preparedness over prediction.
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It is so brilliant in this book you talk about exactly that you say the first rule of happiness is low expectations and that's exactly what you're talking about is comparison is the thief of joy is it just raises our own expectations right?
I think that the chapter title is risk is the things you can't see risk is what you don't see.
The Secret (1) (The Secret Library)
He noted that a book titled The Secret had popularized visualization as a supernatural force.
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There was a book that came out called The Secret, which somewhat painted visualization as a supernatural force in the world that kind of conspires to give you what you want.
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He noted that a book titled The Secret had popularized visualization as a supernatural force.
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There was a book that came out called The Secret, which somewhat painted visualization as a supernatural force in the world that kind of conspires to give you what you want.
Subprime Attention Crisis
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The book was given to the speaker's team member, Grace Miller, who gave a copy to a child prodigy who was featured in a local newspaper because she called to say that video games are hurting kids.
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This particular book in front of me here, Originals, one of my team members, Grace Miller, she went around her office and gave a copy of this book to brain and she called the local newspaper and said...
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The book was given to the speaker's team member, Grace Miller, who gave a copy to a child prodigy who was featured in a local newspaper because she called to say that video games are hurting kids.
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This particular book in front of me here, Originals, one of my team members, Grace Miller, she went around her office and gave a copy of this book to brain and she called the local newspaper and said you should do a story about how video games are hurting kids. And they said, you're right, and we want to profile your child. So here I am with a lot of hair and no teeth just hooked on a video game.
And so, you know, it's funny about a specific example, I remember, so I had a moment in, gosh, it was 2011, I found out I got tenure. And so, you know, essentially a job for life at my university.
The No Asshole Rule
Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't
The speaker expressed his fondness for this book and implemented its principles in his workplace by establishing a 'no asshole' rule to foster a positive and productive environment, thus reducing loneliness among his employees.
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So there's a book by a stand for a professor called The No Asshole Rule.
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The speaker expressed his fondness for this book and implemented its principles in his workplace by establishing a 'no asshole' rule to foster a positive and productive environment, thus reducing loneliness among his employees.
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So there's a book by a stand for a professor called The No Asshole Rule.
Love that book and The No Asshole Rule is to see, yo starts with me.
Influence, New and Expanded
The Psychology of Persuasion
The hosts referred to the marketing book 'Influence' when discussing scarcity and how it shapes value perception.
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There is a book called influence, which, and one of the five principles of influence is this idea of scarcity. It's really a marketing book. It tells you how to make people believe things have more va...
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The hosts referred to the marketing book 'Influence' when discussing scarcity and how it shapes value perception.
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There is a book called influence, which, and one of the five principles of influence is this idea of scarcity. It's really a marketing book. It tells you how to make people believe things have more value.
Outliers
The Story of Success
Stephen Bartlett said the book Outliers had been very formative for him over the last ten years.
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your books, Outliers, Blink, have been very formative for me over the last 10 years.
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Stephen Bartlett said the book Outliers had been very formative for him over the last ten years.
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your books, Outliers, Blink, have been very formative for me over the last 10 years.
Blink
The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
Stephen Bartlett said the book Blink had been very formative for him over the last ten years.
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your books, Outliers, Blink, have been very formative for me over the last 10 years.
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Stephen Bartlett said the book Blink had been very formative for him over the last ten years.
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your books, Outliers, Blink, have been very formative for me over the last 10 years.
Paper Lion
Confessions of a Last-String Quarterback
Pollan recalled that his parents gave him this sportswriting book in his youth, noting how it inspired his own approach to immersive journalism.
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My parents gave me a book called Paper Lion. It's a book of sports writing. It was about football by a writer named George Plimpton.
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Pollan recalled that his parents gave him this sportswriting book in his youth, noting how it inspired his own approach to immersive journalism.
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My parents gave me a book called Paper Lion. It's a book of sports writing. It was about football by a writer named George Plimpton.
The Bomber Mafia
A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
Malcolm Gladwell mentioned that his new paperback, The Bomber Mafia, tells the story of 1930s pilots who tried to perfect highaltitude precision bombing.
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I'm ... I have this book now in paperback, The Bomber Mafia. And it's a story of these, a group of men, pilots in the 1930s in America, who have a dream about a better way to fight wa...
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Malcolm Gladwell mentioned that his new paperback, The Bomber Mafia, tells the story of 1930s pilots who tried to perfect highaltitude precision bombing.
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I'm ... I have this book now in paperback, The Bomber Mafia. And it's a story of these, a group of men, pilots in the 1930s in America, who have a dream about a better way to fight wars.
They start out the war with high hopes, but by the end many of them have had their careers destroyed because they pursued an idea which didn't work at the time. Their dream eventually proved successful later, saving countless lives.
Elon Musk
This biography details the author's two years spent with Elon Musk, providing an in-depth look into his life, from his psychologically abusive childhood to his business ventures. The book explores the complex interplay of his dark and light sides, showing how both stemmed from the same experiences.
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And then it started coming out Everything from his hard wiring To the psychologically abusive father
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This biography details the author's two years spent with Elon Musk, providing an in-depth look into his life, from his psychologically abusive childhood to his business ventures. The book explores the complex interplay of his dark and light sides, showing how both stemmed from the same experiences.
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And then it started coming out Everything from his hard wiring To the psychologically abusive father
It took traveling around with Elon for two years Morning, noon and night before I could get him to open up about his father And then it started coming out
And so it's one of the oldest tropes In mythology which is the aspiring Young superhero fighting the dark side Of the force and finding out Darth Vader Is his father having to overcome those demons
The answer is both
Darkness and lightness woven together Each coming from the same place Sometimes driving people crazy Sometimes driving them to do things They didn't think they'd be able to do
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