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Police Exam Prep 7th Edition: 4 Practice Tests + Proven Strategies (Kaplan Test Prep) cover

Police Exam Prep 7th Edition

Kaplan Test Prep

Mentioned 5 months ago

1288: Test Prep | Skeptical Sunday

This book was mentioned as one of the early prominent test prep materials for the SAT that people associated with taking standardized tests seriously.

And I think like the gunner in our class was like, you got to go to the Barnes and Noble and get this book. And it said Kaplan on it or something.

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The PowerScore LSAT Bible Duology 2025-2026

David Killoran

Mentioned 5 months ago

1288: Test Prep | Skeptical Sunday

These comprehensive books for the LSAT, including the Logic Game Bible, Logical Reasoning Bible, and Reading Comprehension Bible, were described as fear marketing that created pressure for students to buy multiple essential books.

Then you've got power score Bibles, logic game Bible, logical reasoning Bible. Reading comprehension Bible. It goes on and on.

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MCAT Complete 7-Book Subject Review 2026-2027, Set Includes Books, Online Prep, 3 Practice Tests (Kaplan Test Prep) cover

MCAT Complete 7-Book Subject Review 2026-2027, Set Includes Books, Online Prep, 3 Practice Tests (Kaplan Test Prep)

Kaplan Test Prep

Mentioned 5 months ago

1288: Test Prep | Skeptical Sunday

Students reportedly purchased this extensive seven-book set for the MCAT due to anxiety that they needed everything available to succeed, despite the volume being unreasonable to complete.

So you might buy the Kaplan seven book set, the exam crackers set, and then add the Princeton review courses for good measure.

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The Vagina Monologues

Eve Ensler

Mentioned 5 months ago

1282: The Vagina | Skeptical Sunday

This episodic play centered on women's stories about their bodies, sex, joy, and trauma, which was intended to eliminate shame regarding the feminine body. The speaker recalled seeing it off-Broadway as a kid in the 90s, finding that it taught them that discussing their bodies could be powerful, funny, and normal.

Well, the vagina monologues is this episodic play by Eve Ensler centered on women's stories about their bodies, sex, joy, and trauma. It's meant to delete the shame from the feminine body.

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Hacking the Human Mind: The behavioral science secrets behind 17 of the world's best brands cover

Hacking the Human Mind

Richard Shotton

Mentioned 6 months ago

1273: Richard Shotton & MichaelAaron Flicker | Marketing to Human Minds

The hosts found the book contained genuinely new insights about marketing and human psychology that they had never encountered before in other business literature.

I've read a lot of business books and case studies, and most of them they just kind of blur together after a while. But this book that I read for the show today, there's stuff in here I genuinely never heard before.

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Hit Makers

Derek Thompson

Mentioned 6 months ago

1273: Richard Shotton & MichaelAaron Flicker | Marketing to Human Minds

This book contained a phrase about making surprising things familiar and familiar things surprising, which was used to explain Apple's design strategy with the iPhone.

There's an amazing book by Derek Thompson called The Hitmakers and in it he has this wonderful phrase which if you wanted to sell something surprising make it familiar and if you want to sell something familiar make it surprising.

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The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Milan Kundera

Mentioned 1 year ago

1042: Sex Trafficking | Skeptical Sunday

It was referenced in a discussion about the psychology of men who pay for sex, exploring the idea that some men view sex as a way to uncover something unique about a person, like a collection of unique features or 'one-millionths'.

So Milan Kundera in the Unbearable Lightness of Being, he wrote about sexuality as uncovering the one millionth or something like that, that you can only see in the act of sex.

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The Obstacle Is the Way

Ryan Holiday

Mentioned 1 year ago

1041: Groped In Your Sleep, Betrayal Runs Deep | Feedback Friday

It was mentioned as a past example of a book with a central theme discussed in the podcast episode, where the only way out is through a painful experience, not avoiding it.

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If You're In My Office, It's Already Too Late

James J. Sexton

Mentioned 1 year ago

1035: James Sexton | A Divorce Lawyer's Guide to Lasting Love Part One

It was the original title of James Sexton's first book, indicating that divorce proceedings are usually quite advanced by the time a client reaches his office.

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Supercommunicators

Charles Duhigg

Mentioned 1 year ago

1034: Fat-Free Foods | Skeptical Sunday

It was discussed as a helpful resource for improving communication skills, highlighting the importance of active listening and asking clarifying questions to build connections.

Want to master the art of communication? Charles Duhigg, author of Super Communicators, reveals key strategies for enhancing your connections and conversations in this enlightening podcast episode.

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Untamed

Glennon Doyle

Mentioned 1 year ago

1031: Sarah Hill | How Birth Control Rewires Women's Brains Part One

It was mentioned as a book that had a similar theme to the podcast, and was likely referenced by the podcast host, Jordan.

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Taking Charge of Your Fertility

Toni Weschler

Mentioned 1 year ago

1031: Sarah Hill | How Birth Control Rewires Women's Brains Part One

The book was mentioned as something that the guest, Sarah Hill, had written about or was relevant to her work. The guest also mentioned reading and rereading it.

And by the way, if people buy the books, please use the links in our show notes. It helps support the show, but I read this book quite a while ago and reread it a little more recently.

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Mikki Willis

Plandemic

Fear Is the Virus. Truth Is the Cure.

The book, written by a disgraced former scientist, was criticised for promoting false information about COVID-19, particularly concerning face masks, vaccines, and the origins of the virus. It was mentioned as being sold to promote even more false claims related to COVID-19.

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It's Plan Demick.

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Episode: 354: ZDoggMD | Debunking Plandemic COVID-19 Pseudo...

The book, written by a disgraced former scientist, was criticised for promoting false information about COVID-19, particularly concerning face masks, vaccines, and the origins of the virus. It was mentioned as being sold to promote even more false claims related to COVID-19.

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It's Plan Demick.

It's not only pure bullshit, but it's also designed to sell books full of even more BS by this disgraced former scientist Judy Mikovits.

She makes absolutely head scratching assertions about this virus. For instance, that it's quote unquote activated by face masks, which is ridiculous.

The movie, pandemic, promises to expose the quote, expose the scientific and politically elite who run the scam that is our global health system.

She's selling you something. As is the documentary maker, right? He's selling you this documentary, that's how they do their thing.

Episode: 354: ZDoggMD | Debunking Plandemic COVID-19 Pseudo...

It was described as a piece of anti-science propaganda, designed to sell more books with even more misinformation and was discussed at length due to its harmful claims and the author's discredited history.

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It's Plan Demick.

It's not only pure bullshit, but it's also designed to sell books full of even more BS by this disgraced former scientist Judy Mikovits.

The movie, pandemic, promises to expose the quote, expose the scientific and politically elite who run the scam that is our global health system.

She's selling you something.

pandemic throws out so many false claims in 22 24 minutes it's difficult for any lay viewer to keep track of what's true and I hope that we have helped a little bit with that today

Episode: 354: ZDoggMD | Debunking Plandemic COVID-19 Pseudo...

It was described as a piece of anti-science propaganda that was designed to sell books full of even more misinformation, and was ultimately debunked by the scientific community.

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It is being shared wildly by people who are both gullible and or dense or people who are just uninformed into what we're going to do today is inform you.

It's not only pure bullshit, but it's also designed to sell books full of even more BS by this disgraced former scientist Judy Mikovits.

She makes absolutely head scratching assertions about this virus. For instance, that it's quote unquote activated by face masks, which is ridiculous.

The movie, pandemic, promises to expose the quote, expose the scientific and politically elite who run the scam that is our global health system.

She's selling you something. As is the documentary maker, right? He's selling you this documentary, that's how they do their thing and so that's a huge sort of disconnect.

No Time For Spectators: The Lessons That Mattered Most From West Point To The West Wing Cover

Martin Dempsey

No Time For Spectators

The Lessons That Mattered Most From West Point To The West Wing

It was discussed throughout the podcast, with anecdotes and insights from the author's experiences, particularly about leadership, followership, and character development.

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And then I had to kind of struggle with myself about what I wanted to do from that point forward.

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It was discussed throughout the podcast, with anecdotes and insights from the author's experiences, particularly about leadership, followership, and character development.

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And then I had to kind of struggle with myself about what I wanted to do from that point forward.

But no, when I went to West Point, it was a great school, good values. A lot of discipline, which was probably one my mother wanted me to go there.

And so, I decided myself that I would resign my commission, retire.

But I do think that as I said knowledge, experience, and character, I think character's got to be part of the equation all the time.

And so, the way I tried to get at it in this book as you've seen kind of the paradigm I used is that I'm not talking about leadership and followership, I'm talking about the relationship between them, what are the common expectations that we should have of each other in order to produce productive, positive relationships in the workplace, whether it's military or business or academia.

Episode: 351: General Martin Dempsey | No Time For Spectato...

It was discussed in detail throughout the episode, with General Dempsey discussing various experiences and lessons from his career, including decision-making, leadership, and followership.

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And so, I decided myself that I would resign my commission retire.

But no, when I went to West Point, it was a great school, good values. A lot of discipline, which was probably one my mother wanted me to go there.

And then the last kind of episode when I thought I should end my careers I had cancer in 2010.

And so you look inside and you say look I've been at this now for now that by then I'm at it for like 30 years.

And then you know, the doctors, my family, the parish priest all kind of supported me and once again convinced me that I should do whatever I could still do in the army.

Episode: 351: General Martin Dempsey | No Time For Spectato...

It was discussed at length throughout the episode, with an emphasis on leadership and followership, and included anecdotes about the author's career and experiences.

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And so, I decided myself that I would resign my commission retire.

But as you say I didn't think there was any I first of I'd never met the president secondly you know I put on my uniform having lost 30 pounds and I I looked like you know look like Gomer Pyle or nothing I don't know no offense to Gomer Pyle but but I just looked awful I was gray I was skinny you know I'm not that good looking to begin with so you know when you get this going.

The arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice government of the people by the people for the people.

I don't want to make it sound too noble I mean there really is no promotion involved you know the four stars are all paid the same and I mean the chairman is in fact the senior military officer in all of the armed forces by protocol but there's no benefit that really comes from that product except where you sit at ceremonies you know.

I think though that the way to deal with those is to acknowledge the competition and not decide that it's an ala carte menu and I you know I'll take China and Iran and the hell with the rest of them we can't do that if you're us so we got to figure out how to meet our needs adapt and not be over invested in any one place so that we can and importantly we've got to stay true to our allies and partners.

Upstream: The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happen Cover

Dan Heath

Upstream

The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happen

It was discussed in detail, specifically how it's a simple concept that might be difficult to implement in practice, with many examples from different fields to illustrate the main points of the book.

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Now this book with the concept of Upstream is brilliant and yet so simple but that's always where the best idea has come from right?

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Episode: 350: Dan Heath | Solving Problems from Upstream

It was discussed in detail, specifically how it's a simple concept that might be difficult to implement in practice, with many examples from different fields to illustrate the main points of the book.

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Now this book with the concept of Upstream is brilliant and yet so simple but that's always where the best idea has come from right?

It's like how did no one think of this? Oh right that's kind of the point is it's a simple idea that might be trickier to implement in practice.

It contains essentially the moral of this book which is that again and again in different sectors of the economy in our personal lives in our work we get stuck in this cycle of reacting to things.

We're always dealing with emergencies were responding to fires that break out but we're never getting Upstream to deal with the systemic issues that be get these problems that we spend all of our times chasing.

The essence of prevention I want to say first of all that it's not like this is some you know unanswerable question people answer this question all the time and in fact all of us that have ever gotten an oil change on our car we've answered that question right.

Episode: 352: My Spouse Controls My Online Life! | Feedback...

The book, co-authored by Chip and Dan Heath, was mentioned in the context of problem-solving, and how upstream thinking could have prevented the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Dan and Chip Heath they write all these business books, of course, but this Upstream problem solving is particularly apropos and important right now in a pandemic when we know from the Dennis Carroll episode which we are to think in February.

Episode: 350: Dan Heath | Solving Problems from Upstream

It was discussed as a brilliant, yet simple concept, and explored through various examples, including the police officer scenario and the hurricane Katrina simulation, as a metaphor for solving issues before they arise.

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Now this book with the concept of Upstream is brilliant and yet so simple but that's always where the best idea has come from right?

It's like how did no one think of this? Oh right that's kind of the point is it's a simple idea that might be trickier to implement in practice.

It's really hard to prove that prevention is actually effective and we can get into a little bit more detail on that in a bit but how do we prove what did not happen is kind of the big question about Upstream would you call them interventions or problem solving it's really hard to get people on board because you have to prove that that effort is what resulted in something not happening.

we never run out of room Upstream and this is kind of subtly brilliant because right now using covid as an example we're stuck trying to figure out how we can rush a vaccine through faster than any vaccine in human history right that could have tons of side effects or other problems with it in the meantime hundreds of thousands of people and that's if we're lucky only hundreds of thousands of people are going to die from this or be severely severely injured for the rest of their lives and we have a very small window for this to not get even more out of control and even then there's no guarantees but Upstream you can kind of go back as far as you want

we move mountains to clean up after hurricanes well at least in the first world it's tsunamis and hurricanes but we do virtually nothing to prevent disasters even when we are able to do so

Hacking Planet Earth: How Geoengineering Can Help Us Reimagine the Future Cover

Thomas M. Kostigen

Hacking Planet Earth

How Geoengineering Can Help Us Reimagine the Future

It explored various geoengineering technologies, including lasers to manipulate weather, sunshades to deflect sunlight, and artificial trees to absorb carbon, as potential solutions to climate change.

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This book is interesting. I've read it and I thought, okay, there's some maybe there's some kind of quackery in here, I don't know. It's a little, it's different than what you normally hear when it co...

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Episode: 348: Thomas Kostigen | Hacking Planet Earth

It explored various geoengineering technologies, including lasers to manipulate weather, sunshades to deflect sunlight, and artificial trees to absorb carbon, as potential solutions to climate change.

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This book is interesting. I've read it and I thought, okay, there's some maybe there's some kind of quackery in here, I don't know. It's a little, it's different than what you normally hear when it comes to changing the climate.

The original title for the book was 'Frank the Planet'.

Hacking Planet Earth in the right way, we can do things more measured.

The book is really a solutions-based book and really calls for a solutions-based society.

The majority of the book is about technologies that are based in rigorous science, legitimate scientists, that innovations that recognized universities who are modeling things out, not doing anything recklessly, not doing anything without having a lot of peer review and not doing anything at a scale that is going to change things.

Episode: 348: Thomas Kostigen | Hacking Planet Earth

It was described as a solutions-based book on geoengineering, exploring various methods to combat climate change, from laser-based weather manipulation to artificial carbon-absorbing trees.

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This book is interesting. I've read it and I thought, okay, there's some maybe there's some kind of quackery in here. I don't know, it's a little it's different than what you normally hear when it comes to changing the climate.

The original title for the book was 'Frank and Planet', so I wanted to look at, you know, that side of what happens if we do this, you know, this Frank and Planet would evolve, but then I realized, not if we do it, measure if we hack the planet, hence the new title, 'Hacking Planet Earth'.

The book is really a solutions-based book and really calls for a solutions-based society.

I really want to emphasize that while I talk about some far-fetched ideas like sunshades and things like that that admittedly are way out there, most of the book, the majority of the book is about technologies that are based in rigorous science, legitimate scientists, that innovations that recognized universities who are modeling things out, not doing anything recklessly, not doing anything without having a lot of peer review and not doing anything at a scale that is going to change things.

And that's what geoengineering in my mind is all about, and do you think that this is a government project or, you know, like a UN thing or is this private sector, because I think a lot of people are going to be pretty surprised if governments can get off there, you know, what and get it get this done, because it seems highly unlikely.

Episode: 348: Thomas Kostigen | Hacking Planet Earth

The book focuses on geoengineering solutions to climate change, exploring both more conventional and outlandish concepts, with a solutions-based approach.

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This book is interesting. I've read it and I thought, okay, there's some maybe there's some kind of quackery in here. I don't know, it's a little, it's different than what you normally hear when it comes to changing the climate.

The original title for the book was 'Frank and Planet'.

The majority of the book is about technologies that are based in rigorous science, legitimate scientists, that innovations that recognized universities who are modeling things out, not doing anything recklessly, not doing anything without having a lot of peer review, and not doing anything at a scale that is going to change things.

Most of the technologies that are talked about in the book can be made to scale today, and we have to start to look at them like cool roofs and cool roads and cool alleys, somewhat analog in how they're actually put into practice, but could make a big, big difference all around the world if we just embraced reflecting the sun more, creating lighter surfaces, or if we we looked at things like that that we know can make a difference.

And that's what the book tries to explain is that no one's talking about just going out and like trying stuff like in a James Bond movie, right, for nefarious purposes. We're talking about doing things in a virtual world. We can create things in 3D with 3D printers now. We have entire lives that exist online. Most of what we're talking about can be looked at with artificial intelligence and algorithms and played out under in a so many scenarios in a millisecond. It's mind-blowing.

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Michele Rigby Assad

Breaking Cover

My Secret Life in the CIA and What It Taught Me about What's Worth Fighting For

It was discussed at length, and the author described her experiences in the CIA, especially the challenges of working undercover in the Middle East as a female American.

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She's the author of Breaking Cover, My Secret Life in the CIA and what it taught me about what's worth fighting for.

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It was discussed at length, and the author described her experiences in the CIA, especially the challenges of working undercover in the Middle East as a female American.

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She's the author of Breaking Cover, My Secret Life in the CIA and what it taught me about what's worth fighting for.

In the book, you say the morning routine was always the same. A car bomb went off and my stomach churned as I realized two things. One dozens of innocent people had just died and two. I was still stuck in Iraq.

If you buy books please do use our website links if you buy the book because it helps support the show.

her book is called Breaking Cover my secret life in the CIA and what it taught me about what's worth fighting for

Episode: 339: Michele Rigby Assad | My Secret Life in the C...

The book detailed the author's 10 years undercover with the CIA alongside her husband, sharing the reality of the work, the stress, and how she overcame imposter syndrome.

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In the book, you say the morning routine was always the same. A car bomb went off and my stomach churned as I realized two things. One, dozens of innocent people had just died and two, I was still stuck in Iraq. It was a groundhog day existence, a bad dream that I desperately wanted to wake up from but never did.

her book is called Breaking Cover my secret life in the CIA and what it taught me about what's worth fighting for

If you liked our Jack Barski KGB interview, you'll dig this one as well.

If you want to know how I managed to get all these amazing folks on the show, they all come from my network and I'm teaching you how to build and maintain a network using systems and tiny habits.

And by the way, most of the guests on the show, they do subscribe to the course and the newsletter. So come join us. You'll be in smart company where you belong.

Episode: 339: Michele Rigby Assad | My Secret Life in the C...

The book detailed the author's 10 years working undercover for the CIA, including the challenges and stresses associated with the role, particularly when working in war zones and with hostile sources.

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In the book, you say the morning routine was always the same. A car bomb went off and my stomach churned as I realized two things. One dozens of innocent people had just died and two. I was still stuck in Iraq. It was a groundhog day existence, a bad dream that I desperately wanted to wake up from but never did. There was no respite from the tension, no place to go and unwind. It was just an unrelenting cycle of stress and anxiety.

And so at the end of the day they said you can acknowledge that you served in Baghdad for a year but all these other places that you're talking about you've got to not specify so redacted those portions or black them out in your book

her book is called Breaking Cover my secret life in the CIA and what it taught me about what's worth fighting for

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The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement (40th Anniversary Edition) Cover

Eliyahu M. Goldratt

The Goal

A Process of Ongoing Improvement (40th Anniversary Edition)

It was mentioned as a book about manufacturing, but its key takeaway was applied to decision-making within Instagram, emphasizing that the slowest decision-maker often holds up the whole process.

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I had read this book called The Goal and this was towards the end of Instagram.

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It was mentioned as a book about manufacturing, but its key takeaway was applied to decision-making within Instagram, emphasizing that the slowest decision-maker often holds up the whole process.

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I had read this book called The Goal and this was towards the end of Instagram.

it was basically about manufacturing, but it was, you know, if you want to go read it, go read it.

the lesson is effectively like the weakest link in any quote unquote chain or manufacturing chain is the thing that will dictate the overall output of that chain.

Episode: 336: Kevin Systrom | Life Lessons from an Instagra...

It was mentioned as a book about manufacturing that Kevin Systrom read towards the end of his time at Instagram, and he applied its principles of identifying bottlenecks to the decision-making process within the company.

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I had read this book called The Goal and this was towards the end of Instagram.

But the lesson is effectively like the weakest link in any quote unquote chain or manufacturing chain is the thing that will dictate the overall output of that chain.

And I started thinking about that as it applies to work and I was just like, man, people complain about X, Y or Z, like not moving.

I think we're just like a giant decision factory, right? Like you just have to, like I'm definitely a decision machine, meaning like I am the thing standing in the way of things getting greenlit or yellow lit or red lit.

And that was really helpful. I should probably do that in my day life now. I don't really.

Episode: 336: Kevin Systrom | Life Lessons from an Instagra...

It was mentioned as being about manufacturing, but the key takeaway was about identifying and removing bottlenecks in any system, including decision-making processes within organizations.

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And I had read this book called The Goal and this was towards the end of Instagram.

But the lesson is effectively like the weakest link in any quote unquote chain or manufacturing chain is the thing that will dictate the overall output of that chain.

if everything routes through you as the CEO or as the founder of a startup or the boss in your company or your unit this is the equivalent of inventory stacking up in front of a machine on an assembly line do not be the limiting factor in your business

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John Mullins

Getting to Plan B

Breaking Through to a Better Business Model

It was mentioned as a book that highlights the idea that plans rarely work out, so it's important to be adaptable and pivot when necessary. The book's main idea was described in a fire-starting metaphor.

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there was a professor at Stanford who wrote a book called like something Getting to Plan B or something I can't remember exactly his name is Randy Komisar

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It was mentioned as a book that highlights the idea that plans rarely work out, so it's important to be adaptable and pivot when necessary. The book's main idea was described in a fire-starting metaphor.

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there was a professor at Stanford who wrote a book called like something Getting to Plan B or something I can't remember exactly his name is Randy Komisar

the idea is that rarely does your planning work out so you have to be able to be quick to move to where the fire starts and often the best business ideas I believe are getting yourself in an area putting down a bunch of kid wing and really hoping that lightning strike somewhere on when it strikes and it starts a fire you run over and you pile all the rest of the kindling on that thing you don't sit over hoping that lightning strikes somewhere else because you want it to you can't wheel lightning is what I'm saying

Episode: 335: Kevin Systrom | Life Lessons from an Instagra...

It was mentioned that the book discusses how plans rarely work out as intended and emphasizes the importance of adapting quickly to change and pursuing opportunities that emerge.

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There was a professor at Stanford who wrote a book called like something 'Getting to Plan B' or something I can't remember exactly his name is Randy Komisar...

the idea is that rarely does your planning work out so you have to be able to be quick to move to where the fire starts and often the best business ideas I believe are getting yourself in an area putting down a bunch of kid wing and really hoping that lightning strike somewhere on when it strikes and it starts a fire you run over and you pile all the rest of the kindling on that thing you don't sit over hoping that lightning strikes somewhere else because you want it to you can't wheel lightning is what I'm saying so anyway most ideas start as separate things and they morph over time but yeah it's pretty interesting to go the way back machine

Episode: 335: Kevin Systrom | Life Lessons from an Instagra...

It was mentioned that the book discusses how plans rarely work out and the importance of adapting to changing circumstances, particularly in business.

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there was a professor at Stanford who wrote a book called like something Getting to Plan B or something I can't remember exactly his name is Randy Komisar

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Rachael Denhollander

What Is a Girl Worth?

My Story of Breaking the Silence and Exposing the Truth about Larry Nassar and USA Gymnastics

The book detailed the author's personal experience of sexual abuse at the hands of Larry Nassar and the challenges faced when trying to report it. It also highlighted the systemic issues that allowed Nassar's abuse to continue for so long.

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Normally you don't make these lists just for accusing someone of sexual assault but that's not exactly what happened here.

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Episode: 332: Rachael Denhollander | What Is a Girl Worth?

The book detailed the author's personal experience of sexual abuse at the hands of Larry Nassar and the challenges faced when trying to report it. It also highlighted the systemic issues that allowed Nassar's abuse to continue for so long.

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Normally you don't make these lists just for accusing someone of sexual assault but that's not exactly what happened here.

As you'll hear today, Larry Nasser abused hundreds of women, mostly underage children.

He was the best of the best. He was our Olympic team doctor, he had written the book literally on conditioning, he had patents for ankle braces and he was internationally known, allegedly, as one of the best sports medicine doctors out there.

He appeared very caring and most abusers do, the very skilled manipulators, so he would ask questions about my homework, about my siblings' homework and just kind of what was going on in our daily life and he would just make small talk acting as if he cared.

He would wield the trust that we had in our parents because I did not realize my mom couldn't see, you know, so people asked me all the time why didn't you tell your mom? I didn't know I needed to tell my mom. She was sitting right there.

Episode: 332: Rachael Denhollander | What Is a Girl Worth?

It discussed how Larry Nassar was able to manipulate the trust of parents, while simultaneously abusing their children, using misdirection techniques under the guise of medical treatment.

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Her book is called What Is a Girl Worth? My story of breaking the silence and exposing the truth about Larry Nassar and USA Gymnastics.

I think one of the things that we see just glaring on display is the mindset of an abuser when Larry starts talking for himself you have that you have the letter he wrote to judge aqua lena where he's complaining about everything that's taking place and he's placing all of the blame on those of us who have spoken up and on the judge for allowing this quote unquote media circus conveniently forgetting that in the preliminary hearings were those of us who are charged victims had to testify under oath.

Larry had abused so many girls that he didn't remember me when I came forward and I don't get to be forgotten.

I have sex with my husband and my pinched nerve in my back is still there when I'm done.

I think that's the tip of the iceberg hundreds of people have had their lives altered by this and this is one abuser.

Episode: 332: Rachael Denhollander | What Is a Girl Worth?

It was discussed in detail how the book was written to give people a greater understanding of Larry Nassar's abuse, in particular, how he used manipulative tactics and trust to abuse underage gymnasts. It was described as difficult to write but important to help others understand the situation.

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Now, normally you don't make these lists just for accusing someone of sexual assault but that's not exactly what happened here. As you'll hear today, Larry Nasser abused hundreds of women, mostly underage children.

her book is called what is a girl worth my story of breaking the silence and exposing the truth about Larry Nasser and USA gymnastics could not have been an easy book to write that's for sure

I did go into a lot more explanation in my book for that reason to help people understand what this looks like because one of the things that I've realized as I started researching over the years is that actually the problem of sexual abuse in the medical industry in general is extreme

you mentioned in the book that he never stopped talking which yeah maybe he's nervous maybe there's a little bit of that but it almost sounds like maybe I'm projecting something onto him that isn't there but it sounds like misdirection like if I keep talking they'll be focused on that

in the book you'd said I couldn't even convince a policeman that I knew that this had happened

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Joan Ryan

Little Girls in Pretty Boxes

The Making and Breaking of Elite Gymnasts and Figure Skaters

It was mentioned as a book that detailed rampant sexual abuse in gymnastics and figure skating, and how the organizations covered it up.

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In fact a reporter named Joan Ryan had written a book called Little Girls and Pretty Boxes that had published not that many years before and that laid out in just excoriating detail what was taking pl...

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Episode: 332: Rachael Denhollander | What Is a Girl Worth?

It was mentioned as a book that detailed rampant sexual abuse in gymnastics and figure skating, and how the organizations covered it up.

"

In fact a reporter named Joan Ryan had written a book called Little Girls and Pretty Boxes that had published not that many years before and that laid out in just excoriating detail what was taking place in gymnastics and figures skating both and the rampant sexual abuse and how the organizations were burying sexual and physical and emotional abuse with their athletes and nobody batted an eyelash.

Episode: 332: Rachael Denhollander | What Is a Girl Worth?

It was mentioned that this book, which detailed sexual and physical abuse in gymnastics and figure skating, was published a few years prior to the podcast episode, and although it brought up important issues, it did not gain much traction.

"

there had been other reporters who had reported on abuse in gymnastics and it just never gained any traction but the indie star article did

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Christine Caine

How Did I Get Here?

Finding Your Way Back to God When Everything is Pulling You Away

Tony Hawk discussed his book about his journey to success, including taking risks, protecting his brand, and the importance of being genuine.

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I've read the book about how did I get here

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Tony Hawk discussed his book about his journey to success, including taking risks, protecting his brand, and the importance of being genuine.

"

I've read the book about how did I get here

never get cocky because good luck turns bad fast was something I saw in the early part of the book

the more you make it in the corporate world the more you need to prioritize spending time on the street

there's a little bit of luck yes he hadn't revived the brand skyrocketed it but what if that didn't happen what was the plan

I think that following your dreams and following your passion sometimes it is a struggle and for sure there were moments when we started birdhouse that we were about to give up

Episode: 324: Tony Hawk | How Did I Get Here?

Tony Hawk's book detailed his journey from a skateboarding prodigy to a business mogul, highlighting his experiences with controlling his brand and pushing through injuries.

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I've read the book about how did I get here

never get cocky because good luck turns bad fast was something I saw in the early part of the book

the more you make it in the corporate world the more you need to prioritize spending time on the street

there's a little bit of luck yes he hadn't revived the brand skyrocketed it but what if that didn't happen what was the plan

I think that following your dreams and following your passion sometimes it is a struggle and for sure there were moments when we started birdhouse that we were about to give up

Episode: 324: Tony Hawk | How Did I Get Here?

Tony Hawk's book discussed the challenges and successes of his career, highlighting his journey from a skateboarding prodigy to a successful entrepreneur and businessman.

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I've read the book about how did I get here

Never get cocky because good luck turns bad fast was something I saw in the early part of the book

you take a lot of care and explaining that once you've achieved proficiency you have to take your specialty to a new level that fellow specialists can actually appreciate and you continue to innovate from there and that's what sets you apart

the more you make it in the corporate world the more you need to prioritize spending time on the street

look there's a little bit of luck yes he hadn't revived the brand skyrocketed it but what if that didn't happen what was the plan

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Graeme Wood

The Way of the Strangers

Encounters with the Islamic State

It was mentioned in relation to ISIS's recruitment tactics, which were compared to far-right groups' recruitment strategies.

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You know who else says be alone wolf, don't join an organization etc is ISIS. We had Graham Wood who wrote The Way of the Strangers book about ISIS and recruiting and he's visited tho...

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Episode: 317: Christian Picciolini | Breaking Hate Part One

It was mentioned in relation to ISIS's recruitment tactics, which were compared to far-right groups' recruitment strategies.

"

You know who else says be alone wolf, don't join an organization etc is ISIS. We had Graham Wood who wrote The Way of the Strangers book about ISIS and recruiting and he's visited those folks to explore their ideology and figure out what they're about.

Episode: 317: Christian Picciolini | Breaking Hate Part One

It was mentioned briefly as having been written about ISIS and their methods of recruitment, and was discussed in comparison to the far-right recruitment tactics.

"

You know who else says be alone wolf, don't join an organization etc is ISIS. We had Graham Wood who wrote The Way of the Strangers book about ISIS and recruiting and he's visited those folks to explore their ideology and figure out what they're about.

Episode: 317: Christian Picciolini | Breaking Hate Part One

The book was mentioned in passing as being about ISIS and their recruitment methods and ideology; it was used as a comparison for the far-right extremist recruitment tactics.

"

You know who else says be alone wolf, don't join an organization etc is ISIS. We had Graham Wood who wrote The Way of the Strangers book about ISIS and recruiting and he's visited those folks to explore their ideology and figure out what they're about.

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Dennis Lehane

A Drink Before the War/Darkness, Take My Hand

It was mentioned as a book that contained false information about the comfort women issue, which was later admitted to by the author as a way to sell more copies.

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Most people believe that Japanese actually kidnapped 200,000 women which is complete bullshit it did not happen there were comfort women that's true comfort women are called Ion food in Japanese langu...

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It was mentioned as a book that contained false information about the comfort women issue, which was later admitted to by the author as a way to sell more copies.

"

Most people believe that Japanese actually kidnapped 200,000 women which is complete bullshit it did not happen there were comfort women that's true comfort women are called Ion food in Japanese language and the brothels are called Ionjo they had them here in Thailand as well and as you may know Korea was part of Japan between 1910 and 1945 there were Korean women that were used as prostitutes during the war and it's a very sensitive issue for Koreans and Japanese both and it's a hot button issue and it sounds like what you're saying is China is using this issue to form an wedge between Korea and Japan because a weaker set of Asian allies means a stronger China relatively speaking right the Chinese created this issue which did not ever exist it really started in the 90s in 1979 Japanese author named Yoshino Seiji he wrote a book called My War Crimes he said that he kidnapped I think about 203 women on Jeju Island which is a island off the southern tip of South Korea now immediately a bunch of Korean historians and Japanese journalists went to Jeju and tried to find if this is true now remember there are no statute of limitations on war crimes so if somebody had actually kidnapped and raped women there's a lot of records it still exists they could actually go to prison Koreans and Japanese were like no it's not true it never happened and then the guy Yoshino Seiji who wrote the book My War Crimes he admitted to it he goes oh okay sorry about that I was trying to sell books you know you got to puff things up a little bit to sell books long story short it died and then it picked up again when he wrote a sequel in 1983 or so and then the Asahi Shimbun published more than 50 stories as if it's true at this point you know later they say the Japanese kidnapped all these women from Japan and the Japanese army you're like they were comfort women comfort women were quite real but the fact is now we get back to China

Episode: 314: Michael Yon | China's Big Trouble in Little H...

It was mentioned as a book that detailed fabricated claims of Japanese war crimes, which was later admitted to be false by the author to boost sales.

"

most people believe that Japanese actually kidnapped 200,000 women which is complete bullshit it did not happen there were comfort women that's true comfort women are called Ion food in Japanese language and the brothels are called Ionjo they had them here in Thailand as well and as you may know Korea was part of Japan between 1910 and 1945 there were Korean women that were used as prostitutes during the war and it's a very sensitive issue for Koreans and Japanese both and it's a hot button issue and it sounds like what you're saying is China is using this issue to form an wedge between Korea and Japan because a weaker set of Asian allies means a stronger China relatively speaking right the Chinese created this issue which did not ever exist it really started in the 90s in 1979 Japanese author named Yoshino Seiji he wrote a book called My War Crimes he said that he kidnapped I think about 203 women on Jeju Island which is a island off the southern tip of South Korea now immediately a bunch of Korean historians and Japanese journalists went to Jeju and tried to find if this is true now remember there are no statute of limitations on war crimes so if somebody had actually kidnapped and raped women there's a lot of records it still exists they could actually go to prison Koreans and Japanese were like no it's not true it never happened and then the guy Yoshino Seiji who wrote the book My War Crimes he admitted to it he goes oh okay sorry about that I was trying to sell books you know you got to puff things up a little bit to sell books long story short it died and then it picked up again when he wrote a sequel in 1983 or so and then the Asahi Shimbun published more than 50 stories as if it's true at this point you know later they say the Japanese kidnapped all these women from Japan and the Japanese army you're like they were comfort women comfort women were quite real but the fact is now we get back to China

Episode: 314: Michael Yon | China's Big Trouble in Little H...

It was mentioned that the author wrote a book claiming he kidnapped women, which turned out to be false, but was later used as propaganda by the CCP against Japan.

"

most people believe that Japanese actually kidnapped 200,000 women which is complete bullshit it did not happen there were comfort women that's true comfort women are called Ion food in Japanese language and the brothels are called Ionjo they had them here in Thailand as well and as you may know Korea was part of Japan between 1910 and 1945 there were Korean women that were used as prostitutes during the war and it's a very sensitive issue for Koreans and Japanese both and it's a hot button issue and it sounds like what you're saying is China is using this issue to form an wedge between Korea and Japan because a weaker set of Asian allies means a stronger China relatively speaking right the Chinese created this issue which did not ever exist it really started in the 90s in 1979 Japanese author named Yoshino Seiji he wrote a book called My War Crimes he said that he kidnapped I think about 203 women on Jeju Island which is a island off the southern tip of South Korea now immediately a bunch of Korean historians and Japanese journalists went to Jeju and tried to find if this is true now remember there are no statute of limitations on war crimes so if somebody had actually kidnapped and raped women there's a lot of records it still exists they could actually go to prison Koreans and Japanese were like no it's not true it never happened and then the guy Yoshino Seiji who wrote the book My War Crimes he admitted to it he goes oh okay sorry about that I was trying to sell books you know you got to puff things up a little bit to sell books long story short it died and then it picked up again when he wrote a sequel in 1983 or so and then the Asahi Shimbun published more than 50 stories as if it's true at this point you know later they say the Japanese kidnapped all these women from Japan and the Japanese army you're like they were comfort women comfort women were quite real but the fact is now we get back to China

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Shaka Senghor

Writing My Wrongs

Life, Death, and Redemption in an American Prison

It was written to help people understand the transition from innocence to a destructive culture and the impact that has on a person's identity and development; it also discussed experiences with trauma and abuse in childhood.

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I really wanted people to understand how you go from the innocence of childhood to being caught up and it's very addictive culture it's very destructive culture you know and how that changes and trans...

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It was written to help people understand the transition from innocence to a destructive culture and the impact that has on a person's identity and development; it also discussed experiences with trauma and abuse in childhood.

"

I really wanted people to understand how you go from the innocence of childhood to being caught up and it's very addictive culture it's very destructive culture you know and how that changes and transforms who you are as a human being

when I got into the culture you know I was a smart nerdy kid yeah who just happened to grow up in the hood which wasn't even really the hood then it wasn't the hood until crack came you know but having gone through that and being able to go back and look at how I changed from this sweet innocent kid which means it being a doctor into now my heart and guy in the streets but I was hard because of the shit that happened to me when I was in that culture you know

prison reinforces everything negative that you know about yourself

I began journaling to actually figure out how do I go from one to be a doctor and to serving on my most promising years in prison

I had to reboot it before I got out

Episode: 305: Shaka Senghor | Writing My Wrongs

It was written to help people understand the transition from childhood innocence to being trapped in a destructive drug culture and how it changed people's lives, particularly black and brown children.

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I really wanted people to understand how you go from the innocence of childhood to being caught up and it's very addictive culture it's very destructive culture you know and how that changes and transforms who you are as a human being

even the cops who arrested me asked me why I was wasting my life they believed in me more than I believed in myself

prison reinforces everything negative that you know about yourself

I began journaling to actually figure out how do I go from one to be a doctor and to serving on my most promising years in prison

it takes a lot of courage to like walk a different path you know but if anybody can do what you can

Episode: 305: Shaka Senghor | Writing My Wrongs

It was inspired by the author's desire to help others understand the transition from childhood innocence to the destructive nature of drug culture and the lasting impact on one's identity.

"

I really wanted people to understand how you go from the innocence of childhood to being caught up and it's very addictive culture it's very destructive culture you know and how that changes and transforms who you are as a human being

when I got into the culture you know I was a smart nerdy kid yeah who just happened to grow up in the hood which wasn't even really the hood then it wasn't the hood until crack came you know but having gone through that and being able to go back and look at how I changed from this sweet innocent kid which means it being a doctor into now my heart and guy in the streets but I was hard because of the shit that happened to me when I was in that culture you know

even the cops who arrested me asked me why I was wasting my life they believed in me more than I believed in myself which is crazy to think that somebody who's arresting you was like hey what are you doing yeah you're not that what are you doing or this is not who you are and you're thinking like what do you know about me

prison reinforces everything negative that you know about yourself

I had to reboot it before I got out

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Katie Brazelton

The Way I'm Wired Devotional

Discovering who GOD made ME to be

It was mentioned briefly, with Jordan Harbinger highlighting the foreword as being particularly great, and Simon Sinek suggesting it's worth reading.

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Barry-Wehmiller, run by a guy named Bob Chapman, is an absolutely remarkable company, and what I like is you know, I've had the opportunity to really get to know Bob, he's become a dear friend and men...

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Episode: 300: Simon Sinek | How to Play the Infinite Game

It was mentioned briefly, with Jordan Harbinger highlighting the foreword as being particularly great, and Simon Sinek suggesting it's worth reading.

"

Barry-Wehmiller, run by a guy named Bob Chapman, is an absolutely remarkable company, and what I like is you know, I've had the opportunity to really get to know Bob, he's become a dear friend and mentor, he's written his own book, The Way We're Wired, by the way the forward is fantastic.

Episode: 300: Simon Sinek | How to Play the Infinite Game

The forward was highly recommended by Simon Sinek. It was mentioned as an example of a company and book that should be studied but isn't well-known.

"

The forward, by the way, is fantastic. I assume you wrote it. I did. If you read nothing else, just read the forward. Just read the forward then place it back on the shelf.

Episode: 300: Simon Sinek | How to Play the Infinite Game

The forward was described as fantastic, and the podcast host recommended at least reading the forward of the book.

"

he's written his own book, 'The Way We're Wired', by the way, the forward is fantastic.

if you read nothing else, just read the forward, just read the forward then place it back on the shelf.

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Shep Gordon

They Call Me Supermensch

A Backstage Pass to the Amazing Worlds of Film, Food, and Rock'n'Roll

It was discussed that Shep Gordon's book clarifies that success isn't solely about luck, but also hustle and leveraging opportunities, and it was also mentioned that Shep doesn't enjoy business, but finds service fulfilling.

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later in the book you actually clarify look it's not like you just snap your fingers and it happens you've got a hustle and leverage those opportunities as well.

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It was discussed that Shep Gordon's book clarifies that success isn't solely about luck, but also hustle and leveraging opportunities, and it was also mentioned that Shep doesn't enjoy business, but finds service fulfilling.

"

later in the book you actually clarify look it's not like you just snap your fingers and it happens you've got a hustle and leverage those opportunities as well.

he said you have a book coming out I'd love to help you promote the book I don't know if you care or not but if you care about how it does I think I can be useful

I talk in the book about how you try and make things a win-win situation

I read the whole book that's unbelievable

it's been really interesting because I feel the same way about Shepp Gordon in interviews and on stage I sort of know who I should be right

Episode: 295: Shep Gordon | Interview with the Supermensch

It was mentioned that Shep Gordon's book clarifies that success doesn't happen overnight, but requires hustle and leveraging opportunities, and that it was hard to put down for the interviewer.

"

My friends call [Shep] the Forest Gump of Hollywood.

And later in the book you actually clarify look it's not like you just snap your fingers and it happens you've got a hustle and leverage those opportunities as well.

I would imagine reading your own book would actually be really painful in a lot of ways yeah because you've already heard it and you wrote it and you read it and now you're reading it again.

I've been joy because it's also new to me one of the Alice always says is that the only time of the day that he knows what to do is when he's Alice on stage.

I read the whole book that's unbelievable I watch the documentary I googled everything.

Episode: 295: Shep Gordon | Interview with the Supermensch

It was discussed how Shep's book clarifies that success isn't just luck, but requires hustle and leveraging opportunities, and that he is still managing Alice Cooper to this day.

"

later in the book you actually clarify look it's not like you just snap your fingers and it happens you've got a hustle and leverage those opportunities as well.

I would imagine reality has never seemed too important in the 50 years Shep and I have been working together when we need something to happen Shep just works as magic to simply make it a reality I'm still much sure how he does it he just has the natural ability to create scenarios and relationships that help to get you where you need to go

I read the whole book that's unbelievable I watch the documentary I googled everything and I can imagine reading your own book would actually be really painful in a lot of ways

he said you have a book coming out I'd love to help you promote the book I don't know if you care or not but if you care about how it does I think I can be useful

I talk in the book about how you try and make things a win-win situation

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Akshay Nanavati

Fearvana

The Revolutionary Science of How to Turn Fear into Health, Wealth and Happiness

It was discussed as the book Akshay wrote and that the proceeds from the book are donated to a human trafficking charity. It was mentioned multiple times throughout the episode.

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big thank you to Akshay, the book title is Fearvana and all proceeds from the book Fearvana go to human trafficking, well human trafficking charity to help victims of...

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It was discussed as the book Akshay wrote and that the proceeds from the book are donated to a human trafficking charity. It was mentioned multiple times throughout the episode.

"

big thank you to Akshay, the book title is Fearvana and all proceeds from the book Fearvana go to human trafficking, well human trafficking charity to help victims of human trafficking to be specific, forced prostitution, human trafficking, other horrible crimes.

go and pick up a copy of Fearvana, we'll link to that in the show notes as well.

Episode: 289: Akshay Nanavati | Fearvana: Finding Bliss fro...

The book discussed how to reframe one's relationship with suffering and find meaning in the struggle to evolve and grow, using examples like ultramarathons or dark room retreats.

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The prevailing idea in the self-help world is 'I am enough', but that's nonsense. We are not enough, and that's not a bad thing.

Greatness requires you to accept and acknowledge that you are never enough, and it's in the pursuit that leads to not only greater growth and striving, the pursuit itself is happiness.

Contentment is the death of mastery. You know, the second you get truly content, you've stopped evolving and growing.

I like to say that progress is not the elimination of problems, progress is the creation of new problems.

There's no such thing as bad or good, or strong or weak, there's only trained and untrained.

Episode: 289: Akshay Nanavati | Fearvana: Finding Bliss fro...

It was discussed throughout the podcast and was highly recommended, especially for its focus on transforming fear and suffering into something positive.

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If you want to know how I manage the book, all these great people and manage my relationships using systems and tiny habits, check out our 6 Minute Networking course which is free over at jordanharbinger.com/course

big thank you to oxay the book title is fear vana and all proceeds from the book fear vana go to human trafficking well human trafficking charity to help victims of human trafficking to be specific force prostitution human trafficking other horrible crimes this organization is looking to eradicate that so go and pick up a copy of fear vana

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Dean Karnazes

Ultramarathon Man

Revised and Updated

It was mentioned that Jordan read the book in Iraq while he was serving with the Marines, and it inspired him to take up ultra running.

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I was talking with Dean Karnazes a while ago and he was talking about how when you guys are on these runs, you guys know each other so he actually got me an ultra running, his book Ultramarath...

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It was mentioned that Jordan read the book in Iraq while he was serving with the Marines, and it inspired him to take up ultra running.

"

I was talking with Dean Karnazes a while ago and he was talking about how when you guys are on these runs, you guys know each other so he actually got me an ultra running, his book Ultramarathon Man, I read it when I was in Iraq crazy enough and just we didn't have a lot of time because we were infantry Marines out the wire doing, you know, yeah stuff every day.

Episode: 289: Akshay Nanavati | Fearvana: Finding Bliss fro...

The book was mentioned as a source of inspiration for Akshay Nanavati while he was in the Marines in Iraq, encouraging him to run despite the harsh surroundings.

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I read it when I was in Iraq, crazy enough, and just we didn't have a lot of time because we were infantry Marines out the wire doing, you know, yeah stuff every day, but whenever I did have time I would run for like three, four hours around this tiny little base in the middle of Iraq and 'Ultramarathon Man' was the trigger that inspired me.

Episode: 289: Akshay Nanavati | Fearvana: Finding Bliss fro...

It was mentioned as a book read by Akshay Nanavati while he was in Iraq, serving in the Marines. It was said that it inspired him to start running.

"

I was talking with Dean Karnazes a while ago and he was talking about how when you guys are on these runs you guys know each other so he actually got me an ultra running his book ultra marathon man I read it when I was in Iraq a crazy enough and just we didn't have a lot of time because we were infantry Marines out the wire doing you know yeah stuff every day but whenever I did have time I would run for like three four hours around this tiny little base in the middle of Iraq and ultra marathon man was the trigger that inspired me and I reached out to him after sharing my story and thankfully he wrote a little thing for fear of on us he's awesome

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