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(Apple's Best of 2018) In-depth conversations with people at the top of their game. Jordan Harbinger unpacks guests' wisdom into practical nuggets you can use to impact your work, life, and relationships. Learn from leaders (Ray Dalio, Simon Sinek, Mark Cuban), entertainers (Moby, Tip "T.I." Harris,...

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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 4 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 4 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)

Kaplan Test Prep

Mentioned 4 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

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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Stanton Peele

Truth About Addiction and Recovery

It was mentioned as a book written by Stanton Peele, recommended by Steven Hassan, an expert on cults and mind control, regarding the topic of addiction and recovery.

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Stephen Haasen he recommends a guy named Stanton Peel his approach to addiction peel wrote a book called the Truth About Addiction and Recovery so we'll link to that in the show notes

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It was mentioned as a book written by Stanton Peele, recommended by Steven Hassan, an expert on cults and mind control, regarding the topic of addiction and recovery.

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Stephen Haasen he recommends a guy named Stanton Peel his approach to addiction peel wrote a book called the Truth About Addiction and Recovery so we'll link to that in the show notes

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Steven Kotler

Stealing Fire

How Silicon Valley, the Navy SEALs, and Maverick Scientists Are Revolutionizing the Way We Live and Work

It was mentioned in the context of flow states, the monkey mind, and how elite performers and athletes shut down parts of their brains that don't serve them in the moment.

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and their new books dealing fire and all about like some that's balancing the monkey mind the key idea is this part of the brain that is doing the self editing the inner critic the self doubt the over...

— Episode: 451: Jason Silva | Origins of a Performa...

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It was mentioned in the context of flow states, the monkey mind, and how elite performers and athletes shut down parts of their brains that don't serve them in the moment.

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and their new books dealing fire and all about like some that's balancing the monkey mind the key idea is this part of the brain that is doing the self editing the inner critic the self doubt the overthinking of everything we've inherited

he's profiled so many athletes and surfers and big wave surfers you know that get in the zone he's never really talked to an artist you know what I mean and I think what was interesting is that he said that in my videos both the verbal diarrhea of the intensity of words that comes at you combined with the jarring editing and cuts shuts down conscious processing in the viewer because it's overwhelming

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Theo Padnos

Undercover Muslim

A Journey into Yemen

Matt Schreier revealed that his cellmate Theo had previously written a book called "Undercover Muslim," where he pretended to convert to Islam to infiltrate mosques and spy on people in Yemen.

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And he called the book Undercover Muslim. He's so lucky they did not find this stuff, dude.

— Episode: 217: Matthew Schrier | How to Survive in...

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Matt Schreier revealed that his cellmate Theo had previously written a book called "Undercover Muslim," where he pretended to convert to Islam to infiltrate mosques and spy on people in Yemen.

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And he called the book Undercover Muslim. He's so lucky they did not find this stuff, dude.

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Chelsea Handler

My Horizontal Life

A Collection of One Night Stands (A Chelsea Handler Book/Borderline Amazing Publishing)

Chelsea mentioned her first book, 'My Horizontal Life', written before she had her own talk show, which discussed her early life and career in comedy.

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I got into you know I got one show and then I wrote a book and then I wrote another book and I just kept getting rewarded for all of my behavior

— Episode: 216: Chelsea Handler | Life Will Be the...

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Chelsea mentioned her first book, 'My Horizontal Life', written before she had her own talk show, which discussed her early life and career in comedy.

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I got into you know I got one show and then I wrote a book and then I wrote another book and I just kept getting rewarded for all of my behavior

I did my heart was on a life when I was like 27 years old that was before every celebrity came out with a memoir

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Yashodhara

You Can Know Your Psyche

It was discussed and recommended for its insights on management, psychology, and social change. It was mentioned as being similar to the author's own work on market-based management.

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i've read i think all of his books but the one that's hit more than most helpful it was called you psyche and management and so what does that mean

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It was discussed and recommended for its insights on management, psychology, and social change. It was mentioned as being similar to the author's own work on market-based management.

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i've read i think all of his books but the one that's hit more than most helpful it was called you psyche and management and so what does that mean

it was a thought experiment he did he reviewed factories and how companies were managing scene what work and what he came up with from a psychologist is so similar to what I came up with with market-based management

and that talks about social change and he doesn't use the word social entrepreneurs but that's what he's talking about and he talks about people getting engaged to help improve society and he said the one of the biggest obstacles as they say well i'm just one person what can i do well he says that's all there is we're all just one person and if we do nothing and let it go we're going to have society deteriorate and it get worse for virtually everybody so we need to get engaged and we need to get engaged with people who have different capabilities

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Peter Golenbock

Gangster Redemption

Larry Lawton's book, "Gangster Redemption," was mentioned as detailing his journey from jewel thief to honorary cop, including his experiences with crime and redemption.

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If you read the book that holds in there.

— Episode: 433: Larry Lawton | From Jewel Thief to...

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Larry Lawton's book, "Gangster Redemption," was mentioned as detailing his journey from jewel thief to honorary cop, including his experiences with crime and redemption.

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If you read the book that holds in there.

we didn't talk about it in the show but he was abused by a priest in church as an altar boy when he was younger so he stopped going to church and started pocketing the money his parents gave him for the collection plate and he bought beer with it on Sundays instead of going to church because he was he's working through some stuff and obviously back then people didn't talk about that kind of thing it just was wasn't talked about.

he was loan sharking he talks in the book this is a fun book there's a lot of videos about this to talk about loan sharking and if people didn't pay what he would do is either steal their car or he would put a sternocan underneath the car so if you ever go to a buffet those little canisters that are on fire heating food for long periods of time that's sterno it's like a really pure alcohol I think and what it does is it burns pretty clean but they would like that put it under the car and it would light the car on fire or blow up the car.

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Stephen Greenblatt

The Swerve

How the World Became Modern

It was briefly mentioned as a great book that tells the insane story of how the Roman philosopher Lucretius was rediscovered in the 1400s.

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there's a great book by Stephen Greenbach called The Swerr and it's this insane story in the 1400s about how the Roman philosopher Lucretius was rediscovered

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It was briefly mentioned as a great book that tells the insane story of how the Roman philosopher Lucretius was rediscovered in the 1400s.

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there's a great book by Stephen Greenbach called The Swerr and it's this insane story in the 1400s about how the Roman philosopher Lucretius was rediscovered

Total Darkness: Grimoire of Black Magic Spells and Curses (The Devil's Grimoires: A Collection of Black Magic) Cover

Zack Crowley

Total Darkness

Grimoire of Black Magic Spells and Curses (The Devil's Grimoires

In it, there was a chapter called 'The Clown and the Graveyard' which he discussed in relation to the law of large numbers, where he had an incredible hit in a psychic performance.

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In my book, Total Darkness, which is available at my website, there's a chapter called 'The Clown and the Graveyard'. Okay, and this is a story that personally to me kind of made me s...

— Episode: 413: Mark Edward | True Confessions of a...

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In it, there was a chapter called 'The Clown and the Graveyard' which he discussed in relation to the law of large numbers, where he had an incredible hit in a psychic performance.

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In my book, Total Darkness, which is available at my website, there's a chapter called 'The Clown and the Graveyard'. Okay, and this is a story that personally to me kind of made me stop and wonder because I should know better, and yet here we go, you know, stuff happens.

The Connector’s Advantage: 7 Mindsets to Grow Your Influence and Impact Cover

Michelle Tillis Lederman

The Connector’s Advantage

7 Mindsets to Grow Your Influence and Impact

The guest's most recent book was discussed in detail, with a focus on the seven mindsets of a connector, as well as its overall value in the business and personal contexts.

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my goal is make this a best seller

— Episode: 178: Michelle Tillis Lederman | Why Rela...

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The guest's most recent book was discussed in detail, with a focus on the seven mindsets of a connector, as well as its overall value in the business and personal contexts.

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my goal is make this a best seller

the book is called the connectors advantage, seven mindsets to grow your influence and impact, definitely worth a read

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Chris Hadfield

You Are Here

Around the World in 92 Minutes

It was mentioned that the book contained a photo of a maple cookie, taken by Chris in space, as a fun and symbolic touch of home.

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I bought him your book You Are Here: Around the World in 90 Minutes and I noticed in the very back of the book the last photo is a picture of a maple cookie floating on the internatio...

— Episode: 408: Chris Hadfield | An Astronaut's Gui...

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It was mentioned that the book contained a photo of a maple cookie, taken by Chris in space, as a fun and symbolic touch of home.

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I bought him your book You Are Here: Around the World in 90 Minutes and I noticed in the very back of the book the last photo is a picture of a maple cookie floating on the international space station

in that picture in the back of You Are Here: Around the World in the 92 minutes that picture I took it was funny I opened this cookie I had it floating I thought I should take a picture of this cookie

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Devyn Sinclair

Priceless (Clarity Coast Omegaverse Book 2)

The book describes how Robert Wittman went undercover to rescue the world's stolen treasures. It was mentioned several times and was described as an insightful read about the world of art crime.

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I was surprised actually to read that Art Crime is a $6 billion dollar a year industry.

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The book describes how Robert Wittman went undercover to rescue the world's stolen treasures. It was mentioned several times and was described as an insightful read about the world of art crime.

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I was surprised actually to read that Art Crime is a $6 billion dollar a year industry.

I thought it was interesting in the book, you mentioned that these guys are not in it because they love art.

I read in your book that thieves, and this was, it made me like cringe so hard. Often thieves destroy the art if they know they're being investigated. So your prime directive is to get the art and getting the thief as a bonus.

I read in your book that you have to see the good in your target. Otherwise, you'll just see the people who stole the art as evil and that inhibits you in your undercover work.

You mentioned something that I thought was actually quite genius in the book. And I'm not sure if I'm reading into this too much, but you call this the decoy, where you find a bond with the target that doesn't have anything to do with the case at hand.

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Nathan Latka

How to Be a Capitalist Without Any Capital

The Four Rules You Must Break To Get Rich

It was discussed multiple times and was described as having actionable steps and a process to gain agreement and leverage resources, as well as tactics to negotiate with people and get information desired.

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You just saw in my book the sponsor agreement I signed for X amount of money.

— Episode: 169: Nathan Latka | How to Be a Capitali...

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It was discussed multiple times and was described as having actionable steps and a process to gain agreement and leverage resources, as well as tactics to negotiate with people and get information desired.

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You just saw in my book the sponsor agreement I signed for X amount of money.

It's capitalistbook.com the FAQ section I just took the top five like search things about me and so the one of the FAQ on capitalistbook.com is Nathan are you gay

There's a section here basically says like negotiate when you don't have to and this goes back into when I sold sold Hale the way I sold Hale Jordan it started with an email that I sent this was the email we can do some ninja stuff on this but you can read that headline it says shutting

The highlighted part that's great wow total purchase the purchase price will be up to six point five million dollars will be paid in the following manner and there's a lot of other stuff

And that's why you see me posing shirtless in Bali where I traveled for 45 days for free just trading Instagram posts for this with a very small following

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Tom "Big Al" Schreiter

The Four Color Personalities For MLM

The Secret Language For Network Marketing

The podcast host mentioned this book as being about MLMs and provided a link to its full text online for free in the show notes.

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there are entire books about this one is called MLM unmasked i'm going to link the entire text of this book available online for free in the show notes

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The podcast host mentioned this book as being about MLMs and provided a link to its full text online for free in the show notes.

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there are entire books about this one is called MLM unmasked i'm going to link the entire text of this book available online for free in the show notes

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Goddess Isis Statue

Blank Lined Notebook, Journal or Diary

It was mentioned that Graham Wood had written some new articles, and a conversation about them was suggested. His previous book, "The ISIS Diaries", was also discussed in the context of their ongoing friendship and Jordan's networking strategy.

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Graham Wood who we talked to about his book about ISIS. I love that guy and we keep in touch and I'll reach out and go, Hey, have you written anything new recently?

— Episode: 152: How to Cope with a Schizophrenic Ne...

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It was mentioned that Graham Wood had written some new articles, and a conversation about them was suggested. His previous book, "The ISIS Diaries", was also discussed in the context of their ongoing friendship and Jordan's networking strategy.

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Graham Wood who we talked to about his book about ISIS. I love that guy and we keep in touch and I'll reach out and go, Hey, have you written anything new recently?

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Robie Rogge

Do One Thing Every Day That Makes You Happy

A Journal (Do One Thing Every Day Journals)

It was described as a treatise on Stoicism, discussing happiness and how to deal with the thought of death, and was different from a typical self-help book.

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I wrote this book on happiness, great, which was happy, it'll be linked to the show notes, thank you.

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It was described as a treatise on Stoicism, discussing happiness and how to deal with the thought of death, and was different from a typical self-help book.

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I wrote this book on happiness, great, which was happy, it'll be linked to the show notes, thank you.

it's a lot of it's about Stoicism and an approach to happiness there's very different from the sort of normal self-help book approach

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Michael E. Gerber

The E-Myth Revisited

Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It

It was recommended as a book that helps people understand the different types of people and helps categorize if they are suited to being an entrepreneur or not; it was also discussed in relation to the idea that entrepreneurship might not be as glamorous as some perceive it to be.

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this is a book that I recommend it's a short book I didn't write it I've no involvement was written by a person who I've since met developed a friendship with my name a Michael Gerber he wrote a book...

— Episode: 142: Jon Taffer | Raising Your Bar and C...

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It was recommended as a book that helps people understand the different types of people and helps categorize if they are suited to being an entrepreneur or not; it was also discussed in relation to the idea that entrepreneurship might not be as glamorous as some perceive it to be.

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this is a book that I recommend it's a short book I didn't write it I've no involvement was written by a person who I've since met developed a friendship with my name a Michael Gerber he wrote a book called Emeth Revisited

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Peter A. Levine

Waking the Tiger

Healing Trauma

The book was mentioned for its quote on trauma, highlighting that trauma is not just what happens to us, but what we hold inside without sharing with others.

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There's a quote from Peter Levine he was a trauma expert he wrote a book called Waking the Tiger healing trauma one of the core quotes in the book is that trauma isn't what happens to...

— Episode: 365: Benjamin Hardy | How to Break Free...

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The book was mentioned for its quote on trauma, highlighting that trauma is not just what happens to us, but what we hold inside without sharing with others.

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There's a quote from Peter Levine he was a trauma expert he wrote a book called Waking the Tiger healing trauma one of the core quotes in the book is that trauma isn't what happens to you it's what you hold inside in the absence of an empathetic witness so it's basically what you hold inside without letting other people know about it.

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