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The book was mentioned as a 2018 release that failed to hit the NewYorkTimes bestseller list despite the author's popularity.
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that book in 2018 that you came on my podcast to talk about Willpower Doesn't Work ... it didn't reach the New York Times bestsellers list.
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The book was mentioned as a 2018 release that failed to hit the NewYorkTimes bestseller list despite the author's popularity.
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that book in 2018 that you came on my podcast to talk about Willpower Doesn't Work ... it didn't reach the New York Times bestsellers list.
WTF?! (Willing to Fail)
How Failure Can Be Your Key to Success
Brian referred to his book "WTF?! (Willing to Fail)" as a turningpoint "WTF moment" that helped him rebuild his business after a painful stafffiring episode.
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He's also the author of WTF willing to fail and BYOB build your own business.
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Brian referred to his book "WTF?! (Willing to Fail)" as a turningpoint "WTF moment" that helped him rebuild his business after a painful stafffiring episode.
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He's also the author of WTF willing to fail and BYOB build your own business.
my book WTF willing to fail this was a WTF moment if I've ever seen one it's up trying to rebuild the business
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The Four Agreements
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It was referenced as a favorite book, noted for its four agreements that guide a great life and healthy relationships.
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The book essentially is The Four Agreements book that I absolutely love, covering the seven agreements of relationships.
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It was referenced as a favorite book, noted for its four agreements that guide a great life and healthy relationships.
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The book essentially is The Four Agreements book that I absolutely love, covering the seven agreements of relationships.
Younger for Life
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Dr. Youn discussed his book as a guide to autojuvenation, outlining five pillars--nutrition, timing, supplements, skincare, and noninvasive treatments--to help people look five to ten years younger without surgery.
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So I had my book come out in January, Younger for Life.
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Dr. Youn discussed his book as a guide to autojuvenation, outlining five pillars--nutrition, timing, supplements, skincare, and noninvasive treatments--to help people look five to ten years younger without surgery.
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So I had my book come out in January, Younger for Life.
And those are the five things I focus on in my book, Younger for Life, because those are the five things really that if you do really focus on that, I strongly believe that virtually everybody can look five to 10 years younger.
I've got my book, Younger for Life, but I have got also my podcast, The Dr. Youn Show.
And I mentioned earlier in your book Younger for Life, the fermented foods are great for the microbiome.
In my book Younger for Life, I talk about the importance of gut health and how it reflects on the skin.
Two Weeks Notice
Find the Courage to Quit Your Job, Make More Money, Work Where You Want, and Change the World
Amy praised her own book, saying she loved it and highly recommended listeners read it as a guide for quitting a 9to5 job and transitioning to entrepreneurship.
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Amy praised her own book, saying she loved it and highly recommended listeners read it as a guide for quitting a 9to5 job and transitioning to entrepreneurship.
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Peak Performance
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Amy Morin's debut book expanded on her viral article, becoming a Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestseller that taught readers how to avoid common mentalstrength pitfalls.
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I'm super excited to talk about your latest book, Overcome Your Villains.
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Neurodharma
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Rick described Neurodharma as his sixth, culminating book that is practical, heartfelt and wellreviewed, and listeners were invited to purchase it.
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If anybody wants to pick up your book, Neurodharma, where can they find it? ... It's everywhere, you know, the usual places, ... It was my sixth book. I love Neurodharma the best. It's a culminating book. I'm very personal in it. It's intimate. It's super practical. It's very heartfelt. It's very well referenced.
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The Key to Positivity
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And so, in The Key to Positivity, there's four pillars of self-care. And we need to nurture every single one to really create that balance in our life. And that's physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual.
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The Other Side of Change
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The book explored the psychology and shared stories behind life's most disruptive transitions, aiming to give readers a manual for renewing their relationship with change. It wove together science and powerful personal stories, including the author's own experiences with loss and reinvention.
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Today, Maya returns to Yap to share insights from her new book, The Other Side of Change.
Today, Maya returns to Yap to share insights from her new book, The Other Side of Change. She weaves science together with powerful personal stories, including her own experiences with loss, uncertainty, and reinvention, to show how unexpected change can reveal hidden strengths, reshape our values, and expand who we believe we can become.
I write about it in the final chapter of my book, The Other Side of Change, which is more memoir.
A big reason that I actually wrote The Other Side of Change was to give people that manual. I wanted to give them a companion, which was part stories that are so exceptional in their nature but are also universal in terms of the lesson they teach us, paired with science.
I was so excited to speak with you today because I remember how much I loved our previous episode. So if anybody wants to tune in to that first interview that I did with Maya, we're going to play it on Friday this week. But today, we're going to talk all about change and the science of change. And one of the things that really caught my attention when I was reading your book, I was just devouring your book, is this concept of identity paralysis.
Nudge
In the episode, Maya Shankar referenced the book as the basis for Cass Sunstein's work on policy design during the Obama administration, highlighting its focus on using small tweaks to positively influence behavior. She described it as a key text on the science of nudging people in program and policy contexts.
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This book, which discusses the science of positively impacting people's lives through small tweaks in program and policy design, was mentioned as the foundation of the work Cass Sunstein had done for the Obama administration.
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He had written the book Nudge, which is all about the science of how we can, you know, positively impact people's lives through these small tweaks and how we design programs and policies.
Runnin' Down a Dream
How to Thrive in a Career You Actually Love
In the episode, Bill Gurley explained that the title broke down the components of balancing joy with success and outlined key principles for career fulfillment, alternating between inspiring profiles and practical tools. Hala Taha highlighted lessons on avoiding career regret, staying relevant in the age of AI, and designing a career driven by curiosity, smart pivots, and continuous learning. The discussion presented the book as a clear, actionable guide for anyone seeking a more rewarding professional path.
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Bill Gurley distilled what actually leads to meaningful, energizing work into this book, offering a clear path to designing a career one doesn't want to escape from. He broke down the components of balancing joy with success and identified the key principles of career fulfillment within its pages. The book alternates between inspiring success stories (profiles) and practical tools (principles).
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In his new book, Running Down a Dream, Bill breaks down the components of balancing joy with success and identifies the key principles of career fulfillment.
And now you've come out with a careers book called Running Down a Dream.
In this episode, we unpack lessons from Bill's new book, Running Down a Dream, including how to avoid career regret, staying relevant in the age of AI, and designing a career driven by curiosity, smart pivots, and continuous learning.
The Innovator's Dilemma, with a New Foreword
When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail
Bill Gurley referenced the book while describing his fascination with technology and how disruption operates in business, and he later highlighted it as essential reading for founders needing to grasp competitive strategy. He emphasized that listeners should read the book to better understand these concepts.
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Bill Gurley referenced this book when explaining his fascination with technology and understanding how disruption works in business. It was mentioned again later as essential reading for founders who need to understand competitive strategy.
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The book, Innovator's Dilemma, walks through exactly how that works.
They should read innovators dilemma.
Inside the Box
How Constraints Make Us Better
In the episode, Bill Gurley highlighted the upcoming title, noting that it explained how constraints can spark creativity. He applied this idea to argue against relying heavily on ads as the easiest but least inventive way to acquire customers. The discussion presented the book as a valuable resource for thinking differently about marketing strategies.
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This book, coming out soon, discusses how constraints drive creativity, which Bill Gurley used to argue against spending heavily on ads as the easiest, least creative way to acquire a customer.
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There's a great new book coming out by David Epstein called Inside the Box, where he talks about how constraints drive creativity.
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