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Most mentioned books
- 1 Ready Player OneErnest Cline · 1× across 1 episode
- 2 The Singularity Is NearRay Kurzweil · 1× across 1 episode
- 1 Atomic HabitsJames Clear · 2× across 2 episodes
- 2 A Random Walk Down Wall StreetBurton Malkiel · 1× across 1 episode
- 3 Born of This Land: My Life StoryChung Ju-yung · 1× across 1 episode BO
- 4 Extracts from the Diary and Correspondence of the Late Amos LawrenceAmos Lawrence · 1× across 1 episode
- 5 Finding Flow: The Psychology of Engagement with Everyday LifeMihaly Csikszentmihalyi · 1× across 1 episode
- 6 Harrison McCain: Single-Minded PurposeDonald Savoie · 1× across 1 episode
- 7 How We ThinkJohn Dewey · 1× across 1 episode
- 8 It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to LifeLance Armstrong · 1× across 1 episode
- 9 Microcosm: The Quantum Revolution in Economics and TechnologyGeorge Gilder · 1× across 1 episode
- 10 One Up on Wall StreetPeter Lynch · 1× across 1 episode
- 11 Ready Player OneErnest Cline · 1× across 1 episode
- 12 The ABCs of How We Learn: 26 Scientifically Proven Approaches, How They Work, and When to Use ThemDaniel L. Schwartz, Jessica M. Tsang, and Kristen P. Blair · 1× across 1 episode
- 13 The Courage to Be DislikedIchirō Kishimi · 1× across 1 episode
- 14 The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate AmericaWarren Buffett · 1× across 1 episode
- 15 The History of the Standard Oil CompanyIda Tarbell · 1× across 1 episode
- 16 The Principles and Practice of MedicineWilliam Osler · 1× across 1 episode
- 17 The Singularity Is NearRay Kurzweil · 1× across 1 episode
- 18 Thinking in BetsAnnie Duke · 1× across 1 episode
- 19 Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the FactsAnnie Duke · 1× across 1 episode
- 20 Thinking in Systems: A PrimerDonella Meadows · 1× across 1 episode
- 21 TravelsMichael Crichton · 1× across 1 episode
- 22 UNNAMEDJustin · 1× across 1 episode
- 23 Wealth Against CommonwealthHenry Demarest Lloyd · 1× across 1 episode
- 1 Atomic HabitsJames Clear · 7× across 7 episodes
- 2 The 7 Habits of Highly Effective PeopleStephen Covey · 4× across 4 episodes
- 3 The Psychology of MoneyMorgan Housel · 4× across 4 episodes
- 4 Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the FactsAnnie Duke · 4× across 4 episodes
- 5 Thinking, Fast and SlowDaniel Kahneman · 4× across 4 episodes
- 6 Harry PotterJ.K. Rowling · 3× across 3 episodes
- 7 Influence: The Psychology of PersuasionRobert B. Cialdini · 3× across 3 episodes
- 8 Poor Charlie's AlmanackPeter Kaufman · 3× across 3 episodes
- 9 The 4-Hour WorkweekTimothy Ferriss · 3× across 3 episodes
- 10 The Book of AwesomeNeil Pasricha · 3× across 3 episodes
- 11 The Wealth of NationsAdam Smith · 3× across 3 episodes
- 12 1984George Orwell · 2× across 2 episodes
- 13 An Essay on the Principle of PopulationThomas Malthus · 2× across 2 episodes
- 14 Brave New WorkAaron Dignan · 2× across 2 episodes
- 15 Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary ResultsShane Parrish · 2× across 2 episodes
- 16 Critique of Pure ReasonImmanuel Kant · 2× across 2 episodes
- 17 Days of GraceArthur Ashe · 2× across 2 episodes
- 18 Die with ZeroBill Perkins · 2× across 2 episodes
- 19 Good to GreatJim Collins · 2× across 2 episodes
- 20 Guinness World RecordsMultiple authors / corporate · 2× across 2 episodes
- 21 How the Mighty Fall: And Why Some Companies Never Give InJim Collins · 2× across 2 episodes
- 22 How to Win Friends and Influence PeopleDale Carnegie · 2× across 2 episodes
- 23 Lives of the StoicsRyan Holiday · 2× across 2 episodes
- 24 LoonshotsSafi Bakall · 2× across 2 episodes
- 25 Man's Search for MeaningViktor Frankl · 2× across 2 episodes
- 26 Mating in CaptivityEsther Perel · 2× across 2 episodes
- 27 On Writing WellWilliam Zinsser · 2× across 2 episodes
- 28 One Up on Wall StreetPeter Lynch · 2× across 2 episodes
- 29 Only the Paranoid SurviveAndrew Grove · 2× across 2 episodes
- 30 Ready Player OneErnest Cline · 2× across 2 episodes
- 31 Rich Dad Poor DadRobert Kiyosaki · 2× across 2 episodes
- 32 Same as EverMorgan Housel · 2× across 2 episodes
- 33 Sapiens: A Brief History of HumankindYuval Noah Harari · 2× across 2 episodes
- 34 Stumbling on HappinessDan Gilbert · 2× across 2 episodes
- 35 The Autobiography of Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin · 2× across 2 episodes
- 36 The Courage to Be DislikedIchirō Kishimi · 2× across 2 episodes
- 37 The Happiness EquationMo Gawdat · 2× across 2 episodes
- 38 The Intelligent InvestorBenjamin Graham · 2× across 2 episodes
- 39 The Lord of the RingsJ.R.R. Tolkien · 2× across 2 episodes
- 40 The Obstacle Is the WayRyan Holiday · 2× across 2 episodes
- 41 The Singularity Is NearRay Kurzweil · 2× across 2 episodes
- 42 The Talent CodeDaniel Coyle · 2× across 2 episodes
- 43 Think AgainAdam Grant · 2× across 2 episodes
- 44 Tools of TitansTim Ferriss · 2× across 2 episodes
- 45 Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American DynastyAnderson Cooper · 2× across 2 episodes
- 46 What Got You Here Won't Get You ThereMarshall Goldsmith · 2× across 2 episodes
- 47 Why We SleepMatthew Walker · 2× across 2 episodes
- 48 A Fugitive Crosses His TracksAksel Sandemose · 1× across 1 episode AF
- 49 A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic JoyWilliam B. Irvine · 1× across 1 episode
- 50 A Random Walk Down Wall StreetBurton Malkiel · 1× across 1 episode
- 51 A Slim Volume on Desire: Why We Want What We WantWilliam Irvine · 1× across 1 episode
- 52 A Theory of JusticeJohn Rawls · 1× across 1 episode
- 53 Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and The War YearsCarl Sandburg · 1× across 1 episode
- 54 Adult Children of AlcoholicsJanet Geringer Woititz · 1× across 1 episode
- 55 Against the OddsJames Dyson · 1× across 1 episode
- 56 Alchemy: The Dark Art and Curious Science of Creating Magic in Brands, Business, and LifeRory Sutherland · 1× across 1 episode
- 57 Alice's Adventures in WonderlandLewis Carroll · 1× across 1 episode
- 58 All Creatures Great and SmallJames Herriot · 1× across 1 episode
- 59 All the Devils Are HereBethany McLean and Joe Nocera · 1× across 1 episode
- 60 Amity and ProsperityEliza Griswold · 1× across 1 episode
- 61 Anna: The BiographyAmy Odell · 1× across 1 episode
- 62 Antifragile: Things That Gain from DisorderNassim Nicholas Taleb · 1× across 1 episode
- 63 Astrophysics for People in a HurryNeil deGrasse Tyson · 1× across 1 episode
- 64 Average Is OverTyler Cowen · 1× across 1 episode
- 65 Babar the ElephantJean de Brunhoff · 1× across 1 episode
- 66 Bad TherapyAbigail Shrier · 1× across 1 episode
- 67 Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR NabiscoBryan Burrough and John Helyar · 1× across 1 episode
- 68 Beat the DealerEdward O. Thorp · 1× across 1 episode
- 69 Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0Jim Collins · 1× across 1 episode
- 70 Beyond Freedom and DignityB. F. Skinner · 1× across 1 episode
- 71 BlinkMalcolm Gladwell · 1× across 1 episode
- 72 Blink: The Power of Thinking Without ThinkingMalcolm Gladwell · 1× across 1 episode
- 73 Bodies Are CoolTyler Feder · 1× across 1 episode
- 74 Bomb Shelter: Love, Time, and Other ExplosivesMary Laura Philpott · 1× across 1 episode
- 75 Born of This Land: My Life StoryChung Ju-yung · 1× across 1 episode BO
- 76 Both Flesh and NotDavid Foster Wallace · 1× across 1 episode
- 77 Brave New WorldAldous Huxley · 1× across 1 episode
- 78 BuffettologyMary Buffett · 1× across 1 episode
- 79 Built to LastJim Collins · 1× across 1 episode
- 80 Can DoPhilip K. Howard · 1× across 1 episode
- 81 Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the OddsDavid Goggins · 1× across 1 episode
- 82 Catching the Big FishDavid Lynch · 1× across 1 episode
- 83 Changing on the JobJennifer Garvey Berger · 1× across 1 episode
- 84 Chasing DaylightEugene O'Kelly · 1× across 1 episode
- 85 Clear ThinkingShane Parrish · 1× across 1 episode
- 86 Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary OutcomesShane Parrish · 1× across 1 episode
- 87 Come As You AreEmily Nagoski · 1× across 1 episode
- 88 Come As You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex LifeEmily Nagoski · 1× across 1 episode
- 89 Competing Against Time: How Time-Based Competition is Reshaping Global MarketsGeorge Stalk Jr. · 1× across 1 episode
- 90 Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of IntrigueRyan Holiday · 1× across 1 episode
- 91 Courage Is CallingRyan Holiday · 1× across 1 episode
- 92 Dark Horse: Achieving Success Through the Pursuit of FulfillmentTodd Rose and Ogi Ogas · 1× across 1 episode
- 93 Delivering HappinessTony Hsieh · 1× across 1 episode
- 94 Developing the Leader Within YouJohn C. Maxwell · 1× across 1 episode
- 95 Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental DisordersAmerican Psychiatric Association · 1× across 1 episode
- 96 Distant ForceGeorge Roberts · 1× across 1 episode
- 97 Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of IndulgenceAnna Lembke · 1× across 1 episode
- 98 Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates UsDaniel H. Pink · 1× across 1 episode
- 99 Ego Is the EnemyRyan Holiday · 1× across 1 episode
- 100 Eight Dates: Essential Conversations for a Lifetime of LoveJohn Gottman · 1× across 1 episode
Roblox CEO: How to Make Better Decisions by Fixing Yourself First
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Ready Player One
Ernest Cline
what was your reaction to watching ready player one ready player one the book i loved ▶ tap to play from here
The Mindset Behind Building Billion-Dollar Companies | Brad Jacobs
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The Singularity Is Near
Ray Kurzweil
kurtzwall who wrote the singularity is one of your heroes ▶ tap to play from here
John D. Rockefeller: The Principles Behind The Greatest Fortune in History
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Extracts from the Diary and Correspondence of the Late Amos Lawrence
Amos Lawrence
around the same time he got hold of a book the published diary of a new england merchant named amos lawrence who had given away more than a hundred thousand dollars in his life ▶ tap to play from here
Wealth Against Commonwealth
Henry Demarest Lloyd
when lloyd came back in eighteen ninety four with a whole book of it called wealth against commonwealth much of that was wrong too ▶ tap to play from here
The History of the Standard Oil Company
Ida Tarbell
the first installment of auditarbell's the history of the standard oil company appeared in mcclure's magazine in november 1902 ▶ tap to play from here
The Principles and Practice of Medicine
William Osler
in the summer of eighteen ninety seven gates sat down and read a dry medical textbook osler's principles and practice of medicine ▶ tap to play from here
Truth Over Feelings: Inside Opendoor’s Massive Turnaround
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The Courage to Be Disliked
Ichirō Kishimi
to be diselect is an excellent book everyone should read it ▶ tap to play from here
The Mindset That Unlocks Your Full Potential | Dr. Gio Valiante
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Finding Flow: The Psychology of Engagement with Everyday Life
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
there's a book that i'm i'm sure you've read it's called finding flow buy me hi chick say me hi ▶ tap to play from here
How We Think
John Dewey
john dewey wrote in a in a book called how we think john dewey said there's no greater enemy than to effective thinking than a divided interest ▶ tap to play from here
Atomic Habits
James Clear
in the book atomic habits the author has this really beautiful uh really beautiful line that's getting a lot of traction in the world these days ▶ tap to play from here
It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life
Lance Armstrong
talk to him or read his book the trauma of his youth ▶ tap to play from here
Travels
Michael Crichton
michael crichton he wrote a great book called travels which which he articulated his own life journey ▶ tap to play from here
How to Repair and Nourish Your Gut | Dr. Giulia Enders
0:00 / 55:42
Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts
Annie Duke
annie duke thinking in bets resulting a good decision can have a bad outcome a bad decision can get lucky judge the process not the result you taught me that one ▶ tap to play from here
Mental Models That Change How You Think | Bill Gurley
0:00 / 62:19
Thinking in Systems: A Primer
Donella Meadows
there's a there's a book called thinking and systems that i read ▶ tap to play from here
One Up on Wall Street
Peter Lynch
you know that starts with peter lynch one up on wall street you know best selling book ▶ tap to play from here
A Random Walk Down Wall Street
Burton Malkiel
a random walk down wall street burton mchale ▶ tap to play from here
The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America
Warren Buffett
all the buffett letters ▶ tap to play from here
You Don’t Need To Innovate To Be Successful | FarmVille Creator
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Microcosm: The Quantum Revolution in Economics and Technology
George Gilder
i read this book by this guy george gilder called microcosm ▶ tap to play from here
Thinking in Bets
Annie Duke
annie duke thinking in bets resulting a good decision can have a bad outcome ▶ tap to play from here
The Hyundai Founder Who Put a Country on His Back
0:00 / 140:11
BO
Born of This Land: My Life Story
Chung Ju-yung
what happened next is one of the most devastating passages in chung's autobiography ▶ tap to play from here
Speed, Stress, and Better Decisions | Winston Weinberg
0:00 / 63:53
Ai Goes Parabolic | OpenAI Co-Founder Greg Brockman
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The Magic of Thinking Big | XPO CEO Mario Harik
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Alpha School: AI and The Future of Education | Joe Liemandt
0:00 / 133:46
UNNAMED
Justin
there's a there's a great math app out there called math academy the g they wrote a five hundred page book that you can download justin who wrote it that goes through all the learning science ▶ tap to play from here
The ABCs of How We Learn: 26 Scientifically Proven Approaches, How They Work, and When to Use Them
Daniel L. Schwartz, Jessica M. Tsang, and Kristen P. Blair
dean schwartz who runs stanford school of education he's published a book on learning science what do we know like about learning that ▶ tap to play from here
Atomic Habits
James Clear
she's like we're gonna teach atomic habits and you know most of us as adults read it what twenty five or whatever you know after college but she's like second graders understand one percent better ▶ tap to play from here
The Potato Billionaire
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Harrison McCain: Single-Minded Purpose
Donald Savoie
this episode was based on the book harrison mccain single minded purpose by donald savoie ▶ tap to play from here
Beating the Market: Connor Teskey, CEO Brookfield Asset Management
0:00 / 85:27
An Unlikely Empire | J.W. Marriott
0:00 / 39:21
The Near Death Experience of RobinHood | Vlad Tenev, Co-Founder
0:00 / 110:38
The Obsession That Built Nike | Phil Knight
0:00 / 37:55
Shoe Dog
Phil Knight
that was an excerpt from the book i'm going to talk to you about today which is shoe dog by phil knight ▶ tap to play from here
The $2 Trillion Mind | Nicolai Tangen
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A Fugitive Crosses His Tracks
Aksel Sandemose
you have this thing called janteloven it's just like don't don't think you're fantastic in any way shape or form ▶ tap to play from here
Michael Ovitz: The Psychology of Power
0:00 / 96:01
Jurassic Park
Michael Crichton
when michael crichton gave me the book of jurassic park i put the right director with it steven spieler there was no second choice ▶ tap to play from here
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