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Cover of Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life by Luke Burgis

Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life

Luke Burgis · 2021
Mentioned 8 times across 4 podcasts · 2021–2026
Mention timeline8 mentions
20212026
Where it's mentioned
2026
Why We Fight the Changes We Know We Need | Jonah Berger
The One You Feed | Personal Growth, Emotional Resilience & Purpose · Sep 2026
“We had an author on Luke Burgess who wrote a book about a concept of mimetic desire. You know, that desire is imitative, which is, I think, obvious that it is”
Why the Safe Path in Life Isn't Always the Right One | Paul Millerd
The One You Feed | Personal Growth, Emotional Resilience & Purpose · Jul 2026
“We had a guy on the show, Luke Burgess, who writes about this, which is Yeah, I love Luke's book”
Luke Burgis - The One and the Ninety Nine
Radical Candor: Communication at Work · May 2026
“I wrote my first book called Wanting, which is about mimetic desire”
What is a Problem I Can Help Solve? (with Tom Rath)
Radical Candor: Communication at Work · Apr 2026
“I don't know if you read Luke Luke Burgess's book, Wanting”
2024
3 Killer Businesses Hidden in Plain Sight
My First Million · Nov 2024
“Have you read ... mimetic theory. I'm interested to go buy the book and I'm like, I'm just too dumb to read this ... I read like the mimetic theory like summary book”
2022
Luke Burgis: The Power of Mimetic Desire
The Knowledge Project · May 2022
“Luke studied finance, philosophy, and theology, and he's the author of the book Wanting. The power of mimetic desire in everyday life”
Wordle Copycat Loses It All, Introducing Milk Road, and Guru Shaan on Finding Your Next Project
My First Million · Feb 2022
“The first is called Wanting ... about mesmic desire ... mimetic desire”
2021
Dopamine Fasts, Cruise Ship Investing, and Elon Musk vs. Jeff Bezos Feuds with Andrew Wilkinson, Co-Founder of Tiny
My First Million · Oct 2021
“And finally, you know, one of my friends who's like super into Peter Tiel gave me this book Wanting. And it was kind of a revelation for me”