My First Million
Sam Parr and Shaan Puri brainstorm new business ideas based on trends & opportunities they see in the market. Sometimes they bring on famous guests to brainstorm with them.
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- 1 Influence: The Psychology of PersuasionRobert B. Cialdini · 1× across 1 episode
- 2 Is This Anything?Jerry Seinfeld · 1× across 1 episode
- 3 Make Something WonderfulSteve Jobs · 1× across 1 episode
- 4 On AdvertisingDavid Ogilvy · 1× across 1 episode
- 5 The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous ObsessionMichael Finkel · 1× across 1 episode
- 6 The Da Vinci CodeDan Brown · 1× across 1 episode
- 7 The Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else's GameTai Vinh · 1× across 1 episode
- 8 The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of LifeAlice Schroeder · 1× across 1 episode
- 9 Zero to OnePeter A. Thiel · 1× across 1 episode
- 1 The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup ArtistsNeil Strauss · 4× across 4 episodes
- 2 Atomic HabitsJames Clear · 2× across 2 episodes
- 3 Elon MuskWalter Isaacson · 2× across 2 episodes
- 4 How to Win Friends and Influence PeopleDale Carnegie · 2× across 2 episodes
- 5 Influence: The Psychology of PersuasionRobert B. Cialdini · 2× across 2 episodes
- 6 Maverick!Ricardo Semler · 2× across 2 episodes
- 7 One Up on Wall StreetPeter Lynch · 2× across 2 episodes
- 8 Positioning: The Battle for Your MindAl Ries and Jack Trout · 2× across 2 episodes
- 9 Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized WorldDavid Epstein · 2× across 2 episodes
- 10 Super CommunicatorsCharles Duhigg · 2× across 2 episodes
- 11 The Da Vinci CodeDan Brown · 2× across 2 episodes
- 12 The Power of HabitCharles Duhigg · 2× across 2 episodes
- 13 The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of LifeAlice Schroeder · 2× across 2 episodes
- 14 Thinking, Fast and SlowDaniel Kahneman · 2× across 2 episodes
- 15 Unreasonable HospitalityWill Guidara · 2× across 2 episodes
- 16 Zero to OnePeter A. Thiel · 2× across 2 episodes
- 17 1776David McCullough · 1× across 1 episode
- 18 7 Powers: The Foundations of Business StrategyHamilton Helmer · 1× across 1 episode
- 19 A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th CenturyBarbara Tuchman · 1× across 1 episode
- 20 A Short History of Financial EuphoriaJohn Kenneth Galbraith · 1× across 1 episode
- 21 Alchemy: The Dark Art and Curious Science of Creating Magic in Brands, Business, and LifeRory Sutherland · 1× across 1 episode
- 22 Angels & DemonsDan Brown · 1× across 1 episode
- 23 Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't AlrightAbigail Shrier · 1× across 1 episode
- 24 Beat the DealerEdward O. Thorp · 1× across 1 episode
- 25 Beating the StreetPeter Lynch · 1× across 1 episode
- 26 Berkshire Hathaway Letters to ShareholdersWarren Buffett · 1× across 1 episode
- 27 Blue Ocean StrategyW. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne · 1× across 1 episode
- 28 Cable Cowboys: John Malone and the Rise of the Modern Cable BusinessMark Robichaux · 1× across 1 episode
- 29 Confessions of an Advertising ManDavid Ogilvy · 1× across 1 episode
- 30 Crossing the ChasmGeoffrey A. Moore · 1× across 1 episode
- 31 Deep WorkCal Newport · 1× across 1 episode
- 32 Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful LifeBill Burnett and Dave Evans · 1× across 1 episode
- 33 Die with ZeroBill Perkins · 1× across 1 episode
- 34 Ender's GameOrson Scott Card · 1× across 1 episode
- 35 Fooled by RandomnessNassim Nicholas Taleb · 1× across 1 episode
- 36 Getting RealJason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson · 1× across 1 episode
- 37 Good to GreatJim Collins · 1× across 1 episode
- 38 Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don'tJim Collins · 1× across 1 episode
- 39 Grit: The Power of Passion and PerseveranceAngela Duckworth · 1× across 1 episode
- 40 Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft EmpireJames Wallace and Jim Erickson · 1× across 1 episode
- 41 How I Trade and Invest in Stocks and BondsRichard Wyckoff · 1× across 1 episode
- 42 How to Become an Advertising ManJames Webb Young · 1× across 1 episode
- 43 How to Get RichFelix Dennis · 1× across 1 episode
- 44 How to InvestDavid Rubenstein · 1× across 1 episode
- 45 How to LeadDavid Rubenstein · 1× across 1 episode
- 46 How to Live on 24 Hours a DayArnold Bennett · 1× across 1 episode
- 47 In Cold BloodTruman Capote · 1× across 1 episode
- 48 Inside the TornadoGeoffrey A. Moore · 1× across 1 episode
- 49 Is This Anything?Jerry Seinfeld · 1× across 1 episode
- 50 Japan Company HandbookToyo Keizai Inc. · 1× across 1 episode JC
- 51 Life at the Speed of PlayMark Pincus · 1× across 1 episode
- 52 Made to StickChip Heath and Dan Heath · 1× across 1 episode
- 53 Make Something WonderfulSteve Jobs · 1× across 1 episode
- 54 MasteryRobert Greene · 1× across 1 episode
- 55 MathematicaDavid Bessis · 1× across 1 episode
- 56 Moody's Manual of Industrial SecuritiesJohn Moody · 1× across 1 episode
- 57 Moody's Manual of Industrial and Miscellaneous SecuritiesJohn Moody · 1× across 1 episode MM
- 58 New Ways to Think: Your Guide to Mental Models at WorkRoger Martin · 1× across 1 episode
- 59 Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and HappinessRichard H. Thaler · 1× across 1 episode
- 60 Obvious Adams: The Story of a Successful Business ManRobert R. Updegraff · 1× across 1 episode
- 61 Ogilvy on AdvertisingDavid Ogilvy · 1× across 1 episode
- 62 On AdvertisingDavid Ogilvy · 1× across 1 episode
- 63 OpenAndre Agassi · 1× across 1 episode
- 64 OutliersMalcolm Gladwell · 1× across 1 episode
- 65 Outliers: The Story of SuccessMalcolm Gladwell · 1× across 1 episode
- 66 Playing to Win: How Strategy Really WorksA.G. Lafley and Roger Martin · 1× across 1 episode
- 67 PottyLeslie Patricelli · 1× across 1 episode
- 68 Power vs. ForceDavid Hawkins · 1× across 1 episode
- 69 Principles for Dealing with the Changing World OrderRay Dalio · 1× across 1 episode
- 70 Principles: Life and WorkRay Dalio · 1× across 1 episode
- 71 Profit FirstMike Michalowicz · 1× across 1 episode
- 72 ReworkJason Fried · 1× across 1 episode
- 73 Richer, Wiser, HappierWilliam Green · 1× across 1 episode
- 74 Scientific AdvertisingClaude Hopkins · 1× across 1 episode
- 75 Seven Powers: The Foundations of Business StrategyHamilton Helmer · 1× across 1 episode
- 76 Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue SeaGary Kinder · 1× across 1 episode
- 77 Smalltalk Best Practice PatternsKent Beck · 1× across 1 episode
- 78 Smarter Faster BetterCharles Duhigg · 1× across 1 episode
- 79 Streetwise: Getting to and through Goldman SachsLloyd Blankfein · 1× across 1 episode
- 80 The 22 Immutable Laws of MarketingAl Ries and Jack Trout · 1× across 1 episode
- 81 The 48 Laws of PowerRobert Greene · 1× across 1 episode
- 82 The AlchemistPaulo Coelho · 1× across 1 episode
- 83 The American ExperimentDavid Rubenstein · 1× across 1 episode
- 84 The American Story: Conversations with Master HistoriansDavid Rubenstein · 1× across 1 episode
- 85 The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous ObsessionMichael Finkel · 1× across 1 episode
- 86 The BibleVarious Authors - Compiled by Mark T · 1× across 1 episode
- 87 The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly ImprobableNassim Nicholas Taleb · 1× across 1 episode
- 88 The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the LongestDan Buettner · 1× across 1 episode
- 89 The British Are ComingRick Atkinson · 1× across 1 episode
- 90 The Chief: The Life of William Randolph HearstDavid Nasaw · 1× across 1 episode
- 91 The Choice FactoryRichard Shotton · 1× across 1 episode
- 92 The Coddling of the American MindJonathan Haidt · 1× across 1 episode
- 93 The Courage to Be DislikedIchirō Kishimi · 1× across 1 episode
- 94 The Creative Act: A Way of BeingRick Rubin · 1× across 1 episode
- 95 The GoalEliyahu M. Goldratt · 1× across 1 episode
- 96 The Guns of AugustBarbara Tuchman · 1× across 1 episode
- 97 The Hard Thing About Hard ThingsBen Horowitz · 1× across 1 episode
- 98 The Highest Calling: Conversations on the American PresidencyDavid Rubenstein · 1× across 1 episode
- 99 The Illusion of ChoiceRichard Shotton · 1× across 1 episode
- 100 The Innovator's DilemmaClayton Christensen · 1× across 1 episode
- 1 The 4-Hour WorkweekTimothy Ferriss · 15× across 15 episodes
- 2 Atomic HabitsJames Clear · 13× across 13 episodes
- 3 How to Win Friends and Influence PeopleDale Carnegie · 13× across 13 episodes
- 4 Harry PotterJ.K. Rowling · 10× across 10 episodes
- 5 How to Get RichFelix Dennis · 10× across 10 episodes
- 6 The 48 Laws of PowerRobert Greene · 9× across 9 episodes
- 7 The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup ArtistsNeil Strauss · 9× across 9 episodes
- 8 Made to StickChip Heath and Dan Heath · 8× across 8 episodes
- 9 The BibleVarious Authors - Compiled by Mark T · 8× across 8 episodes
- 10 Think and Grow RichNapoleon Hill · 8× across 8 episodes
- 11 Die with ZeroBill Perkins · 7× across 7 episodes
- 12 Fifty Shades of GreyE. L. James · 7× across 7 episodes
- 13 MasteryRobert Greene · 7× across 7 episodes
- 14 The Almanack of Naval RavikantEric Jorgensen · 7× across 7 episodes
- 15 The Laws of Human NatureRobert Greene · 7× across 7 episodes
- 16 The Lean StartupEric Ries · 7× across 7 episodes
- 17 American KingpinNick Bilton · 6× across 6 episodes
- 18 Influence: The Psychology of PersuasionRobert B. Cialdini · 6× across 6 episodes
- 19 Predictably IrrationalDan Ariely · 6× across 6 episodes
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- 21 Steve JobsWalter Isaacson · 6× across 6 episodes
- 22 The GameNeil Strauss · 6× across 6 episodes
- 23 Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.Ron Chernow · 6× across 6 episodes
- 24 Unreasonable HospitalityWill Guidara · 6× across 6 episodes
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- 26 Good to GreatJim Collins · 5× across 5 episodes
- 27 Living with a SEALJesse Itzler · 5× across 5 episodes
- 28 Poor Charlie's AlmanackPeter Kaufman · 5× across 5 episodes
- 29 Principles: Life and WorkRay Dalio · 5× across 5 episodes
- 30 Profit FirstMike Michalowicz · 5× across 5 episodes
- 31 ReworkJason Fried · 5× across 5 episodes
- 32 The 22 Immutable Laws of MarketingAl Ries and Jack Trout · 5× across 5 episodes
- 33 The Boron LettersGary Halbert · 5× across 5 episodes
- 34 The Mom TestRob Fitzpatrick · 5× across 5 episodes
- 35 The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of LifeAlice Schroeder · 5× across 5 episodes
- 36 The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ckMark Manson · 5× across 5 episodes
- 37 Zero to OnePeter A. Thiel · 5× across 5 episodes
- 38 $100M Offers: How to Make Offers So Good People Feel Stupid Saying NoAlex Hormozi · 4× across 4 episodes
- 39 Grit: The Power of Passion and PerseveranceAngela Duckworth · 4× across 4 episodes
- 40 I Will Teach You to Be RichRamit Sethi · 4× across 4 episodes
- 41 On Writing: A Memoir of the CraftStephen King · 4× across 4 episodes
- 42 Shoe DogPhil Knight · 4× across 4 episodes
- 43 StoryworthyMatthew Dicks · 4× across 4 episodes
- 44 The 2-Hour Cocktail PartyNick Gray · 4× across 4 episodes
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- 46 The Hard Thing About Hard ThingsBen Horowitz · 4× across 4 episodes
- 47 The Obstacle Is the WayRyan Holiday · 4× across 4 episodes
- 48 The Power of HabitCharles Duhigg · 4× across 4 episodes
- 49 Thinking, Fast and SlowDaniel Kahneman · 4× across 4 episodes
- 50 Trust Me, I'm LyingRyan Holiday · 4× across 4 episodes
- 51 TwilightStephenie Meyer · 4× across 4 episodes
- 52 Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the FuturePeter Thiel and Blake Masters · 4× across 4 episodes
- 53 Empire of the Summer MoonS.C. Gwynne · 3× across 3 episodes
- 54 Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible VoyageAlfred Lansing · 3× across 3 episodes
- 55 Founders at WorkJessica Livingston · 3× across 3 episodes
- 56 High Output ManagementAndrew S. Grove · 3× across 3 episodes
- 57 MeditationsMarcus Aurelius · 3× across 3 episodes
- 58 Moody's ManualJohn Moody · 3× across 3 episodes
- 59 Nonviolent Communication: A Language of LifeMarshall Rosenberg · 3× across 3 episodes
- 60 Rich Dad Poor DadRobert Kiyosaki · 3× across 3 episodes
- 61 Steal Like an ArtistAustin Kleon · 3× across 3 episodes
- 62 The 4-Hour BodyTim Ferriss · 3× across 3 episodes
- 63 The Comfort CrisisMichael Easter · 3× across 3 episodes
- 64 The Courage to Be DislikedIchirō Kishimi · 3× across 3 episodes
- 65 The Daily StoicRyan Holiday · 3× across 3 episodes
- 66 The E-Myth RevisitedMichael E. Gerber · 3× across 3 episodes
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- 68 The Great CEO WithinMatt Mochary · 3× across 3 episodes
- 69 The One Minute ManagerKen Blanchard · 3× across 3 episodes
- 70 The Psychology of MoneyMorgan Housel · 3× across 3 episodes
- 71 The Terminal ListJack Carr · 3× across 3 episodes
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- 73 Undaunted CourageStephen Ambrose · 3× across 3 episodes
- 74 Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday LifeLuke Burgis · 3× across 3 episodes
- 75 American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk RoadNick Bilton · 2× across 2 episodes
- 76 Amp It UpFrank Slootman · 2× across 2 episodes
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- 78 Atlas ShruggedAyn Rand · 2× across 2 episodes
- 79 Beat the DealerEdward O. Thorp · 2× across 2 episodes
- 80 Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary LeaderBrent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli · 2× across 2 episodes
- 81 Blue Ocean StrategyW. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne · 2× across 2 episodes
- 82 Bowling AloneRobert Putnam · 2× across 2 episodes
- 83 Bringing Down the HouseBen Mezrich · 2× across 2 episodes
- 84 Buffett: The Making of an American CapitalistRoger Lowenstein · 2× across 2 episodes
- 85 Catch Me If You CanFrank Abagnale · 2× across 2 episodes
- 86 Chaos MonkeysAntonio García Martínez · 2× across 2 episodes
- 87 Confessions of a Real Estate EntrepreneurJames A. Randa · 2× across 2 episodes
- 88 Confessions of an Advertising ManDavid Ogilvy · 2× across 2 episodes
- 89 Deep WorkCal Newport · 2× across 2 episodes
- 90 Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful LifeBill Burnett and Dave Evans · 2× across 2 episodes
- 91 Eat This, Not ThatDavid Zinczenko · 2× across 2 episodes
- 92 Ender's GameOrson Scott Card · 2× across 2 episodes
- 93 Fooled by RandomnessNassim Nicholas Taleb · 2× across 2 episodes
- 94 Getting Things DoneDavid Allen · 2× across 2 episodes
- 95 Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft EmpireJames Wallace and Jim Erickson · 2× across 2 episodes
- 96 Hatching TwitterNick Bilton · 2× across 2 episodes
- 97 Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming ProductsNir Eyal · 2× across 2 episodes
- 98 How to Be RichJ. Paul Getty · 2× across 2 episodes
- 99 Is This Anything?Jerry Seinfeld · 2× across 2 episodes
- 100 Japan Company HandbookToyo Keizai Inc. · 2× across 2 episodes JC
David Rubenstein: We took $5M and turned it into $500B
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Decoding Tony Hawk’s mindset in 72 minutes
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How we scaled to $100M in under a year (ft. IM8 co-founder Danny Yeung)
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How to naturally monetize what you love
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The 2-Hour Cocktail Party
Nick Gray
he wrote the best book on it and he sold i i think he sold hundreds of thousands of copies ▶ tap to play from here
7 things MrBeast, Bezos & Thiel do that you don’t
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1T
1,000 True Fans
Kevin Kelly
he like started wired magazine and he wrote a thousand true fans which really shaped kind of my thinking ▶ tap to play from here
How a $5B founder is using AI (3 tutorials)
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Make Something Wonderful
Steve Jobs
i recently finished this book make something wonderful instead of steve jobs like in his own words that's a really good one ▶ tap to play from here
The Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else's Game
Tai Vinh
there's a book called the score have i talked about that here c tai win is the the the guy's name on the cover it's called the score how to stop playing somebody else's game ▶ tap to play from here
I built a $2,000,000,000 business on vibes
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Zero to One
Peter A. Thiel
what i've noticed is that like have you read peter thiel's zero to one okay so he he like it has this whole chapter chapters on like moats and he's like one moat is i forget what he says ▶ tap to play from here
3 millionaires reveal their super niche businesses
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Asking 3 young millionaires how they make $1.8M, $5M, & $12M/year
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3 strangers showed us how they made $8M, $10M, & $40M/year
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On Advertising
David Ogilvy
and then read on advertising by david ogilvy read those this week and your mind will change ▶ tap to play from here
$39B founder says his company could 100x in 5 years
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3 killer businesses hiding in plain sight
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The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life
Alice Schroeder
for the first time i'm reading snowball warren buffett's biography ▶ tap to play from here
Is This Anything?
Jerry Seinfeld
jerry seinfeld has this book called is this anything ▶ tap to play from here
The Da Vinci Code
Dan Brown
you know dan brown the author of the da vinci code ▶ tap to play from here
The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel
i just started reading have you heard of this book called the art thief ▶ tap to play from here
9 drunk ideas that sound stupid (but are secretly genius)
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We found the internet's best sales advice
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Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
Robert B. Cialdini
i am reading influence again by robert childini ▶ tap to play from here
The surprising product that built Italy's richest family
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Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell
the book outliers by malcolm gladwell talked a little bit about this ▶ tap to play from here
Open
Andre Agassi
a friend gifted me the andre agassiz book that i i haven't started it yet but i was asking him what ▶ tap to play from here
How to Win Friends and Influence People
Dale Carnegie
dale carnegie how to win friends and influence people he says the root of everything that you read for me is basically people want to feel important ▶ tap to play from here
This guy made $80M in profit. Here's his next 3 stock picks
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The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
i don't know if you guys ever read nassim taleb's book black swan ▶ tap to play from here
Killer marketing secrets that always work (ft. Ogilvy Adman, Rory Sutherland)
0:00 / 78:37
Alchemy: The Dark Art and Curious Science of Creating Magic in Brands, Business, and Life
Rory Sutherland
small things alchemy i call my book because you can turn lead into gold ▶ tap to play from here
Unreasonable Hospitality
Will Guidara
now i first came across this in will gadara's fantastic book unreasonable hospitality ▶ tap to play from here
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman
Daniel K ... And he in his book Thinking Fast and Slow, I don't know if you've read that Sean ▶ tap to play from here
Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness
Richard H. Thaler
richard thaler the nobel prize winning economist and behavioral economist the author of nudge ▶ tap to play from here
The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists
Neil Strauss
i don't know if you've read the rules by um i th th i think it's called the game by neil strauss actually about the pickup artist community ▶ tap to play from here
Mathematica
David Bessis
there's a great book by a m french mathematician called david bessie called mathematica ▶ tap to play from here
Obvious Adams: The Story of a Successful Business Man
Robert R. Updegraff
obvious adams robert updograf published in nineteen sixteen ▶ tap to play from here
The Specialist
Charles Sale
there's another great one called the specialist but i think charles sale ▶ tap to play from here
How to Become an Advertising Man
James Webb Young
there's a book called how to become an advertising man by james webb young ▶ tap to play from here
The Choice Factory
Richard Shotton
richard shotten has written some superb books called for example the choice factory ▶ tap to play from here
The Illusion of Choice
Richard Shotton
the choice factory or the illusion of choice ▶ tap to play from here
The $150B dollar business hiding in plain sight
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The Medici Effect
Frans Johansson
and so he's been reading this book called the medici effect ▶ tap to play from here
I spent 24hrs with a blue collar millionaire
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Ray Dalio: The principles that made me a billionaire
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Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order
Ray Dalio
so the book that i ended up writing you know which is the changing world order ▶ tap to play from here
Principles: Life and Work
Ray Dalio
i put online the principles just so we we have a book of how we're gonna be with each other the principles and then that got around three million copies ▶ tap to play from here
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