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The Tim Ferriss Show

Tim Ferriss is a self-experimenter and bestselling author, best known for The 4-Hour Workweek, which has been translated into 40+ languages. Newsweek calls him "the world's best human guinea pig," and The New York Times calls him "a cross between Jack Welch and a Buddhist monk." In this show, he deconstructs world-class performers from eclectic areas (investing, chess, pro sports, etc.), digging deep to find the tool

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#889: Q&A with Tim — How to Get Unstuck, Resilience in Hard Times, Tools for Brain Health, Finding Inner Peace, Optimism as a Learnable Skill, and More
Nov 2026 · 13 books
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Atomic Habits
James Clear
“And Atomic habits. You know, I mentioned it once before. There's a reason it sold twenty five million, thirty million copies”
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The 4-Hour Workweek
Timothy Ferriss
“I've been a big fan since the four hour work week”
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The 80/20 Principle
Richard Koch
“You could Buy books like the eighty twenty principle. By Richard Cosh”
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The Effective Executive
Peter Drucker
“I have already recommended the effective executive by Peter Drucker”
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Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression
Studs Terkel
“I'm reading a book right now. Called Hard Times. By studs. Turkle”
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The 4-Hour Chef
Tim Ferriss
“the meta section of the four hour chef, which focuses on accelerated learning. is the most important section in that book”
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The Quantified Self
Gary Wolf
“launch Gary's new book, The Quantified Self”
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The 4-Hour Body
Tim Ferriss
“which I unpacked at length in the four hour body”
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Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
Peter Attia
“Peter T does a good job of describing these. in his book Outlive”
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Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High
Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler
“Crucial conversations, I mentioned it. twice already”
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The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership
Diana Chapman
“the fifteen commitments of conscious leadership also. Very much related. to This topic”
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Conscious Loving
Gay Hendricks and Kathlyn Hendricks
“Gay and Katie Hendricks, if you want to look up For instance, conscious loving and other books that they have penned”
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Awareness
Anthony DeMello
“Awareness by Anthony DeMello, a book I've gifted more than a hundred times probably at this point”
Lucky #888 — My Tour of Designing Luck in China, Japan, and Korea
Nov 2026 · 2 books
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I Ching
Unknown
“I thought about doing some live casting of the Yi Ching, the oldest of the Chinese classics”
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Book of Revelation
John of Patmos
“That comes from the book of Revelation, chapter thirteen, verse eighteen”
#887: Q&A with Tim — The 4-Hour Workweek in a World of AI, Rebuilding Personal Agency, The 4-Hour Body After 40, and More
Oct 2026 · 13 books
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The 4-Hour Workweek
Timothy Ferriss
“Some of you will be familiar with the first book. Twentieth anniversary is coming up. in April of twenty twenty seven. And Here is my answer. Because I have been asked this in private settings and I've thought about it a fair amount. The book structure. Is laid out. As a four step process”
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The Effective Executive
Peter Drucker
“Read old books. That contain principles like the effective executive by Peter Drucker. would be one that stands out”
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Atomic Habits
James Clear
“Atomic Habits by James Clare does a good job of outlining this”
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Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High
Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler
“read books, whether that's like crucial conversations. For instance, there are many others I'll probably mention later in this Q and A podcast”
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The Surrender Experiment
Michael A. Singer
“I read a book called The Surrender Experiment by Michael Singer. This was recommended to me by Kevin Rose”
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The Great Nerve
Kevin J. Tracey
“I recommend The Great Nerve, which is a book by Doctor Kevin Tracy. for diving more into that”
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Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection
John Sarno
“what are your thoughts on the book Healing Back Pain by John Sarno”
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Back Mechanic
Stuart McGill
“Stuart McGill, back mechanic, great book. I'm a fan”
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The 4-Hour Body
Tim Ferriss
“I wrote about it, there's an entire chapter on the Agoscu method. I'll spell that for people. E-G O G S C U E I do exercises from the Yoscu method every night before bed ... I'm gonna go back to the written questions because one of the questions Is related to the four hour body”
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On Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross and David Kessler
“it's called On Grief and Grieving. Finding the meaning of grief through the five stages of loss. It's by Elizabeth Kubler Ross”
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Fierce Intimacy
Terry Real
“There's an audio book called Fierce Intimacy. By Terry Reel”
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The Happy Body
Jerzy Gregorek and Aneta Gregorek
“They have a book and a program called The Happy Body”
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Tools of Titans
Tim Ferriss
“He's in Tools of Titans. He has also been interviewed on the podcast”
#886: The Random Show — AI Super Assistants, Boner Pills, Dream Engineering, Wizards, Supplements, Books, and More
Oct 2026 · 11 books
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Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming
Stephen LaBerge
“I first read Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming by someone named Steven Laberg. the v very, very beginning of high school and became very interested in lucid dreaming”
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The 4-Hour Workweek
Timothy Ferriss
“I first met you in the the I maybe the day your first book came out, the uh work week came out”
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Don Quixote
Miguel de Cervantes
“And the book turned out to be one of the greatest ever written, a book that has enthralled the world for over three hundred and fifty years. The prisoner was Cervantes, the book Don Quixote”
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Working
Robert Caro
“He won the Pulitzer Prize at one point, I think for working. Might be getting the title wrong ... And Ed told me he's like Hard times is good, but if you like that, working is incredible”
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Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression
Studs Terkel
“the book that I was introduced to is called Hard Times, an illustrated oral history of the Great Depression. And it was introduced to me by a Brit of all things, a great guy named Ed Cook”
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Moonwalking with Einstein
Joshua Foer
“There was an entire book written about this called Moonwalking with Einstein”
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A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas
“Have you heard of that that book? No. Okay. So I'm like Okay, I'll I'll I'll buy it, right? And I download it on Audible. It's damn good ... A Court of Thorn and Roses”
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Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros
“I did bring up the fourth wing. Because this is one that was everywhere. I'm sure it has like a hundred thousand picture of it”
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Fifty Shades of Grey
E. L. James
“It was Fan fiction. It was twilight series fan fiction ... And that turned into fifty shades of gray”
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The 4-Hour Chef
Tim Ferriss
“My third book, Four Hour Chef, that's where it failed. It tried to do too much”
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Breakfast of Champions
Kurt Vonnegut
“Wrote Breakfast of Champions and tons of other classics”
#885: How to Simplify Your Life — Tips from Oliver Burkeman, Chip Conley, Elizabeth Gilbert, and More
Oct 2026 · 3 books
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Emotional Equations
Chip Conley
“ultimately I wrote a book called Emotional Equations, which became a New York Times bestseller”
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Four Thousand Weeks
Oliver Burkman
“I'm the author of books including Four Thousand Weeks and Meditations for Mortals and the Imperfectionist Newsletter”
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Meditations for Mortals
Oliver Burkman
“I'm the author of books including Four Thousand Weeks and Meditations for Mortals and the Imperfectionist Newsletter”
#884: How to Spot 10-Year Trends and Build Billion-Dollar Companies — Kevin Ryan of DoubleClick, MongoDB, Business Insider, and Many More
Sep 2026 · 1 book
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How to Change Your Mind
Michael Pollan
“How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan. What did that do for you? I reached the age of 54, which was eight years ago, and had never thought about psychedelics at all”
#883: How to Legalize Medical Psychedelics in Your Country — Tania de Jong on The Playbook Behind Australia's World-First Breakthrough
Sep 2026 · 1 book
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How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence
Michael Pollan
“How to Change Your Mind, a book by Michael Pollen that really shifted the tectonic plates of what was possible for psychedelics in the US and elsewhere”
#882: Why Kids Can Learn 10x Faster Than We Think — Niels Hoven of Mentava (Tim Coaching Session)
Sep 2026 · 5 books
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Green Eggs and Ham
Dr. Seuss
“Our finish line is basically able to read easy reader books on your own. So think. Green eggs and ham, hop on pop, the elephant and piggy series”
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Hop on Pop
Dr. Seuss
“Our finish line is basically able to read easy reader books on your own. So think. Green eggs and ham, hop on pop, the elephant and piggy series”
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The Lean Startup
Eric Ries
“How was I introduced you as Eric Reese? I believe. Yeah. of the lean startup”
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The 4-Hour Chef
Tim Ferriss
“Four hour chef. For our chef was launching in 212. I asked the same questions”
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Tools of Titans
Tim Ferriss
“with Tools of Titans. No, was it Tools of Titans? I also did a bunch of experiments with BitTorrent”
#881: Tales of Overcoming The Odds, and How to Turn Losses Into Wins — Tim McGraw, Terry Crews, Dax Shepard, and More
Sep 2026 · 5 books
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A Beginner's Guide to the End
BJ Miller
“Mental health And co author of A beginner's guide To the end”
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Tribe of Mentors
Tim Ferriss
“the story one of the stories that you put in Tribe of Mentors is related to My question related to”
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The Gift of Failure
Jessica Lahey
“And the New York Times bestselling author of The gift of failure. And The addiction inoculation So I wrote The Gift of Failure was my first book”
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The Addiction Inoculation
Jessica Lahey
“And the New York Times bestselling author of The gift of failure. And The addiction inoculation”
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The Lion Tracker's Guide to Life
Boyd Vardy
“From The line trackers got to life that Certainly. pops to mind quickly when I think about this book”
#880: Relationship Tools That Work — Esther Perel, Brené Brown, Dr. Sue Johnson, Terry Real, and More on Conflict, Repair, and Lasting Love
Aug 2026 · 5 books
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Hold Me Tight
Sue Johnson
“the Hold Me Tight conversation, which I've used myself”
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Mating in Captivity
Esther Perel
“The New York Times bestselling author of Mating in Captivity And the state of affairs”
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The State of Affairs
Esther Perel
“And the state of affairs”
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Difficult Conversations
Sheila Heen
“co author of The New York Times bestsellers Difficult conversations”
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Thanks for the Feedback
Sheila Heen
“And thanks for the feedback”
#879: How to Reinvent Yourself and Make Bold Moves — Decisive Stories from Matthew McConaughey, Steve Young, Samin Nosrat, and More
Aug 2026 · 4 books
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Greenlights
Matthew McConaughey
“And the best selling author. of green lights”
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Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
Lori Gottlieb
“And the best selling author of Maybe you should talk to someone”
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Between Two Kingdoms
Suleika Jaouad
“And the best selling author of Between Two Kingdoms”
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Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat
Samin Nosrat
“Sime Nosrat is the James Beard award winning author of the New York Times bestseller. Salt. That Acid heat”
#878: How to Start When You're Stuck, Finish What You Begin, and Stop Waiting for Inspiration — Creative Advice from Elizabeth Gilbert, Seth Godin, Joyce Carol Oates, Anne Lamott and More
Aug 2026 · 14 books
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City of Girls
Elizabeth Gilbert
“Elizabeth Gilbert is the author of Eat Pray Love Big magic. And city of girls”
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Operating Instructions
Anne Lamott
“Operating instructions. And help. Thanks”
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Help, Thanks, Wow
Anne Lamott
“And help. Thanks. Wow”
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Good Writing
Anne Lamott and Neil Allen
“And co author. With her husband Neil Allen. Of Good writing”
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Blonde
Joyce Carol Oates
“Joy Carol Oates has written more than seventy books, including Blonde And we were the Mulvanies”
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We Were the Mulvany's
Joyce Carol Oates
“And we were the Mulvanies”
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Them
Joyce Carol Oates
“and won the National Book Award for her novel Them”
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Is This Anything?
Jerry Seinfeld
“And later created. Comedians in cars getting coffee. And wrote Is this anything”
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The Liars' Club
Mary Karr
“Mary Carr wrote the best selling memoirs. The Liers Club? Cherry and Lit”
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The Art of Memoir
Mary Karr
“And her book on writing. The Art of Memoir”
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On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Stephen King
“I read uh On Writing by Stephen King and How to Write Sci Fi and Fantasy by Orson Scottkard”
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How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy
Orson Scott Card
“and How to Write Sci Fi and Fantasy by Orson Scottkard”
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The Practice: Shipping Creative Work
Seth Godin
“Lynchpin. And the practice”
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Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?
Seth Godin
“I wrote a book called Lynchpin”
#877: Q&A with Tim — The Art of Male Friendship, Mini-Retirements, Higher-Resolution Living, Reinvention in The Age of AI, and More
Jul 2026 · 6 books
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The 4-Hour Chef
Tim Ferriss
“the meta learning section of the Four Hour Chef. I think the Four Hour Chef is a book”
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On Writing Well
William Zinsser
“There are many books on this, certainly on Writing Well by Zinser”
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Secrets of Power Negotiating
Roger Dawson
“it's the secrets of power negotiating by Dawson”
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Getting Past No
William Ury
“Getting past no. had a large impact on me”
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Getting to Yes
Roger Fisher and William Ury
“I actually interviewed one of the co authors of Getting to Yes. I think it's William Urey”
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The 4-Hour Body
Tim Ferriss
“What workouts from the four hour body are you still prioritizing in your routines”
#876: Dr. Andrew Huberman — Peptides, Performance, and Protocols
Jul 2026 · 5 books
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Blood and Guts
Dorian Yates
“And then of course you have Dorian Blood and Guts. I remember having that black and white book that describes some of the training”
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Principles of Neural Science
Eric R. Kandel, James H. Jessell, and Thomas M. Schwartz
“There's this wonderful book in the field of neuroscience called Principles of Neural Science”
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Bad Science
Ben Goldacre
“There's a book called Bad Science by Ben Goldaker, who's an MD from the UK”
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Under Saturn's Shadow: The Wounding and Healing of Men
James Hollis
“he wrote Under Saturn shadow on the Healing and trauma of men”
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The Eden Project: In Search of the Other
James Hollis
“He also wrote The Eden Project about relationships and the struggle of relationships”
#875: The Random Show — Tim and Kevin Talk Retreats, Mortality, AI Predictions, Supplements, Rock Climbing at (Almost) 50, and Not Waiting for “Someday”
Jul 2026 · 2 books
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The Botany of Desire
Michael Pollan
“Read The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan for more on that”
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The Blade Itself
Joe Abercrombie
“The blade itself, which is uh series. It's not very long. I think it's two or three volumes by Joe Abercrombie”
#874: Guy Oseary — The Legendary Hollywood Power Broker on 5-Minute Decisions, 36 Years of Managing Madonna, 26 IPOs, and Spotting Magic First
Jul 2026
#873: David Allen — The Art of Getting Things Done (GTD) (Repost)
Jul 2026 · 6 books
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Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
David Allen
“His best selling book. Getting Things Done subtitled The Art of Stress Free Productivity. has been published in thirty languages”
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The Decline of the West
Oswald Spengler
“I read Oswald Spingler The Decline of the West, which is one of the earliest books, you know, over a hundred years ago”
TG
The Gateways to Spiritual Science
Rudolf Steiner
“I saw this book that said The Gateways to Spiritual Science. by Rudolph Steiner”
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The Oxygen Advantage
Patrick McKeown
“I am halfway through this book called The oxygen advantage The oxygen advantage”
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The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking
Oliver Burkeman
“One of the latest ones called The Antidote. Oliver Berkman. Fabulous book”
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Getting Things Done Workbook
David Allen
“we're coming out with a G T D workbook in September”
#872: Graham Duncan — Talent Is the Best Asset Class (Repost)
Jul 2026 · 8 books
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A Mind at Home with Itself
Byron Katie
“listening to Byron Cady's new book, A Mind at Home With Itself”
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The Aspirational Investor
Ashvin Chabra
“In financial markets, I really like this somewhat obscure book called The Aspirational Investor. by this guy Ashvin Chabra”
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Tribal Leadership
Dave Logan
“Tribal leadership. By Dave Logan. Dave Logan Has it? Look at thousands of organizations and puts them into categories”
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The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups
Daniel Coyle
“Culture Code by Daniel Coyle, I give people”
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The Tools
Phil Stutz and Barry Michaels
“they wrote a book called The Tools and they have a bunch of good Packs in there”
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Breakfast at the Victory
James Carse
“His other book Breakfast at the Victory. This is James Cars”
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This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
David Foster Wallace
“makes me think of the David Foster Wallace commencement speech which has been turned into books and is online in various forms. But yes, here it is right here. This is water”
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Robert M. Pirsig
“Prisc, the Zen in the art of motorcycle maintenance, but certainly towards the end got one might argue pretty loopy”
#871: The “Divine Leaf” with 8,000+ Years of Use — Exploring the Many Benefits of Coca with Dr. Andrew Weil and Wade Davis
Jun 2026 · 2 books
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Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest
Wade Davis
“He's the author of twenty-four books in 26 languages. We'll get to how he credits Coca for a lot of that productivity, including the Samuel Johnson Prize winning into the silence”
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One River
Wade Davis
“And incidentally it was as I was reading and doing his eulogy that I conceived the book One River, which is a biography. Of our great professor Richard M Schultees”
#870: Sebastian Mallaby, Biographer of Demis Hassabis — Lessons from 100+ AI Insiders on The Race to Superintelligence, The Religion of AI, and Spotting Breakthroughs Early
Jun 2026 · 8 books
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More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite
Sebastian Mallaby
“Including more money than God. Love it”
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The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future
Sebastian Mallaby
“The power law. Love it”
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The Man Who Knew: The Life and Times of Alan Greenspan
Sebastian Mallaby
“The man who knew”
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The Infinity Machine: The Rise of DeepMind and the Future of Artificial Intelligence
Sebastian Mallaby
“His latest book is The Infinity Machine, Demis Hasabas, Deep Mind, and The Quest for Superintelligence”
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The Organization Man
William H. Whyte
“The classic business book of the time was Organization Man”
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Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card
“I hope you read Ender's game because that's really how I see myself”
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Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
Douglas Hofstadter
“Goodless. An eternal golden braid”
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