Lead pick this week
The 48 Laws of Power
“I have felt this way. you're going to think that uh this is too grandiose and ridiculous.”
The books people actually recommend on podcasts
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Second book is if you want to live a life worth living, Steve Covey's old book, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People really impacted me.
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Meditations
But one of the other things I walked through is one of my favorite sort of bits of logic that Marcus has in meditations.
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Dopamine Nation
I can't wait to read it.
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Creativity, Inc.
another that's maybe more kind of standard in PM circles is Creativity Inc., which I love.
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Recommended on the most shows this month
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Man's Search for Meaning
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The Anxious Generation
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Thinking, Fast and Slow
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Sapiens
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Atomic Habits
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How to Change Your Mind
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Joe Rogan
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Charlie Kirk
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Jordan Peterson
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Ryan Holiday
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Chris Williamson
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Tim Ferriss
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Candace Owens
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Ezra Klein
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Andrew Huberman
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Dr John Delony
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Mel Robbins
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Jay Shetty
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Tyler Cowen
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Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Steven Bartlett
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Megyn Kelly
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Oprah Winfrey
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Michael Knowles
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Robert Greene almost died. Here’s what it taught him about living -
None of This Is Unfamiliar | How Do You Stop Caring What Other People Think? -
Overcome Addictions & Obsessions of All Kinds | Dr. Anna Lembke -
How Elon Musk Solves Problems | Jon McNeill -
Why PMs are suddenly valuable again | Tulsee Doshi (Head of Product, Gemini) -
1411: Banned Books | Skeptical Sunday -
Unpacking The NYC Marathon With Cedric King: A Story of Service & Sacrifice -
#439 How Eiichiro Oda Works -
#2575 - Sam Tallent -
Staying Steady Is Still Financial Progress - $100M hedge fund manager: Do not make the mistake of dying rich
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Robert Greene: The Surprising Reason You Feel Unhappy Even When Life Is “Good” - 43 Stoic Rules That Will Change How You Live
- #2571 - Jimmy Carr
- Terry Bradshaw On Lessons From Super Bowl & Broadcasting Stardom, Battling Depression & Surviving Cancer
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Candace Owens x Baron Coleman: The Real UVU Review. | Ep 407
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Behind the Bastards
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Modern Wisdom
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Lex Fridman Podcast
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The Ezra Klein Show
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The Tim Ferriss Show
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The Megyn Kelly Show
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Timcast IRL
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The Daily Stoic
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Lenny's Podcast
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Conversations with Tyler
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EconTalk
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The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know
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The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
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Stuff You Should Know
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Freakonomics Radio
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How I Write
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On Purpose with Jay Shetty
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The Rubin Report
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The Rich Roll Podcast
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Invest Like the Best
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The Jordan Harbinger Show
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My First Million
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This Week in Startups
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ChooseFI
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The Shawn Ryan Show
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The Tucker Carlson Show
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Huberman Lab
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Pod Save America
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StarTalk Radio
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No Stupid Questions
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Breaking Points
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People I (Mostly) Admire
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This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von
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a16z Podcast
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Dwarkesh Podcast
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Monday Morning Podcast
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The Mel Robbins Podcast
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Big Technology Podcast
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SmartLess
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All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
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Candace
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The Dr. John Delony Show
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Honestly with Bari Weiss
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The Pragmatic Engineer
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The Ramsey Show
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Acquired
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The Realignment
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Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang
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David Senra
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The Charlie Kirk Show
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Interesting Times
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The Peterman Pod
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The Ben & Marc Show
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Founders
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Cheeky Pint
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The Knowledge Project
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Build with Leila Hormozi
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Oprah's Super Soul
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Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin
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Never Enough
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Risky Business with Nate Silver and Maria Konnikova
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BG2 Pod
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Sources with Alex Heath
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REAL AF with Andy Frisella
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MD MEETS
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Hidden Brain
Most recommended books
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Man's Search for Meaning
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The Anxious Generation
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Thinking, Fast and Slow
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Sapiens
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Atomic Habits
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How to Change Your Mind
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The Body Keeps the Score
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Dopamine Nation
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Outlive
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Deep Work
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Antifragile
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