Book · 1995 · Business
The E-Myth Revisited
Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It
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Fantastic book if anyone wants to try and run a business.
Chris Williamson · Modern Wisdom · Aug 2025 Listen at 37:26 Questions about The E-Myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber
Who recommends The E-Myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber on podcasts?
Dave Ramsey (2 episodes), Chris Williamson (1 episode), Ali Abdaal (1 episode), Andrew Wilkinson (1 episode) and Joe Saul-Sehy (1 episode) have recommended The E-Myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber on podcasts. In all, 8 people brought it up across 6 podcasts (6 people recommended it).
Which podcasts mention The E-Myth Revisited the most?
Modern Wisdom (9 episodes), The Ramsey Show (3 episodes), ChooseFI (2 episodes), My First Million (1 episode) and The Daily Stoic (1 episode), among 6 podcasts in all.
Is The E-Myth Revisited recommended, or only discussed?
The E-Myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber was recommended in 8 episodes and discussed without a recommendation in 9 episodes, as of 2026-09-26.
What do people say about The E-Myth Revisited?
Chris Williamson on Modern Wisdom (2025-08-11): "Fantastic book if anyone wants to try and run a business."
When was The E-Myth Revisited last mentioned on a podcast?
The E-Myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber was last discussed on Modern Wisdom by Chris Williamson on 2026-09-26.
What they say about it
- Discusses bakery example3
- Called a fantastic or incredible book“an incredible book”3
- Recommended for business owners“if you're a small business owner”3
The best things said about it
It's an incredible book.
Dave Ramsey The Ramsey Show · Aug 2026 Michael Gerbers the emth Revisited for instance makes me think when you're talking aboutt about that is there anything else that comes to mind the eth was huge for me.
Andrew Wilkinson Modern Wisdom · Jul 2024 If you're a small business owner or aspiring small business owner check it out.
That's like the holy grail for a lot of people.
It really opened my eyes up to being a technician owning a business.
That's not a business that's just a highly leveraged job.
Chris Williamson Modern Wisdom · Sep 2020 Where and when it comes up
How it comes up
Most episodes, by podcast
8 people who brought it up
Why people recommend it
The E-Myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber is a popular business guide that explores why most small businesses fail and how to run them more effectively. Dave Ramsey mentioned on The Ramsey Show that he read the book decades ago and recommended it to a small business owner to help her shift from working inside her company to working on it. Ramsey again advised entrepreneurs and small business owners to pick up the book as essential reading. Chris Williamson recommended the title on Modern Wisdom as a fantastic resource for anyone running a business, a sentiment echoed when Andrew Wilkinson noted to Williamson that the book had been a massive influence on his entrepreneurial insights. Ali Abdaal told My First Million that reading titles like The E-Myth helps creators grasp basic business principles and standard operating procedures. Joe Saul-Sehy recommended the text on ChooseFI for business owners, while guest Larry Hagner also urged small business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs to check it out. Finally, Jonny on Modern Wisdom cited the text to illustrate the operational challenges business owners face when they get trapped doing daily tasks instead of delegating successfully to systemized processes.
Every mention
Dave Ramsey There's a book called uh E-Myth by Michael Gerber that I read 25 or 35 years ago. Um and it's an incredible… 2
“There's a book called uh E-Myth by Michael Gerber that I read 25 or 35 years ago. Um and it's an incredible book.”
“You need to pick up the book uh by Michael Gerber. It's called the E-Myth, entrepreneurial myth. E- myth.”
Chris Williamson And I think it's in the E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber. Fantastic book if anyone wants to try and run a… 6
“There's a book called The Emith Revisited by, I think it's Michael Gerber, it's like just a business book, but it's quite, it's quite well done.”
“And I think it's in the E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber. Fantastic book if anyone wants to try and run a business.”
“it's the thing from Michael Gerber the emth Revisited that lady that starts a bakery and then soon enough she can't remember what it's like to bake a cake”
“Does that story from, uh, The E-Myth Revisited, uh, about a lady who starts baking cakes, I think.”
“that particular insight which comes from the e-myth revisited as well that if you have any business where if you were to leave for more than six weeks and the whole thing was to fall apart that's not a business that's just a highly leveraged job”
“so we've got a myth revisited and just just thinking basically describes exactly what you just said email what you've one of the three stages even you're the technician when you start”
Ali Abdaal if someone's listening to this and they're a Creator if you learn like the basics of business like what is… 2
“if someone's listening to this and they're a Creator if you learn like the basics of business like what is an sop and reading books like the emth and traction and things like that you end up with like oh [ __ ] I can apply all of these principles of business okrs and kpis and I can like oh”
“Then I realized like once I started the YouTube thing, that hang on, this can actually be systematized. And then I read a I read a few business books, like The E-Myth Revisited and and things like that, which talked about the power of building a system. So, then I was like, all right, cool.”
Andrew Wilkinson Michael Gerbers the emth Revisited for instance makes me think when you're talking aboutt about that is the… 1
“Michael Gerbers the emth Revisited for instance makes me think when you're talking aboutt about that is there anything else that comes to mind the eth was huge for me”
Joe Saul-Sehy so anybody who owns a business that's listening to this or think about going into business totally you know… 1
“so anybody who owns a business that's listening to this or think about going into business totally you know listen to people like John wurillo and his uh built to sell podcast and his book his fantastic book read the e-myth”
Larry Hagner actually I've been reading a book Michael Gerber's e-myth Revisited I'm sure you've read it but if you have… 1
“actually I've been reading a book Michael Gerber's e-myth Revisited I'm sure you've read it but if you haven't if you're a small business owner or aspiring small business owner check it out”
Ben Bergeron there's another another concept from the e-myth um revisited where they say that idea is the constant execu… 1
“there's another another concept from the e-myth um revisited where they say that idea is the constant execution is the multiplier”
Marcus Milione i'm i have the e-myth revisited on my list i know that's like the holy grail for a lot of people i'll get t… 1
“i'm i have the e-myth revisited on my list i know that's like the holy grail for a lot of people i'll get to that this year at some point”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker3
“because I'm great at being a electrician and I'm great at you know I've read the book emath and it really opened my eyes up to being a technician owning a business and I'm working on”
“um but there's a book called the e-myth revisited that that goes into this and it's so hard to do”
“and the e-myth revisited walks through this example of pretty much what we've spoken about although not online of a lady who has a passion about baking so she sets up a bakery... so probably those two books they're very very commonly um very commonly recommended”