Book · 2010 · Commerce
The personal MBA
The personal MBA by Josh Kaufman has been mentioned in 3 episodes across 3 podcasts (1 episode recommends it and 2 episodes discuss it), through . Most frequently brought up by Chris Williamson (1 episode), Josh Kaufman (1 episode) and Shane Parrish (1 episode) on Invest Like the Best (1 episode), Modern Wisdom (1 episode) and The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett (1 episode).
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Why why why did you write a book called the personal MBA it's a world class Business book that sold almost a million copies so far it's a real iconic book in the category but why why did you feel compelled to write that book.
Questions about The personal MBA by Josh Kaufman
Who recommends The personal MBA by Josh Kaufman on podcasts?
Chris Williamson (1 episode) has recommended The personal MBA by Josh Kaufman on podcasts. In all, 4 people brought it up across 3 podcasts (1 person recommended it).
Which podcasts mention The personal MBA the most?
Invest Like the Best (1 episode), Modern Wisdom (1 episode) and The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett (1 episode).
Is The personal MBA recommended, or only discussed?
The personal MBA by Josh Kaufman was recommended in 1 episode and discussed without a recommendation in 2 episodes, as of 2024-07-15.
What do people say about The personal MBA?
Steven Bartlett on The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett (2024-07-15): "Why why why did you write a book called the personal MBA it's a world class Business book that sold almost a million copies so far it's a real iconic book in the category but why why did you feel compelled to write that book."
When was The personal MBA last mentioned on a podcast?
The personal MBA by Josh Kaufman was last discussed on The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett by Steven Bartlett on 2024-07-15.
What they say about it
- Discussing the book“the personal mba”6
The best things said about it
Upon reading the intro to The Personal MBA you will have some strong thoughts about business school.
Chris Williamson Modern Wisdom · Aug 2020 The Personal MBA was a good one, but that wasn't really a journey as much as kind of a compendium of things that I was supposed to have learned when I did my MBA.
Where and when it comes up
Most episodes, by podcast
4 people who brought it up
Why people recommend it
The Personal MBA is a comprehensive business guide by Josh Kaufman designed to provide readers with the fundamental principles of commerce without requiring formal graduate school. The book has been featured and discussed across prominent podcasts, including Modern Wisdom, The Diary Of A CEO, and Invest Like the Best. Chris Williamson recommended checking out the tenth-anniversary edition of The Personal MBA on Modern Wisdom in August 2020, praising its practical framework for running any business while discussing the value of traditional business education with Kaufman. On The Diary Of A CEO in July 2024, Steven Bartlett spoke with Kaufman about why he felt compelled to write an iconic, million-copy bestseller that challenges conventional business literature. Kaufman explained that the project began after he failed to find a foundational, modern business guide comparable to older academic texts. Additionally, Shane Parrish discussed The Personal MBA on Invest Like the Best in December 2016, noting that the book serves as an excellent compendium of essential business concepts that every professional should understand.
Every mention
Chris Williamson so the personal mba the 10th anniversary edition will be linked in the show notes below 1
“and uh today we are celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the personal mba man how does that feel”
“so my main question upon reading the intro to the personal mba you will have some strong thoughts about business school”
“so the personal mba the 10th anniversary edition will be linked in the show notes below”
Josh Kaufman and so one of the things that I tried to do with the personal MBA um and and one of the the reasons like ho… 1
“and so one of the things that I tried to do with the personal MBA um and and one of the the reasons like how the project got started was I figured that there was there was a book written by a business school professor in the 1950s or something”
Shane Parrish And the personal MBA was a good one, but that wasn't really a journey as much as kind of a compendium of th… 1
“And the personal MBA was a good one, but that wasn't really a journey as much as kind of a compendium of things that I was supposed to have learned when I did my MBA.”
Steven Bartlett why why why did you write a book called the personal MBA it's a world class Business book that sold almost… 1
“why why why did you write a book called the personal MBA it's a world class Business book that sold almost a million copies so far it's a real iconic book in the category but why why did you feel compelled to write that book”
Other mentions (5: passing, ad reads, own books)
“and so my goal in writing the Pumba was to explain business to someone who has no knowledge no experience no idea what's going on start from absolute Square zero and explain all of the different parts of a business how they work how they interrelate to each other”
“I I talk about 12 different forms of value in the personal MBA so the instantiation of the idea really depends on the form of which the you're you're going to deliver it to to the end result”
“that's why I wrote the first LBA okay so yeah can you will you tell me about all of this stuff if I get this book yes it so the the whole idea aidea behind personal MBA was to take all of these Concepts like amortization like nonprofit all of this and explain it in the clearest most direct most”
“like it's a it's a thing so um for me it is like a lot of those regrets revolve around um decisions that I made that didn't work out um relationships um I have I have two kids and the process of of raising kids is uh hopefully informed trial and error but like fundamentally trial and error”
“so the the whole organizing concept of the personal mba is okay here's what we're doing here's the small set of things that you need to understand to do that”