Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2026-07-20
Books mentioned on 14 Patterns Behind the World’s Greatest Minds - David Senra - #1126
David Senra is the host of Founders podcast and an investor. What separates successful founders from everyone else?
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Creative Act
The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin is a guide to cultivating and accessing creativity as a fundamental aspect of human nature rather than merely a professional skill.
Discussed“This is Rick Rubin. Like you and I we just talked about this we just both read his book Creative Act. And towards the end of that book, he has this thing called like the house on the mountain test.”
Where to get it
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Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan by Roland Lazenby is an extensive, multi-hundred-page biography that chronicles the life, career, psychology, and competitive drive of the legendary basketball player.
Recommended“And uh there's this great book called Michael Jordan: The Life. It's like 700 pages long. Uh it's by this guy named Roland Lazenby. And I read that book twice. It it fundamentally changed my life.”
Where to get it
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Against the Odds
Against the Odds by James Dyson is the first autobiography of the British inventor and industrial designer, chronicling his relentless struggles, financial pressures, and eventual triumph in creating the dual-cyclone bagless vacuum cleaner.
Recommended“If I If you only read one book, it'd be his first autobiography, which is called Against the Odds, an autobiography by James Dyson. Cuz it's not about today, you fast forward he's 78 years old, he owns 100% of one of the most successful private companies in the world, he wouldn't sell it.”
Where to get it
