Episode · No Stupid Questions · 2023-10-22
Books mentioned on 168. Would You Be Happier if You Were More Creative?
Should you become an artist or an accountant? Did Sylvia Plath have to be depressed to write The Bell Jar?
Mentioned: Pain, Parties, Work by Elizabeth Winder, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey, and The Effective Executive by Peter F. Drucker.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Pain, Parties, Work
Discussed“But Marty's conjecture is that she actually had her creative output, her writing, you know, 'The Bell Jar' and the poetry during her manic episodes.”
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The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
Discussed“Finally, Mike attributes the quotation 'do first things first and second things not at all' to Stephen Covey, author of the 1989 book 'The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People.'”
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The Effective Executive
Discussed“The line actually comes from the 1966 book 'The Effective Executive' by Peter Drucker, whose work was a significant influence on Covey.”
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Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“finally Mike attributes the quotation do first things first and second things not at all to Steven cvy author of the 1989 book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People”
Passing The Effective Executive
“the line actually comes from the 1966 book the effective executive by Peter Ducker whose work was a significant influence on cvy”