Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2026-05-21
Books mentioned on 19 Lessons From 1100 Episodes - #1100
To celebrate 1100 episodes of Modern Wisdom, I broke down some of my favourite lessons, insights and quotes from the last hundred episodes.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Hamlet
Hamlet by William Shakespeare is a celebrated tragedy about a Danish prince agonizing over revenge, betrayal, and mortality.
Discussed“Thus conscience does make cowards of us all.”
Where to get it
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Awaken The Giant Within
Awaken The Giant Within by Tony Robbins is a well-known self-help audiobook designed to help individuals take control of their emotional, physical, and financial destinies.
Recommended“there's this great audiobook from Tony Robbins. It's 30 years old. George Mac sent it to me. I don't even know how to find it. It's I'll try and find it and put it in the links, but it's basically an hour and a half worksheet, Awaken the Giant Within.”
Where to get it
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Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost by John Milton is an epic seventeenth-century blank-verse poem detailing the biblical fall of man, including the temptation of Adam and Eve by Satan and the fallen angel's rebellion against God.
Discussed“We are reluctant to accept that anyone, even [ __ ] Satan in Paradise Lost, is rotten all the way through.”
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