Books Mentioned in This Episode

Podcast: No Stupid Questions

Episode: 202. Why Can’t We Tolerate Discomfort? | No Stupid Questions

Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode, complete with an Amazon buy link and quotes from the episode.

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The Comfort Crisis

by Michael Easter

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"When you were talking about your students, though, one thought that came to mind: I don't know if you've read Michael Easter's book, The Comfort Crisis?"
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The Sweet Spot

by Paul Bloom

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"And he wrote this book called The Sweet Spot and it really was I think a kind of like manifesto on how there is a sweet spot of discomfort. The reason why he wants to say sweet spot is it's not more is all better."
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Twilight of Idols and Anti-Christ

by Friedrich Nietzsche

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"Clarkson's 2011 hit song, 'Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)' is a direct reference to Nietzsche's famous aphorism, 'What does not kill me makes me stronger,' from his 1888 book, 'Twilight of the Idols.'"