Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2024-01-29
Chris Williamson & Alex Hormozi: books mentioned on Modern Wisdom (Jan 2024)
21 Brutally Honest Lessons To Improve Your Life - Alex Hormozi (4K)
Alex Hormozi recommended Essentialism by Greg McKeown, and discussed The Midnight Library by Matt Haig. Chris Williamson recommended The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene and others, and discussed Oliver Burkeman's 2-Book Set (Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals & the Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking) by Oliver Burkeman, No More Mr Nice Guy by Dr Robert A Glover, and Atomic Habits by James Clear.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Essentialism
Recommended“one of the concepts that the book will be focused on intentionalism mhm and essentialism by Greg mccuan is one of my favorite a buck”
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Oliver Burkeman's 2-Book Set (Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals & the Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking)
Discussed“Oliver burkman's got this Great Frame where he talks about choose in advance what you're going to suck at oh yeah it's in 4,000 weeks”
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The Midnight Library
Discussed“I think there's a um there's a [ __ ] there's a book that where a girl lives many different versions of her life and Midnight Library yes”
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No More Mr Nice Guy
Discussed“do you know who Dr Robert Glover is he wrote No More Mr Nice Guy”
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Atomic Habits
Discussed“in James Clay's Atomic habits I think he interviews maybe the Chinese weightlift team's head coach”
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The 48 Laws of Power
Recommended“uh you should buy the 25th anniversary edition of 48 Laws of Power just came out last year yeah leather bound gold emboss I have”
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Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Too Good to Fail?
“he read this book he just told me the title and just like stuck with me he said too good to fail”