Episode · My First Million · 2024-06-05
Books mentioned on 25 Years Of Founder WISDOM In 55 Minutes (ft. Jason Fried)
Episode 593: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Jason Fried ( https://x.
Sam Parr recommended How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie, and discussed Six Sigma by Donna C. S. Summers. Jason Fried recommended Pale Blue Dot by Carl Sagan, and discussed The messy middle by Scott Belsky.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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How to Win Friends and Influence People
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie is a classic self-help manual focused on interpersonal communication, relationship building, and effective social influence.
Recommended“Dale Carnegie in this book how to win influence to how to INF Win Friends and Influence People he's got many famous lines but one of the famous teachings is basically just don't argue with people because you no party typically walks away happy or satisfied”
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Pale Blue Dot
Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space by Carl Sagan offers a profound philosophical reflection on humanity's place in the universe, inspired by the famous photograph of Earth taken from the edge of the solar system.
Recommended“have you um read that great passage from Carl Sean the pale blue dot what's he say no I mean it's one of the most beautiful I'm not going to say it because I want you to read it I want you to have the experience of read it's short it's a paragraph it is one of the most beautiful”
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Six Sigma
Discussed“if you look at like I don't maybe they are like uh Jack Welsh's book Six Sigma like a lot of different types of organizations outside of business like view that book I don't really like that book but they view it as like the rules of the game”
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The messy middle
The Messy Middle by Scott Belsky is a practical business guide that offers strategies for navigating the turbulent, uncertain phase of building a company or creative project after the initial excitement has faded and before ultimate success is achieved.
Discussed“you know like Scott Scott bsky wrote a book called the messy middle”
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