Episode · The Tim Ferriss Show · 2019-12-23
Books mentioned on #403: Tony Fadell — On Building the iPod, iPhone, Nest, and a Life of Curiosity
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Tony Fadell recommended Getting to Yes by Roger Fisher and others, Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson, and In Praise of Shadows, and discussed The Road Less Traveled by M. Scott Peck and Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Road Less Traveled
The Road Less Traveled by M.
Discussed“So I decided that what's the best thing to do is I'm gonna act you because I was reading all these books about psychology you know the road less traveled”
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Getting to Yes
Getting to Yes by Roger Fisher, William Ury, and Bruce Patton is a foundational negotiation classic developed out of the Harvard Negotiation Project that teaches principled negotiation strategies focused on mutual gains rather than positional bargaining.
Recommended“There's two books actually one book which is getting to yes if you've ever read that book getting to yes yep right give me another guys yep right getting to yes is one and that's all about telling a story right”
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Who Moved My Cheese?
Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson is a brief, parabolic story about navigating and adapting to unexpected workplace and life changes.
Recommended“The other one is who moved my cheese yeah right that's another really simple book you don't have to go through all of this psychological kind of you know you know heavy books to get to very simple lessons”
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In Praise of Shadows
In Praise of Shadows by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki is a classic essay collection that explores traditional Japanese aesthetics, architecture, and the subtle interplay of light and darkness.
Recommended“I regularly gift the book called in praise of shadows haha man you're the first person yes I know this book okay that's a very very very small book it's like 80 pages”
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Thinking, Fast and Slow
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman is a seminal book exploring the two systems of thought that drive human decision-making: the fast, intuitive system and the slow, logical system.
Discussed“Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman and and he and you know you know Nobel laureate amazing amazing guy”
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