Episode · The Tim Ferriss Show · 2021-09-30
Books mentioned on #535: General Stanley McChrystal — Mastering Risk: A User's Guide
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Tim Ferriss discussed Risk by General Stanley McChrystal and others, Leaders by General Stanley McChrystal and others, Thinking in Bets by Annie Duke, and Bringing Down the House by Ben Mezrich.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Risk
Risk by General Stanley McChrystal and Anna Butrico is a comprehensive guide to understanding and managing risk in complex environments.
Discussed“So, could you maybe start with how you define or think about risk, and why write an entire book called Risk: A User's Guide?”
Where to get it
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Leaders
Discussed“You wrote a book, as mentioned in the intro, Leaders: Myth and Reality.”
Where to get it
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Thinking in Bets
Thinking in Bets by Annie Duke is a popular nonfiction book that explores decision-making, probability, and how to evaluate choices objectively despite uncertain outcomes.
Discussed“If you look at Annie Duke, poker, I think her book is thinking in bets, if I'm if I'm recalling correctly.”
Where to get it
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Bringing Down the House
Bringing Down the House by Ben Mezrich is a non-fiction book detailing the true story of an MIT card-counting team that developed a sophisticated system to win at blackjack in casinos.
Discussed“Or you look at say a book like Bringing Down the House by Ben Mezrich, which was about this team from MIT who had a system for winning in blackjack.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (5) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“he is the author of the best-selling leadership books My Share of the Task, a memoir, Team of Teams, New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World, and Leaders, Myth and Reality.”
“he is the author of the best-selling leadership books My Share of the Task, a memoir, Team of Teams, New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World, and Leaders, Myth and Reality.”
“he is the author of the best-selling leadership books My Share of the Task, a memoir, Team of Teams, New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World, and Leaders, Myth and Reality.”
“His newest book is Risk, subtitle A User's Guide.”
“There are the scholars who deal with risk and I think, you know, How We Think, Daniel Kahneman, people like that who've done a lot of thinking about how the human mind thinks.”