Episode · The Tim Ferriss Show · 2024-01-23
Books mentioned on #717: Noah Kagan — How to Launch a Million-Dollar Business This Weekend
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Tim Ferriss recommended Getting Past No by William Ury and The W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne Blue Ocean Strategy Reader by W. Chan Kim and others. Noah Kagan recommended Learned Optimism by Martin Seligman and A Million Miles in a Thousand Years by Donald Miller.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Getting Past No
Getting Past No by William Ury is a negotiation guide that offers practical strategies for turning difficult opponents into cooperative partners by overcoming resistance and stalemate.
Recommended“Getting Past No is one of my favorites. There are many others, and that is why we're spending some time on this.”
Where to get it
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The W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne Blue Ocean Strategy Reader
The W.
Recommended“One would be Blue Ocean Strategy, I mentioned it before. Excellent book. Excellent, excellent book.”
Where to get it
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Learned Optimism
Martin Seligman's 'Learned Optimism' is a psychology book that explores how cognitive reframing and explanatory styles can help individuals overcome helplessness and build mental resilience.
Recommended“One of my favorite books this year is Learned Optimism.”
Where to get it
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A Million Miles in a Thousand Years
A Million Miles in a Thousand Years by Donald Miller is a reflective memoir about a writer who reconsiders the narrative structure of his own life while helping turn his previous book into a Hollywood movie.
Recommended“I brought you my favorite kind of memoir book of all time, A Million Miles in a Thousand Years.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (5) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“Very similar, complementary to 4-Hour Workweek, and we're here today.”
“Let me read Blue Ocean Strategy. Let me go back.”
“Let me read The 80/20 Principle.”
“Bird by Bird on creative process.”
“Oh, by the way, your Julia Cameron Artist's Way.”