Episode · The Tim Ferriss Show · 2024-07-04
Books mentioned on #752: Terry Crews and Richard Koch
This episode is a two-for-one, and that’s because the podcast recently hit its 10-year anniversary and passed one billion downloads. To celebrate, I’ve curated some of the best of the best—some of my favorites—from more than 700 episodes over the last decade.
Tim Ferriss recommended Perspectives on Strategy by Colin S. Gray, and discussed Tribe of Mentors by Timothy Ferriss, The Star Principle by Richard Koch, and The 80/20 Principle by Richard Koch. Richard Koch recommended Good Strategy, Bad Strategy by Richard P. Rumelt, and discussed The Mind and Society: Theory of derivations by Vilfredo Pareto, Managing Without Management by Richard Koch and others, Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell, and Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Tribe of Mentors
Tribe of Mentors by Timothy Ferriss is a popular compilation featuring advice, habits, and answers to targeted life questions from a diverse array of high-achievers and successful figures.
Discussed“one of the stor that you put in trib of mentors is related to my question related to favorite failures or a failure that set you up for later success”
Where to get it
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The Mind and Society: Theory of derivations
Discussed“and one day I decided that I wanted to read a book which had read about called the course of economic theory but it was in French written by our old friend vredo pero and it was published in lern in I think 1896 and 97”
Where to get it
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The Star Principle
The Star Principle by Richard Koch is a business and investment guide that outlines how to identify and invest in high-growth companies that dominate their respective markets.
Discussed“so you wrote an entire book on this the star principle 2008 it that was published in 2008 work and investing in Star businesses”
Where to get it
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The 80/20 Principle
The 80/20 Principle by Richard Koch is a prominent business and productivity guide that explores how a minority of efforts, inputs, or causes typically lead to a majority of the results, outputs, or rewards.
Discussed“what book has had the single biggest impact on your career and you answer my own book The 820 principal because it sold more than a million copies and it's been translated into more than 35 languages”
Where to get it
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Perspectives on Strategy
Perspectives on Strategy, edited by Carl Stern and George Stalk, is an authoritative collection of seminal essays and business writings focusing on corporate planning, competitive advantage, and strategic management consulting.
Recommended“and then you say at the end of the answer that many of your book books and much of your investing are related to ideas on strategy Consulting and you learn those firsthand not from books but that you can recommend a book called perspectives on strategy edited by Carl Stern and George stock”
Where to get it
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Good Strategy, Bad Strategy
Good Strategy, Bad Strategy by Richard P.
Recommended“he'll come back to me but anyway you type it into Amazon if you want good strategy bad strategy that's actually a very good strategy book very not very nice short strategy book and there's my financial times guide to strategy we I give a small plug to out of print at the moment”
Where to get it
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Managing Without Management
Discussed“and I'd written a book for him called managing without management which was a title which he suggested was very clever because it basically said managing in particular middle managing was a complete waste of time and so you could manage without it managing without management”
Where to get it
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Outliers
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell is an examination of the external factors, cultural legacies, and massive amounts of practice that contribute to extraordinary success.
Discussed“so I took an old book which was Malcolm gladwell's outliers and you probably remember that in outliers the whole thesis is that success derives from Deep experience and long exposure to doing something in a very narrow field”
Where to get it
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Antifragile
Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb is a groundbreaking exploration of systems that not only withstand shocks and disorder but actually thrive and grow stronger when exposed to volatility, stress, and uncertainty.
Discussed“you remember that Nicholas Nassim talb wrote a book called an fragile which I think is probably his best book and the thesis behind that as you know is that resilience is not the point you actually have to like setbacks”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“first up Terry Cruz former NFL player American film and television star of The Expendables Everybody Hates Chris and Brooklyn 99 host of America's Got Talent and best-selling author of six books including his Memoir tough my journey to True power”
“and bestselling author of books on business and personal success including the 8020 principal and his most recent book unreasonable success and how to achieve it you can find Richard on Twitter”
“and there's my financial times guide to strategy we I give a small plug to out of print at the moment”