Episode · The Tim Ferriss Show · 2024-07-12
Books mentioned on #754: Arnold Schwarzenegger and Ann Miura-Ko
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.
Ann Miura-Ko recommended What School Could Be by Ted Dintersmith and A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini, and discussed Getting to Yes by Roger Fisher and others. Tim Ferriss discussed Getting Past No by William Ury.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Getting to Yes
Getting to Yes by Roger Fisher, William Ury, and Bruce Patton is a seminal guide to principled negotiation developed through the Harvard Negotiation Project.
Discussed“I picked it because I remember the book was getting to yes”
Where to get it
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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.
Discussed“and there is another book which I believe was co-authored by one of the co-authors of getting TS called getting past no”
Where to get it
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What School Could Be
What School Could Be by Ted Dintersmith is an educational manifesto exploring innovative approaches to teaching, student engagement, and systemic school reform.
Recommended“so my mentor Ted Dent Smith just wrote a book called what school could be and this goes back to sort of Education as a critical societal question how do we fix education”
Where to get it
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A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns is a historical novel by Khaled Hosseini that explores the lives of two Afghan women over several decades amidst the turmoil and political upheaval in Afghanistan.
Recommended“it is by khed husi who also wrote kitr Runner he wrote this book called A Thousand Splendid Sons”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“businessman philanthropist best-selling author of be useful seven tools for life and the 38th governor of California”
“it is by khed husi who also wrote kitr Runner he wrote this book called A Thousand Splendid Sons”