Episode · The Tim Ferriss Show · 2025-01-29
Books mentioned on #792: Seth Godin on Playing the Right Game and Strategy as a Superpower
Seth Godin is the author of 21 internationally bestselling books, translated into more than 35 languages, including Linchpin, Tribes, The Dip, and Purple Cow. His latest book is This Is Strategy.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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This Is Strategy
This Is Strategy by Seth Godin is a forward-thinking guide that challenges conventional planning methods, encouraging readers to understand strategy as a dynamic superpower and a tool for playing the right game in an increasingly complex and interconnected world.
Discussed“so we have then this might be a good segue many maxims or ideas that we could discuss from the book and I circled a few for myself mostly for clarification”
Where to get it
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Rebel without a Crew
Rebel without a Crew by Robert Rodriguez is an influential filmmaking memoir that details how the director shot his ultra-low-budget feature film El Mariachi for just seven thousand dollars.
Recommended“yeah there's an amazing story people can check it out in a book called a rebel without a crew by by Robert Rodriguez”
Where to get it
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Atomic Habits
Atomic Habits by James Clear is a comprehensive, action-oriented guide to building good habits and breaking bad ones through small, incremental changes.
Discussed“and James did a great job with atomic habits but I will be delighted to wager that many people didn't read the whole thing”
Where to get it
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The 4-Hour Workweek
The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss is a pioneering guide to redesigning one's lifestyle, escaping the conventional nine-to-five, and outsourcing routine tasks.
Discussed“same thing's true with the 4-Hour Work Week same thing's true with permission marketing right that if you read the first three chapters of permission marketing you know what it's about”
Where to get it
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Unreasonable Hospitality
Unreasonable Hospitality by Will Guidara details the author's journey running the renowned restaurant Eleven Madison Park and outlines a philosophy of elevating customer service through extraordinary, unexpected acts of care.
Recommended“there's a book I'll recommend to folks if they're interested it's very fast read it's by Will guidara un reasonable hospitality”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (8) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“Seth Godin is the author of 21 internationally bestselling books, translated into more than 35 languages, including Linchpin, Tribes, The Dip, and Purple Cow.”
“Seth Godin is the author of 21 internationally bestselling books, translated into more than 35 languages, including Linchpin, Tribes, The Dip, and Purple Cow.”
“Seth Godin is the author of 21 internationally bestselling books, translated into more than 35 languages, including Linchpin, Tribes, The Dip, and Purple Cow.”
“Seth Godin is the author of 21 internationally bestselling books, translated into more than 35 languages, including Linchpin, Tribes, The Dip, and Purple Cow.”
“His latest book is This Is Strategy.”
“I'm never going to write a story a book called This is God the tactic Monger volume one right exactly so if I'm not going to write this is God or this is tactics at least I could write this is strategy”
“same thing's true with the 4-Hour Work Week same thing's true with permission marketing right that if you read the first three chapters of permission marketing you know what it's about”
“and in the case of permission marketing I wrote a book but it turned into a hundred billion dollar year industry right that MailChimp and HubSpot and all the others they were built around the idea in that book”