Episode · The Daily Stoic · 2023-12-20
Books mentioned on Ali Abdaal On Stoic Productivity Secrets And Overcoming Procrastination
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The 48 Laws of Power
The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene and Joost Elffers is a popular psychological guide that draws upon historical tactics to explain the dynamics of gaining, maintaining, and defending against power.
Discussed“so I guess in the 48 Laws of Power the final law which I think a lot of people Miss is assume formlessness”
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The 4-Hour Workweek
The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss is a highly influential lifestyle design and entrepreneurship guide that challenges traditional career trajectories and advocates for remote businesses and mini-retirements.
Discussed“But then I miss that Thursday and think, Tim Ferriss says batching is good, so why don't I batch a whole week? I film 15 videos in that week, allowing me to chill for six weeks but then find that this week in Austin, I didn’t feel like filming anything at all.”
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In praise of idleness
Discussed“so I was rereading um Bertrand Russell's essay In Praise of idleness um where he's basically talking about how this you know this attitude that the modern world inculcates within us”
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Atomic Habits
Atomic Habits by James Clear is a comprehensive, practical guide to building positive routines and breaking bad ones through small, incremental behavioral changes.
Discussed“But first off, I like James; second, I think he's a great writer, and I think Atomic Habits is actually a very good book. And third, I don't know how many I'm counting now, but whatever—there's no universe in which that book selling more or less copies affects my life in any negative or positive way.”
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The Designing Your Life Workbook
The Designing Your Life Workbook is a practical guide that applies design thinking principles to personal development, career planning, and life satisfaction.
Recommended“the most helpful exercise I've ever found for this is uh something called The Odyssey plan from the book designing your life by Bill Bernett is”
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Designing Your Life
Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans is a practical guide that applies design thinking principles to the wicked problem of building a fulfilling and joyful career and life.
Recommended“The most helpful exercise I've ever found for this is something called The Odyssey Plan from the book Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett and another guy who are Stanford professors. Basically, the idea is that you imagine your life three to five years in the future if you continued down your current path, and you write out what that”
Other mentions in this episode (6) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“I was saying to you in that interview that, hey Ryan, you know I've just started writing my first book, any tips? You gave some really good advice.”
“Well, you asked me about self-publishing earlier; I experienced this unintentionally and intentionally when The Obstacle is the Way came out. Uh, I’d already sold the sequel and so in one respect that probably cost me a lot of money because The Obstacle is the Way did, over the next year or two, start to do really well.”
“So if I’d waited, I probably could have sold what became Ego is the Enemy for a lot more money; a lot more money. But I was... But I’d actually sold like a proposal version of it while I was still figuring the book out.”
“So again the downside is, uh, Courage came out, it did okay, Discipline came out, it did spectacular. So maybe I could have been selling Justice for more, but um all of that was irrelevant because I was just in the middle of writing the book.”
“So again the downside is, uh, Courage came out, it did okay, Discipline came out, it did spectacular. So maybe I could have been selling Justice for more, but um all of that was irrelevant because I was just in the middle of writing the book.”
“So maybe I could have been selling Justice for more, but um all of that was irrelevant because I was just in the middle of writing the book.”