Episode · The Daily Stoic · 2021-11-13
Ryan Holiday & Ali Abdaal: books mentioned on The Daily Stoic (Nov 2021)
Ali Abdaal on the Keys to Productivity and Re-Defining Success
Ryan Holiday discussed The Obstacle Is the Way by Ryan Holiday, The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell, and The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Ali Abdaal recommended Make Time by Jake Knapp and others and A Minute to Think by Juliet Funt, and discussed The E-Myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber, Traction by Gino Wickman, and Law of Attraction by Michael J. Losier.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Obstacle Is the Way
Discussed“I think one of the benefits for me when I was thinking about writing The Obstacle Is the Way, and I've talked about this before, is that my publisher offered me half what I got for my first book for what was supposed to be my second book.”
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The E-Myth Revisited
Discussed“Then I realized like once I started the YouTube thing, that hang on, this can actually be systematized. And then I read a I read a few business books, like The E-Myth Revisited and and things like that, which talked about the power of building a system. So, then I was like, all right, cool.”
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Make Time
Recommended“In in terms of specific tools for for for for for getting more done, single biggest step I found is something I came across in a book called Make Time by Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky. They call it the daily highlight.”
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Traction
Discussed“It was within a book called Traction by Gino someone. It was some some Yeah, this book I was reading.”
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Law of Attraction
Discussed“This exercise was in a book called 'Attraction' by someone named Dino. I realized there were a lot of things in the bottom two quadrants—things I don’t like doing but am good at.”
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A Minute to Think
Recommended“There's a great book I was reading. It's called A Minute to Think by Juliet Funt. Very recent book.”
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The Tipping Point
Discussed“So like, I think if a Malcolm Gladwell book came out today, like 'The Tipping Point' came out today, I think it would not sell five million copies because now people would want to know specifically how to create tipping points.”
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The Black Swan
Discussed“You know, the Black Swan wasn't a book about risk and then he just slaps on this title. I mean it's built around the story, but you can you can do it a lot of different ways.”
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Other mentions in this episode (5) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged The Obstacle Is the Way
“And I think like one of the benefits for me when I was thinking about writing The Obstacle Is the Way, and I've talked about this before, but my publisher offered me half what I got for my first book for what was supposed to be my second book.”
Plugged The Productivity Game
“Obviously, I know about it, but I'm sure listeners would be interested in knowing what you're working on and tell us how the process has been because, to me, that's the most interesting part. Yeah. Um, so the book currently does not have a title; the working title is 'The Productivity Game,' which I'm not a huge fan of.”
Plugged Trust Me, I'm Lying
“I wanted to call it Confessions of a Media Manipulator. My my publisher wanted to call it Trust Me, I'm Lying. And I asked Robert Green I said, Robert, I want to call it Confessions of a Media Manipulator, um but the the publisher has all this data that says trust me I'm lying is better.”
Plugged Trust Me, I'm Lying
“I wanted to call it Confessions of a Media Manipulator. My my publisher wanted to call it Trust Me, I'm Lying.”
Passing The Black Swan
“You know, the Black Swan wasn't a book about risk and then he just slaps on this title.”