Episode · My First Million · 2023-08-24
Books mentioned on Andrew Wilkinson: $100M Yacht Party, Recent Investments & More Billionaire Sh*t (#488)
Shaan Puri recommended Living with a SEAL by Jesse Itzler. Andrew Wilkinson discussed How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie. Sam Parr discussed Profit First by Mike Michalowicz.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Living with a SEAL
Living with a SEAL by Jesse Itzler chronicles the author's thirty-day experience inviting an intense Navy SEAL, later identified as David Goggins, to live with him and completely overhaul his physical and mental limits.
Recommended“should do the um the Jesse Itzler Living With a Seal thing. I feel like that's in play for you. Why why aren't you doing that? That sounds so freaking miserable. That was the David Goggins thing right where he did you read the book with him? No I just remember you guys had him on. You got to you”
Where to get it
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How to Win Friends and Influence People
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie is a classic self-help book focused on interpersonal communication, empathy, and building genuine human connections.
Discussed“I've just realized that everybody wants to talk about themselves and it's the Dale Carnegie thing. Find out what someone likes to talk about and then talk to them about that and just keep asking questions. And I realized that if they if I make them feel good, if they get to talk about the thing that they're interested in,”
Where to get it
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Profit First
Profit First by Mike Michalowicz is a business finance book that advocates for an alternative accounting method where business owners take their profit percentage first rather than treating profit as what is left over after expenses.
Discussed“Andrew, what is this Profit First methodology? That's that book that you like? I love this. So, yeah, one of the guys um one of the CEOs, actually the CEO of Beam, um he sent me this book, and um I love the idea.”
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