Episode · The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett · 2025-11-03
Steven Bartlett & Brené Brown: books mentioned on The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
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Steven Bartlett recommended Dare to Lead by Brené Brown, and discussed Strong Ground by Brené Brown and others and BRAVING THE WILDERNESS by Brené Brown. Brené Brown discussed The October Man (Rivers of London) by Ben Aaronovitch.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Strong Ground
Brené Brown explores vulnerability, resilience, and personal leadership in Strong Ground.
Discussed“So, there's four types of power you you you speak about in um Damn, you in Strong Ground.”
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The October Man (Rivers of London)
Discussed“Because I was reading the book series The Rivers of London. And in that book series, there are two gods of the Thames.”
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BRAVING THE WILDERNESS
Discussed“And when you talk about belonging, it's interesting in your book Braving the Wilderness, which I think the question's kind of summed up by the subtitle here. The quest for true belonging and the courage to stand alone.”
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Dare to Lead
Dare to Lead by Brené Brown is a 2018 leadership guide focused on cultivating brave work, tough decisions, and whole-hearted engagement in professional and personal environments.
Recommended“Um also Dare to Lead. I think all of um all of the leadership team in my office reference Dare to Lead so often, which is an incredible book about Brave Work, Tough Decisions, and Whole Hearts.”
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Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“like, that you know, in Atlas of the Heart, I write about 87 emotions that I think are important to understand because the limits of our language are the limits of our world.”
“The hardest chapter I've ever written in my life of any book was the chapter on grounded confidence in Strong Ground.”
“I mean, if I if I look back at Braving the Wilderness, that was maybe the only prophetic book that I think I've ever written. Like that”
“And so, why do we do that? Well, the whole the whole Strong Ground book, there's a there's a sentence in the in the first chapter that said, I have a sticky note on my window on my mirror in the bathroom that says, I'd rather be the oldest woman in the gym than the youngest woman in assisted living.”