Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2024-12-23
Books mentioned on Christmas Special - Life Hacks, Biggest Lessons & Best Resolutions - #881
I'm back on my old couch in Newcastle with Jonny, Yusef & George to catch up on what they've learned, their best hacks and new year's resolutions for 2025.
Jonathan Watson recommended Red Rising by Pierce Brown. Chris Williamson discussed The Gap and The Gain by Dr. Benjamin Hardy and others and How to Get Rich by Felix Dennis. Also mentioned: The Courage to Be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Red Rising
Recommended“Red Rising, the Red Rising series. But the Um immersive audio version. Phenomenal. So good. So [ __ ] fun. So, that's Red Rising? It's a series by Pierce Brown. Um Sci-fi sci-fi series, the most addictive set of novels, but they'd redone it as a movie in your mind.”
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The Gap and The Gain
Discussed“Have you ever heard of the book called The Gap and the Gain? Benjamin Hardy.”
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How to Get Rich
Discussed“Felix Dennis has a book called How to Get Rich, which is he's he's made it really like distasteful in the way that it's branded and stuff and he's sat there like like a maniacal like monocle and …”
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The Courage to Be Disliked
Discussed“So George got me a book a few years ago called The Courage to Be Disliked and it's basically a summary written by Parable about Adler …”
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Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The beginning of infinity
“I've seen him while he's reading David Deutsch's The Beginning of Infinity with ChatGPT open again.”
Passing The beginning of infinity
“What does he do? Meanwhile, he's reading David Doo's The Beginning of Infinity with all right. Uh, should we do a lesson?”