Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2020-10-24
Books mentioned on Elevate Yourself & Reach Your Potential - Robert Glazer - #236
Robert Glazer is a CEO and an author. Closing the gap between where we are and where we could be is one of the most important pursuits in life.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
-
Chasing Excellence
Chasing Excellence by Ben Bergeron is a self-improvement and fitness book that explores the mindsets, habits, and rigorous frameworks required to achieve elite performance in athletics and daily life.
Recommended“uh he has a podcast called chasing excellence which he's named after his book and um i would highly you and him sing very much from the same hymn sheet”
-
Elevate
Elevate: Push Beyond Your Limits and Unlock Success in Yourself and Others by Robert Glazer is a personal development book that focuses on continuous improvement, core values, and capacity building.
Recommended“so everyone that's listening if you haven't gone away and done that get yourself a copy of elevate”
-
Political Theorists in Context
Political Theorists in Context by Stuart Isaacs and Chris Sparks is an academic exploration of major political thinkers situated within their historical and intellectual environments.
Recommended“get yourself a copy of elevate otherwise chris sparks he has an experiment without limits and there's some great work worksheets in that”
-
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“like which page in atomic habits is it that i need to turn to to like find the particular habit that i'm doing to do the whatever thing”
-
The Lonely Century
The Lonely Century by Noreena Hertz is a non-fiction book that explores the modern crisis of social isolation and disconnection.
Recommended“and i think there's a book that's up on the big shelf up there the lonely century by noreena hertz uh talking about this loneliness epidemic that we've got at the moment”
Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“i tried to write a compilation book called friday forward ironically which is the book i just released but no one would buy it”
“first one was greg mcewen author of essentialism on this show he told us a story about an executive he worked with”
“i've actually just finishing up a course on it because the thing i get asked about the most i i put a couple resources and elevate on this and questions you could ask”
“Okay i have a problem with my this thing like which page in atomic habits is it that i need to turn to to like find the particular habit that i'm doing to do the whatever thing”