Episode · The Rich Roll Podcast · 2022-10-24

Books mentioned on Gordo Byrn on Making A 1000 Day Plan, Small Promises, The 5:2 Rule, & Designing Your Best Life

2 books · With Gordo Byrn · Listen · Watch on YouTube

In today’s panoply of role models, rare is the story of an everyman transforming his life wholesale—then sharing his process openly and honestly with humility and vulnerability. Today I convene with one of these aspirational, endurance veteran and personal hero Gordo Byrn.

Gordo Byrn discussed The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron and Wanting by Luke Burgis.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. The Artist's Way

    Julia Cameron · at 5:28 · mentioned 2 times

    The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron is a foundational self-help guide designed to help readers recover their innate creativity and overcome artistic blocks through structured practices like morning pages and artist dates.

    Discussed
    “and it was a uh it's actually something I got out of the artist's way Julia Cameron you know just make it happen”
    Where to get it
  2. Wanting

    Luke Burgis · at 2:00:14

    Wanting by Luke Burgis explores the concept of mimetic desire, explaining how human beings unconsciously copy the desires, ambitions, and envies of the people around them.

    Discussed
    “there's this feeling of envy and and envy is something we don't talk about much as a society and I read this book called wanting by Luke and he talks about your Envy tells you there's information there and you really need to pay attention to it and so I I acknowledge it and I don't just acknowledge”
    Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Finding Ultra
“so it's like the one of me and Finding Ultra like I I got way heavier than that I just couldn't find any photos of it”