📚 2 Books mentioned in "How Can You Be Kinder to Yourself? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 162" of No Stupid Questions
Podcast: No Stupid Questions
Episode: How Can You Be Kinder to Yourself? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 162
Published on September 11, 2023
Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode. Click on the links to watch specific excerpts on YouTube and feel free to purchase the books if they caught your interest!
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
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She wrote I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and is just one of my major heroes in life. Anyway, she had this conversation years ago with Bill Moyers and what I think is so fascinating, she said, you're only free when you realize you belong nowhere, everywhere, no place at all.
Mike references Maya Angelou's book, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, while recalling an inspirational quote that helped him center himself prior to a neighborhood event. He expresses his deep admiration for Maya Angelou through this mention.
Radical Candor
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I know our friend Adam Grant who’s also a professor at Wharton has written about how he hates the idea; our dear friend Kim Scott who wrote Radical Candor also hates the idea! But let me just stand up for the crap sandwich which is to say that I agree it’s kind of formulaic and predictable like I’m just going to like sugar coat the bitter pill of my negative feedback for you, you in this way that is totally insincere like that’s not good.
In a discussion about feedback methods, Mike refers to Kim Scott's book "Radical Candor" to highlight differing views on the 'crap sandwich' approach to delivering criticism.