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Episode · No Stupid Questions · 2023-09-10

Books mentioned on 162. How Can You Be Kinder to Yourself?

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How do you practice self-care if you don’t have time for a break? Is it weird to talk to yourself?

Angela Duckworth discussed I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou. Mike Maughan discussed Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night by Dylan Thomas. Also mentioned: Radical Candor by Kim Malone Scott.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

    Maya Angelou · at 2:30

    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is a powerful autobiographical memoir by Maya Angelou that details her formative years growing up amid racism, trauma, and resilience.

    Discussed
    “she was an amazing poet author she wrote I know where the Caged Bird Sings and is just one of my major heroes in life”
    Angela Duckworth 162. How Can You Be Kinder to Yourself? 2023-09-10 Listen at 2:30
    Where to get it
    Listen free with an Audible trialAmazon

  2. Radical Candor

    Kim Malone Scott · at 29:33

    Radical Candor by Kim Malone Scott is a management guide that teaches leaders how to care personally while challenging directly.

    Discussed
    “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”
    Speaker 162. How Can You Be Kinder to Yourself? 2023-09-10 Listen at 29:33
    Where to get it
    Listen free with an Audible trialAmazon

  3. Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night

    Dylan Thomas · at 32:45

    Discussed
    “and I keep residing to my myself that poem I will not go gentle into this good night”
    Mike Maughan 162. How Can You Be Kinder to Yourself? 2023-09-10 Listen at 32:45
    Where to get it
    Listen free with an Audible trialAmazon
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Passing Radical Candor
“our dear friend Kim Scott who wrote radical Candor also hates the idea”
Angela Duckworth 162. How Can You Be Kinder to Yourself? 2023-09-10 Listen at 29:30
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