Episode · My First Million · 2024-05-24
Books mentioned on How To Master Storytelling ft. David Perell
Shaan Puri recommended Storyworthy by Matthew Dicks and The Boron Letters by Gary Halbert and others, and discussed Harry Potter and Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Harry Potter
Harry Potter is a globally celebrated fantasy book series following a young wizard's epic struggle against the dark wizard Voldemort.
Discussed“so you know Harry Potter wants to live what's in his way Voldemort trying to kill him the most powerful wizard of all time is trying to kill him”
Where to get it
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Storyworthy
Storyworthy by Matthew Dicks is a practical guide to storytelling written by a multi-time Moth GrandSLAM champion, offering structured exercises to help individuals find and shape compelling narratives from their daily lives.
Recommended“Worthy storyworthy is a amazing book by this like teacher guy who's like this 20 time storytelling champion of the moth storytelling I didn't I didn't even know what this thing was”
Where to get it
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Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton is a sci-fi thriller novel about a theme park populated by genetically resurrected dinosaurs.
Discussed“so spoiler for all romcoms ever and um it's actually all movies ever die hard Jurassic Park you could do the same exercise”
Where to get it
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The Boron Letters
The Boron Letters by Gary Halbert and Bond Halbert is a classic work on copywriting, featuring letters written by a prominent copywriter to his son from a federal prison in Boron.
Recommended“have you ever read the Boron letters years ago okay so this is uh mustre yeah uh copyrighting”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“one of the people that came to mind when I Googled around was Ain sorin and uh he's written you know famous TV shows I even West Wing news room The Social Network movie”
“so most people think of it when like the example I even gave was Harry Potter trying to live and E most evil War are trying to kill him”