Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2026-02-23
Chris Williamson & Charlie Houpert: books mentioned on Modern Wisdom #1063
How to Survive the Death of Your Old Self - Charlie Houpert - #1063
Charlie Houpert is an entrepreneur and YouTuber. Why does life tend to teach its hardest lessons just as we think we’ve arrived?
Charlie Houpert discussed Fear and Trembling by Søren Kierkegaard by Søren Kierkegaard and God Is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens. Chris Williamson discussed Atomic Habits by James Clear and No More Mr Nice Guy by Dr Robert A Glover.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Fear and Trembling by Søren Kierkegaard
Discussed“Saurin Kerkard wrote fear and trembling which is exactly what you're expected to feel when you when you have that divine call tell you leave your job, exit this relationship, get marry her.”
Where to get it
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Atomic Habits
Atomic Habits by James Clear is a widely acclaimed guide on habit formation, personal development, and how minor incremental adjustments yield substantial long-term results.
Discussed“Oh, that's like a that that is nourishing to me in a way that reading atomic habits for the first time was nourishing to me or listening to Peterson Tay tell the truth was nourishing to me and stand up straight with your shoulders back and clean your room.”
Where to get it
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God Is Not Great
God Is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens is a prominent polemical manifesto of the New Atheism movement that argues organized religion poisons everything, undermines moral responsibility, and distorts human understanding.
Discussed“I had a I have the chapters of a book that I was going to release before Christopher Hitchens released God is not great. That was my atheist book.”
Where to get it
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No More Mr Nice Guy
Dr Robert A Glover's book No More Mr Nice Guy is a prominent self-help resource addressing the psychological patterns and challenges faced by men who struggle with people-pleasing and indirect communication.
Discussed“and in part um uh uh uh No Mr. nice guy, Robert Glover, like he's sort of like a a looking at a part of this and a wing of this.”
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