Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2026-02-23
Books mentioned on 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?
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 praised guide that examines habit formation and personal development by focusing on small incremental behavioral changes and continuous self-improvement.
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 polemic that presents a sustained critique of organized religion, arguing that religion poisons everything and fails to provide a reliable foundation for morality.
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
No More Mr Nice Guy by Dr Robert A Glover is a self-help guide addressing the common psychological patterns, behaviors, and recovery of men who try to please others at their own expense.
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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