Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2021-03-27
Chris Williamson & Greg Everett: books mentioned on Modern Wisdom #300
How To Truly Build Toughness - Greg Everett - #300
Greg Everett is a weightlifting coach and an author. We're in the middle of a toughness revolution.
Chris Williamson recommended Tough by Greg Everett, and discussed Personality Isn't Permanent by Benjamin Hardy and Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl. Greg Everett discussed Adrift by Steven Callahan and The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Tough
Tough by Greg Everett is a book designed to help readers build genuine mental and physical resilience through practical frameworks and intentional exercises.
Recommended“whether it's through greg's book tough which will be linked in the show notes below or taylor pearson's uh core values exercise which you can get online or whatever it is like you need to do it”
Where to get it
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Personality Isn't Permanent
Discussed“i had dr benjamin hardy on the show uh discussing his book personality isn't permanent about a year ago”
Where to get it
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Adrift
Adrift by Steven Callahan is a harrowing survival memoir detailing the author's grueling seventy-six day ordeal crossing the Atlantic Ocean in a small inflatable raft after his sailboat sank.
Discussed“when looking at the capacity chapter i think stephen callahan's really stood out the the life raft excuse me he wrote a book”
Where to get it
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Man's Search for Meaning
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E.
Discussed“think of man's search for meaning subtract all of the psychological insights add in about 10x the amount of extremeness”
Where to get it
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The Power of Habit
The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg is a bestselling nonfiction book exploring the science behind how habits operate and how they can be transformed.
Discussed“but then also you can start with uh what charles doing in his book the power of habit called keystone habits”
Where to get it
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“so tough building true mental physical and emotional toughness for success and fulfillment will be linked in the show notes below”