Episode · My First Million · 2023-06-29
Books mentioned on I Sold A Company For $800M At 29... What I’m Doing Now | Jack Smith Interview (#470)
Jack Smith recommended Practical Law of Attraction by Victoria Gallagher and Don't Tell Me I Can't by Cole Summers, and discussed Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill and The Secret by Rhonda Byrne.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Think and Grow Rich
Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill is a classic self-help guide focused on wealth creation, personal achievement, and the psychological principles of success.
Discussed“this is the business model that um the Think and Grow Rich guy does and Dave Ramsey I've come to realize so what they did is I I know somebody who reached out to uh who got into Think and Grow Rich Robert kiyosaki's like you know book Plus”
Where to get it
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The Secret
The Secret by Rhonda Byrne is a bestselling self-help phenomenon centered on the law of attraction, which posits that positive visualization and focused intention can manifest wealth, health, and happiness directly into a person's life.
Discussed“I'm somewhere in the middle where I'm like Law of Attraction so popularized by the book called The Secret um if you just do it at the basic level it's just like oh just like think about what you want and it will manifest”
Where to get it
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Practical Law of Attraction
Practical Law of Attraction by Victoria Gallagher is a self-help guide designed to help readers harness mindset techniques, visualization, and focused intention to achieve their personal and professional goals.
Recommended“actually there's a book that I like called practical Law of Attraction and what it's kind of saying to be honest it basically I didn't know about this stuff when I was launching my business but it kind of actually reaffirmed the stuff that I was already doing”
Where to get it
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Don't Tell Me I Can't
Don't Tell Me I Can't by Cole Summers is an inspiring biographical work detailing the remarkable achievements of a young person who demonstrated extraordinary agency, education, and entrepreneurial drive outside of traditional schooling systems.
Recommended“um the book that I mentioned I guess the book that I talked about unschooling is like don't tell me that I can't um and two”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“Poor Dad Rich Dad is the Robert Kawasaki guy or whatever his name Robert something they can go rich as Napoleon Hill yeah yeah sorry that's what I meant Rich that poor dad”
“i think he has a blog post actually that has the exact same acronym that you have here's what he said exactly it's a blog post called how to win at the sport of business”