Episode · No Stupid Questions · 2023-06-25
Books mentioned on 151. Is It Okay to Be Average?
Must one always strive for excellence? Is perfectionism a good thing?
Angela Duckworth discussed Top Five Regrets of the Dying by Bronnie Ware. Mike Maughan discussed Catch-22 by Joseph Heller. Also mentioned: Managing Expectations by Naomi Karten, Radical Candor by Kim Malone Scott, and Meditation is Not What You Think by Jon Kabat-Zinn.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Managing Expectations
Discussed“Okay, maybe if I read this book, I'll be better at not having these ridiculous expectations, but so far it hasn't worked.”
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Top Five Regrets of the Dying
Top Five Regrets of the Dying by Bronnie Ware compiles insights from a palliative care nurse who spent years tending to terminally ill patients, revealing the most common emotional realizations people experience at the end of life.
Discussed“you're probably familiar with this book the top five regrets of the dying the hospice nurse wrote this and the number one regret of the dying she said is that they say I wish I'd had the courage to live a life true to myself not the life others expected of me”
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Radical Candor
Radical Candor by Kim Malone Scott is a management guide focused on building trust, cultivating caring relationships, and delivering effective feedback in the workplace.
Discussed“So Kim Scott, a friend of both of ours, author of 'Radical Candor' and just work, an amazing human being, Kim has this construct that she calls rock stars and superstars, and the basic gist is that early on at Qualtrics or most startups, right, you want people who can scale with the company, who can grow with it, who”
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Meditation is Not What You Think
Discussed“I don't know; I'm like reading this book on meditation and mindfulness, and I'm like, okay, maybe if I read this book, I'll be better at like not having these ridiculous expectations, but so far it hasn't worked!”
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Catch-22
Catch-22 is Joseph Heller's famous satirical novel about the absurd bureaucratic paradoxes and psychological toll of military life during World War II.
Discussed“and vonnegut who if you know anything about him was very funny and and this hilarious guy and he says to joseph heller how does it make you feel to know that our host only yesterday made more money than your novel catch-22 has earned in its entire history”
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Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“so Kim Scott a friend of both of ours author of radical Candor and just work an amazing human being Kim has this construct that she calls rock stars and Superstars”
“so Kim Scott a friend of both of ours author of radical Candor and just work an amazing human being Kim has this construct that she calls rock stars and Superstars”