Episode · The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett · 2022-09-01
Steven Bartlett & James Smith: books mentioned on The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett (Sep 2022)
James Smith: Become Confident In 100 Minutes
James Smith is a fitness influencer and the two-time best-selling author of Not a Life Coach and Not a Diet Book. His no holds barred approach to fitness advice makes him unlike any other fitness influencer today, and now he’s bringing his unique philosophy to improving people’s confidence.
James Smith recommended The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss and The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson, and discussed The Expectation Effect by David Robson, Mindset by Carol S. Dweck, and The Game by Neil Strauss.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Expectation Effect
Discussed“and there's a guy david robinson written a book called the expectation effect and in that book they got a group of people”
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Mindset
Discussed“but i think it's just been one of those things where carol dweck in her book mindset talks about a fixed mindset um and an open mindset”
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The Game
Discussed“I read the game that pick up artists book and then I read his sequel to it where he realizes that like much of what the way he'd chosen to live and live was wrong”
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The 4-Hour Workweek
Recommended“and he goes can i recommend a book and he recommended the book four hour by week and i got home and i read through it”
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The Slight Edge
Recommended“as one of my favorite books the slight edge um describes what is driving those small disciplines on a day-to-day basis”
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Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged Not a Diet Book
“so the first book not a diet book i went through years of fitness industry [ __ ]”
Plugged Not a Life Coach
“a lot of the things we spoke about in that last podcast were based off not a life coach”
Plugged Not a Diet Book
“which is why i ended up going down the first huge 10 years of my life with not a diet book i was overweight as a kid”