Episode · The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett · 2022-09-01
Books mentioned on 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.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Mindset
Carol S.
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
The Game by Neil Strauss is an infamous investigative memoir chronicling the author's immersion into the secretive, highly structured subculture of professional pickup artists and the psychological dynamics of dating.
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
The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss is a highly influential lifestyle design and entrepreneurship guide that challenges traditional career trajectories and advocates for remote businesses and mini-retirements.
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
The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson is a self-improvement book focusing on how small, daily disciplines compound over time to create massive long-term success or failure.
Recommended“as one of my favorite books the slight edge um describes what is driving those small disciplines on a day-to-day basis”
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“so the first book not a diet book i went through years of fitness industry [ __ ]”
“a lot of the things we spoke about in that last podcast were based off not a life coach”
“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”