Episode · The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett · 2021-11-15
Books mentioned on Jimmy Carr: The Easiest Way To Live A Happier Life
Jimmy Carr needs no introduction and is one of the biggest names in British comedy. Jimmy has hardly been off our screens for the last two decades.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Before and Laughter
Discussed“Inside your book in the front cover and this is my um last question for you. It says that one of the things the book will help you understand is the meaning of life. Pretty profound. I'll do it in five words. Okay. Enjoying the passage of time.”
Where to get it
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Selfie
Selfie by Will Storr is a thought-provoking exploration of Western individualism, self-esteem, and the cultural obsession with personal identity.
Recommended“There's a great book called Selfie and a great book called Tribe. I remember sort of reading them back to back and thinking, 'Yeah, there's something's going on here.'”
Where to get it
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Tribe
Tribe by Sebastian Junger is a non-fiction exploration of the human need for community, belonging, and shared purpose, contrasting modern isolation with the strong bonds found in tribal societies.
Recommended“There's a great book called Selfie and a great book called Tribe. I remember sort of reading them back to back and thinking, 'Yeah, there's something's going on here.'”
Where to get it
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Zen and the Art of Making a Living
Zen and the Art of Making a Living by Laurence G.
Recommended“I literally went through uh it's two books um Zen and the Art of Making a Living I would recommend to people. It's still available. And there's a book called um What Color Is Your Parachute? They're quite corporate both of them.”
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What color is your parachute?
What color is your parachute? by Richard Nelson Bolles is an enduring career-planning and job-search guide that helps individuals discover their vocational passions and navigate professional transitions.
Recommended“And there's a book called um What Color Is Your Parachute? They're quite corporate both of them.”
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Catch-22
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller is a satirical World War II novel that examines the systemic absurdities of military bureaucracy and institutional logic through the experiences of bombardier John Yossarian.
Discussed“And Kurt Vonnegut, incredible writer, says to Joseph Heller, 'This guy made more money one day last week than you made out of Catch-22.'”
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Other mentions in this episode (12) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book Before and Laughter
“In a way, I think I mean, part of the reason for the book is I think a lot of people aspire to that. A lot of people want to want to find their purpose and they want to they want to pursue it and you know it's very sad a lot of people don't get to do either.”
Own book Before and Laughter
“In a way, I think I mean, part of the reason for the book is I think a lot of people aspire to that. A lot of people want to want to find their purpose and they want to they want to pursue it and you know it's very sad a lot of people don't get to do either.”
Own book Before and Laughter
“But you know, the premise of the book kind of is there's nothing special about me. It was not preordained that I was going to be a successful comedian touring the world and being on TV.”
Own book Before and Laughter
“But you know, the premise of the book kind of is there's nothing special about me. It was not preordained that I was going to be a successful comedian touring the world and being on TV.”
Own book Before and Laughter
“I make a lot of cases in the book for conflated words. Like, you know, words that you sort of think they mean the same thing, but they don't. There's a that's sort of a theme in the book.”
Own book Before and Laughter
“I make a lot of cases in the book for conflated words. Like, you know, words that you sort of think they mean the same thing, but they don't. There's a that's sort of a theme in the book.”
Own book Before and Laughter
“Um where people are I sort of quote a lot in the book. I use a lot of quotes, because I sort of think quotes are the truth. Like the It's everything else has been burnt away. There's nothing left but these six or seven words that just sum something up.”
Own book Before and Laughter
“Um where people are I sort of quote a lot in the book. I use a lot of quotes, because I sort of think quotes are the truth. Like the It's everything else has been burnt away. There's nothing left but these six or seven words that just sum something up.”
Own book Before and Laughter
“You know, and then it's it's the other thing on life where you kind of go I write in the book quite a lot about money. About the idea of like, what is it? What's going on there? Cuz it's such a powerful thing. We spend so much of our lives. We give up so much for these tokens.”
Own book Before and Laughter
“You know, and then it's it's the other thing on life where you kind of go I write in the book quite a lot about money. About the idea of like, what is it? What's going on there? Cuz it's such a powerful thing. We spend so much of our lives. We give up so much for these tokens.”
Own book Before and Laughter
“Yeah, I mean, I I spoke about it in the book because I think it's a um I wanted to kind of deliver on Listen, if I hadn't talked about the tax thing in the book, I think people readers would have felt short-changed. Very much like HMRC did.”
Own book Before and Laughter
“Yeah, I mean, I I spoke about it in the book because I think it's a um I wanted to kind of deliver on Listen, if I hadn't talked about the tax thing in the book, I think people readers would have felt short-changed. Very much like HMRC did.”