Episode · The Daily Stoic · 2022-12-27
Books mentioned on John Mackey on Conscious Capitalism and Doing Good
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Stillness Is the Key
Stillness Is the Key by Ryan Holiday explores the ancient philosophical concept of stillness as an antidote to the frantic pace of modern life, drawing heavily on Stoicism and historical examples.
Discussed“but I I did read your book Stillness is the key and I bought I bought”
Where to get it
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Bury the Chains
Bury the Chains by Adam Hochschild is a historical non-fiction book that chronicles the dramatic British abolitionist movement and the tireless efforts to end the slave trade.
Discussed“I was just reading this book bury the chains about the Abolitionist Movement in Britain which abolished the slave trade and I I hadn't been aware that there was basically people in Britain you know the the slave trade was driven by their sweet tooth they liked sugar in their coffee and their tea and that was made in these”
Where to get it
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Play Nice but Win
Discussed“I haven't read his new book but you know the the book is the other one which is also great play nice but win play nice but win”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book Conscious Leadership
“and then if you looked at my book conscious leadership I made a point of part of the problem why we don't have more love in corporations is that the metaphors people use are primarily hyper-competitive metaphors of War darwinian metaphors or survival of the fittest and oftentimes Sports metaphors with one winner and lots of losers instead of more”
Own book Lives of the Stoics
“well you know it's funny the the one stock that I didn't include in lives of the stoics his name is Harry Oakley's and he came up with this it's basically his only accomplishment which is why he's not in the book because I was trying to talk about the lives of the Stokes as opposed to just the philosophies”