Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2024-05-06
Books mentioned on Life-Changing Insights From A Decade Of Self-Improvement - Tim Ferriss (4K)
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Dune
Dune by Frank Herbert is a sweeping science fiction masterwork set on the desert planet Arrakis, exploring complex themes of politics, religion, and leadership.
Recommended“but I think the first dune for instance you want to study leadership the first dune”
Where to get it
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The Artist's Way
The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron is a practical and influential self-help guide designed to unblock creativity, build self-awareness, and establish sustainable artistic habits.
Recommended“or the artist way and morning Pages which are are fantastic”
Where to get it
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Thinking, Fast and Slow
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman explores the dual systems that drive human thought, contrasting fast, intuitive thinking with slower, more deliberate reasoning.
Discussed“if I can recite thinking fast and slow all of my problems will be turns out that that doesn't particularly work”
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Awareness
Awareness by Anthony De Mello is a transformative guide on mindfulness, self-observation, and the psychological perils and opportunities of experiencing reality directly.
Recommended“what are the most commonly gifted books that you have given to other people awareness by Anthony Dello”
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How to Change Your Mind
How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan is a comprehensive and deeply researched exploration of the history, science, and cultural renaissance surrounding psychedelic drugs and their therapeutic applications.
Recommended“how to change your mind by Michael pollen I have a number of copies of in part because I get so many questions about psychedelics and psychedelic assisted therapies is in the science and that's very very good primer”
Where to get it
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The Effective Executive
The Effective Executive by Peter F.
Recommended“the effective executive by Peter Ducker think if you want one book on being effective doing the right things not just being efficient”
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Book of Laughter and Forgetting
Book of Laughter and Forgetting by Milan Kundera is a philosophical novel structured as a kaleidoscope of interconnected stories and essays examining memory, political oppression, history, and human folly.
Recommended“Milan kundera has a book called The Book of laughter and forgetting which is a collection of short stories”
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Motherless Brooklyn
Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem is a critically acclaimed detective novel featuring Lionel Essrog, a private investigator with Tourette's syndrome who attempts to solve the murder of his mentor and only friend.
Recommended“there are a number of books I gifted a lot motherless Brooklyn which is basically a detective Noir story that was also turned into a movie by Edward Norton”
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Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card's classic science fiction novel 'Ender's Game' follows a exceptionally gifted young boy sent to an advanced orbital military academy to prepare for an impending alien invasion.
Recommended“I think Ender Game is fantastic”
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Of wolves and men
Of Wolves and Men by Barry Lopez is a classic non-fiction natural history book that examines the ecological, cultural, and psychological relationship between humans and wolves.
Recommended“of wolves and Men is a non-fiction book by Barry Lopez beautifully written”
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Little, Big
Little, Big by John Crowley is a celebrated fantasy novel known for its intricate storytelling and dreamlike atmosphere.
Recommended“it's called Little Big Little Big by John Crowley”
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The Name of the Wind
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss is an acclaimed fantasy novel that follows the early life of a legendary figure named Kvothe.
Discussed“if you're a fantasy nerd you've already hit the Name of the Wind which would also be top W yes yes phenomenal”
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Exhalation
Ted Chiang's acclaimed short story collection 'Exhalation' offers a series of intellectually stimulating speculative narratives that explore complex philosophical and scientific themes.
Recommended“his second collection is exhalation the first is harder to recall in terms of the collection name”
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The Red Rising Series Collection 5 Books Set by Pierce Brown (Red Rising, Golden Son, Morning Star, Iron Gold, Dark Age)
The Red Rising Series Collection by Pierce Brown is an immersive, fast-paced science fiction epic that transports readers into a rigidly stratified futuristic society where a suppressed class fights for liberation against oppressive rulers.
Recommended“and it's my most recommended book Red Rising by pi Brown”
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Four Thousand Weeks
Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman is a time management book that reframes productivity around the finite nature of human life, urging readers to accept their limitations rather than attempt to achieve everything.
Recommended“I think but Oliver burkman 4,000 weeks go read that book everybody's gonna die with things that have not been checked off their to-do list”
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The 4-Hour Body
The 4-Hour Body by Timothy Ferriss is an extensive, data-driven self-experimentation guide designed to help readers optimize their physical health, fat loss, and athletic performance through unconventional biohacking methods.
Discussed“why is the 4our body back in the charts the before our body is back in the charts”
Where to get it
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The Power Broker
The Power Broker by Robert A.
Discussed“this book The Power broker by Robert Carrol famous book pure priz winning book about Robert Moses most powerful man in New York for a very very long time”
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Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“nonetheless I've been doing this a long time in the 4our body in 2010”
“there's a standin for Robert Moses famous from the book The Power broker”
“I added to tools of Titans which was effectively an addendum to my previous books”
“the the most under emphasized chapter in the 4our work week is the filling the void chapter which people tend to skip over”