๐Ÿ“š 10 Books mentioned in "Life Hacks 105" of Modern Wisdom

Modern Wisdom

Podcast: Modern Wisdom

Episode: Life Hacks 105

Published on September 24, 2018

Hereโ€™s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode. Click on the links to watch specific excerpts on YouTube and feel free to purchase the books if they caught your interest!

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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

by Lewis Carroll

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so in Alice in Wonderland she's talking to the Red Queen and they're running away from something I think and the Red Queen turns to her and saves you see now you have to run as fast as you can just to stay in the same place

The speaker references "Alice in Wonderland" and quotes the Red Queen to illustrate the concept of the Red Queen effect (running just to stay in place).

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Death by Mistress

by Darren Brown

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It's another book recommendation and it is happy by Darren brown

One speaker recommends the book "Happy" by Derren Brown, discussing its themes related to happiness and goal-setting.

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Deep Work

by Cal Newport

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But deep worthy work is the Bible for this stuff like just sink your teeth into what is the most important thing to do

The speaker refers to "Deep Work" as an important book ("the Bible") for focusing on important tasks.

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Getting Things Done

by David Allen

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I found it more difficult to relate David Allen's getting things done to nowadays because he's talking about pages and filer faxes and stuff

The speaker mentions David Allen's book "Getting Things Done" and notes that its methods feel outdated in the digital age.

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Living with a SEAL

by Jesse Itzler

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so I listened to on rack by recommendation of Ben if he's listening a book called living with a seal by a guy called Jesse

One speaker recommends the book "Living with a SEAL" by Jesse Itzler, describing the premise of the author living with Navy SEAL David Goggins for a month.

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Meditations

by Marcus Aurelius

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if you Marcus Aurelius meditations have existed for thousands of years Why do you think people still read them

The speaker mentions Marcus Aurelius's "Meditations" as a classic text that has lasted for thousands of years.

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The Secret

by Rhonda Byrne

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This is the one where Reese lights the secret by Rhonda burnin

The speaker compares Derren Brown's "Happy" to "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne.

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The Urban Monk

by Pedram Shojai

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The optimize mind My books I've read in the last month

One speaker lists "The Optimized Mind" as one of the books they have read recently.

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Why We Sleep

by Matthew Walker

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It's like the you know it's like the supplementary information to Matthew Walker's book

The speaker refers to a podcast episode on sleep as supplementary information to Matthew Walker's book on the topic.

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YES, But... .

by Martin Burke

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You said best Martin Burke on depression He's like some people say I've got so much washing to do tomorrow it's like no you don't There is a large pile of washing

One speaker references a book by "Martin Burke on depression" that discusses reframing overwhelming tasks.

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