Episode · The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett · 2022-07-21
Books mentioned on Malcolm Gladwell: Working From Home Is Destroying Us!
Malcolm Gladwell is an author who across his six bestsellers has sold millions and millions of books, and his podcast Revisionist History is listened to by millions and millions of listeners every week.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Outliers
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell is a thought-provoking examination of the external circumstances, cultural legacies, and massive time investments that create extraordinary success.
Discussed“I feel obliged to you because your books outliers blink have been very formative for me as over the last 10 years since I was running my businesses and trying to understand certain dynamics that I didn't understand those books seem to arrive in my life at the right time”
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Blink
Blink by Malcolm Gladwell is a popular psychology book exploring how the human subconscious forms rapid conclusions and snap judgments through a process called thin slicing.
Discussed“I feel obliged to you because your books outliers blink have been very formative for me as over the last 10 years since I was running my businesses and trying to understand certain dynamics that I didn't understand those books seem to arrive in my life at the right time”
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The Bomber Mafia
The Bomber Mafia by Malcolm Gladwell is a historical nonfiction book that explores a small group of visionary officers during World War II and their pursuit of precision bombing in the Pacific theater.
Recommended“it's why I would recommend everybody to go and check out the bowl of Mafia because there's a certain curiosity and wonder and Beauty to the way that you write and the reason why you're writing that is very rare and I hope to one day emulate in my own writing”
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“I'm over here because I have this um book now in paperback the bomber Mafia and it's a story of these uh group of men pilots in the 1930s in America who have a dream about a better way to fight Wars”
“i mean this is a big theme in my book talking to strangers yeah a whole chapter on alcohol and how a lot of what we talk about is that you know when we talk about a section the culture of the problem of sexual assault”