📚 3 Books mentioned in "Mental Models 103 | George Mack | Modern Wisdom Podcast 178" of Modern Wisdom

And this I keep bringing this up I'm gonna do again if you have not read 1984 you have to go and read it especially if you like the idea of what George is talking about here I learned more from 1984 about the way that I operate Then I have done from a lot of personal development self development books

The host strongly recommends reading the book '1984' and describes its impact on his understanding of articulation and thought quality.

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so there's this quote from atomic habits that James clears got I always come back to changing your habits often requires you to change your tribe Each tribe has a set of shared expectations Behaviors that conform to the shared expectations are attractive Behaviors that conflict with the shared expectations are unattractive It's hard to go against the group Often changing your behaviour requires you to change your tribe

The host quotes the book 'Atomic Habits' by James Clear regarding the idea that changing habits often requires changing your social group or 'tribe'.

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when you read anything that's ancient but classic Marcus Aurelius meditations or you know whatever it might be you realize that the for the problems that you attribute as side effects of the 21st century are just inbuilt parts of our nature that everyone's been fighting with for forever

The host mentions reading the classic book 'Meditations' by Marcus Aurelius and realizing that ancient problems are still relevant today.

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