Episode · The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett · 2023-05-22
Books mentioned on No.1 Habit & Procrastination Expert: We've Got ADHD Wrong! Break Any Habit & Never Be Distracted!
In this new episode Steven sits down with the American behavioural design expert, Nir Eyal. Nir’s career has focused on behavioural engineering and helping businesses to develop habit-forming products.
Steven Bartlett discussed Hooked by Nir Eyal. Nir Eyal recommended The War of Art by Steven Pressfield, and discussed Mindset by Carol S. Dweck, Bowling Alone by Robert D. Putnam, The Mindbody Prescription by John E. Sarno, How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan, and The Book Thief by Markus Zusak.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Hooked
Hooked by Nir Eyal is a widely read business and psychology book that outlines how companies build habit-forming products by utilizing a cyclical framework known as the hook model.
Discussed“I've told this story maybe once or twice before, but once upon a time I came home from for Christmas and I left your first book, Hooked, in his bathroom.”
Where to get it
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The War of Art
Steven Pressfield's The War of Art serves as a profound guide for creatives, entrepreneurs, and thinkers seeking to understand and conquer the psychological barriers that hinder productivity and inspiration.
Recommended“Steven Pressfield talks about this in the the The War of Art.”
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Mindset
Mindset by Carol S.
Discussed“And Carol Dweck, who you might know from she's probably been on your show, from her book Mindset, she decided to replicate these studies.”
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Bowling Alone
Bowling Alone by Robert D.
Discussed“I mean, we Robert Putnam was talking about this in the 1990s in his book Bowling Alone.”
Where to get it
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The Mindbody Prescription
The Mindbody Prescription by John E.
Discussed“I don’t know if you’ve read 'The Mind-Body Prescription.'”
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How to Change Your Mind
How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan is a compelling non-fiction investigation into the history, science, and cultural renaissance of psychedelic substances like psilocybin and LSD in therapeutic settings.
Discussed“This is why we see Mike and Michael Pollan's book, How to Change Your Mind, where why psychedelics are so interesting for for treatment of depression, anxiety, and various conditions.”
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The Book Thief
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak is a historical novel set in Nazi Germany, narrated by Death and centered on a young foster girl who steals books and shares them with others.
Discussed“So that's where I got the idea of that screen sign that comes in every copy of the book.”
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Other mentions in this episode (7) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“If you understand these four fundamental steps—and this is what took me five years writing this book, namely because I kept getting distracted; I was very distracted with myself, and I wrote the book for me as I mentioned earlier—it was when I boiled down the hundreds of studies and research, and you can see there's thirty-five pages of citations”
“You know, many parents there's a whole section in the book Indistractable on how to raise indistractable kids.”
“Yeah, so every copy of the book comes with -- oh, did you tear it out already?”
“In my line of work, you know, I'm fairly controversial because I wrote 'Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products' and then I wrote 'Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life.'”
“In my line of work, you know, I'm fairly controversial because I wrote 'Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products' and then I wrote 'Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life.'”
“so, in in my line of work, you know, I I'm fairly controversial because I wrote Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products, and then I wrote Indistractable about how to control your attention and choose your life.”
“so, in in my line of work, you know, I I'm fairly controversial because I wrote Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products, and then I wrote Indistractable about how to control your attention and choose your life.”