Episode · The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett · 2021-08-16
Steven Bartlett & Ali Abdaal: books mentioned on The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Productivity Expert: How To Finally Stay Productive: Ali Abdaal
Ali Abdaal is a first in his class Cambridge graduate who is an expert in productivity and getting the most out of your life. He finished top of his year at Cambridge, but he wasn’t content with mastering productivity in one field.
Ali Abdaal recommended Make Time by Jake Knapp and others and Happy Sexy Millionaire by Steven Bartlett, and discussed The elephant in the brain by Kevin Simler. Steven Bartlett discussed Top Five Regrets of the Dying by Bronnie Ware.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Make Time
Recommended“There's one called Make Time by these chaps called Jake and John.”
Where to get it
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Top Five Regrets of the Dying
Discussed“Yeah, so she wrote a book called um The Regrets of the Dying or the Top Regrets of the Dying where she interviewed like hundreds of people who were on their deathbed asking them, "What are your regrets?"”
Where to get it
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The elephant in the brain
Discussed“Have you have you come across a book called The Elephant in the Brain?”
Where to get it
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Happy Sexy Millionaire
Recommended“If anyone's listening to this who hasn't read the book, would recommend. Or the audiobook in particular, which is narrated by you.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged Happy Sexy Millionaire
“And as I talk about in chapter 19 of Happy Sexy Millionaire, time is what we have.”



