Episode · My First Million · 2024-03-22
Books mentioned on Reddit IPO: 8 Startup Lessons For Any Entrepreneur Starting Out
Shaan Puri discussed The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss and Hooked by Nir Eyal.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The 4-Hour Workweek
The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss is a highly influential lifestyle design manual that challenges conventional career paths and encourages readers to automate, delegate, and escape the traditional nine-to-five grind.
Discussed“This is how Tim Ferriss started the 4-Hour Workweek. He taught a class at Princeton. And there's this principle which is if you ever want to learn something, try to teach it. And that that has led to many people writing books. So, Tim Ferriss did it, then he wrote a book.”
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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“Nir Eyal, same thing when he wrote his book Hooked. Same thing, he's like, 'I first was just giving a talk somewhere. To give the talk, I had to sharpen up my thoughts. By the end of that, I was like, [ __ ] there's something to this.'”
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