📚 5 Books mentioned in "Self Confidence" of Modern Wisdom
Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode. Click on the links to watch specific excerpts on YouTube and feel free to purchase the books if they caught your interest!
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I bought the smallest book I think you could buy 79 pages and type like font size 20 this is like it's just it's more it's just a very very small very thin button it's twelve confidence and it goes through a number of the elements he thinks in the modern world that contribute to somebody's confidence
The speaker mentions buying a small book titled 'confidence' from School of Life, associated with Alain de Botton, and discusses its content about dignity and confidence.
... In Praise of Folly
Buy ... In Praise of Folly by Desiderius Erasmus on Amazon
and yeah it talks about I think was it Erasmus or so yeah who says that we have to embrace our folly and our ridiculousness and realize the appraiser folly is the UH in praise of folly
The speaker mentions a video by Alain de Botton that talks about Erasmus and his work 'In Praise of Folly' regarding embracing folly and ridiculousness.
12 Rules for Life
Buy 12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson on Amazon
and yeah I mean the whole first chapter of 12 hours for life is not a million miles away from this
The speaker mentions '12 hours for life' (likely a misstatement of 12 Rules for Life) and relates its first chapter to the concept of power stance. Jordan Peterson is later mentioned as a guiding force and his 'clean your room' rule is discussed, which is Rule 1 from '12 Rules for Life'.
His Dark Materials
Buy His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman on Amazon
and so you have both read or listened to his dark materials on you mm-hm there's this concept in that which keeps on coming up anyone who hasn't it's a series of books by Philip Pullman they butchered it when they tried to turn the first one into a film out here Northern Lights
The speaker mentions the book series 'His Dark Materials' by Philip Pullman, discussing its concept of unconscious grace and mentioning the first book, 'Northern Lights', and its poor film adaptation.
The Game
Buy The Game by Neil Strauss on Amazon
what's the guy who made that wrote the game Neil Strauss routes to get it was
The speaker asks for the author of 'the game' in the context of pickup artistry, and the author Neil Strauss is named.