Episode · The Daily Stoic · 2023-12-09
Books mentioned on Shane Parrish on Finding Clarity and Making Better Decisions (Pt 1)
On this episode of the Daily Stoic Podcast, Ryan talks with entrepreneur and wisdom seeker behind Farnam Street Shane Parrish on Why people who are popular on social don’t succeed when they write book
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Clear Thinking
Discussed“so you finally did the book how's that feel”
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The Book: A Cover-to-Cover Exploration of the Most Powerful Object of Our Time
The Book: A Cover-to-Cover Exploration of the Most Powerful Object of Our Time by Keith Houston is a comprehensive history of the physical book format and its cultural impact.
Discussed“Which projects would I take off my plate? So you finally did the book. When did you sell it?”
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The Psychology of Money
The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel is a popular personal finance book that explores how human behavior, ego, and worldview shape financial decisions far more than cold mathematical spreadsheets.
Discussed“Well, you told me, what was the other piece of advice? The other piece of advice was from Morgan Housel, who said, you know, if you have like 100 units of editing time, spend like 80% of those units on the first 50 or 60 pages of the book. Huh, and I thought that was super interesting.”
Other mentions in this episode (5) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“So talk about like there's two pieces of advice: one I followed and one I didn't, and they were super helpful. Yours, in hindsight, because you talked about structuring the book before you start writing. Okay, and so the process of writing it twice was like a little bit of hubris on my part.”
Own book Clear Thinking
“so I wanted to write a book where every page every couple Pages you should be getting insights practical that are useful that connect things possibly in hopefully in new ways for people”
“yeah the great mental models books which we self which are Super popular in the bookstore by the way”
“But the risk that people don't want to do with that is—and I talk about this a little bit in the book with identifying—the most important thing is you're putting yourself in a position where you could be wrong. Yes, so if I'm going to exercise judgment, I'm going to try to give Ryan, you know, above and beyond what's”
Own book The Great Mental Models, Volume 1
“You say in the book you say that's something you asked your kids, which I thought was great; you're saying, is the behavior you're doing making the outcome more or less likely? I say that to my son; it's like, okay, look, we took the iPad away, and you want the iPad back, and you're freaking out and acting insane”