Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2024-10-05
Books mentioned on The Life-Changing Power Of Changing Your Perspective - Derek Sivers
Derek Sivers recommended Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield and The Year of Living Constitutionally by A.J. Jacobs, and discussed Tools of Titans by Timothy Ferriss and Convict conditioning by Paul Wade. Chris Williamson recommended The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli, and discussed Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Gates of Fire
Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield is a historical novel detailing the heroic Spartan stand at the Battle of Thermopylae.
Recommended“I think that Steven Pressfield's books, both of them, are fantastic; that format's great. Oliver Burkman's most recent one is very similar to yours, and I think that was zeroing in on a new, very concentrated type of, so like, purified version of writing. And I'm here for it.”
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Four Thousand Weeks
Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman is an insightful time-management book that confronts the finite nature of human life and challenges modern productivity obsessions.
Discussed“Oliver Burkman's most recent one is very similar to yours, and I think that was zeroing in on a new, very concentrated type of, so like, purified version of writing. And I'm here for it. So kind of taking the thesis of the book, overall, there's five sections, and I'm really excited to go through them and to talk about”
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Tools of Titans
Tools of Titans by Timothy Ferriss is a comprehensive compilation of tactics, routines, and habits drawn from extensive interviews with billionaires, icons, and world-class performers.
Discussed“Another one from Tim that came to mind is when brainstorming a book, he said, 'I will hire a journalist to push back.' He said, 'Journalists and lawyers are the two that I've found are the best at pushing back on an idea and challenging an idea I have.' So when I'm thinking of a new book to write, I”
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The Year of Living Constitutionally
The Year of Living Constitutionally by A.J.
Recommended“That actually came from A.J. Jacobs; his newest book is called, I think, 'Living Constitutionally,' or something like that. He's the one that revealed that fact for me, so thanks A.J. Jacobs. Um, rules–yeah.”
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The Order of Time
The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli is a popular science book that offers a poetic and mind-bending exploration of modern physics, challenging our conventional understanding of time.
Recommended“there's a great book by Carlo relli it's called the order of time it's real small thing not as small as yours yours is particularly small uh it's the audio book is read by Benedict Cumberbatch Doctor Strange from the Marvel uh Series so it's awesome”
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Convict conditioning
Discussed“and I found this book that he recommended called convict conditioning the do you know it no oh okay but it's written by God spent like 18 years”
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“so um the my previous book called How To Live was a deliberate exercise in contradicting myself every chapter contradicted every other chapter”