Episode · On Purpose with Jay Shetty · 2021-04-12
Books mentioned on "The SECRET To Success All Starts With This ONE TRAIT!" | Walter Isaacson & Jay Shetty
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Double Helix
The Double Helix by James D.
Discussed“it was about the fact that even as a young girl she had been reading things like the double helix and wanted to become a scientist”
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Brave New World
Aldous Huxley's classic dystopian novel explores a futuristic society conditioned through technology, pharmacological pleasure, and strict social stratification.
Discussed“rich people buying better genes for their kids than poor people is a horror that we have to evolve avoid just like in brave new world or gattaca”
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Team of Rivals
Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin is a historical work detailing Abraham Lincoln's political leadership and his strategy of appointing his former presidential rivals to his cabinet.
Recommended“if you read doris kearns goodwin's team of rivals or about franklin roosevelt or steve jobs they often like to have more creative tension within the team”
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Moby Dick
Moby Dick is Herman Melville's classic epic novel about Captain Ahab's obsessive, self-destructive hunt for the giant white whale.
Recommended“um moby dick”
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The Odyssey
The Odyssey by Homer is a foundational ancient Greek epic poem that follows the arduous ten-year journey of Odysseus as he attempts to return home to Ithaca after the Trojan War.
Recommended“and so is the odyssey”
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Tell me how long the train's been gone
Tell me how long the train's been gone by James Baldwin is a powerful novel that explores the complex life, political awakening, and artistic struggles of a successful Black actor reflecting on his past from a hospital bed.
Recommended“i did just read for the you know recently james baldwin i've gotten into and tell me how long the train's been gone”
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The Moviegoer
The Moviegoer by Walker Percy is a classic philosophical novel that follows a young stockbroker in New Orleans undergoing an existential search for meaning and authenticity amid the mundane routines of American life.
Recommended“the moviegoer by walker percy because it's about like any great book including non-fiction it's about a person goes on a journey and we're all on a journey”
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is Mark Twain's masterpiece following a young boy and an escaped slave on a raft journey down the Mississippi River, exploring themes of freedom, morality, and American society.
Recommended“speaking of great journeys um moby dick i think uh you could pick huck finn but moby dick is the same sort of thing”
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MOBY-DICK; or, THE WHALE
MOBY-DICK; or, THE WHALE by Herman Melville is an epic American tale of obsession and revenge centered on Captain Ahab's relentless pursuit of a giant white whale, woven together with exhaustive encyclopedic details about the whaling industry.
Recommended“speaking of great journeys um moby dick i think uh you could pick huck finn but moby dick is the same sort of thing”
Other mentions in this episode (7) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“walter is the author of best-selling biographies on leonardo da vinci einstein and steve jobs and has a new book out today which is called the code breaker jennifer doudna gene editing and the future of the human race”
“walter is the author of best-selling biographies on leonardo da vinci einstein and steve jobs and has a new book out today which is called the code breaker jennifer doudna gene editing and the future of the human race”
“walter is the author of best-selling biographies on leonardo da vinci einstein and steve jobs and has a new book out today which is called the code breaker jennifer doudna gene editing and the future of the human race”
“walter is the author of best-selling biographies on leonardo da vinci einstein and steve jobs and has a new book out today which is called the code breaker jennifer doudna gene editing and the future of the human race”
“Just like in brave new world or gattaca”
“i'm also excited to let you know that you can now get my book think like a monk from thinklikeamonkbook.com”
“I'm also excited to let you know that you can now get my book think like a monk from thinklikeamonkbook.com”