Episode · Freakonomics Radio · 2014-05-29
Books mentioned on The Upside of Quitting (Rebroadcast )
You know the saying: a winner never quits and a quitter never wins. To which Freakonomics Radio says ...
Stephen Dubner discussed Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Think and Grow Rich
Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill is a classic self-help guide focused on mindset, motivation, and the psychological principles behind personal achievement rather than traditional financial literacy.
Discussed“A quitter never wins and a winner never quits. In 1937 a self-help pundit named Napoleon Hill included that phrase in his very popular book Think and Grow Rich.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (5) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged Think Like a Freak
“And it inspired us to write a chapter about quitting in our new book, Think Like a Freak.”
Plugged Freakonomics
“We wrote about his exploits in Freakonomics.”
Plugged Superfreakonomics
“We wrote about him in Super Freakonomics, too.”
Passing The Heart and the Fist
“That's Eric Greitens. He got a PhD in politics from Oxford and then joined the Navy SEALs. He fought in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere and he's now written a book called The Heart and the Fist, The Education of a Humanitarian, The Making of a Navy SEAL.”
Plugged Why I Left the Amish
“My name is Saloma Miller-Furlong. I am the author of a new memoir called Why I Left the Amish.”