Episode · The Daily Stoic · 2024-01-24
Books mentioned on Tim Ferriss On Solving Problems With People And Using Stoicism To Make Better Decisions
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The 4-Hour Workweek
The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss is a popular guide to escaping the traditional nine-to-five grind, optimizing time, and building automated online businesses for lifestyle design.
Discussed“or yeah we say I'm quitting my job or one of the phrases you have in the four-hour Work Week a mini retirement like one feels empowering and the other feels uh dangerous or irresponsible”
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How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie is a practical self-help guide offering actionable strategies to overcome chronic worry and anxiety.
Discussed“and he has a lesser known book that is still sold millions of copies called how to stop worrying and start living which includes a lot of stoic is tenant M and is very”
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HOW TO STOP WORRYING & START LIVING
HOW TO STOP WORRYING & START LIVING by Dale Carnegie is a classic practical guide designed to help readers overcome chronic anxiety, master emotional control, and build a more peaceful, fulfilling life.
Recommended“I believe it was, but he has a lesser-known book that is still sold millions of copies called 'How to Stop Worrying and Start Living,' which includes a lot of stoic tenets.”
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Four Thousand Weeks
Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman is a time management book that reframes humanity's relationship with finitude and productivity.
Recommended“along the lines of some of the chapters in 4,000 weeks by Oliver Berkman which I think is a great book I really enjoyed this book”
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Meditations
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius is a timeless collection of personal journals and philosophical reflections by the Roman Emperor, offering enduring insights into Stoicism, leadership, and human nature.
Discussed“and he becomes the person that you read about in the pages of Meditations, right?”
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The Year of Living Biblically
The Year of Living Biblically by A.
Discussed“like the Year of Living biblically yes also an amazing book so good”
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The Theory of Moral Sentiments
The Theory of Moral Sentiments by Adam Smith is a foundational 1759 philosophical work examining the moral agency, empathy, and social bonds that govern human interactions.
Discussed“Adam Smith once said that we think of him as this ruthless practitioner or philosopher of capitalism, but he also wrote a book called 'Theory of Moral Sentiments' about how we should be good people.”
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“there's a book by Dale Carnegie who a lot of people know for How to Win Friends and Influence People I believe it was”
“When I wrote The Daily Sto 8 years ago I had this crazy idea that I would just keep it going the book was 366 meditations”
“Yeah, I mean, on a much smaller scale, I mean, what everything is on a smaller scale, 4our Chef, right? That was a book that completely burned me out; I burned myself out.”
“he spent a year of his life dressing like George Washington like oh no yeah he was living living by the Constitution that's what he was doing the most patient wife in the world like the Year of Living biblically”
“and I lean heavily on a lot of principles from 'The Four-Hour Work Week.'”
“hopefully it doesn't seem strange but like a lot of the stuff in the 4-Hour Work week I still lean extremely heavily on and the basic framework I would modify a little bit”
“in in the 4our work week you have you have deal right oh how clever deal that works okay definition elimination automation Liberation”
“and it's crucial—like the insights in the book 'The Four Hour Workweek.'”