Episode · The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett · 2025-02-27
Steven Bartlett & Robert Greene: books mentioned on The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett (Feb 2025)
We Are Making Dangerous, Lonely & Broken Men! - Manipulation Expert, Robert Greene! 48 Laws Of Power
Steven Bartlett discussed The Courage to Be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi and others, Frames Of Mind by Howard Gardner, and The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene and others. Robert Greene recommended Mistakes Were Made (but Not by Me) by Carol Tavris.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Courage to Be Disliked
The Courage to Be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga is a popular philosophical self-help book that introduces Adlerian psychology to help readers overcome the paralyzing fear of other people's judgment and live more authentically.
Discussed“I was reading I think it was the book the courage to be disliked and it was talking in one of the sections about how some people would like they prefer to live in the like Realm of possibility”
Where to get it
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Frames Of Mind
Frames of Mind by Howard Gardner is a landmark psychology text that introduces the theory of multiple intelligences, arguing that human cognitive capacity is better understood as a set of distinct faculties rather than a single general intelligence score.
Discussed“I've heard you referen before Howard Gardner's frames of of Mind theory of multiple intelligences book and in that book it says that there are five types of intelligences”
Where to get it
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The 48 Laws of Power
The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene and Joost Elffers is a provocative guide examining the historical mechanics of influence, strategy, and social dynamics.
Discussed“I was wondering why your book power is still selling unbelievably well I mean most books when they come out they have their moment and then they're done”
Where to get it
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Mistakes Were Made (but Not by Me)
Mistakes Were Made (but Not by Me) by Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson explores the psychological mechanisms of self-justification and cognitive dissonance.
Recommended“mistakes were made but not by me I recommend that book highly it came out about 10 years ago I think it's Elliot Aronson”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (8) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“they don't know what their career is what I call in Mastery their life's task and I talk a lot about it in interviews and in my in the book Mastery”
“and that's what I compiled in Mastery”
“you know in in my book laws of human nature I talk about Aristotle Onasis who in the 60s was the wealthiest man in the world”
“I remember when I was working with 50 Cent on the book the 50th law”
“and I I talk in laws of human nature about strategies for doing that one of them is there's somebody that you Envy in the world”
“and I just improvised what would turn into the 48 Laws of Power”
“I have a chapter in laws of human nature about the nature of your attitude creates your circumstances”
“I know I'm sounding not like the guy who wrote the 48 Laws of Power”