Episode · Lenny's Podcast · 2023-10-01
Lenny Rachitsky & Lane Shackleton: books mentioned on Lenny's Podcast
What sets great teams apart | Lane Shackleton (CPO of Coda)
Brought to you by Eppo—Run reliable, impactful experiments | Vanta—Automate compliance. Simplify security | Ezra—The leading full-body cancer screening company — Lane Shackleton is CPO of Coda, where he’s been leading the product and design team for over eight years.
Lane Shackleton recommended Endurance by Alfred Lansing, Storyworthy by Matthew Dicks, Working Backwards by Colin Bryar and others, Turning the Flywheel by Jim Collins, Good Strategy, Bad Strategy by Richard P. Rumelt, Waking Up by Sam Harris, and The Inner Game of Tennis by W. Timothy Gallwey. Lenny Rachitsky recommended The Obstacle Is the Way by Ryan Holiday, and discussed The Creative Act by Rick Rubin.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Endurance
Recommended“in high school we read endurance uh which is a great book if you haven't read it it's an amazing story basically you know very inspiring how he put people first and brought back all of his men from this journey to the South Pole”
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The Creative Act
Discussed“the other thing reminds me of is I have this uh quote hanging in my office here from I believe it's from the Rick Rubin book and the quote is the object isn't to make art it's to be in that wonderful state which makes art inevitable”
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Storyworthy
Recommended“there's a book called story worthy that I really like I was just going to mention that that book is so good somebody mentioned this on the podcast and as I read it's like the most useful practical book for how to tell stories”
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The Obstacle Is the Way
Recommended“that reminds me of uh have you read the book The obstacle is the way no say more uh it's a it's a great book by Ryan holiday and the kind of core thesis is it's it's a book a bit about stoicism”
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Working Backwards
Recommended“and what that did was kind of started in Earnest their six pager ritual say you can read all about this in the book working backwards really good really good book Colin Brier's book”
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Turning the Flywheel
Recommended“uh one that comes to mind is turning the flywheel it's a little manuscript book Jim Collins wrote it it's really I think a very succinct and very fast read about how flywheels work”
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Good Strategy, Bad Strategy
Recommended“good strategy bad strategy love that book very simple framework that I've reused a bunch maybe outside of tech uh waking up is a book by Sam Harris on mindfulness that I really like”
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Waking Up
Recommended“uh waking up is a book by Sam Harris on mindfulness that I really like and then an old one that I really like is the inner game of tennis by Timothy gway”
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The Inner Game of Tennis
Recommended“and then an old one that I really like is the inner game of tennis by Timothy gway um which is a kind of classic amazing”
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Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“always also makes me think about this book uh the score takes care of itself y you read that where it's just like do the fundamentals and you'll win”