Episode · How I Write · 2025-10-15
Books mentioned on Why You Don't Need Original Ideas — Morgan Housel
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Atomic Habits
Atomic Habits by James Clear is a widely praised guide that examines habit formation and personal development by focusing on small incremental behavioral changes and continuous self-improvement.
Discussed“I remember when I read Atomic Habits by James Clear. I I I remember reading three pages and being like, That's it.”
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No Ordinary Time
Discussed“The best example of this I come across is Doris Kearns Goodwin's book No Ordinary Time. It's a biography of FDR during World War II.”
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Macbeth
Macbeth is a classic tragedy by William Shakespeare that examines the corrupting psychological effects of political ambition and guilt on a Scottish lord who seizes the throne.
Discussed“I mean this is so cliche so forgive me but I I was at dinner and a friend quoted a line from Macbeth and he quoted it and I was like dude I need to remember that.”
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The Psychology of Money
The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel is a popular finance book that examines how human behavior, ego, and worldview shape financial decisions rather than purely mathematical formulas.
Discussed“One of the things that I didn't really understand at the time when I wrote Psychology of Money. I I I think I probably could have expressed this when I wrote it but I didn't believe it as much as I do now is when I turned in the manuscript for Psychology of Money I had a deep sense of”
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Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Psychology of Money
“He is The Psychology of Money, which is now sold more than 8 million copies.”
Passing Tuesdays with Morrie
“I had you had Mitch Albom on the show, who wrote Tuesdays with Morrie. And um it's so funny that the two of you are so similar.”
“I haven't read it, but that's what a lot of people have told me about Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Haven't read it.”
“I haven't read it, but that's what a lot of people have told me about Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Haven't read it.”