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Every book Andrew Wilkinson recommended on podcasts
Andrew Wilkinson is a billionaire investor and entrepreneur who frequently shares his extensive business insights and financial philosophies on the podcast My First Million. Across multiple episodes, Wilkinson drew upon various books to illustrate key lessons regarding wealth accumulation, economic strategy, and personal responsibility. He discussed reading a book by renowned value investor and distressed debt specialist Howard Marks, using the experience to caution listeners against blindly mimicking famous investors without genuinely comprehending their underlying strategies. Wilkinson also praised Ramit Sethi's I Will Teach You to Be Rich, highlighting a foundational tenet from the book that true wealth is built by focusing on major financial decisions rather than agonizing over trivial daily expenses like buying lattes. Furthermore, reflecting on global issues, Wilkinson mentioned reading Bill Gates's book on climate change to examine how extreme personal wealth often engenders a complex sense of individual accountability regarding macro-level global crises. Through these reflections, Wilkinson combines pragmatic financial guidance with broader observations on modern capitalism and personal accountability.
Books recommended by Andrew Wilkinson
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How to Avoid a Climate Disaster
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster by Bill Gates is a non-fiction book that outlines practical technological innovations and policy strategies required to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions and halt global warming.
Discussed“like so like here's an example it's like i read bill gates new book about climate change right and i'm going oh it's okay i don't have enough money to really do anything in this right”
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Howard Marks' Book Of Dope Stories
Discussed“I remember I read uh Howard Mark's book so he's like a famous billionaire uh investor value investor and specializes in distressed debt”
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I will teach you to be rich
I Will Teach You to Be Rich by Ramit Sethi is a personal finance book that advocates for a macro-level approach to building wealth rather than obsessing over minute daily expenses.
Discussed“there's a great book called I will teach you to be rich by ramit Safi and I read it like 15 years ago and he makes a really good point he goes look you're not you don't get rich by paying attention to like lattes and like building budgets and like not buying lunch out you get rich by paying”
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The Premonition: A Pandemic Story
The Premonition: A Pandemic Story by Michael Lewis is a non-fiction account examining the public health bureaucracy and the initial U.S.
Discussed“my favorite uh Twitter feed autism Capital who's been covering this whole story has said that Michael Lewis the guy who wrote The Big Short has been like embedded with him for the past six months writing a book”
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Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
“it was meant to be like The Blind Side”