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Every book Andrew Wilkinson recommended on podcasts
Across 3 podcasts. Every show Andrew Wilkinson appears on, in one place — not just one.
Andrew Wilkinson is a Canadian politician who is the former leader of the British Columbia Liberal Party and served as the leader of British Columbia's Official Opposition from 2018 to 2020. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2013 provincial election and re-elected in 2017 and 2020, representing the electoral district of Vancouver-Quilchena. During his podcast appearances, he has shared several book recommendations and literary insights. On Modern Wisdom, Andrew Wilkinson recommended Michael E. Gerber's The E-Myth Revisited as a major influence that helped expedite his insights. He also discussed reading Influence by Robert B. Cialdini to gain a broad overview of common causes of human misjudgment. Furthermore, he recommended Felix Dennis's How to Get Rich to every entrepreneur as a valuable tool for inversion. On Never Enough, he recommended Anthony Doerr's All the Light We Cannot See in connection to complex storytelling, and discussed John Updike's Rabbit Is Rich for its insight into generational societal anxieties. Additionally, he recommended reading Robert Greene's The 48 Laws of Power, Mastery, and The Laws of Human Nature, suggesting that those three specific titles can be read repeatedly for ongoing value and understanding of human behavior and strategy.
Books recommended by Andrew Wilkinson
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The Laws of Human Nature
The Laws of Human Nature by Robert Greene is a dense and insightful exploration of human behavior, emotional mastery, and the underlying patterns that drive people throughout their lives.
Recommended“there's a really good Robert Green book called the laws of human nature have you read that no not you you got to read it”
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Influence
Influence by Robert B.
Recommended“I read a book called influence by Robert seini which kind of it's kind of a broad overview of all of the most common um causes of human misjudgment”
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All the Light We Cannot See
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr is a Pulitzer Prize-winning historical novel that intertwines the lives of a blind French girl and a German boy during World War II.
Recommended“if you like that you'd like um all the light you cannot see I love that amazing”
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Endurance; Shackleton's incredible voyage
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing is a gripping historical account documenting Ernest Shackleton's ill-fated 1914 Antarctic expedition.
Recommended“i just read this book uh called endurance have you guys heard of this book called endurance oh my god it's amazing”
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How to Get Rich
How to Get Rich by Felix Dennis is a frank and practical exploration of wealth accumulation written by a successful magazine publishing mogul.
Recommended“one of the most impactful books that I recommend to every entrepreneur is a book called How to get rich It Is by a guy named Felix Dennis who was a magazine publishing Mogul”
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Los Náufragos Del Wager / the Wager
Los Náufragos Del Wager / the Wager by David Grann is a historical non-fiction book detailing a dramatic 18th-century shipwreck, mutiny, and the harrowing survival struggles of stranded sailors.
Recommended“And then I second the book The Wager. Like Sam, before I go to bed, uh I always read books about people in terrible situations or in worlds that are very different than the world I inhabit. And The Wager is amazing.”
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Mastery
Mastery by Robert Greene is a non-fiction book that explores the paths to true expertise by examining the lives of historical figures, contemporary masters, and the dynamics of mentorship.
Recommended“I would say if you read 48 Laws of Power Mastery and the laws of human nature you could read those three books over and over”
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Rabbit is rich
Rabbit Is Rich by John Updike is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that chronicles the life of protagonist Harry Rabbit Angstrom during the late 1970s as he navigates middle age, family dynamics, and a shifting American economic landscape.
Recommended“I read this book called rabbit is Rich by John upake have you heard”
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Same as Ever
Morgan Housel's Same as Ever explores timeless patterns in human behavior, risk, and decision-making that remain constant across generations despite a changing world.
Recommended“And then on the flip side, at the same time to counterbalance the anxiety of reading that, I've been reading Morgan Housel Morgan Housel's new book, Same As Ever, which is about how things don't change. What are the things that stay the same over the long term?”
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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 historical strategies for acquiring and navigating power.
Recommended“I would say if you read 48 Laws of Power Mastery and the laws of human nature you could read those three books over and over”
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The E-Myth Revisited
The E-Myth Revisited by Michael E.
Recommended“Michael Gerbers the emth Revisited for instance makes me think when you're talking aboutt about that is there anything else that comes to mind the eth was huge for me”
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The Outsiders
The Outsiders by William N.
Recommended“i've read this really good book called the outsiders i know that's probably your bible is that right i love that book”
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Wanting
Wanting by Luke Burgis explores the concept of mimetic desire, explaining how human beings unconsciously copy the desires, ambitions, and envies of the people around them.
Recommended“well i think um we got to talk about this book i read called wanting have you guys heard of this book”
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Dopamine Nation
Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence by Anna Lembke, MD is an insightful examination of how modern society's constant pursuit of high-reward stimuli impacts the brain's dopamine pathways and leads to compulsive behaviors.
Discussed“I listened to a really fascinating interview with Dr. Anna Lemi uh that Huberman did. She wrote a book called uh Dopamine Nation. And her background is in addiction and recovery.”
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How to Avoid a Climate Disaster
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster by Bill Gates outlines a comprehensive, technology-driven roadmap for eliminating greenhouse gas emissions and achieving zero carbon by mid-century.
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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How to Win Friends and Influence People
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie is a classic self-help guide focused on interpersonal communication, empathy, and building lasting relationships.
Discussed“I've just realized that everybody wants to talk about themselves and it's the Dale Carnegie thing. Find out what someone likes to talk about and then talk to them about that and just keep asking questions. And I realized that if they if I make them feel good, if they get to talk about the thing that they're interested in,”
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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 comprehensive personal finance guide that emphasizes practical money management, automated systems, and spending on what you love while cutting costs mercilessly on things you do not care about.
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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Play Nice but Win
Play Nice but Win: A CEO's Journey from Founder to Leader by Michael Dell and James Kaplan is an autobiographical account detailing the technology pioneer's rise from a dorm-room startup founder to the head of a global computer empire.
Discussed“Like, you read his book, it's all very tame. His public persona is very like, you know, serious and calm and nice and all that kind of stuff. His His book is literally called Play Nice, But Win.”
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Shoe Dog
Shoe Dog by Phil Knight is a compelling entrepreneur autobiography detailing the grueling early struggles, near-failures, and ultimate triumph behind the founding and rise of Nike.
Discussed“and you know it's like phil knight is like the man because of shoe dog right”
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The 4-Hour Workweek
The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss is a highly influential lifestyle design manual that challenges conventional career paths and encourages readers to automate, delegate, and escape the traditional nine-to-five grind.
Discussed“and ultimately I think it's important that you say I'll never forget when I was reading 4our Work Week Tim Ferris had this whole thing about anything less than $55,000 doeses not require my opinion”
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The Coming Wave
The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-First Century's Greatest Dilemma by Mustafa Suleyman and Michael Bhaskar examines how rapid advancements in artificial intelligence and synthetic biology threaten to disrupt established political and social structures.
Discussed“So, one book is called The Coming Wave. It's by one of the co-founders of OpenAI, and it's really fascinating.”
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The Premonition
The Premonition by Michael Lewis is a non-fiction narrative that investigates the public health system and the government officials who attempted to warn leadership about the impending COVID-19 pandemic.
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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The Psychology of Money
The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel is a bestselling personal finance book that explores how behavior, ego, and worldview shape financial decisions rather than strict mathematical formulas.
Discussed“we did a little prep Doc and in it you mentioned like you read the psychology of money what have you taken from that book”
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Books Andrew Wilkinson wrote
Appearances
Other mentions (3: passing, ad reads, own books)
“what does never enough to you well it's a phenomenon that I see in everything um you know if you think about um when you talk to people”
“or they can go check out my book it's never enough.com um and yeah I would love to hear what people think”
“so the two times we've recently done this is with James Clear from Atomic habits and Dr Andrew huberman”