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Angela Duckworth’s book recommendations in 2024

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223. What About All the Questions We Haven’t Answered? | No Stupid Questions

No Stupid Questions · 2024-12-20

Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl · discussed · at 16:36
Start Making Sense by Steven J Heine · discussed · at 17:09

222. What Makes an Idea Interesting?

No Stupid Questions · 2024-12-08

David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell · discussed · at 8:34
The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell · discussed · at 8:34
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell · discussed · at 8:34
Small Fry by Lisa Brennan-Jobs · discussed · at 15:41

221. Why Are We So Pessimistic? | No Stupid Questions

No Stupid Questions · 2024-11-28

Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker · discussed · at 12:50
The Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker · discussed · at 12:55

220. Is Your Attention Span Shrinking?

No Stupid Questions · 2024-11-17

The Creative Act by Rick Rubin · discussed · at 18:58
Stolen Focus by Johann Hari · discussed · at 21:24
Uncovering Your Path by Charles Lattimore Howard · discussed · at 26:04

219. How Do You Identify a Narcissist?

No Stupid Questions · 2024-11-10

The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt · discussed · at 24:55

213. What Is Evil?

No Stupid Questions · 2024-09-29

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov · discussed · at 1:50
The Lucifer Effect by Philip Zimbardo · discussed · at 14:43

212. When Do You Become an Adult?

No Stupid Questions · 2024-09-22

Born a Crime by Trevor Noah · recommended · at 19:02

211. Why Do We Listen to Sad Songs?

No Stupid Questions · 2024-09-15

Evicted by Matthew Desmond · discussed · at 24:02

Why Are Stories Stickier Than Statistics? (Replay) | No Stupid Questions

No Stupid Questions · 2024-09-10

The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck · discussed · at 24:17

210. What Makes a Good Sense of Humor?

No Stupid Questions · 2024-09-08

Sick in the Head by Judd Apatow · discussed · at 29:28

208. Can A.I. Companions Replace Human Connection?

No Stupid Questions · 2024-08-25

Co-Intelligence by Ethan Mollick · discussed · at 5:16
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro · recommended · at 27:50

207. How Clearly Do You See Yourself?

No Stupid Questions · 2024-08-18

Moneyball by Michael Lewis · discussed · at 19:00

Why Do People Get Scammed? (Replay)

No Stupid Questions · 2024-08-11

Influence by Robert B. Cialdini · recommended · at 32:09

206. When Is It Time to Step Aside?

No Stupid Questions · 2024-08-04

Childhood and society by Erik H. Erikson · discussed · at 21:12
From Strength to Strength by Arthur C. Brooks · discussed · at 25:23

204. What Happens When You’re Cut Off From All Human Contact?

No Stupid Questions · 2024-07-21

Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe · discussed · at 17:53
Wild by Cheryl Strayed · discussed · at 31:00

203. Do You Need a Hug?

No Stupid Questions · 2024-07-14

The Nature of Love by Harry Frederick Harlow · discussed · at 27:44

200. What’s the Difference Between Empathy and Sympathy?

No Stupid Questions · 2024-06-16

Against Empathy by Paul Bloom · discussed · at 12:24
The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery · discussed · at 23:45

199. What Makes a Good Gathering? | No Stupid Questions

No Stupid Questions · 2024-06-12

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman · discussed · at 9:50

198. What Does It Mean to Be “Cool”?

No Stupid Questions · 2024-06-02

Cool by Steven Quartz, Anette Asp · discussed · at 13:48

197. Is It Wrong to Lie to Children?

No Stupid Questions · 2024-05-26

How to Raise Kids Who Aren't Assholes by Melinda Wenner Moyer · discussed · at 12:21
The Hiding Place by Elizabeth Sherrill, Corrie Ten Boom, John Sherrill · discussed · at 31:37

195. Can You Be Too Nice?

No Stupid Questions · 2024-05-12

Give and Take by Adam Grant · discussed · at 12:00
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein · discussed · at 31:11

194. Is It Okay to Be an Introvert? | No Stupid Questions

No Stupid Questions · 2024-05-09

Quiet by Susan Cain · recommended · at 7:40

193. Are You as Conscientious as You Think You Are?

No Stupid Questions · 2024-04-28

The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg · discussed · at 7:44
The Power of Habit: by Charles Duhigg | Summary & Analysis by Elite Summaries · discussed · at 7:56
The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron · discussed · at 12:27

18. How Do You Raise a “Likable” Kid? | No Stupid Questions

No Stupid Questions · 2024-04-26

Popular by Mitch Prinstein · discussed · at 5:45

17. How Can We Get More Virtue and Less ‘Virtue Signaling’? | No Stupid Questions

No Stupid Questions · 2024-04-26

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin · discussed · at 10:30

16. What’s the Downside to Being Goal-Oriented? | No Stupid Questions

No Stupid Questions · 2024-04-26

Blood, Bones, & Butter by Gabrielle Hamilton · discussed · at 12:25

Should You Get Out of Your Comfort Zone?

No Stupid Questions · 2024-04-21

Range by David J. Epstein · discussed · at 23:24
A Brief History of Intelligence by Max Bennett · recommended · at 32:03

191. Can You Change Your Personality?

No Stupid Questions · 2024-04-14

I Must Say by Martin Short · discussed · at 19:31
Weird by Olga Khazan · discussed · at 25:46

189. When Should You Trust Your Gut?

No Stupid Questions · 2024-03-31

The Art of Learning by Josh Waitzkin · recommended · at 16:20
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman · discussed · at 28:11

188. Why Do Kids Today Get So Many A’s?

No Stupid Questions · 2024-03-24

Chasing Perfection by Bob Ladouceur · discussed · at 23:30

187. Is Fear Running Your Life?

No Stupid Questions · 2024-03-17

The Emotional Lives of Teenagers by Lisa Damour, Ph.D. · discussed · at 6:31
Permission to Feel by Marc Brackett, Ph.D. · recommended · at 8:15
Permission to Feel: Unlocking the Power of Emotions to Help Our Kids, Ourselves, and Our Society Thrive by Marc A. Brackett · discussed · at 8:16
Fear and Courage by Stanley Rachman · discussed · at 30:46

186. Do You Need a Routine?

No Stupid Questions · 2024-03-10

Atomic Habits by James Clear · recommended · at 7:01

185. Do You Need Closure?

No Stupid Questions · 2024-03-03

Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch by Eileen Spinelli · recommended · at 23:53
The Science of Trust: Emotional Attunement for Couples by John M. Gottman · discussed · at 25:33

184. Are You Doing Too Much?

No Stupid Questions · 2024-02-25

The Perfection Trap by Thomas Curran · recommended · at 19:19

183. Does Free Will Exist, and Does It Matter?

No Stupid Questions · 2024-02-18

Free Will by Sam Harris · discussed · at 1:41
Determined by Robert M. Sapolsky · discussed · at 4:08

181. What’s So Great About Meritocracy?

No Stupid Questions · 2024-02-04

The Meritocracy Trap by Daniel Markovits · discussed · at 0:56
Justice by Michael J. Sandel · discussed · at 1:58
The Tyranny of Merit by Michael J. Sandel · discussed · at 1:59
The Big Test by Nicholas Lemann · discussed · at 3:04
Success and Luck by Robert H. Frank · discussed · at 20:25

179. Can You Really “Manifest” Success Through Positive Visualization?

No Stupid Questions · 2024-01-21

The Secret by Rhonda Byrne · discussed · at 23:15

Other mentions in 2024 (17: passing, ad reads, own books)