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Chris Williamson’s book recommendations in 2019

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Hacks, Fails & Lessons From 2019 - Christmas Special - #129

Modern Wisdom · 2019-12-23

Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink · recommended · at 1:22:15
Alchemy by Rory Sutherland · recommended · at 1:22:26
The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli · recommended · at 1:22:51
Waking Up by Sam Harris · recommended · at 1:23:02
The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts by Shane Parrish · recommended · at 1:23:10
Mindfulness in Plain English by Bhante Gunaratana · recommended · at 1:23:16
The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle · recommended · at 1:23:52

The UK's Most Hated Sales Trainer - Benjamin Dennehy - #128

Modern Wisdom · 2019-12-19

Atomic Habits by James Clear · discussed · at 38:12
The choice factory by Richard Shotton · discussed · at 1:01:48

The Problem With Quantum Mechanics - Sean Carroll - #126

Modern Wisdom · 2019-12-12

Something Deeply Hidden by Sean Carroll · discussed · at 2:47

Social Justice Explained: The Foundations Of Wokeness - James Lindsay - #124

Modern Wisdom · 2019-12-05

The Madness of Crowds by Douglas Murray · discussed · at 19:06
How to Have Impossible Conversations by Peter Gregory Boghossian, James A. Lindsay · recommended · at 1:01:51

How To Argue With Someone - Buster Benson - #122

Modern Wisdom · 2019-11-25

Against Empathy by Paul Bloom · discussed · at 4:56
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman · discussed · at 12:37
The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle · discussed · at 16:49

How To Breathe Properly - Brian Mackenzie - #121

Modern Wisdom · 2019-11-18

Empire of the Summer Moon by S. C. Gwynne · discussed · at 50:21

What Do BDSM & Meditation Have In Common? - Professor Paul Bloom - #120

Modern Wisdom · 2019-11-14

The Madness of Crowds by Douglas Murray · discussed · at 35:16
Against Empathy by Paul Bloom · recommended · at 1:05:12
How Pleasure Works by Paul Bloom · recommended · at 1:05:18

Getting Better At The Game Of Life - Kelly Starrett - #119

Modern Wisdom · 2019-11-11

The Madness of Crowds by Douglas Murray · discussed · at 9:45

Why Is Wikipedia Broken? - Dr Larry Sanger - #118

Modern Wisdom · 2019-11-07

12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson · discussed · at 1:03:33

What Makes A Good Life? - Aubrey Marcus - #117

Modern Wisdom · 2019-11-04

Atomic Habits by James Clear · recommended · at 30:52

Bad Days, Good Days & Staying Resilient - Sonny Webster - #114

Modern Wisdom · 2019-10-24

Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl · recommended · at 25:26
The Contact Paradox by Keith Cooper · discussed · at 49:45

Cristoph | Mental Health As An International DJ | Modern Wisdom Podcast 111

Modern Wisdom · 2019-10-14

Lost Connections by Johann Hari · recommended · at 1:03:16

The Price Of Thinking Out Loud - Douglas Murray - #109

Modern Wisdom · 2019-10-07

The Strange Death of Europe by Douglas Murray · discussed · at 0:51
The Madness of Crowds by Douglas Murray · discussed · at 6:30

The New Silk Roads - Peter Frankopan - #108

Modern Wisdom · 2019-10-03

The New Silk Roads by Peter Frankopan · discussed · at 1:09

How To Think Politically - Graeme Garrard - #107

Modern Wisdom · 2019-09-30

How to Think Politically by James Bernard Murphy · recommended · at 50:20

Should I Work For Myself? - Business Principles 102 - #106

Modern Wisdom · 2019-09-26

Ready, Fire, Aim by Michael Masterson · discussed · at 1:08:04

How To Be A Dictator - Frank Dikotter - #102

Modern Wisdom · 2019-09-12

How to Be a Dictator by Frank Dikötter · discussed · at 0:20

Episode 100 Special Edition Q&A - #100

Modern Wisdom · 2019-09-05

1984 by George Orwell · recommended · at 13:35
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho · recommended · at 13:38
The Stranger, The Plague (Coles Notes) by Albert Camus · recommended · at 14:44
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley · recommended · at 14:51
Needful Things by Stephen King · discussed · at 15:03

Productivity Without Limits - Chris Sparks - #099

Modern Wisdom · 2019-09-02

Deep Work by Cal Newport · discussed · at 17:25
1984 by George Orwell · discussed · at 19:26
Atomic Habits by James Clear · discussed · at 34:41
Off the Clock by Laura Vanderkam · recommended · at 48:18

The Contrepreneur Formula Exposed: Behind The Scenes - Mike Winnet - #098

Modern Wisdom · 2019-08-29

The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene · discussed · at 43:36
The Laws of Human Nature by Robert Greene · discussed · at 43:36

Who Is Titania McGrath? - Andrew Doyle - #097

Modern Wisdom · 2019-08-26

12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson · discussed · at 17:12

Mental Models 102 - The Decision Strikes Back - George MacGill - #095

Modern Wisdom · 2019-08-19

Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely · discussed · at 1:04:51
The elephant in the brain by Kevin Simler · discussed · at 1:09:57

What Does It Feel Like To Squat 1000lbs? - Brian Carroll - #094

Modern Wisdom · 2019-08-15

Back Mechanic by Unknown · recommended · at 1:11:32
Gift of Injury by Stuart McGill · recommended · at 1:11:32

Is Facebook Zucked? - Roger McNamee - #093

Modern Wisdom · 2019-08-12

Zucked by Roger McNamee · recommended · at 1:24:21

Ultralearning - Scott H Young - #092

Modern Wisdom · 2019-08-08

Ultralearning by Scott H. Young · recommended · at 9:56
Make It Stick by Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III, Mark A. McDaniel · discussed · at 43:10

A PhD In Relationship Advice - Dr Taylor Burrowes - #090

Modern Wisdom · 2019-08-01

The Way of the Superior Man by David Deida · discussed · at 14:33

Netflix's The Great Hack: Behind The Screens - Professor David Carroll - #089

Modern Wisdom · 2019-07-29

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff · discussed · at 33:30

The Five Best Books You've Never Read - Nat Eliason - #088

Modern Wisdom · 2019-07-25

The Laws of Human Nature by Robert Greene · discussed · at 1:32
Infinite jest by David Foster Wallace · discussed · at 3:30
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman · discussed · at 14:57
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl · discussed · at 30:03

The Biohacker's Biohacker - Teemu Arina - #086

Modern Wisdom · 2019-07-15

Biohacker's Handbook by Olli Sovijärvi, M.D. · discussed · at 10:35
The Healthy Writer by Joanna Penn · recommended · at 52:24

Specialisation Is For Insects - David Epstein - #084

Modern Wisdom · 2019-07-01

Atomic Habits by James Clear · discussed · at 41:09

Business Principles 101 - #083

Modern Wisdom · 2019-06-24

Range by David J. Epstein · discussed · at 13:32
The E-Myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber · discussed · at 21:36
Ultralearning by Scott H. Young · recommended · at 31:42
So Good They Can't Ignore You by Cal Newport · discussed · at 58:56

How Does A Non-Monogamous Marriage Work? - Caleb Jones - #082

Modern Wisdom · 2019-06-20

Lost Connections by Johann Hari · recommended · at 17:47

Why Do Our Backs Hurt? - Dr Stuart McGill - #081

Modern Wisdom · 2019-06-17

Back Mechanic by Unknown · recommended · at 58:45
Atomic Habits by James Clear · discussed · at 1:02:13
Gift of Injury by Stuart McGill · discussed · at 1:04:38

Why Does Time Pass More Quickly As You Get Older? - Laura Vanderkam - #079

Modern Wisdom · 2019-06-10

Off the Clock by Laura Vanderkam · recommended · at 1:22
Deep Work by Cal Newport · discussed · at 11:01
Atomic Habits by James Clear · discussed · at 11:21
The Way of the Superior Man by David Deida · discussed · at 52:41

The Laws Of Human Nature - Robert Greene - #078

Modern Wisdom · 2019-06-06

The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene · discussed · at 1:39
The Laws of Human Nature by Robert Greene · discussed · at 3:15
The elephant in the brain by Kevin Simler · discussed · at 5:34
Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport · recommended · at 1:03:01

Sobriety And The Future Of Social Media Marketing - Dominic McGregor - #077

Modern Wisdom · 2019-06-03

Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker · recommended · at 6:43

Transhumanism; How Biotechnology Can Eradicate Suffering - David Pearce - #076

Modern Wisdom · 2019-05-30

Superintelligence by Nick Bostrom · discussed · at 34:32

Life Hacks 108 - #075

Modern Wisdom · 2019-05-27

Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport · discussed · at 1:18:52

The Definitive Guide To Digital Productivity - Tiago Forte - #074

Modern Wisdom · 2019-05-23

Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport · discussed · at 4:04
Getting Things Done by David Allen · discussed · at 24:38

The Problem With Millennials - Theo Watt & Eve Young - #073

Modern Wisdom · 2019-05-20

The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff · recommended · at 10:25
Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi · discussed · at 40:40
Deep Work by Cal Newport · recommended · at 42:50
Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport · recommended · at 42:50

The Power Of Writing - David Perell - #072

Modern Wisdom · 2019-05-16

1984 by George Orwell · discussed · at 29:08

Catch Up 103 - The End Of The World, CrossFit and Pirates of the Caribbean - #071

Modern Wisdom · 2019-05-13

Lost Connections by Johann Hari · discussed · at 1:12:10

Mental Models 101 - How To Make Better Decisions - George MacGill - #069

Modern Wisdom · 2019-05-06

Influence by Robert B. Cialdini · discussed · at 32:47
Zero to One by Peter Thiel · discussed · at 1:02:34

Fixing The Most Violent Countries On Earth - Rachel Kleinfeld - #068

Modern Wisdom · 2019-05-02

A Savage Order by Rachel Kleinfeld · recommended · at 39:50

The Largest Database Of Healthy People In The World - Inside Tracker - #067

Modern Wisdom · 2019-04-29

Chasing Excellence by Ben Bergeron · discussed · at 6:11
Atomic Habits by James Clear · discussed · at 47:01

Can Humans Live For 1000 Years? - Professor David Sinclair - #066

Modern Wisdom · 2019-04-22

Superintelligence by Nick Bostrom · recommended · at 22:22
Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker · discussed · at 1:01:42

How To Build Habits That Last - James Clear - #064

Modern Wisdom · 2019-04-15

Atomic Habits by James Clear · recommended · at 0:44
Chasing Excellence by Ben Bergeron · discussed · at 5:06
Deep Work by Cal Newport · recommended · at 58:26

Catch Up 102 - Rome, Greggs & Flat Earth - #062

Modern Wisdom · 2019-04-08

Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport · recommended · at 39:45
Atomic Habits by James Clear · discussed · at 42:10
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo · discussed · at 45:05
Superintelligence by Nick Bostrom · discussed · at 1:03:04

The Truth About Sports Recovery - Christie Aschwanden - #061

Modern Wisdom · 2019-04-04

Good to Go by Christie Aschwanden · discussed · at 1:52
Endure: Mind, Body and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance by Alex Hutchinson · discussed · at 1:52

Relationships 104 - How To Be Single - #059

Modern Wisdom · 2019-03-25

The Rational Male by Rollo Tomassi · discussed · at 31:02

Skills For The 21st Century - Alexander Cortes - #057

Modern Wisdom · 2019-03-14

Atomic Habits by James Clear · discussed · at 12:48
Waking Up by Sam Harris · discussed · at 50:45

Life Hacks 107 - #056

Modern Wisdom · 2019-03-11

Atomic Habits by James Clear · recommended · at 8:33
Deep Work by Cal Newport · discussed · at 54:55
Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport · recommended · at 1:14:27

How Do You Redesign Civilisation? - Jordan Hall - #055

Modern Wisdom · 2019-03-07

The Social Leap by William von Hippel · discussed · at 27:52

What Does It Mean To Be A Man? Wake Up Warrior - Garrett J. White - #053

Modern Wisdom · 2019-02-25

Lying by Sam Harris · recommended · at 26:34

How To Develop A Resilient Mind - Dr Rick Hanson - #047

Modern Wisdom · 2019-01-14

Resilient by Rick Hanson · discussed · at 1:35
Hardwiring Happiness by Rick Hanson · discussed · at 3:16
Endure: Mind, Body and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance by Alex Hutchinson · recommended · at 13:51
Five Ways to Know Yourself by Shinzen Young · discussed · at 36:29

Endure; Finding The Limits Of Human Performance - Alex Hutchinson - #046

Modern Wisdom · 2019-01-07

Endure: Mind, Body and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance by Alex Hutchinson · discussed · at 4:54

Other mentions in 2019 (26: passing, ad reads, own books)