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Every book David Yeager recommended on podcasts
Key facts
- David Yeager has recommended or discussed 3 books on podcasts, as of April 15, 2024.
- David Yeager has talked about books on 1 podcast, as of April 15, 2024.
- Those books came up in 1 episode, as of April 15, 2024.
- The 3 books David Yeager has mentioned in the most episodes, as of April 15, 2024: Cultures of Growth, The End of Poverty and War and Peace.
- The latest episode with a book mention from David Yeager aired on April 15, 2024.
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David Yeager discussed several books during his appearance on the Huberman Lab podcast while exploring growth mindsets and performance. He recommended the new book Cultures of Growth by Mary C. Murphy, highlighting that the author was trained at Stanford under Claude Steele and Carol Dweck and noting that the release was receiving extensive positive press. During the conversation, Yeager also recalled reading Jeffrey Sachs's book The End of Poverty while at an airport, reflecting on how Sachs addressed macroeconomics and the crushing debt affecting poverty in various countries. Additionally, Yeager brought up Leo Tolstoy's classic work War and Peace, translated by Clara Bell, to illustrate how great authors and writers convey complex theories through narrative, noting particularly how the text functions as a theory of great leaders during wartime, even if literary scholars might view that interpretation as somewhat oversimplified. Throughout the podcast episode, these literary mentions helped frame his broader discussions on human motivation, psychological framing, and the underlying mechanics of personal development across different social and economic structures.
Books David Yeager recommended or discussed
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Cultures of Growth
Recommended“what I find compelling is a beautiful new book by Mary Murphy called cultures of growth who was trained at Stanford under Claude steel uh was also trained by Carol DW just came out a week ago and it's getting tons of great press”
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The End of Poverty
Discussed“And we all went back to college and were there for a service, and I remember being in the airport and I picked up Jeffrey Sachs' 'End of Poverty,' which was a popular book at the time, and just thinking, 'Here's a guy who, like, I don’t know, was doing something pretty mundane, macroeconomics, but he was spending all his”
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War and Peace
Discussed“this is why you know like what's the point of war in peace right war in peace is is really a theory of of great leaders in the war and there's any English phds I'm sure they'll tell me that that's oversimplified version of what to sto was doing”
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Books David Yeager wrote
Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
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| How to Master Growth Mindset to Improve Performance | Dr. David Yeager | Huberman Lab | 2024-04-15 | 4 |