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Every book Dominick Quartuccio recommended on podcasts
Dominick Quartuccio’s most recommended books
- Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
- Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
- Outwitting the devil by Napoleon Hill
- The Soul of Money by Lynne Twist
- Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
- Irresistible by Adam Alter
- Stealing Fire by Steven Kotler
- The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo
- The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod
- The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
Dominick Quartuccio is a speaker, author, and coach who has appeared on the ChooseFI podcast to share insights on personal growth, human performance, and overcoming life's obstacles. Throughout these episodes, he has recommended several transformative books to listeners. Quartuccio recommended Napoleon Hill's Outwitting the Devil as a profound cautionary tale about drift, and Viktor Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning as an essential resource for finding purpose, hope, and understanding stimulus and response in extremely difficult circumstances. To help listeners overcome fear and the internal resistance to putting themselves out there, he recommended Steven Pressfield's The War of Art. For insights into human performance and flow states, he highlighted Stealing Fire by Steven Kotler and Jamie Wheal. Quartuccio also recommended Adam Alter's Irresistible to illustrate the addictive nature of modern technology, and Hal Elrod's The Miracle Morning for establishing optimal morning routines. Finally, he brought up Roxane Gay's Bad Feminist to highlight how people can hold contradictory feelings internally at the same time.
Books recommended by Dominick Quartuccio
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Think and Grow Rich
Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill is a classic self-help guide focused on mindset, motivation, and the psychological principles behind personal achievement rather than traditional financial literacy.
Discussed“and then over time as I started having an Awakening and started reading books and you know Tim Ferriss for our work week really started to challenge the way I was looking at my life and outwitting the Devil by Napoleon Hill and then thinking we're rich it really got me thinking about like wow I realize when I leave”
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Man's Search for Meaning
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E.
Recommended“and one book I love to pop off my shelf during Times Like These is Victor Frankel's Man's Search for meaning Victor Frankl was a holocaust Survivor”
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Outwitting the devil
Outwitting the Devil by Napoleon Hill is a profound cautionary tale exploring the concept of drift and the pitfalls of failing to take control of one's life.
Discussed“and then over time as I started having an Awakening and started reading books and you know Tim Ferriss for our work week really started to challenge the way I was looking at my life and outwitting the Devil by Napoleon Hill and then thinking we're rich it really got me thinking about like wow I realize when I leave”
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The Soul of Money
The Soul of Money by Lynne Twist and Teresa Barker explores humanity's deep-seated emotional and psychological relationship with currency, arguing that money can be transformed into a conscious channel for creating a better world.
Recommended“Here's a book that I read, The Soul of Money, which is the greatest book I've ever read in terms of my emotional relationship with money.”
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Bad Feminist
Bad Feminist is a widely acclaimed collection of essays by Roxane Gay that explores modern feminism, culture, and the complex realities of holding contradictory beliefs in a flawed world.
Recommended“there's a brilliant author her name is Roxanne gay in her book bad feminist remember she wrote this quote that I always I always reference she says we are a mass of contradictions”
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Irresistible
Irresistible by Adam Alter is an insightful exploration by an NYU professor into the rise of addictive technology and the complex business models designed to keep modern users constantly hooked.
Recommended“so there's an unbelievable book that I read called irresistible the rise of addictive technology and The Business of keeping us hooked and it's by Adam alter who's a professor at NYU”
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Stealing Fire
Stealing Fire by Steven Kotler and Jamie Wheal examines how extreme athletes, Navy SEALs, and Silicon Valley executives harness altered states of consciousness to radically boost human performance and achieve flow.
Recommended“for me it was a book called stealing Fire by Stephen Cutler and Jamie deal”
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The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo is a widely known self-help and organizing guide that encourages individuals to evaluate their material possessions by keeping only those items that spark genuine joy.
Recommended“so it's time to do like what Marie kondo does best right the life-changing magic of tidying up”
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The Miracle Morning
The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod is a self-help guide that outlines a transformative daily routine designed to optimize personal productivity, mindset, and overall well-being through six specific practices known as life savers.
Recommended“there's a great book called Miracle morning by Hal Elrod and he has six different techniques that you can unpack about like how you could create an optimal state for your morning”
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The War of Art
The War of Art by Steven Pressfield is a well-regarded guide on creativity, professionalism, and overcoming self-imposed creative blocks known as resistance.
Recommended“and one of the great books to get around that is the war of art by Stephen pressfield and he talks about this big concept of resistance”
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Atomic Habits
Atomic Habits by James Clear is a widely acclaimed guide on habit formation, personal development, and how minor incremental adjustments yield substantial long-term results.
Discussed“James Clear talks about this all the time in atomic habits the one decision you can make that eliminates thousands of future decisions”
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Deep Work
Deep Work by Cal Newport is a productivity and self-help guide that argues for the immense value of cultivating distraction-free concentration in a hyper-connected world, asserting that focused effort is the key to achieving extraordinary professional outcomes and personal fulfillment.
Discussed“and I haven't read the book but I've heard enough people talk about it share stories with me about it's called Deep work by Cal Newport”
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The 4-Hour Workweek
The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss is a lifestyle design manual that encourages readers to rethink traditional employment, automate income streams, and reclaim ownership of their time.
Discussed“and then over time as I started having an Awakening and started reading books and you know Tim Ferriss for our work week really started to challenge the way I was looking at my life and outwitting the Devil by Napoleon Hill and then thinking we're rich it really got me thinking about like wow I realize when I leave”
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Books Dominick Quartuccio wrote
Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| 185 | Adapting to the New Normal with Dominick Quartuccio | ChooseFI | 2023-05-24 | 3 |
| Your Bold Move for 2023 | Dominick Quartuccio | ChooseFI | 2023-01-09 | 4 |
| 355 | Making Bold Moves | ChooseFI | 2021-12-12 | 2 |
| 270 | Designing your Year for 2021 | Dominick Quartuccio | ChooseFI | 2020-11-16 | 2 |
| 096 | Drift | Dominick Quartuccio | ChooseFI | 2018-10-07 | 6 |
| 033 | Design Your Future | Dominick Quartuccio | ChooseFI | 2017-07-23 | 5 |
Other mentions (3: passing, ad reads, own books)
“and I wrote a book called design your future on purpose leadership which are really all about how to live lives of your own design”
“bold move for 2017 was to write a book design your future which I know many of your listeners have read”
“and that's why I ended up writing the book about design your future which is an intentionality”