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Every book Gordo Byrn recommended on podcasts

Guest on The Rich Roll Podcast · 2 books · 1 episode across 1 podcast

Gordo Byrn appeared on The Rich Roll Podcast to share strategies for personal planning, discipline, and emotional awareness. During the episode, he recommended Julia Cameron's book The Artist's Way, suggesting that listeners use it to connect with personal goals and practice daily writing through morning pages. Byrn also mentioned drawing inspiration directly from the text to shape his own victory speech ideas. In addition to Cameron's work, Byrn discussed reading Luke Burgis's book Wanting to better understand the complexities of human emotion, specifically the experience of envy. He noted that society rarely discusses envy openly, but explained that reading Burgis helped him recognize that feelings of envy carry valuable information that a person must pay attention to rather than simply ignore. By combining structured creative habits with a deeper psychological awareness of internal drives like envy, Byrn outlined a practical approach to self-improvement and personal design discussed throughout the interview.

Books recommended by Gordo Byrn

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  1. The Artist's Way

    Julia Cameron · Recommended · 1 episode

    The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron is a foundational self-help guide designed to help readers recover their innate creativity and overcome artistic blocks through structured practices like morning pages and artist dates.

    Discussed
    “and it was a uh it's actually something I got out of the artist's way Julia Cameron you know just make it happen”
    The Rich Roll Podcast Gordo Byrn on Making A 1000 Day Plan, Small Promises, The 5:2 Rule, & … 2022-10-24 Listen at 5:28
    Where to get it
    AmazonListen on Audible

  2. Wanting

    Luke Burgis · Discussed · 1 episode

    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.

    Discussed
    “there's this feeling of envy and and envy is something we don't talk about much as a society and I read this book called wanting by Luke and he talks about your Envy tells you there's information there and you really need to pay attention to it and so I I acknowledge it and I don't just acknowledge”
    The Rich Roll Podcast Gordo Byrn on Making A 1000 Day Plan, Small Promises, The 5:2 Rule, & … 2022-10-24 Listen at 2:00:14
    Where to get it
    AmazonListen on Audible

Appearances

EpisodePodcastDateBooks
Gordo Byrn on Making A 1000 Day Plan, Small Promises, The 5:2 Rule, & Designing Your Best LifeThe Rich Roll Podcast2022-10-243
Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
Passing Finding Ultra
“so it's like the one of me and Finding Ultra like I I got way heavier than that I just couldn't find any photos of it”
The Rich Roll Podcast Gordo Byrn on Making A 1000 Day Plan, Small Promises, The 5:2 Rule, & … 2022-10-24 Listen at 24:26