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Every book Jefferson Fisher recommended on podcasts
Across 3 podcasts. Every show Jefferson Fisher appears on, in one place — not just one.
Jefferson Fisher is an American lawyer, podcast host, and author. He is the host of The Jefferson Fisher Podcast, and his first book, The Next Conversation: Argue Less, Talk More, released in March 2025, is a New York Times best seller. Fisher discussed Doris Kearns Goodwin's Team of Rivals on both The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett and The Daily Stoic. He praised the book as a wonderful work that details various historical personalities and how Abraham Lincoln navigated them, calling it his favorite among them. Fisher specifically highlighted how Lincoln, despite being an unlikely candidate, secured the nomination and presidency, and subsequently brought political rivals such as McClellan and Seward into his cabinet. Furthermore, while appearing on The Ramsey Show, Fisher discussed his own book, The Next Conversation, explaining the communication framework he developed to help people handle arguments and relationships by communicating with control, confidence, and a focus on connection.
Books recommended by Jefferson Fisher
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Team of Rivals
Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin is an acclaimed historical biography examining Abraham Lincoln's extraordinary political leadership and his strategic decision to appoint his fiercest opponents to his presidential cabinet.
Discussed“And it's a team of rivals, which is by far my my favorite of them, is how when he gets the nomination and then he gets the presidency and he's the least likely to do any of this, how he brings Mlelen, Seward, I mean, all of these people into his world.”
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The Next Conversation
The Next Conversation by Jefferson Fisher is a guide to improving interpersonal communication, resolving conflict, and arguing less while talking more.
Discussed“and that's why in the book I set out this framework of how I teach communication is that when you say things you're going to say it first with control and you're going to say it with confidence and you're going to say it to connect”
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Other mentions (2: passing, ad reads, own books)
“The reason why I wrote that book and how that book applies is I took a lot of the lessons that I teach every one of my clients and put them in that book because I'm sitting there preparing them for cross-examination and realizing, oh, wait, they are deathly afraid of the conflict that they're in.”
“tell me about it how it come about it came about I I never thought John I never thought I'd ever write a book of course ever”