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Every book Joe Liemandt recommended on podcasts
Key facts
- Joe Liemandt has recommended or discussed 3 books on podcasts, as of August 31, 2026.
- Joe Liemandt has talked about books on 3 podcasts, as of August 31, 2026.
- Those books came up in 3 episodes, as of August 31, 2026.
- The 3 books Joe Liemandt has mentioned in the most episodes, as of August 31, 2026: 10 to 25, The Self-driven Child and Atomic Habits.
- The latest episode with a book mention from Joe Liemandt aired on August 31, 2026.
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Across 3 podcasts. Every show Joe Liemandt appears on, in one place, not just one.
Joseph Liemandt is an American billionaire businessman, and the founder of Trilogy Software, and ESW Capital, an investment company that buys software companies. As of April 2025, his net worth is estimated at $6.2 billion. Appearing across multiple podcasts, including Huberman Lab, My First Million, and Invest Like the Best, he recommended and discussed books related to child development and education. He repeatedly recommended David Yeager's 10 to 25, explaining that its high-standards and high-support framework formed the child development model used at Alpha schools and guided training for school guides. He also recommended William R. Stixrud and Ned Johnson's The Self-Driven Child, noting that Alpha School parents read it to help navigate parenting decisions during middle and high school. Regarding reading guidelines for parents, he mentioned that kindergarten mothers were restricted from reading The Self-Driven Child so they would not worry about independence too early. Additionally, he mentioned James Clear's Atomic Habits while describing how a guide taught second graders to build toward running a 5K through incremental improvement.
Books Joe Liemandt recommended or discussed
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10 to 25
Recommended“his book 10 to2 the science of motivating kids is all about high standards and high support and it is that combination that you want from a school”
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The Self-driven Child
Recommended“there's a great book called um self-driven child that alpha parents read that you have basically six years right or seven years in middle and high school”
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Atomic Habits
Discussed“She's like, "We're going to teach them atomic habits, right? The book atomic habits, which is 1% better, basically, right? And you know, most adults don't learn that till after college when they read the book."”
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Appearances
Other mentions (2: passing, ad reads, own books)
“All our kids read rational optimist, right? And they sit there and say, yes, I'm in control of it, right? And we need to build our future.”
“You're looking at what is your DCF you're pulling the cash out and if it goes to zero right there built you know there's built to last. Yeah. There's for there's a cycle in a company where it's built to die.”