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Every book Matthew Hussey recommended on podcasts
Matthew Hussey appears on interview podcasts like Modern Wisdom and The Diary Of A CEO, where he acts as a dating and relationship coach helping individuals navigate emotional vulnerability, attraction, and personal confidence. As evident from his podcast presence, Hussey focuses on actionable psychological strategies for building healthy interpersonal connections and overcoming insecurity in modern romance. Throughout his episodes, Hussey recommended Anne Lamott's Bird by Bird, drawing a parallel between its lessons on writing and its broader philosophical truths about navigating life. He also discussed several foundational relationship and self-improvement texts. He referenced Esther Perel's Mating in Captivity to explain the delicate balance between love and desire in long-term partnerships, and Shawn Achor's The Happiness Advantage to illustrate the concept of lowering activation energy in social and dating contexts. Additionally, Hussey recalled discovering Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People on his father's bookshelf during his youth, noting how early exposure to Carnegie's principles shaped his lifelong interest in human communication, social dynamics, and interpersonal charm.
Books recommended by Matthew Hussey
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Bird by Bird
Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott is widely regarded as a classic and insightful guide to the craft of writing and the creative process.
Recommended“in the same way that I think of like you know an Lam's Bird by bird it's a book about writing that's kind of about life”
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How to Win Friends and Influence People
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie is a classic self-help guide focused on interpersonal communication, relationship building, and effective persuasion.
Discussed“how old was i i was about 11 or 12 when i first picked up how to win friends and influence people off my dad's bookshelf”
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Mating in Captivity
Mating in Captivity by Esther Perel is a bestselling relationship guide that investigates the paradoxical challenge of sustaining erotic desire within committed, long-term partnerships.
Discussed“Esther perel has obviously written great books about this she talks about the difference between love and desire desire is love is the coming together of two people desire exists in the space between two people”
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The happiness advantage
Discussed“but you got to get you know as as Sean AER would put it in The Happiness Advantage you have to lower the activation energy required and that can apply for dating too”
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Books Matthew Hussey wrote
- This Book
- The Book: A Cover-to-Cover Exploration of the Most Powerful Object of Our Time
- Never Satisfied
- The Rust Programming Language (Covers Rust 2018)
- Handwriting Without Tears: My printing book
- Love Life
Appearances
Other mentions (10: passing, ad reads, own books)
“I can sit here with you; I feel like—and this book is a reflection of that.”
“That's why I wrote a chapter in the book called 'Never Satisfied.'”
“It really took until Audrey, who you know—I wrote this book; this was not a book written by a married person; it was a book written first by a single person.”
“So there are many pages in this book that were written by me single, then having met this person, navigating my way through the early dating of all of that.”
“I have a whole chapter in this book called—there are two chapters that go together, that are two of my favorite chapters in the book.”
“One is called 'Never Satisfied,' and the other one is called 'How to Rewire Your Brain.'”
“We think this is the identity that makes us someone important, and I think one of the most valuable exercises in a book I used to teach it on retreats is about layers of confidence.”
“So much of what I used to do at my retreats ended up in this book, and one of the big exercises involves the three layers of confidence.”
“For example, one of the things I talk about in my book is my chronic pain, which I dealt with for years.”
“If people go to lovelifebook.com, the book is called 'Love Life: How to Raise Your Standards, Find Your Person, and Live Happily No Matter What.'”