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Every book Matthew Hussey recommended on podcasts
Across 5 podcasts. Every show Matthew Hussey appears on, in one place — not just one.
Matthew Hussey is a relationship coach and speaker who has built a prominent platform advising individuals on dating, confidence, and modern love. During his various podcast appearances, Hussey has discussed several influential books that shaped his perspective on relationships and human connection. On Modern Wisdom, he compared his own book to Anne Lamott's Bird by Bird, noting that just as Lamott's writing guide ultimately explores life itself, he views his work as a book about love that examines the broader human experience. While speaking on The Rich Roll Podcast and The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett, Hussey recalled picking up Dale Carnegie's classic How to Win Friends and Influence People from his father's bookshelf when he was eleven or twelve years old to learn how to better navigate social dynamics. On Modern Wisdom, he referenced Esther Perel and her books, specifically Mating in Captivity, when analyzing the distinction between love and desire in long-term partnerships. In the same conversation, he brought up Shawn Achor's The Happiness Advantage to illustrate the importance of lowering activation energy in dating. Additionally, Hussey discussed Patricia Highsmith's The Talented Mr. Ripley on On Purpose with Jay Shetty to reference a line about the warmth of someone's attention, and he mentioned Stephanie Sabol's What Was the Titanic? on The Mel Robbins Podcast while critiquing prolonged obsessions with unhealthy relationships.
Books recommended by Matthew Hussey
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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, empathy, and building lasting relationships.
Discussed“and 11 12 years old I grabbed how to whim Friends and Influence”
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Bird by Bird
Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott is a widely celebrated guide to the craft of writing that offers practical advice on overcoming creative obstacles while doubling as a reflection on life.
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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Mating in Captivity
Mating in Captivity by Esther Perel is a popular psychology book exploring the complexities of maintaining desire and erotic intelligence in long-term relationships.
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
The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor explores how positive psychology drives success, productivity, and personal fulfillment in everyday life.
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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The Talented Mr. Ripley
The Talented Mr.
Discussed“You realize that it's they they kind of, you know, it's that in the talented Mr. Ripley, there's that great line. Oh, that's a great movie. Great movie.”
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What Was the Titanic?
What Was the Titanic? by Stephanie Sabol and Who HQ is part of a popular children's history series that details the famous doomed ocean liner and its tragic sinking.
Discussed“and it can get quite dangerous if you take Titanic like there's something a little odd about watching a woman who's nearly hundred years old still dreaming about and thinking about a relationship that wasn't even a relationship with a guy that she met on a boat and was with for about 5 days”
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Books Matthew Hussey wrote
- Love Life
- 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 How to Raise Your Standards, Find Your Person and Live Happily (No Matter What)
Appearances
Other mentions (16: passing, ad reads, own books)
“I even write about it in the book”
“I talk about it in the book is this idea of there being three levels of confidence”
“you want this structure laid out in a way you can go through any time you want which is why I put the entire thing inside my book in a section called core confidence ... Matthew hussy the new book is love life”
“No, I would just say if people go to lovebook.com, not only can you get the book there from any retailer you want, but I'm doing an event on May 4th called Find Your Person, which is designed to be a virtual event. You can do it from wherever you are in the world, wherever you buy the book from.”
“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.”
“man honestly the the thing I'm most excited about is the book I have you know you can find me anywhere online on any platform and I've been putting content out for years and years but this this book I've put hundreds and hundreds of hours into so you know if if people go to llife book.com um the book”
“man honestly the the thing I'm most excited about is the book I have you know you can find me anywhere online on any platform and I've been putting content out for years and years but this this book I've put hundreds and hundreds of hours into so you know if if people go to llife book.com um the book”
“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.'”