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Every book Michael Acton Smith recommended on podcasts
Key facts
- Michael Acton Smith has recommended or discussed 6 books on podcasts, as of December 22, 2023.
- Michael Acton Smith has talked about books on 2 podcasts, as of December 22, 2023.
- Those books came up in 2 episodes, as of December 22, 2023.
- The 3 books Michael Acton Smith has mentioned in the most episodes, as of December 22, 2023: Factfulness, Lost Connections and The Artist's Way.
- The latest episode with a book mention from Michael Acton Smith aired on December 22, 2023.
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Across 2 podcasts. Every show Michael Acton Smith appears on, in one place, not just one.
Michael Acton Smith’s most recommended books
- Factfulness by Hans Rosling
- Lost Connections by Johann Hari
- The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron
- The Science of Storytelling by Will Storr
Michael Acton Smith OBE is the co-CEO and co-founder of Calm, a meditation space company. He is also the founder of Firebox.com, and founder and chairman of children's entertainment company Mind Candy, which created the video game Moshi Monsters. He has been described by The Daily Telegraph as "a rock star version of Willy Wonka" and by The Independent as "a polite version of Bob Geldof." On podcast episodes, Acton Smith has shared several book recommendations and discussions. He recommended Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way as a helpful practice for morning journaling and finding stillness, and he praised Will Storr's The Science of Storytelling as an essential resource detailing the importance of storytelling in business and human connection. He also named Johann Hari's Lost Connections as one of his favorite books dealing with the topic of human disconnection. Discussing other works, Acton Smith recalled buying a book called Doing Business on the Internet by Fay Sudweeks with his co-founder to guide their early online venture, cited Hans Rosling's Factfulness to support his optimistic view that the world is improving, and credited Matthew Walker's Why We Sleep with shifting societal perspectives on rest.
Books Michael Acton Smith recommended or discussed
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Factfulness
Recommended“You know there's a wonderful book factfulness which talks about the data of how the world is getting better.”
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Lost Connections
Recommended“Johann Hari talks about in his book. Lost Connections is one of my favorite books.”
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The Artist's Way
Recommended“You know, the the artist's way and just scribble and think. And it's amazing when you have that stillness, what starts to bubble up and the things you really need to hear only emerge in that silence.”
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The Science of Storytelling
Recommended“There's a an amazing book by Will Storr called The Science of Storytelling which kind of talks about this in in great great detail and I think about it with every business I create”
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Doing business on the Internet
Discussed“We went into a bookshop and we saw this book that was called doing business on the internet and we knew we were both aware Tom did AI and computer science at university.”
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Why We Sleep
Discussed“Matthew Walker's book Why We Sleep has has played a huge part in that.”
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