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Every book Sam Parr recommended on podcasts
Sam Parr appears on business and entrepreneurship podcasts, engaging in conversations about bootstrapping companies, marketing strategies, media history, and digital culture. Throughout these episodes, he highlights practical business guides and historical epics that have informed his professional journey. Parr promotes Felix Dennis's "How to Get Rich," using live audio checks during recordings to demonstrate how social media promotions can skyrocket a book's digital rankings. He also credits Chip and Dan Heath's "Made to Stick" with teaching him how to distill complex company information into clear, easily digestible stories and formats for his own projects. Beyond actionable guides, Parr discusses deep dives into historical and corporate power dynamics. He references Nick Bilton's "Hatching Twitter" to examine critical portrayals of tech figures, explores Peter Thiel and Gawker in Ryan Holiday's "Conspiracy," and reflects on the massive historical scope of William L. Shirer's "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich." Additionally, he credits Robert Greene's "Mastery" with profoundly changing his life perspective during his early apprenticeship years.
Books recommended by Sam Parr
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L.
Discussed“and then I just got done reading the rise of the Third Reich which is like which is like a 1500 or 1300 word like epic”
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How to Get Rich
How to Get Rich by Felix Dennis is an unorthodox business book written by a successful British publishing billionaire who details the realities, sacrifices, and mental frameworks required to accumulate genuine wealth, heavily emphasizing equity ownership over a traditional salary.
Recommended“how to get rich is now number 30 in all of audible and originals it's number one in the small business category yeah look up how to get rich go look at right now look at the categories like it like skyrocketed after this video”
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Made to stick
Made to Stick by Chip Heath and Dan Heath is a popular business and communication book that investigates why certain ideas survive and spread while others fade into obscurity, offering practical principles for making messages memorable.
Recommended“and it was basically um i read the book made to stick and i just copied that so i took information about their company and i made it really easy to understand”
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Conspiracy
Conspiracy by Ryan Holiday is a non-fiction book that investigates the multi-million dollar legal battle and secret plot orchestrated by billionaire Peter Thiel to bankrupt Gawker Media and its founder, Nick Denton.
Discussed“one of my favorite books is conspiracy which is uh Nick Deton I believe is that his name Nick Denton yeah yeah Nick Denton the founder of Gawker and Peter Thiel”
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Hatching Twitter
Discussed“and it's also weird that Nick you've written like hatching Twitter wasn't the most favorable towards like Jack dorsy and some of these guys you guys all have the same flavor of crazy though you know what I mean”
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I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell
I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell is a controversial, autobiographical comedic memoir by Tucker Max that chronicles his wild, hedonistic exploits and unorthodox approaches to dating and partying.
Discussed“do you know who Tucker Max is yeah so Tucker Max is this author he's my friend um I haven't talked to him in a while but I used to be buddies with them and he's an author he wrote a I hope they serve beer in hell”
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Mastery
Mastery by Robert Greene is a comprehensive exploration of the paths to true expertise, drawing on historical figures and contemporary high achievers to demonstrate how individuals can discover their unique purpose and vocation.
Discussed“dude I read that in in Mastery Mastery changed my life I remember like exactly where I was where I read it and I was like oh this this is called apprenticeship”
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Mein Kampf
Mein Kampf is an autobiographical manifesto by Adolf Hitler outlining his political ideology and future plans for Germany.
Discussed“and uh in prison he wrote his book called Mein Kampf and in the book he wrote like I've I've recently discovered that it is my obligation to lead the German people to Greatness”
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The Game
The Game by Neil Strauss is an investigative memoir and exploration into the secretive underworld of pickup artists and social dynamics.
Discussed“like the bounce, as they used to call it, the pickup artist game that in in in the book The Game, they talk about this technique called the bounce.”
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The Happy Body
The Happy Body by Jerzy Gregorek is a comprehensive fitness and lifestyle guide focused on weight loss, flexibility, strength, and overall vitality through structured daily habits.
Discussed“so at four weeks ago or three weeks ago Sean told me about a book called happy body and I told I was with Neville Noah last week or two weeks ago”
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Trust Me, I'm Lying
Trust Me, I'm Lying by Ryan Holiday is a revealing exposé of modern media manipulation written by a former digital marketing strategist who details how blogs and online news outlets manufacture outrage for clicks and revenue.
Discussed“so there's this guy named ryan holiday you know ryan holliday the author of trust me i'm lying is that it”
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“or if you're Hunter S Thompson you would find you'd do like Catcher in the Rye or some book that you like because when you copy it by hand you start seeing the patterns”
“and also because B you have a book coming out discipline is Destiny this is the new one for the series uh yeah it came out yesterday”
“and also because B you have a book coming out discipline is Destiny”
“and it comes with that I get that that I understand that's The Count of Monte Cristo that's the oldest Revenge story of of History”
“and uh say the book name again oh discipline is Destiny the power of self-control as part of the stoic virtue series the first one is uh courage is calling”