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Every book Taylor Pearson recommended on podcasts
Taylor Pearson’s most recommended books
- The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
- Finite and Infinite Games by James P. Carse
- The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell
- Why Buddhism is True by Robert Wright
- Work the system by Sam Carpenter
Taylor Pearson appears on Modern Wisdom as a guest discussing operating principles, life values, business systems, and personal development. As evident from the podcast, Pearson is an analytical thinker interested in how individuals and organizations structure their lives, make decisions under uncertainty, and navigate complex environments. He frequently recommends books that offer frameworks for personal growth and strategic thinking. A central recommendation of his is Steven Pressfield's The War of Art, which Pearson praises for its exploration of resistance and creative productivity. Another key recommendation is James P. Carse's Finite and Infinite Games, an underrated book that has profoundly shaped his perspective on life's various competitive and cooperative frameworks. In addition to these direct recommendations, Pearson weaves several other influential works into his conversation. He references Robert Wright's Why Buddhism is True to discuss the modular brain and partitioned consciousness. He explores Joseph Campbell's The Hero with a Thousand Faces to illustrate how ancient mythology informs personal operating journeys and modern narratives. Furthermore, he mentions Nassim Nicholas Taleb's The Black Swan to discuss risk and skin in the game, and brings up Sam Carpenter's Work the System to analyze corporate core values and operational efficiency.
Books recommended by Taylor Pearson
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The War of Art
The War of Art by Steven Pressfield is a well-regarded guide on creativity, professionalism, and overcoming self-imposed creative blocks known as resistance.
Recommended“there's a book called the war of art that i really like about a guy named steve pressfield he's he wrote the legend about a tiger van became a movie about the golfer”
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Finite and Infinite Games
Finite and Infinite Games by James P.
Recommended“and then i guess my sort of off the wall or our underrated book that i've probably i don't know read four or five times now is finite and infinite games by james p carse”
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The Black Swan
The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb is an influential examination of how highly improbable, unpredictable events profoundly impact history, finance, and human society.
Discussed“i got this from there's a guy named naseem tuleb who's written a few books probably the most famous is a book called the black swan”
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The Hero with a Thousand Faces
The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell is a seminal study of comparative mythology that outlines the universal narrative structure of the hero's journey, detailing stages such as departure, initiation, and return.
Discussed“he was a professor i think in like the 70s and 80s but he wrote a book called hero with a thousand faces and then he kind of became well known to vixen he was well known he was kind of the influence on george lucas of the writing of star wars that he had studied all these sort of”
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Why Buddhism is True
Why Buddhism is True by Robert Wright is an exploration of evolutionary psychology and ancient Buddhist philosophy that examines how the human mind creates suffering and how mindfulness can alter our perception of reality.
Discussed“and there's this um the partitioned brain approach which is in why buddhism is true by robert wright and he talks about the modular brain”
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Work the system
Discussed“yeah so actually the contradiction is from a business book called work the system but it talks about this like in the context of a company so if you ever worked for a company like usually every company has their like five or six core values and usually they're like terrible and meaningless”
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Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
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| Discover Your Life’s Core Values & Operating Principles - Taylor Pearson - #199 | Modern Wisdom | 2020-07-20 | 8 |