What You Will Learn

As always, this episode is NOT financial advice.

Peter Lynch is one of the most successful professional investors of all time. According to him, amateurs can win. The most important rule to follow is that you should stop listening to professionals!

Most investment books recommend passive investing, where you buy a whole haystack and assume you'll get a few needles. Peter's shows a strategy that gives us amateurs a chance at beating the investors, picking the needle.

There are some things you're sincerely interested in. Whether it is cars, cameras or technology, you develop a sense of what's good and what's bad. You know what sells and what doesn't. In some contexts, you know it before Wall Street knows it. And you have the opportunity to jump on before the investment banks begin to recommend the stock.

For some people, the idea of a permanent commitment to one partner feels a little old-fashioned. Just flick on Netflix, and you’ll find plenty of documentaries about people opting into polyamorous relationships or other non-traditional setups. When things get tough, we might think that this person mustn’t be right for us, and it’s easier just to let them go. 

Despite all of this scepticism around marriage and relationships, deep down, we still long for lasting love. Getting The Love You Want shows us the key to finding your perfect match, which is buried deep beneath the surface. Superficially, you might argue over who did the dishes, where to go on holiday or who is looking after the kids. But it goes much deeper than that. To understand how to build the optimal love life, we need to realise an unwritten agenda formed early in life.

If your personal finances are in a mess, there is perhaps no activity that is higher leverage than getting them sorted. If you find that you've dug yourself into a hole, stop digging!

Dave Ramsey, the leading personal finance guru, shows us some simple steps for getting our money back in order. These steps are obvious - there's nothing revolutionary here, just plain and simple steps that work. If you're willing to make a few little sacrifices along the way, you can turn your financial life around quicker than you ever thought possible. 

Tim Ferris has applied the 80/20 principle to find the optimal path for a better-looking body. The goal is to focus on the 2.5% that deliver 95% of the rapid body redesign and performance enhancement results. If you are already at 5% body fat or bench pressing 181 kg, you are in the top 1%. This is for the other 99% who can experience near unbelievable gains in short periods of time.

In this episode, we’ll focus purely on the Slow Carb Diet, the optimal body recomposition strategy. This will make you drop 2 clothes sizes (XXXL to XL, or a 16 to a 12) in rapid time and have people asking "WOW - what the hell have you been doing!".

Success is within reach of just about everyone. But personal success without leadership only brings limited effectiveness. Without leadership ability, a person's impact is only a fraction of what it could be with good leadership. The higher you want to climb, the more you need leadership.

Although it's true that some people are born with greater natural gifts than others. The ability to lead is really a collection of skills, nearly all of which can be learned and improved. If you want to be a leader, the good news is that you can do it. Everyone has the potential. But it can't be accomplished overnight. It requires perseverance and you cannot ignore the 21 Irrefutable Laws Of Leadership.

We all did it! We made it to the end of 2020. 

In this episode, we look back at our favourite books from Season 5 (so far). Our lists are VERY different again this year, with only two or three crossovers and the rest we had to fight over. 

Listen in or hear each of our favourite books, or check out the blog post at: https://www.whatyouwilllearn.com/best-of-2020/ 

Let us know your favourite books of 2020 - message us on social or email us at podcast@whatyouwilllearn.com 

Humans have been dreaming a long time about flying vehicles. In a famous IBM commercial, Avery Books asked: "it's the year 2000, but where are the flying cars?... I don't see them! Why!". Peter Thiel quips "we wanted flying cars and we got 140 characters".

And today, the wait could finally be over. It looks like flying cars, alongside all sorts of pie in the sky innovations, are just around the corner. With new technologies such as AI, robotics, virtual reality, 3D printing and materials; and drivers of change such as saved time, availability of capital and longer lives, the rate of change is unprecedented.

We've been doing a lot of dark books recently. Ordinary Men, The Prince and Collapse all paint a dim view of human nature. The idea goes that we have a thin veneer of niceness on the surface, but deep down we're all capable of pure evil.

Thankfully, this book gives the opposite perspective. The simple idea of this book is that we're actually all pretty decent. Disasters and tough times don't cause us to descend a few rungs on the ladder of civilisation, but rather they bring out the best in us.

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A six year study looked at 'visionary companies' and tried to identify what set them apart from the rest of the herd. These visionary companies were the ones that were the premier of their industry, were widely admired by knowledgeable businesspeople, had been through multiple product life cycles and multiple generations of leadership. The 18 companies identified outperformed the stock market by 16X.

It was found that they had a few things in common. It largely boiled down to their culture, their approach to new ideas, and a focus on building the company itself. Listen to the podcast episode or read the blog post to find out more about what it takes to build a visionary company that lasts the tests of time.

Steve Glaveski is back for Round 2, this time talking about the launch of his new book Time Rich: Do Your Best Work, Live Your Best Life. This book helps us work smarter and live better.

In this episode we discuss the past, present and future of work, and how time is a better measure than money. Make sure you stay tuned all the way to the end for a special musical treat!

Check out Steve's new book: https://www.timerichbook.com/

Check out Steve: https://www.steveglaveski.com/ 

The ultimate competitive advantage of successful organisations? Teamwork. A leader who can get their entire team rowing in the same direction can dominate any market in any industry.

However, teamwork is as elusive as ever. Human beings are inherently dysfunctional. By acknowledging the imperfections of humans, members of functional teams can overcome our natural tendencies and work together toward success. According to author Patrick Lencioni, there are 5 dysfunctional elements that can destroy any team.

Lydia Denworth is the author of three books, including the recently published Friendship: The Evolution, Biology and Extraordinary Power of Life’s Fundamental Bond.

In this interview, we chat with Lydia about the psychological impacts, evolutionary context and elements of a high-quality friendship.

Lydia launched this book with perfect timing - just before a worldwide pandemic put friendships and connections to their greatest test.

Disclaimer: we are not psychologists or psychiatrists, or in anyway giving medical advice.

Johann Hari was depressed as a young man. He was told a story about why he felt so down: that depression is caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain. They say that the brains of depressed people have lower levels of serotonin (the happiness molecule). Then we’re told that Big Pharma has the answer. They’ve made drugs that can restore your serotonin levels back to “normal”. This version of the answer says that depression is a brain disease, and companies have the cure... for a profit of course.

When scientists tested the water supply in Western countries, they found find it laced with antidepressants. We're literally and figuratively awash with these drugs.  What is startling in other cultures has become normal to the Western world. We've just accepted that a huge number of people are so distressed that they need to take a powerful chemical every day to pull themselves together.

Johann Hari has asked a distinctly different question. Could something other than bad brain chemistry be causing depression and anxiety?

This question led to 3 years of research and 200+ interviews. The story that it is all in our head has holes in it. What Johann Hari has found is another story: depression is largely due to the world and how we live in it. The factors that cause depression in society are everywhere. Even worse, they are on the rise.

We had the pleasure of speaking to one of the Godfathers of habits and designing behaviours, BJ Fogg. We love the simplicity of his model: "Behaviour = Motivation + Ability + Prompt". Through this lens, we can see exactly why we do (or don't do) the things we want to do! Following on from our own discussion of his book Tiny Habits, this interview dives a little deeper into the intricacies of installing new habits or breaking old ones. 

BJ Fogg, PhD, founded the Behavior Design Lab at Stanford University. In addition to his research, Fogg teaches industry innovators how human behavior really works. He created the Tiny Habits Academy to help people around the world. He lives in Northern California and Maui.

Find out more at BJFogg.com and visit TinyHabits.com to learn about his New York Times bestselling book, Tiny Habits: The Small Changes that Change Everything

We all want some kind of change. But for most of us, there is a painful gap between what people want and what they actually do. If you have attempted to do something different in the past and haven't seen the results, you've probably figured out by now that change is hard.

If you tried to put together a chest of drawers with faulty instructions and parts missing, you would feel frustrated. But you probably wouldn't blame yourself. You would blame the manufacturer instead. Similarly, any habits you’re not happy with aren’t entirely your fault, you just haven't yet been taught how to effectively change your behaviour.

BJ Fogg's behaviour model boils any action down to three simple components: Motivation, Ability, Prompt. B=MAP is the combination lock to install long term habits.

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"The extraordinary benefits of knowing when to quit (and when to stick)"

A great short book the explains why there's always a 'dip' in your projects on your journey to becoming the best in the world - be that getting a promotion, building a business, writing a book, falling in love... anything! At the start, as you put in more effort you'll see good results. Then, theres a dip. You'll put in more and more effort but your results won't improve. This is where most people quit. If you can push through the dip after everyone else has quit, all of a sudden you'll appear to be an overnight success because you've become the best in the world.

Check out the full blog post here: https://www.whatyouwilllearn.com/book/the-dip/

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Your life is a constant stream of decisions: what career to follow, how to manage a business, whom to marry, how to bring up children, whether to run for president, how to communicate with a colleague and how to react when life slaps you in the face. The common element is that you are not in a vacuum. Instead, you are surrounded by the world that interacts with any decision you make. The context of the situation you find yourself in matters.

Game theory is the process of modelling the strategic interaction between players in a situation containing set rules and outcomes. The Art Of Strategy breaks down game theory to help you in practical real life situations.

Malcolm Gladwell is one of the biggest selling non-fiction authors of our generation, with smash-hits like Outliers, Blink and The Tipping Point. 

This book is a collection of his essays and newspaper articles. We picked some of our favourites, taking us on a deep dive into three important distinctions: The Arts of Failure, The Nature of Secrets, and Success in the Young and the Old.

In this episode, we look at the difference between:

 - Choking VS Panicking

 - Prodigies VS Late Bloomers

 - Puzzles VS Mysteries

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When you buy a product, you can see it, touch it, and depending on the product you can taste/smell/hear it as well. Services, on the other hand, are intangible. There’s no exact clear definition of what you’re getting when you buy a service - you’re just purchasing what you hope the end result will be.

Obviously services are different from products, so service marketing must be different from product marketing. But while more than 4 out of 5 people work in service companies, only 1 out of 5 business school case studies focus on services. We’re all being taught how to market products, but we’re never taught how to market services, even though that will be what the majority of people do.

Check out the full blog post here: https://www.whatyouwilllearn.com/book/selling-the-invisible/ 

So much you want to learn, so little time to learn it.

Every new skill has what Josh calls a "FRUSTRATION BARRIER". At first the basics of a new skill can seem fun. But then you hit a wall, a few hours in, where you don't seem to be improving and it is just getting frustrating. You're still horribly unskilled, but now painfully aware of it. Maybe you learned to play Three Blind Mice on the piano, but you still can seem to work out which note on the keyboard matches which dot on the sheet music. Or maybe you’ve been skateboarding in a straight line, but can’t work out the right balance and positioning that allows you to turn properly.

This book offers a simple system for learning new skills, a system that allows you to quickly break through that frustration barrier and get to the fun stuff sooner. 

We underestimate the role of randomness in just about everything.  We often have the mistaken impression that a strategy is an excellent strategy, or an entrepreneur is a person endowed with unique vision. Nassim Taleb believes that the world is much more random than we think.

Skills count, obviously. But they count much less in highly random environments like trading, than they do in the predictable ones, like dentistry.

Fooled By Randomness  shows us how to recognise and work with randomness and luck, which is involved in everything you do. In doing so you can humble yourself, turn down your assumptions about your abilities, and have a more accurate view of how the world IS, not how you think it should be.

With Adam Jones turning 30 this week, we figured this was his last chance to work out what he’d done wrong (or right) during his 20s. The key message of this book is that your twenties MATTER.

A lot of young people like to say that your twenties don’t matter, that you can put off life’s big decisions until later, that the 20s are the time for fun and enjoying life and not to be taken too seriously… But the research shows otherwise:

• Two thirds of your lifetime wage growth happens in the first 10 years of your career
• More than half of people are married or at least dating/living with their future life partner by age 30, 75% by age 35
• Personality changes more in 20s then in any time period before or after
• The brain caps off it’s final stages of growth in the 20s
• Fertility reaches its peak in late 20s
• Our social networks – and the opportunities they may bring – are the widest and most diverse in the 20s, then get narrower as we age beyond

80% of life’s defining moments will have taken place by our mid-30s. Life is not over when you hit age 40, you can always claim your life back at any point. But it’s better to start sooner rather than later. William James said: “intention is the result of attention and choice”. It’s never too late, or too early, to start paying attention.

At the height of the Second World War, the German army had minimal resources to continue the war to the East with Russia, and simultaneously execute Hitler's "Final Solution". The Nazi party had already used up all of the ideological killers in their country. They were left with the dregs of society. They would have to use Joe the local Butcher, Jim the Primary School Teacher even Grandpa George to get the job done. The only people left all had working class jobs like truck drivers, dock workers, construction workers and machine operators. They were "normal people" like you and me, but were called upon to execute millions of innocent Jews.

Ordinary Men tells the story of one faction, the Reserve Police Battalion 101 and how they were transformed from normal citizen into "professional killers"

Despite evidence to the contrary, we all use our brains. BUT - most of us have never learned how to think effectively. We’re not talking about IQ or innate intelligence, we’re talking about thinking as a LEARNED SKILL. We’re talking about a productive method of thinking and reasoning.

Scott Adams, the creator of the Dilbert cartoons, author of How To Fail At Almost Everything And Still Win Big and Win Bigly, calls this ‘Loserthink’. Loserthink doesn’t mean ‘dumb’ or ‘uninformed’, it simply means unproductive or ineffective. It’s not a value judgement of a person as a whole, just on this specific method of evaluation. Plenty of ‘smart’ and ‘well-informed’ people are culprits of using Loserthink (and in some cases, they are MORE susceptible). You use Loserthink because you’ve never learned or practiced the SKILL of thinking effectively.

What this book presents is a method for thinking. By borrowing some fundamental techniques from various different fields, we can develop our thinking skills and become much more effective. If we borrow ideas from how to think like a historian, how to think like an entrepreneur, how to think like an engineer, how to think like a scientist - we can cobble together an effective process for thinking.

In 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick introduced the world to their new discovery: the double-helix DNA structure. This so-called "secret of life" was widely considered the most important scientific discovery of the 20th Century.

Their presentation won them a Nobel Prize. The most striking part of the pitch? It was only 5 minutes long. That was the COMPLETE presentation - introducing the secret of life, presenting their scientific discovery, explaining all of the need-to-know-details, showing how it works.

You need to pause and consider for a moment. If these two blokes can explain the greatest innovation of the 20th Century in under 5 minutes, why do you think you need to book in hour-long meetings to present your report or pitch your new business idea to investors??? There’s clearly something wrong with the way most people are pitching their ideas.

If you need to sell something as part of your job (a product, a service, an idea), then it’s worth taking the time to learn how to do it properly. And when you really think about it, almost everyone is pitching SOMETHING, no matter how large or small, every single day. That initial pitch is less than 1% of the entire time and energy you need to invest into a project, but it is probably the most important 1% - that first presentation of your idea is what can either drive it forward, or see it slaughtered on the spot.

We started the podcast back in June 2016. In the last four-and-a-quarter years, we've read and reviewed 200 books on the podcast! We thought it was a great milestone to take a step back and have a look at what lessons we've learned from all of the books we've read and how they can tie in together.

A couple of years ago when we hit our 100th book, we did our "Top 10 Lessons". You can listen to that podcast episode here: 100th BOOK – Our Top 10 Lessons. They all hold up pretty well! Feel free to go and check out that episode, on here is a reminder of just the lessons themselves:

1. You're Gonna Die Someday  
2. Be Proactive (realise that you have the power to take action) 
3. Get In The Arena, Don't Sit On The Sidelines  
4. Delayed Gratification (long-term satisfaction far outweighs instant gratification)  
5. The Power of Questions & The Importance of Curiosity 
6. Have A Bias for Action (thinking and planning and dreaming are nice, but action is vital)
7. Place lots of Minimum Bets  
8. Effectiveness VS Efficiency: The Best Time Management Tips
9. Listen Before You Talk  
10. You're Either Remarkable Or You're Invisible 

They were the big 10 lessons we took from our FIRST 100 books, now we’ve thought about what NEW lessons we’ve taken from the NEXT 100 books. We started with 10 mini lessons, but then decided that they all grouped together pretty nicely into 3 BIG lessons:

1. Question The Path
2. Dichotomies (No Single Book Has All Of The Answer)
3. The Myth Of The Silver Bullet

Read the full write up of these lessons on our website: https://whatyouwilllearn.com/200th-book 

The identities of all of the most powerful people in the country are similar: they're white, male, middle and upper class, and able bodied. Acknowledging this may be dismissed as political correctness, but Robin Diangello notes it is still a fact. Those people in the seats of power are making decisions that affect those not sitting at the table.

Identity politics gets a pretty bad wrap. But looking through history, this has proven results. For example, women's suffrage, the American disability act, Title 9, federal recognition of same sex marriage.

Robin Diangelo’s hope is that you may gain insight into why people who identify as white are so difficult in conversations regarding race and/or gain insight into your own racial responses as you navigating the roiling racial waters of life.

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Benjamin Disraeli: "There are three types of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics"

There are some great statisticians and data manipulators out there, and that can manoeuvre things in a way to get exactly the result they want. Any time you see a statistic, you should consider that it might be a lie.

You need to learn some of these tricks so that you can defend yourself. The author says that the crooks know exactly how to manipulate data and statistics, so the honest people must learn the tricks as a matter of self defense. (Or, if you’re that way inclined and a little sneaky, you can sue some of these tricks to manipulate data of your own and lie with statistics a little more). 

In the podcast episode and in this blog post, we’re going to cover:

• Sampling Errors
• Biased Sampling
• The different types of “averages”
• How you can use and unrelated number to answer a different question
• And How you can fight back against these dodgy statisticians

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You and everyone you know is going to one day die. This is an uncomfortable fact. So uncomfortable that we try to push it out of our minds. But this leaves  most people totally unprepared for their meeting with the ‘Grim Reaper’. 

Doctors learn a lot in medical school, but mortality isn't on the curriculum. The textbooks have almost nothing on ageing, frailty or dying. How the process unfolds, how people experience the end of their lives and how it affects those around them seem useless to the Western World.

Being Mortal explores how we might best embrace these final moments. 

The Selfish Gene is one of the most influential books on Evolutionary Biology in history. Written by Richard Dawkins, the book shows us that we are just big lumbering robots whose purpose is to pass on genes. The gene itself sometimes generates selfish behaviour of the animal it inhabits. But it can also use altruistic behaviour, even sacrifice itself on the behalf of family who may share the same genes. In this episode we look evolution, competition, human purpose and memes.

The word 'Machiavellian' gets bandied around all the time. Frank Underwood from House of Cards, Richard Hatch from Survivor, Lord Baelish in Game of Thrones or Scar from The Lion King, each were able to manipulate in different ways to ultimately get what they want. For them, effectiveness was more important than being perceived as "nice".

The Prince was written in 1532 by Niccolo Machiavelli.  To Machiavelli, the greatest evil was stagnation and complacency. The agents of healthy change were what he called "new princes".

It has become one of the most influential instruction manual for leaders throughout history. Decades after Machiavelli's death, it spread far and wide. Over the centuries, millions have used it for advice on power.

This book is written to suggest techniques and to give you examples which demonstrate that you do not need to be defeated by anything, that you can have peace of mind, improved health, and never-ceasing flow of energy. In short, that your life can be full of joy and satisfaction.

THE PROBLEM: Too many people are defeated by the everyday problems of life. They go struggling, perhaps even whining, through their days with a sense of dull resentment at what they consider the 'bad breaks' life has given them. In a sense there may be such things as 'the breaks' in life, but there is also a spirit and method by which we can control and even determine those breaks. It is a pity that people should let themselves be defeated by the problems, cares, and difficulties of human existence, and it is also quite unnecessary 

SOLUTION: By learning to cast the obstacles from your mind, by refusing to become mentally subservient to them, and by channelling spiritual power through your thoughts, you can rise above obstacles which ordinarily might defeat you. 

William James, often called the Father of Psychology, said: "the greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering the attitudes of mind"... “As you think, so shall you be”.

In three words: BELIEVE AND SUCCEED. The secret of a better and more successful life is to cast out those old dead unhealthy thoughts. Substitute for them new vital dynamic thoughts. You can depend upon it - an inflow of new thoughts will remake you and your life.

Steve Jobs is the authorized self-titled biography of Steve Jobs. The book was written at the request of Jobs by Walter Isaacson, a former executive at CNN and TIME who has written best-selling biographies of Benjamin Franklin and Albert Einstein.

The saga of Steve Jobs in Silicon Valley is the creation myth at large. Launching a startup in the parents garage and building it into one of the world's most valuable companies. He didn't invent everything outright, but he was a master at putting together ideas, art and technologies in ways that invented the future.

Some leaders push innovations by being good at big picture, others by mastering details. Jobs did both relentlessly. He launched a series of products over 3 decades that transformed whole industries:

 - Apple 2 which took Wozniak's board and turned it into the first personal computer

 - Macintosh popularized graphical user interfaces

 - Toy Story and other Pixar blockbusters, opened up the miracle of digital imagination

 - Apple stores, reinvented the role of a store in defining a brand

 - iPod changed the way we consume music

 - iTunes saved the music industry

 - iPhone, which turned mobiles into music, photo, video, email and web

 - App Store, spawned a new content creation industry

 - iPad, launched tablet computing

 - iCloud, demoted computer from its central role in managing our content and let all of our devices sync seamlessly

 - And Apple itself, which became the most valuable company in the world

The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up - by Marie Kondo

This book has the potential to change your life. The act of tidying is a series of simple actions in which objects are moved from one place to another. It involves putting things where they belong, something so simple that even a six year old should be able to do it. Yet most people can’t. A short time after tidying their household descends into a disorganised mess.

When you follow the advice of this book and finish putting your house in order, your whole world will brighten and never again will you need to revert to clutter. This is what Marie Kondo calls ‘the magic of tidying’.

Grab a copy of the book here: https://www.bookdepository.com/Life-Changing-Magic-Tidying-Up-Marie-Kondo/9781607747307/?a_aid=adamsbooks

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Thanks for listening to Season 4 of What You Will Learn!

In this episode, we'll recap our favourite lessons from our favourite books of Season 4. We go through our 'honourable mentions', then each of our respective Top 10s. The was a seriously strong season: we re-did some of our favourites in Mindset and The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, plus some new favourites in Range, Mastery and The Slight Edge.

Listen in to hear how we ranked them (especially where we agreed and disagreed!). Check out the post here with the short written summary of each of our favourite nuggets: https://whatyouwilllearn.com/best-of-season-4/ 

We're awful at making decisions. A survey found that 44% of lawyers don't recommend that students become lawyers. 83% of mergers/acquisitions fail to add any real value to the company. Hundreds of thousands of tattoos are removed each year. Young people start relationships that are bad for them, middle-aged people let work interfere with their personal lives, elderly have regrets about not smelling the roses more when they were younger.

We need a better process for making the big decisions. 

Our generic process is usually: encounter a choice, analyse our options, make a choice, then live with it.

But at each stage of the process, there is a villain: narrow frame, confirmation bias, short-term emotion, overconfidence. 

In order to overcome these villains, we need to "WRAP" our decisions: Widen our options, Reality-test our assumptions, Attain distance before deciding, Prepare to be wrong.

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Jared was studying bird watching in New Guinea when he came across a local politician Yali; who asked the question he asked was "why is it that you white people developed so much cargo and brought it to New Guinea, but we black people have little cargo of our own?" It was a simple question and this book is the answer. 

Diamond shows us how “History followed different courses for different peoples because of differences among peoples' environments, not because of biological differences among peoples themselves” 

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Adam Ashton interviewed Derek Sivers, the author of the book that was our FIRST EVER episode of the What You Will Learn podcast, 'Anything You Want'. 

We spoke about answering questions then questioning the answers, using creative thinking strategies to find an answer that is the opposite but also true, then we spent a long time nerding out on books. What makes a 'good' book? Is there a difference between a book you like and a book you would recommend? How do you pick what book to read next? What are some of your favourite books?

Derek has three new books coming out soon. Keep an eye out for 'How To Live'.

Check out all of Derek's books notes and book ratings at: https://sivers.org/book

If you want to contact Derek, you can find that on his website too.

A Whack on the Side of the Head - by Roger van Oech

"How You Can Be More Creative"

Creative thinking is absolute vital to success. The author even says that creative thinking is just like sex for the mind (not sure what his sex life is like, but each to his own...). But we all have a bunch of 'mental locks' that trap us in our current ways of thinking. As much as we try, we can't break free from these mental locks. Some times we just need a 'whack' to snap us out of it.

Mental Lock = "I need to find the right answer"

Whack = There's always a SECOND 'right answer', push yourself beyond the first thing that comes to mind and think of another answer

Mental Lock = "Play is frivolous, we need to be practical"

Whack = Use your imagination! Some times you need to think practically, but sometimes you need to give yourself permission but play and use imagination to come up with new, creative ideas

Mental Lock = "That's not my area, coming up with new ideas is for those creative types"

Whack = EVERYONE should be bringing new ideas together. Rather than working in silos, bring together different departments and different fields. This 'cross-fertilisation' means you can new approaches to old problems. 

Mental Lock = "Making mistakes is bad"

Whack = 'Success' isn't always good (it can trap you into a certain way of thinking) and 'failure' isn't always bad (it means what you're doing now isn't working, but that doesn't mean that you'll never find a solution)

Mental Lock = "I'm just not creative"

Whack = EVERYONE is creative. If you ever saw a cardboard box and pretended it was a space ship or a race car, you're creative. You've just told yourself that you're not. Give yourself a licence to be creative. We need your ideas!

Grab a copy of the book here: https://www.bookdepository.com/Whack-On-Side-Head-Roger-von-Oech/9780446404662/?a_aid=adamsbooks

Malcolm Turnbull was the 29th Prime Minister of Australia, in office from 2015 to 2018. His career also spanned through Journalism, Law and Investment Banking.

In this episode we spoke to Malcolm about books, the Murdoch Media influence and the world post-corona. 

Watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/kwiqyMizH0E 

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Malcolm Turnbull was the 29th Prime Minister of Australia, in office from 2015 to 2018. His brand new autobiography takes us on a journey through his early career, then his beginning in politics, then through his achievements (and struggles) whilst Prime Minister.

In this episode, we look at how Turnbull was able to achieve everything he achieved. From his early success in journalism, to jumping across to becoming a barrister, fighting in (and winning) some of Australia's biggest legal cases, to investment banking, doing billion-dollar deals and amassing a fortune for his client (and himself), then finally rising the ranks in politics. We look to other books we've read like Range, The Third Door and The 48 Laws of Power.

Listen to us being interviewed on Owen Fitzpatrick's "Changing Minds" podcast: https://changingmindspodcast.com/season-2-interview-11-adam-adam/ OR https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/season-2-interview-11-interview-adam-ashton-adam-jones/id1441538919?i=1000473874458 

This is the third and final instalment of Ryan Holiday's modern stoicism trilogy. We've previously review The Obstacle Is The Way and Ego Is The Enemy, now it's time for Stillness Is The Key.

With all of the chaos going on in the world around us, it's hard for us to find the time and mental focus we need to get things done. We're always reachable, the news constantly has something new we need to read, there's always another podcast to listen to, our to-do list keeps getting longer and longer. In order to do more and achieve me, we must cultivate Stillness.

Grab a copy of the book here: https://www.bookdepository.com/Stillness-is-Key-Ryan-Holiday/9781788162050/?a_aid=adamsbooks

Mastering the Market Cycle, by Howard Marks will help you understand when is the optimal time to invest given a market's conditions.

Between 2010 - 2020 there has been an unprecedented growth in the world's stock market. But in March 2020 it  dropped suddenly and significantly.  The question is: when is the time to be defensive or aggressive, when buying shares in the market, start your new business or borrow money to buy property?  When things are going well and everyone is optimistic, or when things are poor and everyone is pessimistic?

Warren Buffet said "the less prudence with which others conduct their affairs, the greater the prudence with which we should conduct our own affairs"  and "be fearful when everyone is greedy, and greedy when everyone is fearful."

In this episode we look at:

• The economics of the cycle
• Governments and central banks
• Credit and debt in the world economy
• Real Estate
• Investor Psychology

The alarm goes off at 6am. Without conscious thought your hand shoots out and hits snooze... A 10 minute reprieve. You tentatively slip a foot out from under the covers. You open one eye. Still dark out.

Now you face a choice: You could sit up, switch on the light and start grinding your brain into gear, prod your groggy grey matter to search out three things you're grateful for so you can write them down. You could then fire up the machinery of tired legs, hips, and back to crane yourself out of bed and go do the 20 sit-ups you promised you'd do every day and then read 10 pages of a book.

When you said that, did you even mean Saturdays? Today is Saturday? You yawn. Or you could slip down under the sheets and catch some more Z's. No, that's lazy. Compromise, flip on the news. Catch up on that unfolding juicy political scandal, see what's happening with the manhunt for the murderer of the week. You reach for the remote.

And you just set the direction your life will take.

The single most important thing about The Slight Edge is this: it's already working, right now, either for you or against you. So don't wait. Our hope that you will put in place something. Perhaps a financial plan for yourself so that you are constantly building equity. Some simple, daily, weekly or monthly discipline that over time will buy you your financial freedom.

Easy to do? Surprisingly so... Easy not to do? Tragically so.

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On the slope of Long's Peak in Colorado lies the ruin of a gigantic tree. Naturalists tell us that it stood for 400 years. During the course of its long life it was struck by lightning fourteen times, hit by avalanches, bushfires and  storms of four centuries.  It survived them all.

In the end, however, an army of beetles attacked at the tree and levelled it to the ground. The insects ate their way through the bark and gradually destroyed the inner strength of the tree by their tiny but incessant attacks.

Like this magnificent tree, it isn't the big events that necessarily take us down. It is usually the small nagging little worries that have the ability to eat us from the inside out. In this episode we talk about how to stop these nagging little worries, change our perceptions about the world and make the most of bad situations.

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We spoke with David Epstein, author of 'Range' and 'The Sports Gene'. 

Range is AA's favourite book of 2020 so far, and we only got to scratch the surface in our book summary episode. In this interview with the author, we speak about: how you should focus on skill development rather than comparing yourself to others around you, not settling for a career you're not in love with because you feel like you're in a rush to achieve things quickly, and stories about how low-level engineers became world famous inventors and how creators with a broad range of practical experiences were able to produce international blockbusters. 

See more from David Epstein on his website: https://davidepstein.com/ 

Check out our favourite bits of the book 'Range' here: https://whatyouwilllearn.com/book/range/

Range - by David Epstein

'How Generalists Triumph In A Specialised World'

There are two paths to success. One is 'specialisation': committing to a field early, getting a head start on your peers, rigorous deliberate practice, refining a narrow focus on specific skills. This approach is popularised in many books and many biographies. But the other approach is 'generalisation'. This means going wide not deep, going through an early 'sampling period' where you test a lot of different potential paths forward, then recognising that switching careers later in life isn't career suicide but you can actually combine different ideas from different fields to get an advantage. 

Grab a copy of the book here: https://www.bookdepository.com/Range-David-Epstein/9780593084496/?a_aid=adamsbooks 

The pressure around the world has been turned up. In the short term (finite game) you can't deny the pain that many are going through. But looking at it through a longer-term perspective (infinite game) it is a hurdle that could offer opportunities for reinvention.

"It is just reality that many businesses will fail, they will go bankrupt... The ones who will survive are the ones that don't try and double down on their old business models, but attempt to reinvent their business models."

We chat with Simon Sinek (author of Start With Why and The Infinite Game) about how individuals, businesses and leaders can get through the health and financial implications of COVID-19.

Full transcript of the interview can be found here:
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The Infinite Game - by Simon Sinek

There are two types of games: finite and infinite. Finite games have clearly defined rules and boundaries, and all players know what the objectives are and what they need to do to win. Infinite games have no clear rules and there is no winning or losing - the only objective is to keep playing. Business is an infinite game, but too many companies are playing with a finite mindset.

In this episode, we'll talk about the five essential practices for cultivating an infinite mindset. These lessons are crucial to the times we're living through right now. Stay tuned for a special interview coming this week ;) 

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The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People is a book that everyone needs to read. The habits aren’t specific to an industry or a point in time, these are pervasive habits that you should constantly be practicing and applying. When we first read this book it shot straight to our #1 and it stayed there for years – it was very hard to knock off top spot.

The seven habits are grouped: the first three habits for them 'private victory' (the things that relate to you as an individual – personal effectiveness), the next three are the 'public victory' (how you interact with others and the world – interpersonal effectiveness), and the final is an overarching call to be constantly learning, growing and improving. 

Private Victory:

Habit 1 - Be Proactive

Habit 2 - Begin with the End in Mind

Habit 3 - Put First Things First

Public Victory:

Habit 4 - Think Win/Win

Habit 5 - Seek First to Understand, Then to be Understood

Habit 6 - Synergise

Balanced Self-Renewal:

Habit 7 - Sharpen The Saw

The Paradox of Choice - by Barry Schwartz

'Why Less Is More' or 'How the culture of abundance robs us of satisfaction'

Barry Schwartz is the author of The Paradox of Choice. One day, went to the store to buy a new pair of jeans. He said to the store person that he wanted a pair of blue jeans: 32 waist, 28 leg. She asked – do you want them stone washed, acid washed, torn, distressed? do you want zip fly or button fly? do you want them faded or regular? do you want them slim fit, easy fit, or relaxed fit? straight leg, skinny leg or extra baggy?

Barry just wanted “the regular kind”, but there’s no such thing any more

Buying jeans is a trivial matter, but its indicative of a much greater theme in the world today. When people have NO choice it becomes restrictive and unbearable. As choices increase, we feel a sense of autonomy, control, and liberation – variety brings us a feeling of power and positivity. BUT, as the number of choices KEEPS growing more and more, there are negative aspects of having TOO MANY choices. More choice no longer liberates, it debilitates.

This book argues that:

• We would be better off if we embraced certain voluntary constraints on our freedom of choice, instead of rebelling against them
• We would be better off seeking what was “good enough” instead of seeking the best
• We would be better off if we lowered our expectations about the results of decisions
• We would be better off if the decisions we made were nonreversible
• We would be better off if we paid less attention to what others around us were doing

Big Magic - by Elizabeth Gilbert

'Creative Living Beyond Fear'

In Big Magic, Elizabeth Gilbert refers to magic, literally like in the Hogwarts sense.  She is referring to the supernatural, the mystical, inexplicable, the surreal, the divine, the transcendent, the otherworldly. Because the truth is, she believes that creativity is a force of enchantment that is not entirely human in its origins. 

Gilbert believes that our planet is inhabited not only by animals and plants and bacteria and viruses but also by ideas.  Ideas are driven by a single impulse: to be made manifest, and the only way an idea can be made manifest is through human efforts that an idea can be escorted out of the ether and in the realm of the material. Therefore ideas spend eternity swirling around us searching for available and willing human partners. When an idea thinks it found somebody (like you) who might be able to bring it into the world, the idea will visit you and it will try to get your attention.

Grab a copy of the book here: https://www.bookdepository.com/Big-Magic/9781408881682/?A_AID=ADAMSBOOKS

Your career, finances, reputation, love life, even the fate of your kids - at some point all hinge on your ability to negotiate.

Chris Voss spent more than two decades at the FBI, including 15 years negotiating hostage situations from New York to the Philippines and the Middle East. At any time there are 10,000 people in the FBI, but only one lead international kidnapping negotiator.

 Soon he discovered these skills from the FBI worked everywhere. It turned out that the approach to negotiation held the keys to unlock profitable human interactions in every domain and every interaction and relationship in life. This book is how it works.

We've already reviewed Getting to Yes by Roger Fisher and William Ury, a ground-breaking book that had a step by step logical negotiation procedure for a win-win outcome. But if you've been listening for a while, you'd know that human beings aren't logical or rational. Feeling is a form of thinking. 

Conducting negotiations based on logical concepts without the tools to read, understand and manipulate the emotional underpinning is like trying to make an omelet without first knowing how to crack an egg.

Never Split The Difference gives tips that will help you negotiate with the irrational Fast Thinking part of the brain. 

Grab a copy of the book here: https://www.bookdepository.com/Never-Split-Difference-Chris-Voss/9781847941497/?a_aid=adamsbooks

Principles - by Ray Dalio

Over the course of our lives we make millions of decisions, essentially bets, some large and some small. It pays to think about how we make them because they ultimately determine the quality of our lives.

Ray Dalio is an American billionaire investor, hedge fund manager and philanthropist. Ray Dalio wrote a set of principles to help with his daily decisions which many have a similar rhyme that can be executed via a set of principles. In this episode we cover: embrace reality and deal with it, being radically open minded and understanding that people are wired differently.

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A Brief History of time is a popular science book on cosmology written by Stephen Hawking. It is a book for readers who have no knowledge of the universe and are curious to learn more about science. In this episode we'll talk about  Space and Time, Black Holes, The Expanding Universe and the Universe and Meaning.

Our world is filled with factories. Factories that make widgets, insurance, websites, movies, take care of sick people and answer the phone. You can become a great factory worker if you pay attention in school, follow instructions, show up on time and try hard and in return they would take care of you. You won't have to be brilliant, creative or to take big risks. The factories would pay you a lot of money, give you health insurance and offer you job security. It's a pretty seductive bargain, so seductive for that century, we embraced it. We set up our school and our systems and our government to support that bargain.

For a long time it worked, but in the face of competition and technology, the bargain has fallen apart: job growth is flat at best, wages in many industries are on a negative cycle, the middle class is under siege like never before, and the future appears dismal. People are no longer being taken care of: pensions are gone, 401ks have been sliced in half and it’s hard to see where to go from here.

Suddenly, in the scheme of things, it seems like the obedient worker bought into a suckers deal. You weren't born to be a cog in the giant industrial machine, you were trained to become a cog. The bargain is gone and it's not worth whining about and it's not effective to complain. There's a new bargain now, one that leverages talent and creativity and art more than it rewards obedience

A linchpin is an unassuming piece of hardware, something you can buy for 69 cents at the local hardware store. It's not glamorous, but it's essential. It holds the wheel onto the wagon, the thingamajig onto the widget. Every successful organization has at least one linchpin, some have dozens or even thousands. The linchpin is the essential element, the personal who holds part of the operation together. Without the linchpin, things fall apart.

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The Power of Habit - by Charles Duhigg

"Why we do what we do in life and business"

William James wrote in 1892: "All of our life so far as it has definite form, is but a mass of habits". Most of the choices we make each day may feel like the products of well-considered decision making, but they're not - they're habits. Though each habit means very little on its own, over time, the meals we order, what we say to the kids each night, what we spend and the way we organise our thoughts have enormous impacts on our health, productivity, financial security and happiness.

Habit Change follows a 3 step loop

• First there is a CUE, a trigger that tells your brain to go into automatic mode and which habit to use
• Second there is the ROUTINE, which can be physical or mental or emotional
• Finally there is the REWARD, which helps your brain figure out of this particular loop is worth remembering for the future

In almost every experiment, researches have found habits are powerful but delicate. They can emerge outside of our consciousness, or can be deliberately designed. They often occur without permission, but can be reshaped by fiddling with their parts. They shape our lives far more than we realise.

Grab a copy of the book here: https://www.bookdepository.com/Power-Habit-Charles-Duhigg/9780812981605/?a_aid=adamsbooks 

Mindset - by Dr Carol S Dweck

'Changing the way you think to fulfil your potential'

This book is about one pervasive view we adopt for ourselves and our abilities: we either have a 'fixed mindset' or a 'growth mindset'. Those with the fixed mindset believe that we have a natural level of talent or ability that we are born with and cannot change, whereas those with a growth mindset believe that everything can be learned and improved upon. These 'mindsets' rear their heads in business, sport, relationships. This simple distinction becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy and permeates all aspects of our lives, from the way we view failures, to the success we achieve, to how we view effort, and everything in between.

Read this book. Adopt a growth mindset. Apply it to all areas of your life.

Grab a copy of the book here: https://www.bookdepository.com/Mindset-Carol-S-Dweck/9780345472328/?a_aid=adamsbooks

Emotional Intelligence - by Daniel Goleman

'Why it can matter more than IQ: The groundbreaking book that redefines what it means to be smart'

Emotional Intelligence is a guide to making sense of the senselessness. Daniel Goleman worked as a psychologist first then as a journalist for the NYT, and has been tracking the progress of our understanding of the realm of irrationality. From this position, he's been seeing two growing trends: one portraying a growing calamity in our shared emotional life, the other offering some helpful remedies. This book is all about the latter – offering ideas about how we can understand ourselves better, manage our own emotions, and use empathy to better understand the feelings and emotions of the people around us.

The book will show you why EQ  indeed trumps IQ in the modern world. There are 5 elements to emotional intelligence:

1. Self-Awareness

2. Managing Emotions

3. Motivating Oneself

4. Recognizing Emotions in Others

5. Handling Relationships

This is Part 3 of our 3-part series on 'Mastery' by Robert Greene. Now that we've discovered our calling in part 1, then went through an apprenticeship in part 2, it's time to bring in creativity to make something new and original and masterful. Using historical examples, Greene gives us some strategies for developing something unique. 

If you're just discovering this episode, you might want to check out the previous two episodes first to lay the foundations:

Part 1 = Discover Your Calling

Part 2 = The Apprenticeship

Part 3 = Unleashing Creativity

Grab a copy of the book here: https://www.bookdepository.com/Mastery-Robert-Greene/9781781250914/?a_aid=adamsbooks

All of us are born with an essentially similar brain, with more or less the same configuration and potential for mastery. Why is it then that in history only a limited number of people seem to truly excel and realize this potential power?

In today's episode we cover part 2 of our 3-part series, The Apprenticeship phase. We will learn about the 3 Modes of the Apprenticeship Phase, strategies for completing the ideal apprenticeship, and the Mentor dynamic.

Part 1 = Discover Your Calling (previous episode)

Part 2 = The Apprenticeship (this episode)

Part 3 = Unleashing Creativity (next episode)

Grab a copy of the book here: https://www.bookdepository.com/Mastery-Robert-Greene/9781781250914/?a_aid=adamsbooks

Robert Greene has done it again with Mastery. 

All of us are born with an essentially similar brain, with more or less the same configuration and potential for mastery. Why is it then that in history only a limited number of people seem to truly excel and realise this potential power?

We are a one time phenomenon in the universe - our exact genetic makeup has never occurred before nor will it ever be repeated. At your birth a seed is planted, that is your uniqueness. 

This is Part 1 of our 3-part series, in this episode you'll learn about how to develop your uniqueness and find Your Life's Task.

Part 1 = Discover Your Calling

Part 2 = The Apprenticeship

Part 3 = Unleashing Creativity

Grab a copy of the book here: https://www.bookdepository.com/Mastery-Robert-Greene/9781781250914/?a_aid=adamsbooks

As we come to the end of another year of the podcast, we look back on our favourite books we've read this season (so far). As we do at the end of every year then again at the end of every season, we each look back and rank all of the books we read, compile our respective 'Top 10' lists, then share the biggest lessons we took from each book. This is a great way to get a taste of all of the books and decide which ones you want to dive into further and listen to the full episode. 

Adam Ashton's favourites:

10. Turning Pro - by Steven Pressfield

9. Getting Past No - by William Ury

8. Eat That Frog! - by Brian Tracy

7. How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big - by Scott Adams

6. Oh, The Places You'll Go! - by Dr Seuss

5. Grit - by Angela Duckworth

4. Ego Is The Enemy - by Ryan Holiday

3. Thinking, Fast and Slow - by Daniel Kahneman

2. Unscripted - by MJ DeMarco

1. Meditations - by Marcus Aurelius

Adam Jones's favourites: 

10. Zero to One - by Peter Thiel and Blake Masters

9. Ego Is The Enemy - by Ryan Holiday

8. Quiet - by Susan Cain

7. Getting Past No - by William Ury

6. Unscripted - by MJ DeMarco

5. Oh, The Places You'll Go! - by Dr Seuss

4. Homo Deus - by Yuval Noah Harari

3. Collapse - by Jared Diamond

2. Thinking, Fast and Slow - by Daniel Kahneman

1. Antifragile - by Nassim Taleb

Read the full blog post here: https://whatyouwilllearn.com/best-books-we-read-in-2019/ 

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The body is often likened to a machine. But it is much more than that, it works 24 hours a day for decades without for most part, needing regular servicing or the installation of spare parts. It runs on water and a few other organic compounds, is soft and rather lovely, reproduces itself with enthusiasm, feels affection and appreciates the sunset How many machines behave like that?

In this episode we'll take you through the best bits of Bill Bryson -The Body, we'll look at the microbial organ, food, exercise medicine and death. Enjoy!

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The book breaks down effective management through the tale of the 'One Minute Manager' through 3 simple secrets.

Grab a copy of the book here: https://www.bookdepository.com/New-One-Minute-Manager-Kenneth-Blanchard/9780008128043/?a_aid=adamsbooks 

The First Secret - One Minute Goals

Most organisations when you ask people what they do and then ask their boss, normally you get two different lists.

Once the manager has told you what needs to be done, or you have agreed what needs to be done, each goal is recorded on no more than a single page. The OMM then feels that a goal and its performance standard should take max 250 words. It should be able to be read in a minute.

The Second Secret - One Minute Praisings

Hardly anyone sees the One Minute Manager, except at the start. He knows it would be a lot easier for employees to do well if you get crystal clear feedback from him on how you are doing.

After the goals are set, the OMM is watching the employee like a hawk. He always keeping a close eye and taking notes. At first you think it is because you think he doesn't trust you, that is until I found out from some of the other people who report to him what he was really doing.

He was actually trying to catch me doing something right.

The Third Secret - The One Minute Reprimands

For those who have been there a while, they typically only see the OMM when they do something wrong. If you make a mistake, that's when you get the one minute reprimand.

He looks you straight in the eye, and tells you precisely what you did wrong. Then he shares how he feels - angry, annoyed, frustrated or whatever he is feeling.

Ego Is The Enemy - by Ryan Holiday

'The fight to master our greatest opponent'

All of us, at every stage of life, are the victims of our own ego. Our ego leads us to strive too far, expect too much, assume that we're deserving - all before we've even done the work. If we achieve success our ego makes us do things that lead us to failure, if we fail our ego crushes our attempts to get up and try again.

"It's always nice to be made to feel special or empowered or inspired. But that's not the aim of this book". Instead, Holiday has tried to arrange the passages of the book so that you may end in the same place he did when he was writing it: you think LESS of yourself. He hopes you will be less invested in the story you tell yourself about your own specialness, and as a result, you will be liberated to ACCOMPLISH the world-changing work you've set out to achieve. 

The aim of the book is simple: to help you suppress ego early before bad habits take hold, to replace the temptations of ego with humility and discipline, when we experience success, and cultivate strength when you go through failure. Hopefully the book will help us be humble in our aspirations, gracious in our success, and resilient in our failure.

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Our third annual pilgrimage to Sydney took us right back to Dr Karl's office. His brand new book, Dr Karl's Random Road Trip Through Science, features an Augmented Reality app with Dr Karl popping out of the book to share his wealth of wisdom. (If you've been listening to the show for a few years, this is certainly 'breaking the script' and is a definite 'purple cow'). 

We talk about a bunch of random scientific things Karl learnt this year, as well an injecting a nice amount of conspiracy theory too. 

Ask us a question for our 'Best of 2019' Q&A episode: https://whatyouwilllearn.com/question/

Check out more Dr Karl and grab his free AR app: https://drkarl.com/ 

Listen to our previous two episodes with Dr Karl: https://whatyouwilllearn.com/doctorkarl/ and https://whatyouwilllearn.com/drkarl-round2/

Eat That Frog! - by Brian Tracy

'21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time'

There is never enough time to do everything you have to do. You are literally swamped with work and personal responsibilities, endless emails, social media, projects, side projects, stacks of newspapers to read, a pile of books you want to get to 'some day' as soon as you get caught up on everything else. But the fact is that you are NEVER going to get caught up. You will never get 'on top' of your tasks. You will never get far enough ahead to be able to get to all those emails, books, newspapers, and leisure time activities that you dream of.

Forget about trying to solve your time management problems by being more productive. No matter how many personal productivity techniques you master, there will always be more to do than you can ever accomplishing the time you have available to you, no matter how much it is.

You can get control of your life only by changing the way you think, work, and deal with the never-ending river of responsibilities that flow over you each day. You can get control of your tasks and actives only to the degree that you can STOP doing some things and START spending more time on the few activities that can really make a difference in your life.

Grab a copy of the book here: https://www.bookdepository.com/Eat-That-Frog-21-Great-Ways-Stop-Procrastinating-Get-More-Done-Less-Time-Brian-Tracy/9781626569416/?a_aid=adamsbooks

Revealed how painfully burdened they feel by a sense of not being good enough. We don't have to wait until we are on our deathbed to realize what a waste of our precious lives it is to carry the belief that something is wrong with us. Yet because our habits of feeling so insufficient are so strong, awakening from the trance involves not only inner resolve, but also an active training of the heart and mind.

Through Buddhist awareness and practices, we free ourselves from the suffering of trance by learning to recognize what is true in the present moment, embracing whatever we see with an open heart. This is radical acceptance. It reverses our habit of living at war with experiences that are unfamiliar, frightening or intense. It is the necessary antidote to years of neglecting ourselves, years of judging and treating ourselves harshly, years of rejecting this moment's experience. It is the willingness to experience ourselves and our life as it is.

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After first speaking with Neil Pasricha 12 months ago about his book The Happiness Equation, he's back to chat about his brand new book You Are Awesome. It's all about building resilience, shifting from fragile to antifragile, and thickening up your skin a little.

Check out everything Neil is doing at his site: https://www.neil.blog/

Grit - by Angela Duckworth

'Why passion and resilience are the keys to success'

Angela Duckworth studied successful people and found that the mega-successful weren't the smartest, the fittest or the most talented, but the ones who had the most grit. Grit, this combination of passion and perseverance, turned out to be the strongest indicator and predicator of eventual success.

The good news? Even if you score pretty poorly on the Grit Assessment (like we both did), you can grow your Grit. Through interest, purpose, practice and hope, you can actually improve your grit score and learn to achieve more.

Grab a copy of the book here: https://www.bookdepository.com/Grit-Angela-Duckworth/9781785040207/?a_aid=adamsbooks

Lurking behind the mystery of ancient ruins is the mystery with the nagging thought: might such a fate eventually befall our own wealthy society? Will tourists someday stare mystified at the New York skyscrapers, much as we stare at the jungle overgrown ruins of Maya cities?

Perhaps we can still learn from the past, but only if we think carefully about its lessons. The book has a 5 point framework of possible contributing collapse to societies:

1 - Environmental damage

Could be exceptional imprudence of the people and exceptional fragility in aspects of the environment, or both.

2 - Climate change

Today we refer to human induced. But in the past it was natural climate change, including the advance and retreat of continental ice sheets during ice ages from about 1400-1800 AD, or the global cooling from the enormous volcanic eruption of Indonesia's Mt Tambora on 1815

3 - Hostile neighbours

Relationships might be intermittently or chronically hostile. A society may be able to hold off its enemies as long as it is strong, only to succumb in a moment of weakness. The proximate cause is the conquest, but the ultimate cause that leads to the collapse is the temporary weakening

4 - Decreasing support by friendly neighbours

Either depend on imports of essential trade goods . If your partner comes weak for any reason, then they no longer can supply the essential goods

5 - The response of the society

Different societies respond differently to similar problems. Deforestation for example has arose in many cultures - some went down, some developed sustainable management practices

In this episode we'll explore the collapse of Easter Island, the Great Maya Civilisation and The Vikings, and the risk of collapse of modern-day Australia and China through the 5 point framework.

MJ DeMarco writes some of the most eye-opening books we've read - The Millionaire Fastlane and Unscripted. If you haven't realised it yet, the world is ran by numerous scripts that aren't designed for you to live your best life. In this episode we run the analogy of the red pill deep: breaking down the BS and biases we all hold, the importance of your F-This Event, and how you could use a job to propel you onto the Fastlane.

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Unscripted - by MJ DeMarco

'Life Liberty, and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship'

Has life regressed into paying bills and living for a weekend?

You weren't born to slave 9 - 5, Monday through Friday, paying the bills and then die. When life's final moment arrives, what will your spirit sing? Regret and remorse? Or peace and happiness?

UNSCRIPTED: is your pen to rewrite a future that's already been written, don't wait for life's twilight to dream about time machines, it exists in the moment. The opportunity to resurrect your dreams and change history awaits.

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Daily life is full of negotiations that can drive you crazy.

• Over breakfast you get into an argument with your spouse about buying a new car, your spouse thinks it's time but you say "we can't afford that right now"
• You arrive at work for a meeting with your boss, you present her with a carefully prepared proposal for a new project, but she interrupts within the first minute and says "we already tried that and it didn't work.
• During lunch you try to return a defective toaster you bought last week, but the store person refuses to refund or exchange the toaster because you don't have the receipt and that's "Store Policy"

This book will show you how to "get past no" via a 5 step process:

• Step 1: Don't React (Go to the Balcony) 
• Step 2: Disarm Them (step to their side)
• Step 3: Change the Game (don't reject... reframe)
• Step 4: Build he Golden Bridge (make it easy to say yes)
• Step 5: Don't Escalate - Use Power to Educate (make it hard to say no)

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How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big - by Scott Adams

Scott Adams is the creator of the 'Dilbert' cartoon series. Before this world-wide phenomenon though, Adams is happy to admit the looong list of things he tried (and failed at) before eventually achieving success. Each failed attempt gave him a lesson, something he could take with him and apply to the next thing he tried. Even as Dilbert was growing in success, he still worked full time for 10 years, drawing Dilbert at 5am before work.

This book provides some important ideas and approaches for achieving (eventual) success. In this episode, we'll talk about: the downside of passion, goals VS systems, managing your attitude and energy, prioritising and making decisions, and 'skill stacking'. 

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Everything is F*cked - by Mark Manson

'A book about hope'

 In the infinite expanse of space/time, the universe does not care whether your mother's hip replacement goes well, or your kids attend college, or your boss thinks you make a great spreadsheet

You care, and you desperately convince yourself that because you care, it all must have some great cosmic meaning behind it. You care because deep down, you need to feel that sense of importance in order to avoid the uncomfortable truth, to avoid the incomprehensibility of your existence, to avoid being crushed by the weight of your own material insignificance, and you like everyone - project an imagined sense of importance onto the world around you because it gives you hope.

You might say: "I believe we're all here for a reason, and nothing is a coincidence, and everyone matters because all our actions affect SOMEBODY, and even if we can help one person, then it was all worth it"

This is hope. That's a story made up in your mind that your brain spins to convince you that it's worth waking up in the morning. SOMETHING needs to matter because without something mattering, then there's no reason to go on living.

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Meditations - by Marcus Aurelius

Originally written as a diary almost 2000 years ago, the struggles people faced then are almost identical to the ones we are facing today. This is one of the core books on stoic philosophy.

We recap some of the vital passages of the book and pull out the key themes: differentiating between the things you can control and the things you can't, responsibility and taking ownership, being indifferent toward things like death and change, and living in the present instead of the past or the future. 

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Talking to Strangers - by Malcolm Gladwell

'What we should know about the people we don't know'

We think we can understand people. We think that by meeting someone, shaking their hand, looking into their eyes, we can get a grasp on who they are, how they feel, and what their motives or intentions are. We think that a little bit of personal knowledge gives us a big insight into their character - a job interviews shows us if they'll be a good employee, a first date can indicate the likelihood of compatibility.

We're wrong. Strangers are complex. 

In Malcolm Gladwell's brand new book, he highlights just a few of the things that make strangers particularly hard to understand: Truth Default Theory, Transparency, Coupling.

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Five years ago, Nir Eyal wrote the best-selling book 'Hooked'. It was all about the four-step process businesses can use to make habit-forming products and services. By getting people 'hooked', by getting people to almost the point of addiction and compulsion, businesses can thrive (think Facebook, Candy Crush and Spotify as some examples).

Now, Nir writes gives us individuals a four-step methods to get UNHOOKED in his brand new book Indistractable. This book is all about reclaiming our time and attention by adding more focus and traction to our lives - becoming "Indistractable".

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Hooked - by Nir Eyal

'How to build habit-forming products'

If a business can turn their product or service into a 'habit', then they've got you 'hooked'. It makes it much harder for the user to change to a competitor, usage becomes more frequent and more irresistible, and it becomes far more profitable for the business.

Nir Eyal takes us through the 'Hook Model' which teaches business what they need to build into their offering to get consumers hooked:

1. Triggers (external & internal)
2. Action
3. Variable Reward
4. Investment

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We've all heard of 'climate change' and we hear dystopian ideas about the horrors we may face if we don't take appropriate action, but what will life on the planet ACTUALLY look like if our planet heats up too much?

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This book is the bible of behavioural economics. After introducing 'System 1' and 'System 2', the 'fast' and 'slow' thinking from the title, this episode dives into more of the applications of this discovery.

THIS episode:

 Over confidence:

 - Narrative fallacy

 - Hindsight/outcome bias

Choices:

 - Intuitions vs formulas

 - Planning fallacy

 - Loss aversion

 - Sunk cost fallacy

Two selves:

 - Experiencing vs the remembering self

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Thinking, Fast and Slow - by Daniel Kahneman

This book is the bible of human behavioural psychology. Author Daniel Kahneman won the 2002 Nobel Prize due to his work on Prospect Theory, a big part of this book. The book is so dense we'll need to cover it over two episodes.

This week we will learn about:

System 1 - which operates automatically and efficiently,

System 2 - which allocates attention to effortful activities.

And - that our brain has limited resources making us irrational, and prone to biases such as:

- the law of small numbers

- anchors

- availability

- base rate neglect

- Linda effect

- regression to the mean.

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Turning Pro - by Steven Pressfield

'Tap your inner power and create your life's work'

Pressfield book 'The War of Art' told us all about the REAL challenge of creating important work: confront (and beating) the Resistance. In that book, he showed us that the beat way to beat it was by Turning Pro. This follow-up book dives deeper into the difference between and amateur and a professional, and shows us exactly what is required of us if we are to become the best version of ourselves.

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Kevin Rudd came from humble beginnings in country Queensland to become the 26th Prime Minister of Australia in 2007. He is author of the books 'Kevin Rudd - The PM Years' and 'Not for the Faint Hearted'.

Mr Rudd is currently the President of the Asia Society Policy Institute and is living in New York. On his most recent return visit to Australia, we were able to sit down and have a chat.

In this episode we talk about:

- why young people (including us) are disengaged with politics

- the rising super-powers in of the developing world

- rectification of Australia's non-diverse economy

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Dare to Lead - by Brene Brown

'Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts'

Brene Brown boldly calls for braver bolder leaders to pass on a better world for our children. But typically cultures are held back by an inability to lean into vulnerability - we avoid tough conversations, lack connection and empathy and avoid risks. Daring Leadership is the antidote to these issues.

In this episode we discuss:

- the call to courage

- avoidance of the armoury, and

- shame and empathy

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Austin Kleon is the author of three books that we've review on the podcast: Steal Like An Artist, Show Your Work and Keep Going.

We spoke with him about about who is a 'creative', the false dichotomies we've set up between 'work' and 'art', and how everyone can harness the power of creativity to make things better by making better things.

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Show Your Work - by Austin Kleon

'10 ways to share your creativity and get discovered'

After the runaway success of 'Steal Like an Artist', Kleon was always asked the same questions: how do I actually get my stuff out there? how do i get found? how do i get an audience for my work?

This book begins to answer some of those questions. It stresses the importance of maintain the mindset of an 'amateur', thinking about the process (not just the products), telling good stories, and building a regular process of 'sharing' into your creativity routine.

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Zero to One - by Peter Thiel and Blake Masters

'Notes on Startups, or, How to Build the Future'

 - The next Bill Gates will not build an operating system.

 - The next Larry Page or Sergey Brin won't make a search engine.

 - The next Mark Zuckerberg won't create a social network.

If you are copying these guys, you aren't learning from them.

Of course, it's easier to copy a model than to make something new. Doing what we already know how to do takes the world from 1 to N, improving something that's already familiar. BUT every time we make something new, we go from 0 to 1. The act of creation is singular, and the result is something fresh.

Zero to One is about how to create companies that build new things.

It draws on everything Peter has learned as a cofounder of Pay Pal, and an investor in hundreds of startups including Facebook and SpaceX. Whilst there are patterns, there are no formulas for success. The paradox of teaching entrepreneurship is that such a formula cannot exist, because every innovation is unique and new, no authority can prescribe in concrete terms how to innovate.

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Homo Deus - by Yuval Noah Harari

'A brief history of tomorrow'

For thousands of years the top of our list of concerns were famine, plague and war. While this haven't been completely solved, we're pretty close and they have been transformed from incomprehensible and uncontrollable forces of nature into manageable challenges. 

Having secured unprecedented levels of prosperity, health and harmony, and given our past record and current values, YNH predicts that humanity's next targets are likely to be: Immortality, Happiness and Divinity.

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Antifragile - by Nassim Taleb

'Things that gain from disorder'

Wind extinguishes a candle but energises fire. Likewise with randomness/uncertainty/chaos, you want to be able to use them, not to hide from them. You want to be the fire and wish for the wind.

Most people think the opposite of fragile is robust, resilient or solid. But the resilient and robust are items that neither break nor improve. The opposite of fragility should be negative fragility - there is not yet a word for it, so Taleb terms it 'Antifragility'.

The central theme of the book is antifragility, which Nassim defines as:

“Some things benefit from shocks; they thrive and grow when exposed to volatility, randomness, disorder, and stressors and love adventure, risk, and uncertainty. Yet, in spite of the ubiquity of the phenomenon, there is no word for the exact opposite of fragile. Let us call it antifragile. Antifragility is beyond resilience or robustness. The resilient resists shocks and stays the same; the antifragile gets better.”

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Quiet - by Susan Cain

'The power of introverts in a world that can't stop talking'

The world today seems to value confident, outgoing, bubbly personalities who are comfortable in all social settings and aren't afraid to speak up. But Cain reveals that those with the loudest voice don't necessarily have the best ideas. This book is both a call to organisations to foster the power of introverts, as well as an appeal to introverts to best step outside of their comfort zones and play the role required of them.

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Oh, The Places You'll Go! - by Dr Seuss (Theodor Geisel)

This may look like a kids book (and it is) but we've dug out some serious life lessons that link up with a whole bunch of other ideas we've read in other 'real' books. This one is a must-read, it'll take you less than 10 minutes. 

We pulled out our top 5 lessons, and we'd love to hear yours too - email us any time at podcast@whatyouwilllearn.com to tell us what you thought.

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Freakonomics - by Stephen J Dubner & Steven Levitt

'The hidden side of everything'

Economics ultimately boils down to the study of incentives. Incentives are all around us, whether natural or manufactured (like by a parent, teacher, boss, politician or economist). In this episode, we talk about 4 major areas of economics, using a few stories and studies from the book to flesh out the concepts:

 - Moral incentives VS Economic incentives

 - Information Asymmetry 

 - Correlation VS Causation

 - Risk Assessment

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Thanks for listening to Season 3 of What You Will Learn!

In this episode, we’ll recap our favourite lessons from our favourite books of Season 3.

We’ll be back in July for regular 'juggernaut month'.

If you want to hear some WYWL in the break, we've curated our best content into a top 10 episodes, both interviews or book reviews. If you want the list, head to: www.whatyouwilllearn.com/best

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AJ's Top 10:

10. Originals - by Adam Grant
9. Life 3.0 - by Max Tegmark
8. This I"s Marketing - by Seth Godin
7. Atomic Habits - by James Clear
6. The Intelligent Investor - by Benjamin Graham
5. The 5 Love Languages - by Gary Chapman
4. Factfulness - by Hans, Ola & Ana Rosling
3. The Lessons of History - by Will & Ariel Durant
2. The Most Important Thing - by Howard Marks
1. The Easy Way to Control Alcohol - by Allen Carr

AA's Top 10:

10. Keep Going - by Austin Kleon
9. The Four Agreements - by Don Miguel Ruiz
8. Digital Minimalism - by Cal Newport
7. The Four Tendencies - by Gretchen Rubin
6. This Is Marketing - by Seth Godin
5. Factfulness - by Hans, Ola & Ana Rosling
4. Atomic Habits - by James Clear
3. The Definitive Book of Body Language - by Allan & Barbara Pease
2. The Easy Way to Control Alcohol - by Allen Carr
1. Originals - by Adam Grant

In this episode, we’re answering your questions! Listeners sent in the questions they’ve always wanted to ask us. We spoke about our process, a book WE might want to write, our learning journeys, knowing when to quit your side hustle, and being consistent with our reading and podcasting.

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Keep Going - by Austin Kleon

'10 ways to stay creative in good times and bad'

Austin Kleon wrote Steal Like An Artist (about injecting more creativity into your work), then Show Your Work (about sharing that creativity with the world and getting discovered), now Keep Going (about continuing to be creative, even when it feels like it's a never ending battle).

In this book, we learn about how to wake up every day and be creative, how to stay buoyant and move on to the next project regardless of success or failure, and how to find new creative ideas even while procrastinating.

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Since starting the show almost exactly 3 years, we've done 199 episodes. Today is Number 200!

In June 2016, we literally hit 'record' on the laptop, talked crap for 20 minutes, then published it. As more and more people started listening, we gradually increased the time and effort we invested into the show. 

In this episode, we recap some short snippets from 20 of our favourite guest interviews that we've conducted with international best-selling authors over the years (in chronological order):

1. Matthew Michalewicz [starts from the 5min 15sec mark]

2. Timber Hawkeye [9:50]

3. JP Sears [14:28]

4. Seth Godin [18:33]

5. Frans Johansson [25:10]

6. Naomi Simson [30:27]

7. Dan Ariely [33:00]

8. Dan Pink [37:40]

9. Dan Heath [42:43]

10. Annie Duke [46:50]

11. Kevin Kelly [51:52]

12. Peter Singer [57:15]

13. Tom Peters [1:01:44]

14. Rachel Botsman [1:08:44]

15. Robert Cialdini [1:11:39]

16. Mia Freedman [1:15:55]

17. Dr Karl [1:20:29]

18. Cal Newport [1:25:25]

19. Gretchen Rubin [1:29:44]

20. Robert Greene [1:31:22]

Thanks to everyone who's listened and supported us through this journey. We've loved the last 200 episodes, and we're looking forward to the next 200 and beyond!

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The Barefoot Investor - by Scott Pape

'The only money guide you'll ever need'

A bushfire raged through Scott Pape's town and took everything form his family - their home, their farm, their sheep, and everything they owned. Their life's possessions now amounted to a charred pile of rubble. And just as everything seemed to be falling apart, Scott looked in the mirror and said 'I've got this'.

This book is all about helping you with your personal finances so that you too can look in the mirror and say 'I've got this'. The book takes us through different stages of life: Plant, Grow and Harvest. There are specific actions littered throughout the book and tasks you should complete if you want to truly control your own finances. It's well worth reading and putting into practice. The 'bucket' strategy of managing your money without budgeting is amazing!

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This Is Marketing - by Seth Godin

'You can't be seen until you learn to see'

Seth Godin is a marketing guru, and this book represents the culmination of decades upon decades of marketing lessons and advice. You won't find any scripts or templates, and you won't find anything scammy or short-term. This book is all about empathy, understanding and being a human (not typical advice you hear in most marketing books, but vital words of wisdom to consider before starting your next project).

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This extra episode is the recording from a presentation we recently did for The Entrepreneurs Club in Melbourne. In our presentation we discussed the content we wished we knew 4 years ago when we first started trying side hustles.

We explore some of the best book concepts we've learned in the context of 'The Dip'.

1. Finding Your Dip (drawing from The Black Swan, Lean Start-up, The Click Moment)
2. Pursuing Your Dip (drawing on So Good They Can't Ignore You)
3. In The Dip (drawing on The War of Art and Perennial Seller)

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The Most Important thing - by Howard Marks

'Uncommon Sense for the Thoughtful Investor'

Howard Marks is the Founder of Oaktree Capital Management, who hold US$122 billion in assets under management. This book is a compilation of all his investment philosophies, which can be applied to help you make better decisions when investing money, time or energy. There isn't any step-by-step instructions, just advice on ways to thinking to avoid the many pitfalls that most investors fall in. In this episode we cover:

• Second level thinking
• Understanding market efficiency,
• Understanding, recognising and controlling risk,
• Combatting the negative influences of human nature, and
• Knowing what you don't know

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Factfulness - by Hans, Ola and Ana Rosling

'Ten reasons we're wrong about the world - and why things are better than you think'

When we think about the world - poverty, violence, war, man made disasters, climate change and corruption - it seems that things are bad and feel like they're getting worse. Factfulness shows us this isn't the actually the case - we're the victim of many cognitive biases that cloud our judgement and that lead to an overdramatic worldview. This book shines a light on our 'mega misconceptions' and offers you a way to upgrade your thinking.

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Atomic Habits - by James Clear

'An easy and proven way to build good habits and break bad ones'

Our outcomes in life aren't dictated by the big one-off things we do, but rather the small things we consistently do every day. The habits may seem insignificant on a day-to-day level, but when you look back in 10 or 20 years, you'll very clearly see the impacts of your positive or negative habits.

The author breaks up behaviour into four moments and what we need to do at each point in order to install a new habit:

CUE (Make it obvious)

CRAVING (Make it attractive)

RESPONSE (Make it easy)

REWARD (Make it satisfying)

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History lets us see the patterns and make better decisions in the present moment. As we've progressed our human nature hasn't changed, but we've found new ways of achieving old means. This book gives us history's lessons through the lens of different filters.

In this episode we cover:

- Biology and history

- Character and history

- Morals and history

- Economics and history

- Socialism and history

- Growth and Decay of Civilisations

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Cal Newport is the author of some phenomenal books that work together to form a great trilogy:

• So Good They Can't Ignore You highlights how skills are far more important than passion and emphasises the importance of developing 'career capital' in order to get a job that you allows you to enjoy what you do and make an impact
• Deep Work shows us that the best way to develop that career capital is to block out chunks of uninterrupted time to focus and work hard on important projects and skills
• Digital Minimalism sheds light on the dangers of being constantly connected and how carefully stepping away from technology overload can allow you to do more deep work, which allows you to develop career capital, which allows you to take that next step in your career.

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Digital Minimalism - by Cal Newport

'Choosing a focused life in a noisy world'

When Facebook started it was interesting, but didn't seem like something which we would spend a large amount of time. A college senior who set up an account in 2004 to look up class mates probably didn't predict that the average modern user would spend around 2 hours a day on social media and related messaging service. Similarly, an early adopter who picked up an iPhone in 2007 for its music features would be less enthusiastic if told he could expect to compulsively check it 85 times a day.

There is a war going on for your attention and the way to get it back is to embrace Digital Minimalism.

In this episode we include the best ideas from all of Cal Newport's closely related books, 'So Good They Can't Ignore You', 'Deep Work' and 'Digital Minimalism'.

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Life 3.0 - by Max Tegmark

'Being human in the age of Artificial Intelligence'

Life has gradually grown more complex and interesting into 3 different tiers since the start of the Universe.

Life 1.0: Simple and biological. Can't design it's own software, and can't design it's own hardware - both are determined by DNA and change via evolution

Life 2.0: Cultural. Can survive and replicate. Can design its software like new skills - language, sports and professions. This flexibility has enabled humans to dominate the planet. While we can design our software, we can't design our hardware

Life 3.0: The birth of a technological species. It can design both its software and its own hardware - causing an intelligence explosion and real possibilities of Artificial General Intelligence.

This book explores the range of scenarios that might be spawned from our AI future.

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The 4-Hour Work Week - by Tim Ferriss

"Escape the 9-5, live anywhere and join the New Rich"

The 4 Hour Work Week is about original thinking and living on your own terms. Most people growing up are presented with the options:

A) getting a job and working your ass off until you retire, or

B) working your ass off building a business, working 80 hours a week

This book presents Option C -Lifestyle Design.

Ferriss suggests that both of the typical options involve deferring happiness and enjoyment until we get the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow - either we sell our company for millions of dollars or we retire with millions of dollars in savings. Instead, the New Rich aim for excitement and profit throughout their whole lives, having the freedom and options to live like a millionaire even without a million dollars in the bank. This book is about optimising your life and work to get the most out of life.

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Dr John Demartini, is an American researcher, best selling author, international educator, public speaker in human behaviour.

He lives on a boat, travelling the world delivering his signature seminars. We caught him when he was in Melbourne and spoke face-to-face before attending his event later that night. In this interview we chat about living to your potential, building wealth by determining your values (and, like always, we tried to slip in a few 'devils advocate' questions about personal development).

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The Four Agreements - by Don Miguel Ruiz

'A Toltec Wisdom Book'

As we've grown up, we've subconsciously made a bunch of agreements with ourselves. This agreements guide our behaviour - they act as an internal compass by which we decide what we do and don't do. But we never CHOSE these agreements. This book presents us with four agreements that we should make with ourselves in order to live a good life. Replacing our old agreements with these new four won't be easy, but it may be an important personal shift you can make.

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Gretchen Rubin is the author of some great books, like 'The Happiness Project', 'Happier At Home', 'Better Than Before' and 'The Four Tendencies'. Today she launches her brand new book: 'Outer Order, Inner Calm: Declutter and Organise to Make More Room for Happiness'. 

We spoke about happiness, habits, the benefits of having a dog, and how to best organise your physical space to remove the clutter and the mess to allow you to be happier and more productive.

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The Four Tendencies - by Gretchen Rubin

'The indispensable personality profiles that reveal how to make your life better (and other people's lives better, too)'

In analysing who people act or don't act, Gretchen Rubin found that it boiled down to one very important question: How do you respond to expectations? She found that depending on whether you tended to resist or meet both outer or inner expectations, you could be categorised as either an Upholder, Questioner, Obliger or Rebel. After you understand who you are, you can set up systems and environments that will allow you to harness the strengths of your personality, combat the weaknesses, and build better lives.

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Presence - by Amy Cuddy

'Bringing your best self to your biggest challenges'

We want to perform our best in a job interview, but if we're constantly thinking 'I'm in a job interview', then we won't be our best selves. Having presence is about being present - having the comfort, confidence and self-assured enthusiasm to stop the constant inner monologue and feel powerful and self-assured. 

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Robert Greene is the author of some juggernaut books: The 48 Laws of Power, The Art of Seduction, The 33 Strategies of War, The 50th Law, Mastery, and The Laws of Human Nature.

Robert's work delves into the parts of ourselves we don't want to look at - envy, our dark side and our secret lust for power. He identifies the things below the surface that are driving us forward.

We asked Robert about the role of intuition, taking advantage of the zeitgeist and using humility as a tactic. He is the author of our favourite book and one of the greatest thinkers on the planet. Enjoy!

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The Laws of Human Nature - by Robert Greene. 

This is a phenomenal book, all about what we do and why we do it. It should be read to firstly identify what is driving your own behaviour, secondly to allow you to start to make some positive changes to your behaviour, then thirdly to begin to recognise what other people are doing and why they might be doing it.

In this episode, we're covering four of the laws:

 - Chapter 6: Elevate Your Perspective (The Law of Shortsightedness)

 - Chapter 8: Change Your Circumstances by Changing Your Attitude (The Law of Self-Sabotage)

 - Chapter 2: Transform Self-Love into Empathy (The Law of Narcissism)

 - Chapter 13: Advance with a Sense of Purpose (The Law of Aimlessness)

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The 5 Love Language - by Gary Chapman

'The secret to love that lasts'

With Valentines Day coming up, we thought we'd delve into the subject of love so you can heighten the experience with your date or your partner.

Psychologists have concluded that the need to feel loved is a primary human emotional need - without it you will be emotionally and socially challenged. However, we all experience the feeling of love differently and we all have certain things that make us feel loved. Gary Chapman has broken this down in to 5 'love languages' - we all have our own language, and we often can't understand or speak other languages. Every partner needs to feel loved which best communicated through one of the 5 Love Languages.

#1 - Words of Affirmation

#2 -  Quality Time

#3 - Receiving Gifts

#4 - Acts of Service

#5 - Physical touch

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After a great conversation with Dr Karl 12 months ago, we again had the pleasure of joining him to discuss his newest book (his 44th book!) 'Vital Science'. We got a master class on the shift towards renewable energy, coal, energy storage solutions, climate change, and space. We hope you enjoy Dr Karl as much as we do!

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The Definitive Book of Body Language - by Barbara Pease & Allan Pease

'How to read others' attitudes by their gestures'

Studies have shown the only 7% of our communication is verbal (what we say). 38% is vocal (how we say it) and the remaining 55% is non-verbal (what we do with our body language and our gestures). Intuitively, we often can sense when someone is meaning something different to what they're saying, but ti isn't until reading a book like this that dissects a wide range of different types of body language that we can really learn to decode actions and gestures. 

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The Intelligent Investor - by Benjamin Graham

'The Definitive Guide on Value Investing'

To invest successfully over a lifetime doesn't require a stratospheric IQ, unusual business insights or inside information. What's needed is a sound intellectual framework for making decisions and the ability to keep emotions from corroding the framework. Benjamin Graham, the original 'Father' of Value Investing and mentor to Warren Buffet, delivers serious financial wisdom.

In the book you'll learn how to value a company (so you know when it is under or below it's fair value), understand how stocks work and how to diversify a portfolio to best manage risk, sound investment philosophies (such as understanding the different between investment and speculation), and powerful questions to ask yourself when making an investment. 

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The Personal MBA - by Josh Kaufman

'Master the art of business'

The traditional MBA is so expensive that you need to mortgage your life, they teach out-dated concepts and can't guarantee a high paying job. You're almost certainly better off buying a bunch of books and trying a bunch of things yourself first before making such a major investment of time and money. The personal MBA is a book that combines all of the business concepts you can expect from an MBA, for the price of a book.

In this episode we cover the 5 parts of a business:

• Value creation – discovering what people need or want, then creating it
• Marketing - attracting attention to build demand
• Sales - turning prospective customers into paying customers
• Value delivery - giving customers what you've promised and ensuring that they're satisfied
• Finance - bringing in enough money to make your effort worth while

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Bryce and Ben are best selling authors, and the hosts of the Property Couch which is a trusted guide for Property and Money management. Aside from this, we are from the same city and share the same interests in reading great books. In this episode we dive deep into money management, property investing and books.

You can download the first chapter of their book, 'Make Money Simple Again' for free at the link below: https://thepropertycouch.com.au/free-chapter-make-money-simple-again/ 

Originals - by Adam Grant

'How Non-Conformists change the world'

There are two paths to success: be a conformist or be an original. Both can lead to eventual success, but each require a different approach to life. This book is all about how everyone can be more creative and bring new ideas to the table by being an 'original'. We talk about the things you can do to come up with more good original ideas, how you can spread these ideas, and the mindset required to keep moving along the path less taken.

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Steve Glaveski is the Founder of Collective Campus, Host of Future Squared Podcast, and the Author of the new book 'Employee to Entrepreneur'.

We got to sit down with Steve on the day his book was released. We spoke about mindset, philosophy, and strategies to help you make a successful jump into entrepreneurship.

If you want to buy his book, head to: https://www.employeetoentrepreneur.io/

The Easy Way To Control Alcohol - by Allen Carr

12 months ago, we read and reviewed Allen Carr's "Easy Way To Stop Smoking". We thought, given it was the start of a new year, we'd read and review his alocohol book in case anyone out there was thinking of stopping or cutting down their alcohol consumption as a 2019 New Year's Resolution. Of course WE didn't have a problem with alcohol... or so we though. 

Keep an open mind, weigh up the arguments rationally, then decide for yourself.

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In this episode, we're answering your questions! Listeners wrote in and recorded the questions they've always wanted to ask us - be that about specific books or about more general ideas. 

If you enjoyed this format and have a question of your own you'd like to ask, submit it at: https://whatyouwilllearn.com/question/ 

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Today we're celebrating 2018 with our favourite books of the year. It our little biannual WYWL party. In this episode we'll take a few listener questions, announce YOUR favourite books of the season as voted by listeners, and then go through OUR favourite books.

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Both of our lists can be found below, alongside the link straight to the episode.

Enjoy!

Adam Ashton's Top 10:

1. The Laws of Human Nature, by Robert Greene - https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/the-laws-of-human-nature-part-1/id1125635053?i=1000424053352&mt=2
2. How to Win Friends and Influence People, by Dale Carnegie - https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/how-to-win-friends-and-influence-people/id1125635053?i=1000414989941&mt=2
3. Pre-Suasion, by Robert Cialdini - https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/pre-suasion/id1125635053?i=1000419346389&mt=2
4. Tao Te Ching, by Lao Tzu - https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/tao-te-ching/id1125635053?i=1000421772507&mt=2
5. Poke The Box, by Seth Godin - https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/poke-the-box/id1125635053?i=1000419775887&mt=2
6. The War of Art, by Steven Pressfield - https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/the-war-of-art/id1125635053?i=1000417175830&mt=2
7. Contagious, by Jonah Berger - https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/contagious/id1125635053?i=1000422223488&mt=2
8. The Black Swan, by Nassim Taleb - https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/the-black-swan/id1125635053?i=1000425378464&mt=2
9. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, by Yuval Noah Harari - https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/21-lessons-for-the-21st-century/id1125635053?i=1000421255953&mt=2
10. The Obstacle is The Way, by Ryan Holiday - https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/the-obstacle-is-the-way/id1125635053?i=1000425830265&mt=2

Adam Jones's Top 10:

1. The Laws of Human Nature, by Robert Greene
2. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, by Yuval Noah Harari
3. The Black Swan, by Nassim Taleb
4. How to Win Friends and Influence People, by Dale Carnegie
5. Tao Te Ching, by Lao Tzu
6. Hero With A Thousand Faces, by Joseph Campbell - https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/the-hero-with-1000-faces/id1125635053?i=1000418460617&mt=2
7. Deep Work, by Cal Newport - https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/deep-work/id1125635053?i=1000423085781&mt=2
8. The War of Art - by Steven Pressfield
9. Pre-Suasion, by Robert Cialdini
10. Getting To Yes, by Roger Fisher & William Ury - https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/getting-to-yes/id1125635053?i=1000422678062&mt=2

Steal Like An Artist - by Austin Kleon

'10 things nobody told you about being creative'

Everyone needs a little more creativity in their lives. This isn't just for the stereotypical 'artist' who's making oil paintings and sculptures, it's for everyone that can enhance their work by injecting more flavour. This book is all about getting started on that journey toward producing more art more regularly, as well as some secret (and not-so-secret) tips and tricks to doing better work.

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The Obstacle Is The Way - by Ryan Holiday

'The ancient art of turning adversity into advantage'

All of us have obstacles. They come in many shapes and sizes. But whatever we face, we have a choice: will we be blocked by obstacles, or will we advance through them. Holiday, through the lens of stoicism gives us a framework of perception, action and will, to turning our greatest challenges into our greatest opportunities. And of course, every time you overcome one obstacle, there's another one coming right around the corner...

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We spoke with Mia Freedman, founder of the Mamamia media empire. In this episode, we speak about:

 - Work/Life Balance: is it achievable or just an impossible fantasy?

 - Some career advice for getting ahead

 - The importance of having a Side Hustle: 'you want to find a gap in the market, but you need to make sure that there's a market in the gap'

 - Some of the specific issues women face in the workplace and in business

 - 'Don't let perfect be the enemy of done'

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The Black Swan illustrates the severe limitations of our thinking, and the fragility of our knowledge. All it takes is one single observation to invalidate a millennia of confirmation. 

Black Swans are hidden from view, because of our array of biasis and irrationalities, such as the narrative fallacy, the ludic fallacy and confirmation bias. Taleb shows us that the unpredictable, high impact events are the most consequential parts in culture and in your life. 

Although the world is ran by unpredictable events, it doesn't mean we can't benefit from them. Taleb closes with a bunch of practical tips to benefit from the uncertainty in the world.

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Brian Wansink is the author of Slim By Design and Mindless Eating, with all the tricks in the tool bag to make you lose weight without conscious effort. In this episode we discuss more tricks to eat less and be healthier.

Check out Brian Wansink's latest project: http://www.healthierbydesign.org/ 

Mindless Eating - by Brian Wansink

'Why we eat more than we think'

Every single one of us largely eats because of what's around us. We overeat not because of hunger, but because of our family and friends, packages and plates, names and numbers, labels and lights, colours and candles, shapes and smells, distractions and distances, cupboards and containers. All we need is a few daily decisions to be shifted in the right direction to reduce our daily calories. This book is about re-engineering your environment and life so you can eat without guilt and without gaining weight, and without the need for willpower.

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Rich Dad, Poor Dad - by Robert Kiyosaki

'What the rich teach their kids about money - that the poor and the middle class do not!'

Robert's dad was very highly educated and had a high paying job. His best friend's dad didn't finish high school and wasn't employed by anyone else. Robert had the opportunity to learn from two different perspectives and life experiences and was able to draw his own conclusions. In 'Rich Dad, Poor Dad', you will learn some great personal finance tips that, if applied correctly, could set you up for the rest of your life.

 This book will definitely give you a different perspective on work and your finances.

Oh, and by the way... his highly educated dad with the high paying job was who he called his 'Poor Dad'... 

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The Laws of Human Nature - by Robert Greene

Part 2! This book was so massive, both in terms of numbers of pages but also impact, we had to split it across two episodes. 

In part 2, we cover the following chapters:

– Chapter 3: See Through People's Masks (The Law of Role-Playing)

– Chapter 14: Resist the Downward Pull of the Group (The Law of Conformity)

– Chapter 17: Seize the Historical Moment (The Law of Generational Myopia)

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The Laws of Human Nature - by Robert Greene

Our new #1 best book we've ever read! This book is all about recognising people's behaviour and understand why they do what they do. By using this book, we hope to firstly acknowledge what is going on, to secondly better understand ourselves, and thirdly to understand other people.

It's such a mega book that we had to split this episode into two parts. In this episode, we cover the following chapters:

 - Chapter 7: Soften People's Resistance by Confirming Their Self-Opinion (The Law of Defensiveness)

 - Chapter 9: Confront Your Dark Side (The Law of Repression)

 - Chapter 10: Beware the Fragile Ego (The Law of Envy)

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Neil Pasricha is the author of 'The Happiness Equation' and 'The Book of Awesome'.

In our conversation with him, we discuss:

• The effects of recognising our own impermanence
• How to find the right job for you (it must provide "the 4 S's")
• How pain can lead to more happiness than pleasure
• The power of the number 1,000
• The impact books and reading have had on Neil's life
• Some of Neil's favourite books, and some books that had the biggest impact in forming Neil's life
• His new podcast, '3 Books'

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The Happiness Equation - by Neil Pasricha

'Want Nothing + Do Anything = Have Everything'

It's very easy to get stuck into constantly striving for more, growing our business, taking the next step in our career, beginning that next project... but we very rarely actually stop and let ourselves be happy. This good gives some simple, practical advice and different approaches to injecting a little more happiness into your life. 

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Deep Work - by Cal Newport

'Rules for focused success in a distracted world'

Deep Work is: "Professional activities performed in a state of distraction free concentration that push your cognitive capacities to the limit. These efforts create new value, improve your skill, and are hard to replicate"

Our culture is constantly pushing toward 'shallow work' and most are getting stuck and distracted. The good news is that there are massive economic or professional opportunities for the few who can resist this trend and prioritise depth.

Cal Newport will sell you on going deep so you can acquire the type of skills that will make you valuable in the modern economy.

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Getting To Yes - by Roger Fisher & William Ury

'Negotiation an agreement without giving in'

Whether it's asking for a raise with from boss, trying to find an agreed upon price for your house or discussing what you should do on date night, like it or not, you are a negotiator. We all negotiate every day. Most people negotiate by 'positional bargaining', but Roger and William show us their superior 'Principled Negotiation' techniques with a few simple steps:

1. Separate the problem from the people

2. Focus on interests not positions

3. Invent options for mutual gain

4. Insist on using objective criteria.

Grab a copy of the book here: https://www.bookdepository.com/Getting-Yes-Roger-Fisher/9781847940933/?a_aid=adamsbooks 

Jonah Berger is the author of Contagious and Invisible Influence, and is currently working on a new book called 'The Catalyst'. 

In our review of his book Contagious, we highlighted the six principles that helped products and ideas and behaviours 'catch on' by making them contagious (spreading from person to person via word of mouth). In this interview, we dive deeper into a few of those principles, like how a secret bar in New York harnessed the principle of Social Currency and how Kit Kat built a Trigger by associating themselves with coffee and breaks.

Check out Jonah's website: https://jonahberger.com/

Find him on twitter: https://twitter.com/j1berger

Grab a copy of Contagious: https://www.bookdepository.com/Contagious-Jonah-Berger/9781471111709/?a_aid=adamsbooks

Contagious - by Jonah Berger

'Why things catch on'

You'd think that the best product at the most attractive price with the most advertising would be the product that wins, but that's not always the case. Jonah did some digging and found six factors that drive word of mouth and lead products, services and behaviours to go 'viral' (to be spread from person to person via word of mouth): Social currency, triggers, emotion, public, practical value, and stories.

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Grab a copy of the book here: https://www.bookdepository.com/Contagious-Jonah-Berger/9781471111709/?a_aid=adamsbooks

The Tao Te Ching - by Lao Tzu

'The Book of The Way'

This booked is packed with wisdom from 500BC China. It's been passed on through the ages and applies to all aspects of life.

• 'Those who know don't talk, those who talk don't know'
• 'He who stands on tiptoe doesn't stand firm, he who rushes ahead cannot go far'
• 'Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill'
• 'The ancient masters didn't try to educate the people but kindly taught them to not know'

There's lessons packed within each paragraph and it's a bit of a mindblower that takes some time to stop, think and reflect.

Grab a copy of the book here: https://www.bookdepository.com/Tao-Te-Ching-New-Edition-Lao-Tzu/9780857830159/?a_aid=adamsbooks

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One surprising thing that all of the billion dollar tech companies have in common (like Google, Facebook and Apple), is the ability to Blitzscale - that is, prioritising speed over efficiency. Chris Yeh and Reid Hoffman just released their brand new book, Blitzscaling.

We interviewed Chris for the book launch and discussed how billion-dollar-companies are built. In order to achieve extraordinary growth, you need to follow new counterintuitive rules, like 'let fires burn' and 'ignore your customers'. We also chatted about where he sees growth in tech for the future.

21 Lessons for the 21st Century - by Yuval Noah Harari

We created myths to unite our species.

We tamed nature to give us power. 

We are now redesigning life to fulfill our wildest dreams.

But do we know ourselves any more? Or will our inventions make us irrelevant?

21 Lessons is an exploration of what it means to be human in an age of bewilderment.

How can we protect ourselves from nuclear war, ecological cataclysms and technological disruptions? What can we do about the epidemic of fake news or the threat of terrorism? What should we teach our children? This book explores all of these vital questions and more.

This is our 'Book of the Month'. Join our Book Club and you'll get a hard copy sent to your doorstep, then you can join in the conversation with us: www.whatyouwilllearn.com/bookclub

Buy your own copy of the book here: https://www.bookdepository.com/21-Lessons-for-the-21st-Century/9781787330870/?a_aid=adamsbooks

Moonwalking with Einstein - by Josh Foer

'The art and science of remembering everything'

We're using our memories less and less. We've outsourced our memory to technology and devices such as GPS systems, google and online notebooks.

When a memory goes missing, such as someones name, it can be frustrating and futile and can come at some social cost. Moonwalking With Einstein tells Joshua Foer's journey from journalist to US Memory Champion in twelve months, and talks about different memory techniques and phenomena of the brain along the way.

Grab a copy of the book here: https://www.bookdepository.com/Moonwalking-with-Einstein-Joshua-Foer/9780141032139/?a_aid=adamsbooks 

The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing - by Al Ries & Jack Trout

'Violate them at your own risk!'

Billions of dollars are wasted every year on 'clever' or 'brilliant' marketing campaigns that were doomed to fail from the start, because they violate one of the 'immutable' laws. Ries & Trout argue that there are certain laws of marketing that are 'immutable' - they never change:

 - 'Marketing is a battle of perceptions, not products'

 - 'It's better to be first than better'

 - 'The single most wasteful thing you can do in marketing is try to change a mind'

Grab a copy of the book here: https://www.bookdepository.com/22-Immutable-Laws-Marketing-Al-Ries/9780887306662/?a_aid=adamsbooks

Alex Banayan was lying on the bed in his college dorm room staring at the ceiling wondering what he actually wanted to do with his life. He knew he wanted to do something big, so he tried researching his heroes to see how they got started. But after reading through business books and biographies, he couldn't find the very FIRST thing people did - before they had a name or a reputation or money or credibility, how did they get a foot in the door?

Because he couldn't find the book he was looking for, he decided to write it himself. His goal was to find the best in the world and get them to pass their advice onto the next generation. From Bill Gates to Warren Buffet to Steven Spielberg to Lady Gaga to Quincy Jones to Maya Angelou to Mark Zuckerberg, Alex tried to pull together their stories and advice for forging your own path to success.

Grab a copy of 'The Third Door' here: https://www.bookdepository.com/Third-Door-Alex-Banayan/9780804136662/?a_aid=adamsbooks

Check out Alex and his book here: https://thirddoorbook.com/

Poke The Box - by Seth Godin

'When was the last time you did something for the first time?'

Imagine that the world had no middlemen, no publishers, no bosses, no HR folks, no one telling you what you couldn't do.

If you lived in that world, what would you do?

Go. Do That.

Grab a copy of the book here: https://www.bookdepository.com/Poke-Box-Seth-Godin/9780241209035/?a_aid=adamsbooks

Check out Seth's free Poke The Box Workbook here: http://whatyouwilllearn.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/PoketheBox_Workbook.pdf

Dr Robert Cialdini is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Best-Selling author. His first book Influence was published in 1984 and has sold over 3 MILLION copies, and his latest book Pre-Suasion, published in 2016, was a New York Times Best Seller. 

Dr. Robert Cialdini has spent his entire career researching the science of influence earning him an international reputation as an expert in the fields of persuasion, compliance, and negotiation. In other words, he's a weapon, and there is a lot you can gain professionally and personally from listening. His teachings can be applied to sales, marketing, negotiations, as well as every day social interactions, and can be either harnessed or used defensively.

Check out this video Bob made about his 'Science of Persuasion' which lists his six weapons of influence - it has been viewed over 10,000,000 times! Science Of Persuasion

Find out more about Bob at www.influenceatwork.com

 Pre-Suasion - by Robert Cialdini

'A revolutionary way to influence and persuade'

After his 1984 masterpiece 'Influence', Robert Cialdini brings us his second book: Pre-Suasion. Influence was all about the CONTENT of your message, whereas Pre-Suasion shows us that it's also important to manage the CONTEXT. The secret doesn't just lie in the message itself, but in the interactions before the message is delivered.

You will learn the 'single chute question' for the recipient to hunt for confirmations, how the 'focusing illusion' is used by the media to create irrationally disproportionate fear with the news, and a three stage process to persuade in any situation using the six weapons of influence. The key thing, however, is to be authentic and point out the persuasive tool only if it is genuinely there - if you're being a fraud, it simply won't work.

This book is a weapon. Please use it wisely.

Grab a copy of the book here: https://www.bookdepository.com/Pre-Suasion-Robert-B-Cialdini/9781847941435/?a_aid=adamsbooks

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“Do not leave your reputation to chance or gossip; it is your life's artwork, and you must craft it, hone it, and display it with the care of an artist.”   

This is an absolute bible for socially and politically navigating the world of relationships. In every single interaction, one individual will have more power and more status, and the other will have less. Be that in your work, business, romance, friendships, family, or otherwise, this book will show you’re the 'dos and donts'. You can read this book to best suit you: you can use it to help you in situations when you have less power, it can help you get more power, or it can help you use your power on others.  

Warning: Proceed with caution. This is a powerful book with powerful laws – ignore them at your peril.  

Law 1 – Never Outshine The Master. "Always make those above your feel comfortably secure. In your desire to please or impress them, do not go too far in displaying your talents or you might accomplish the opposite".

Law 4 – Always say less than necessary. "The more you say, the more common you appear, and the less in control... Powerful people impress and intimidate by saying less".

Law 9 – Win through your actions, never through argument. "Any momentary triumph you think you have gained through argument is really a Pyrrhic victory: the resentment and ill will you stir up in stronger than any momentary change of opinion".

Law 13 – When asking for help, appeal to people's self-interest, never to their mercy or gratitude. "Uncover something in your request, or in your alliance, that will benefit them, and emphasise it out of all proportion".

Law 46 – Never appear too perfect. "Appearing better than others is always dangerous, but most dangerous of all is to appear to have no faults or weaknesses".

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We spoke to Rachel Botsman when she was in town recently. Rachel has written a bunch of awesome books and presented some amazing TED Talks. Her TED Talks have had over 4 MILLIONS views and have subtitles in 29 languages. 

Rachel Botsman writes and researches about how technology is transforming trust and what this means for life, work and how we do business.

Rachel is a lecturer at Oxford University’s Saïd Business School, where she designed and teaches the world’s first MBA course on the ‘Collaborative Economy’ and a new course on ‘Trust in the Digital Age’.

Check her out here: https://rachelbotsman.com/

See her TED Talks here: https://www.ted.com/speakers/rachel_botsman 

Grab her books here: https://rachelbotsman.com/books/

Read more about her here: https://rachelbotsman.com/about-rachel-botsman/

The Hero With 1,000 Faces - by Joseph Campbell

The hero's journey is can be found in mythology, popular culture and religion. The nucleus involves taking on the call for adventure, slaying the dragon, and returning home with the pot of gold, and with the knowledge and power you have achieved along the way.

"The cave you fear to enter, holds the treasure you seek" - Joseph Campbell

But most importantly it is a about you. What is your call to adventure, accept the challenge conquer the fear and claim the treasure - then do it all over again.

Grab a copy of the book here: https://www.bookdepository.com/Hero-with-Thousand-Faces-Joseph-Campbell/9781577315933/?a_aid=adamsbooks 

Blue Ocean Strategy - by W Chan Kim and Renee Maurborgne

'How to create uncontested market space and make the competition irrelevant'

The Problem:
Current markets are flooded with competition. More and more companies are competing for smaller and smaller profit margins. This cut-throat battle leaves the water bloody. This is the Red Ocean.

The Solution:
Swim away from the competition. Make the competition irrelevant. Find somewhere that is wide open. Create a Blue Ocean.

Grab a copy of the book here: https://www.bookdepository.com/Blue-Ocean-Strategy-Expanded-Edition-Renee-Mauborgne/9781625274496/?a_aid=adamsbooks 

We just read and reviewed our 100th book for this podcast. We thought we'd pull together what we found to be the Top 10 lessons from all of these great books:

1. You're gonna die someday
2. Be proactive (realise that you have the power to take action)
3. Get in the arena, don't sit on the sidelines
4. Delayed Gratification (long-term satisfaction far outweighs instant gratification)
5. The Power of Questions and the Importance of Curiosity
6. Bias for Action (thinking and planning and dreaming are nice, but action is vital)
7. Place lots of Minimum Bets
8. Effectiveness VS Efficiency (best Time Management tips)
9. Listen before you Talk
10. You're either Remarkable or you're Invisible

If you like what you heard and think you would benefit from this episode format of synthesising the best lessons from a bunch of books, please get in touch. If you hate this and think we should stick to the script, also please let us know. Get in touch any time at podcast@whatyouwilllearn.com 

If you want to check out any of these books in more detail, scroll through the podcast to find the books that intrigued you, or even grab a few books for yourself here: http://www.bookdepository.com/?a_aid=adamsbooks

I Will Teach You To Be Rich - by Ramit Sethi

'No guilt. No excuses. No BS. Just a 6-week program that works'

In 2006, the average Goldman Sachs employee made $622,000. That was the AVERAGE! You might think that because of such compensation, they are superior money managers. The truth? You can very easily beet them after fees and taxes with very simple advice. I Will Teach You to be Rich, despite such an embarrassing name that you don't want to get holding the book, can get you back on track with finances with a simple 6 week step, by step process.

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The War of Art - by Steven Pressfield

'Break through the blocks and win your inner creative battles'

If you're looking to achieve anything, especially something creative, you almost definitely have the skills and abilities to be able to do it. For example, if you want to be a writer, based on the fact that you're reading this, you have the ability to read and write. But being able to write isn't the be-all-and-end-all of actually writing a book.

"There's a secret that real writers know that wannabe writers don't... It's not the writing part that's hard. What's hard is sitting down to write."

What keeps us from sitting down to write? The Resistance. This book is all about The Resistance, and is broken into three parts: Defining the Enemy, Combatting Resistance, The Higher Realm. For anyone who wants to pursue a creative endeavour but has never been able to actually sit down and do the work, this book serves as a great kick in the behind.

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Lean In - by Sheryl Sandberg
'Women, Work and the Will to Lead'

This book is all about maximising your career. In parts, it's about how we all do things that sabotage our own opportunities, and in others it's directly targeted at women, such as how they approach juggling the demands of family and work at the same time.

Things are different for women at work compared to men, especially in the more senior positions. Sheryl Sandberg, is rated as one of the top 5 most powerful woman in Forbes and has MUST READ advice for all ambitious woman that want to have a successful career. The book covers topics like:
 - likeability vs success
 - picking the right partner (who is an equal partner)
 - the need to 'lean in', especially at the critical parts of your career before you take on the responsibilities of child birth.

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Grab a copy of the book here: https://www.bookdepository.com/Lean-Sheryl-Sandberg/9780753541647/?a_aid=adamsbooks 

Outliers - by Malcolm Gladwell

'The Story of Success'

What seemingly arbitrary fact is common amongst the top Canadian Hockey players? Why are all of today's software billionaires born between 1954-1956? Why did Jews dominate to New York legal landscape in the 1980s, when they struggled to get jobs in the prior decade? Why are Asians so good at math??

Outliers looks beyond individual achievement. Gladwell is less concerned with what the people who achieve success are like, and more interested in where they come from, who their parents are, and what opportunities they are afforded. 

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Awaken the Giant Within - by Tony Robbins

'Take immediate control of your mental, emotional, physical and financial destiny'

Tony Robbins is a very big papa and one of the most influential people on the planet. Today we review his book Awaken the Giant Within, which is all about releasing the incredible force we have inside us to put a dent in the world. This book essentially has the same content as his 'Date With Destiny' seminar, which costs about 10K to go to - so if you can actively read the book and do the exercises - you're likely to get plenty of value.

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Sapiens - by Yuval Noah Harari

'A brief history of humankind'

Human beings have come a long way since we were once apes. We evolved in many different directions - survival in the snowy plains of northern Europe required different traits than those needed to stay alive in Indonesia's steaming jungles. We quickly dispelled of our other human brothers, such as the Neanderthals, because we were given a unique gift: the 'Tree of Life Mutation' sparked a cognitive revolution that allowed us to communicate in unique ways. We quickly jumped to the top of the food chain, and by evolutionary standards, we dominated planet in no time.  Yuval Noah Harari illustrates an exciting and educational tale as our journey continued through the agricultural, scientific and industrial revolutions.

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This is a phenomenal book. This is a must-read if you have any relationships at any level with any other humans. A lot of the concepts are common sense, but that’s the beauty of it: we already KNOW all of these things, we just need to be reminded of the best way to bring them all together. Yes, these techniques have been adopted by con-artists and slimy salespeople, but we trust that you’ll use them for good, not evil.

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Thanks for listening to Season 2 of What You Will Learn!

In this episode, we'll recap our favourite lessons from our favourite books, our favourite snippets from our favourite interviews, as well as drawing the winner of the Season 2 competition. 

We'll be back on the 1st of July 2018 with How To Win Friends and Influence People. 

If you can't wait til then, check out our bonus episodes on our petreon page: www.patreon.com/whatyouwilllearn

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Adam Ashton's Top 10:

10 - 12 Rules for Life by Jordan Peterson

9 - The Power of Moments by Chip & Dan Heah

8 - The Life You Can Save by Peter Singer

7 - Thinking in Bets by Annie Duke

6 - The ONE Thing by Gary Keller & Jay Papasan

5 - Crossing The Chasm by Geoffrey Moore

4 - Win Bigly by Scott Adams

3 - So Good They Can't Ignore You by Cal Newport

2 - Perennial Seller by Ryan Holiday

1 - The Effective Executive by Peter Drucker

Adam Jones's Top 10:

10 - Essentialism by Greg McKeown

9 - The Inevitable by Kevin Kelly

8 - Crossing The Chasm by Geoffrey Moore

7 - Crushing It - by Gary Veynerchuk

6 - The Effective Executive by Peter Drucker

5 - Perennial Seller by Ryan Holiday

4 - 12 Rules for Life by Jordan Peterson

3 - The Life You Can Save by Peter Singer

2 - So Good They Can't Ignore You by Cal Newport

1 - The Easy Way to Stop Smoking by Allen Carr

The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck - by Mark Manson

'A counterintuitive approach to living a good life'

This is a very popular book - it's been at the top of the charts for a couple of year - so we thought it was time we should check it out. IT's a very conversational, cheeky, matter-of-fact, not-holds-barred approach. Manson tells people what they need to hear - he doesn't sugar coat it in the traditional 'self-improvement' manner.

Last chance to enter the Season 2 competition: www.whatyouwilllearn.com/contest

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Chip Conley is the best selling author, founder of Joie de Vivre hotels and the Head of Global Hospitality & Strategy at Air BnB. After reviewing the Peak, we were really interested in how to make the climb from the base to the top of Maslow's hierarchy of needs. We also dive into the value of an education, the peak experience of Burning Man Festival and how he throws a huge party ever 5 years (looks like we are invited, hopefully we can bring you along). He is a legend, we hope you enjoy.

If you want to find out more about his awesome work, go to: www.chipconley.com

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Peak - by Chip Conley

'How great companies get their mojo from Maslow'

Abraham Maslow created his 'Hierarchy of Needs' as a part of his Theory of Human Motivation. Chip Conley took this theory and applied it to the real world. He broke it down to three levels; Survive, Succeed and Transform, and applied it to Employees, Customers and Investors. This is a great, simple way to think about and apply one of the biggest and most well-known psychological concepts.

Grab a copy of the book here: https://www.bookdepository.com/Peak-Chip-Conley/9781119434924/?a_aid=adamsbooks

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Jay Papasan tells us "when you're suppose to be working, work. When you're suppose to be playing, play. It's a weird tightrope you're walking, but it's only when you get your priorities mixed up that things fall apart"

The antidote to having things fall apart, is by focusing on the One Thing. In this interview we jump in a little deeper from the context of an employee, how to protect your 'one thing' when you are a little bitch and one important habit to install to increase productivity.

Jay is a cool dude. We hope you enjoy listening to him as much as we did speaking to him.

Find out more about Jay here:

www.the1thing.com/ 

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The ONE Thing - by Gary Keller & Jay Papasan

'The surprisingly simply truth behind extraordinary results'

We believe a lot of lies when it comes to work and productivity: multitasking is a lie, work-life balance is a lie, 'everything matters equally' is a lie. The ONE Thing helps us break down our big long term goal into a series of dominoes, then forces us to focus on just ONE thing, which is knocking over that very first domino. If you hack away at your one thing every day, eventually it will topple and set off a chain reaction, knocking over more and more dominos, and building up momentum to knock over bigger and bigger ones too.

Grab a copy of the book here:https://www.bookdepository.com/One-Thing-Gary-Keller/9781848549258/?a_aid=adamsbooks

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12 Rules For Life - by Jordan Peterson

'An Antidote For Chaos'

This book launched in January 2018 and has been pretty much #1 on the charts. Most of the rules are pretty straight forward, some are a little cryptic, but all are necessary to apply to your own life.

1. Stand up straight with your shoulders back
2. Treat yourself like someone you are responsible for helping
3. Make friends with people who want the best for you
4. Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today
5. Do not let your children do anything that makes you dislike them
6. Set your house in perfect order before you criticize the world
7. Pursue what is meaningful (not what is expedient)
8. Tell the truth – or, at least, don't lie
9. Assume that the person you are listening to might know something you don't
10. Be precise in your speech
11. Do not bother children when they are skateboarding
12. Pet a cat when you encounter one on the street

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Annie Duke is a former poker pro who has shifted her focus to decision making. She won the 2004 World Series of Poker and the 2010 National Heads-Up Poker Championship, amassing career winnings of $4m. Now, she is looking at why people make decisions that aren't in their long-term best interest, how we can gather more information information that would allow us to make better decisions, and how we distinguish between the elements of luck and skill in the outcomes of our decisions.

Check out our interview with Annie Duke, author of 'Thinking In Bets'. 

Thinking In Bets - by Annie Duke

'Making smarter decisions when you don't have all the facts'

We make little decisions every single day. We also make bigger decisions regularly - moving house, changing jobs, investing in the stock market, starting/ending a relationship, and so on. In pretty much every case, we don't have all of the information we need, and there is always an element of luck in the outcome. This book is all about viewing every decision as a 'bet' so that we can make better decisions that will serve us better over the long term.

Grab a copy of the book here: https://www.bookdepository.com/Thinking-Bets-Annie-Duke/9780735216358/?a_aid=adamsbooks 

We visited Peter Singer (AC), the world's most famous and most influential living philosopher. Singer's career started over four decades ago with the publication of his book 'Animal Liberation' in 1975. He essentially kicked off the animal rights movement and his since applied his utilitarian philosophy to things like charitable giving, poverty, and bioethics. He is currently the Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University and Laureate Professor at the Centre of Applied Philosophy at Melbourne University. 

Check him out at http://www.petersinger.info/ and at https://www.thelifeyoucansave.org/ 

The Life You Can Save - by Peter Singer

'How to play your part in ending world poverty'

If you're reading this book or listening to this podcast, your life is pretty good. Compared to billions of people in the world, we life a comfortable life and we don't have to worry about where our next meal is coming from or if a little mosquito bite could kill you. Singer shows us that we have a responsible to help end suffering and help lift others out of poverty. He also shows us that there are a lot of low-cost, high-impact things we can do and provides a template for the amount we should give. When will you start playing your part in ending world poverty?

Grab a copy of the book here: https://www.bookdepository.com/Life-You-Can-Save-Peter-Singer/9780330454599/?a_aid=adamsbooks

We spoke to Chris Kresser, a podcaster, blogger and an all round health detective. Looking at the trends in the healthcare budget for the world, we are in a bit of strife:

- chronic disease accounts for 7/10 deaths in the USA and for 86% of healthcare expenditure.

- number of deaths from Alzheimers has increased 89% since 2000

- more killed by chronic disease than cancer

The world healthcare model is failing due to bias (bullshit) in medical research, big pharma (greed) influence and broken payment models.

Chris is stepping up to the plate and trying to create a new model of healthcare. He is a super star. We hope you enjoy :)

Check him out here:

https://chriskresser.com/

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Unconventional Medicine - by Chris Kresser

'Join the revolution to reinvent healthcare, reverse chronic disease, and create a practice you love'

There is so much information out there in the world of health, diet and lifestyle, but obesity rates in the western world are higher than ever (and rising!). With that brings a lot of chronic diseases that are reducing our quality of life, but are completely preventable. Kresser shows us all a new way forward: a healthcare revolution. 

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We spoke to Tom Peters, the father of the modern business book. Before 'In Search of Excellence' in 1982, most business information was contained textbooks or academic journals. But thankfully, engaging and insightful information is now available and digestible for everyone. 

Tom Peters just released a brand new book: 'The Excellence Dividend'. The message is the same as many of his previous works, because most big companies STILL haven't got the idea. 'People First' is Peters's key to success - the only way to get a thriving, growing organisation is to focus on people.

Check out Tom and his books at http://tompeters.com/ 

In Search of Excellence - by Thomas Peters and Robert Waterman Jr

'Lessons from America's best run companies'

This is widely regarded as one of the very FIRST popular business and management books, the book that created the entire category and brought these ideas from the exclusive academic journals to the masses. 

Tom Peters and Bob Waterman worked in management consulting at McKinsey and wanted to find out what made an 'excellent' company. They found 8 common traits the excellent organisations focused on that average business neglected. This book was written in the early 1980s, but most of the lessons and recommendations are still applicable today. 

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Perennial Seller - by Ryan Holiday

'The art of making and marketing work that lasts'

This book is all about putting in the time and effort and energy into making something that is really really good, and then getting it out into the world. It's about making something 'perennial', something that will last for decades and still be selling in the future, not putting together some low-quality garbage and a flash-in-the-pan scammy marketing campaign to sell a lot of copies in a quick amount of time and then it dies. This is the perfect book to read to balance out some other ideas around hustle and shipping and minimum viable product and the like. If you want to make something great, this book is a must-read.

This book is featured in our 'Top 50' books. To get the full list, send us an email to podcast@whatyouwilllearn.com and we'll the PDF to you.

Grab a copy of Perennial Seller here: https://www.bookdepository.com/Perennial-Seller-Ryan-Holiday/9781781257661/?a_aid=adamsbooks 

We interviewed Scott Adams, the creator of the Dilbert comic strip and the author of Win Bigly, How To Fail At Almost Anything And Still Win Big and The Dilbert Principle. As a trained hypnotist, Adams viewed the 2016 US Presidential election through a different filter: he saw a Master Persuader who brought a flame thrower to a stick fight. He gave Trump a 98% of winning, not based on policies and politics, but based on his ability to influence, persuade and hypnotise the masses. 

We think it's vitally important to learn and understand these principles and techniques. Like many other books we've read and reviewed, you have a few options: you can learn to recognise someone trying to influence you, you can use your own persuasion for good, you can use persuasion for pure evil. 

Check out Scott's comic and blog: www.dilbert.com

Check him out on twitter at: https://twitter.com/scottadamssays 

Win Bigly - by Scott Adams

'Persuasion in a world where facts don't matter'

This book is all about persuasion, and it's phenomenal. Scott Adams uses the 2016 U Presidential campaign to dissect and tools and techniques of persuading others, both on an individual level and to the masses. Things like 'cognitive dissonance' and 'confirmation bias' make it possible for persuasion to work, and Adams shows us things we can use ourselves, like the 'high ground maneuver' and 'two ways to win, no ways to lose'.

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We thought we'd do something a little different this week. We're both doing a 'comfort challenge' this week and stretching ourselves WAY outside of our comfort zones by taking a 5-day stand up comedy course where we have to do a live public performance at the end... If you want to come along and watch us, the show is on Thursday 29th March in South Yarra in Melbourne. Email us at podcast@whatyouwilllearn.com or DM us on social media and we'll send you the info to get tickets.

A big takeaway from this book is how to structure a joke:

1) Set Up. Don't try to be funny here, this is the serious/insightful/original observation on every day things. The Set Up is comprised of Topic + Attitude + Premise

2) The Funny. Don't just deliver the punch line, you have to do an Act Out. For bonus points, go for a Mix and combine in a seemingly unrelated topic. 

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Crushing It - by Gary Vaynerchuk

'How great entrepreneurs build their businesses and influence - and how you can, too'

After reading and reviewing Gary's first book, Crush It!, we were eagerly awaiting the follow up. Crushing It goes deeper into the eight essential components that are required to build a great business as an influencer, and then dives deep into all of the current hot platforms you should be spreading content on.

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Michael Shermer is the founder of the Skeptic Society, which boasts over 55,000 members today. He is also the editor-in-chief of Skeptic Magazine. 

Skepticism means viewing the world through a rational eye, always looking for scientific evidence to support or refute new claims, and always beginning with the null hypothesis (assuming it's false and putting the onus on the claimant to prove that it's true).

In this episode, we talk a little bit about the philosophies of being a skeptic, we talk about conspiracy theories, and we talk about Michael's brand new book 'Heavens On Earth', which took a look at the scientific evidence of the afterlife, heaven, utopia and so on. 

Check out Michael here: http://michaelshermer.com/ 

Check out Skeptic magazine here: http://skeptic.com/ 

Skeptic - by Michael Shermer

'Viewing the world with a rational eye'

This book is a taste of what it means to be a 'skeptic'. Put simply, it means not believing everything you see, hear or read. It means putting all new claims through a series of questions and examinations in order to find the truth, not just the opinions of fringe thinkers. 

The book covers a whole bunch of short essays on a wide range of ideas - out of the hundred or so in the book, we pick our favourites three or four each to discuss and talk about the approach you should take for viewing the world as a 'skeptic'.

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So Good They Can't Ignore You - by Cal Newport

'Why skills trump passion in the quest for work you love'

This book is a real-world look at career progression and getting the most out of your working life. Newport argues that 'follow your dreams' is almost always bad advice, and in many cases, it's actually dangerous.

Rule #1 - Don't Follow Your Passion

Rule #2 - Be So Good They Can't Ignore You

Rule #3 - Turn Down A Promotion

Rule #4 - Think Small, Act Big

Grab a copy of the book here: https://www.bookdepository.com/So-Good-They-Cant-Ignore-You-Cal-Newport/9781455528042/?a_aid=adamsbooks

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Crossing The Chasm - by Geoffrey Moore

'Marketing and Selling disruptive products to mainstream customers'

If you want to build a new multi-million-dollar disruptive technology, your first step should be to read this book. Moore breaks down the market according to their psychographics into: innovators, early adopters, early majority, late majority, laggards. Many new technologies can appeal to innovators and even to early adopters, but the 'chasm', where all the dead bodies lie of crushed hopes and dreams, is when companies try to cross over to the early majority.

If you're building a business, its something you need to understand.

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Greg McKeown is the author of the book 'Essentialism'. 

In this episode, we talk about:
 - The 'Busy' Bubble

 - Elon Musk's 'First Principles Thinking'

 - How we can be less 'busy' but more productive

 - How employees can apply the principles of Essentialism even if they're not the boss

 - And much more.

Check Greg out at https://gregmckeown.com/

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Essentialism - by Greg McKeown

'The Disciplined Pursuit of Less'

Why are people so 'busy'? Why do people feel like it's a badge of honour to have a calendar full of meetings? It's important that there is a MASSIVE difference between 'activity' and 'productivity' - just because someone tells you they're so busy, doesn't necessarily mean they're actually achieving anything. 

Centred around the German maxim weniger aber besser, 'less but better', Essentialism is all about finding what is truly essential and cutting away everything that is not. It's about doing less, but achieving more.

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We spoke to Dan Heath, one half of the Heath Brothers, who wrote two books we read and loved (Switch & The Power of Moments), as well as Made to Stick and Decisive which we are yet to read (but certainly will soon!). 

Aside from being a fan of our post-episode songs (one of the very few people who didn't skip the song), Dan drops some awesome stories that we didn't get to tell during our own recap of The Power of Moments. 

We love their books, we love them, and we can't wait to read whatever comes next!

Check them our at: www.heathbrothers.com 

The Power of Moments - by Chip & Dan Heath

'Why certain experiences have extraordinary impact'

Chip & Dan have done it again! We read and reviewed their book 'Switch' back in 2017 and it was phenomenal. Now, we've had a crack at their latest book 'The Power of Moments' and they're delivering the goods.

Have you ever wondered why some experiences stand out in your memory much more strongly that others? The Heath Brothers have cracked the code: Elevation, Insight, Pride, Connection.

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We spoke to Kevin Kelly, author of The Inevitable, to find out all of te thing that are coming in the next three decades. KK describes the '12 technological forces' that will shape our future, and we spent the first half of the interview talking about all things tech. Towards the second half of the interview, we transitioned to talking about the 'obligation' we have to do something great with our lives and how we can achieve more. A really interesting discussion with a really interesting guy - Tim Ferriss constantly refers to Kevin as the most interesting man in the world. 

Check out Kevin's blog: www.kk.org

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The Inevitable - by Kevin Kelly

'Understanding The 12 Forces That Will Shape Our Future'

This is the second time we're reading and reviewing 'The Inevitable', because we're super excited to be speaking with the great Kevin Kelly during the week. This book takes a lot at the next 30 years and what new technologies and other changes are coming our way. Kelly describes how these changes will affect the way we live and interact with the world. VR sex anyone?

Get prepared to take advantage of these changes by grabbing the book here: https://www.bookdepository.com/Inevitable-Kevin-Kelly/9780525428084/?a_aid=adamsbooks

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We headed to Dr Karl's place and had one of the most fascinating conversations of our lives. Probably the smartest and most curious dude we've ever met, Karl certainly taught us a thing or two. We covered:
 - the downside of Adam Jones quitting coffee

 - Life beyond Earth

 - Space Travel

 - Climate Change

 - And how to more broadly save the world.

Dr Karl is an absolute legend and is making science accessible and enjoying for everyone.

Check him out: http://drkarl.com/

Karl, The Universe and Everything - by Dr Karl Kruszelnicki

Doctor Karl is one of Australia's most recognisable faces and has been popularising science for decades. He's a TV personality, radio presenter, podcast host and author. This is his 43rd book (woah!). He dives into topics such as:

• Sexist Air-Conditioning
• Poo velocity
• Earworms
• Lightning and Power
• Solar Energy
• Marijuana
• and Life Beyond Earth

Check him out! http://drkarl.com/

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The Effective Executive - by Peter Drucker

'The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done'

A new favourite of ours. It was written in 1967, so the world is very different today, but the principles in this book still hold strong. Simple ideas presented in this book can have a substantial impact on your effectiveness, like focusing on results and contribution, managing your time before managing your tasks, and focusing on opportunities rather than problems. 

The 8 questions or practices of an Effective Executive:

1. ask, ‘What needs to be done?’
2. ask, ‘What is right for the enterprise?’
3. develop action plans
4. take responsibility for their decisions
5. take responsibility for communicating
6. focus on opportunities rather than problems
7. run productive meetings
8. think and say "we" rather than "I"

The 5 Habits of an Effective Executive:

1. Know where your time goes
2. Focus on outward contribution
3. Build on strengths
4. Concentrate on the few major areas where superior performance will produce outstanding results
5. Make effective decisions

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We got to speak to Dan Pink on the eve of the release of his brand new book, 'When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing'. 

We read and reviewed Dan's book Drive back in 2016 as one of our very first episodes, then more recently we did To Sell Is Human. We give a bit of a reminder of 'motivation 2.0' and 'motivation 3.0' from Drive, and then dive into the brand new stuff from his brand new book. We got a nice little teaser fron Dan, and now we can't wait to read and review When as well!

Links:

Dan Pink's brand new book is called 'When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing'. Check it out here: http://www.danpink.com/books/when/

Dan is hosting a new podcast called '1-3-20' - 1 author, 3 questions, 20 minutes. Check it out here: https://www.hubspot.com/one-three-twenty-podcast

To Sell Is Human - by Dan Pink

'The surprising truth about persuading, convincing and influencing others'

Dan Pink has done it again. We first reviewed 'Drive' back in 2016, and now we're reviewing his book about sales and 'non-sales selling'. Pink lays down the ABC of 'how to be' when selling: Atunement, Buoyancy, Clarity. Then, the three 'what to do' when selling: Pitch, Serve, Improvise. If you're in the 1 out of 9 people that have 'sales' directly in their job description, you can use these to improve your technique. And even if you're in the 8 out of 9 people that aren't specifically in sales, you are still in 'non-sales selling' and can use these to influence and persuade people when selling your ideas.

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We went to the BUF Girls office near Bondi Beach and spoke with Libby Babet. Following on from our previous episode about stoping smoking, we thought a few listeners (ourselves included) might have some New Years Resolutions around health and fitness, and Libby is just the person to offer some advice!

Libby received the life-changing diagnosis of malignant hypertension in her early 20s, but then used it as a platform and turned it into a life-long mission to inspire a new generation of happy, healthy, empowered, active people. 

Libby believes she was put on this planet to help people be happier, feel good about themselves and live a full life by creating a positive life culture they live and breathe. Health and fitness turned out to be the most impactful way for her to do that, so Libby set out on a mission to create some unique businesses.

Hello entertrainment crew the BUF Girls, Bondi based athletic group training studio AGOGA, as well as healthy food businesses Chief Bar and This Natural Life.

Libby is also an author and journalist dedicated to writing on topics that inspire women and shift the way the way they think about their health. Her new book, Totally BUF, has just been released and in 2018 she’s taking 200 female entrepreneurs and business leaders to a 5-day business and wellness retreat in Fiji with her new venture Nurture Her!

Links

https://bufgirls.com

https://agoga.com.au

https://eatlikeachief.com

https://thisnaturallife.com.au

https://bufgirls.com/totally-buf-book

https://nurtureher.com

The Easy Way to Stop Smoking - by Allen Carr

Most books and programs about quitting smoking focus on all of the negatives of continuing to smoke: the extreme health risks, the obscene financial cost, and so on. But the problem is - that doesn't work! Smokers already know the health risks, but that didn't make them stop. The other problem is it talks about 'giving up' smoking and you're always feeling like you're sacrificing something. 

Instead, Allen Carr speaks from the smokers side, as someone who smoked for 33 years and found it hard to quit. He eliminates any excuses a smoker will give for continue to smoke, and then highlights the benefits of 'escaping' from the slavery of the cigarette. 

Adam Jones's favourite and most impactful book. 

Or, grab a copy for yourself or someone you love here: https://www.bookdepository.com/Allen-Carrs-Easy-Way-Stop-Smoking-Allen-Carr/9781405923316/?a_aid=adamsbooks 

Adam Ashton and Adam Jones recap the best books, the best interviews and the best songs of the first half of Season 2 for 2017. Some of these are serious punches in the face and some and serious gold. You can find our respective Top 10 books below.

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10: Start With Why - by Simon Sinek

9: Purple Cow - by Seth Godin

8: The Lean Startup - by Eric Ries

7: Good to Great - by Jim Collins

6: Switch - by Chip & Dan Heath

5: The Millionaire Fastlane - by MJ de Marco

4: The Click Moment - by Frans Johansson

3: Predictably Irrational - by Dan Ariely

2: Influence - by Robert Cialdini

1: The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People - by Stephen Covey

Adam Jones:

10: Geting Things Done - by David Allen

9: Purple Cow - by Seth Godin

8: The Click Moment - by Frans Johansson

7: The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People - by Stephen Covey

6: Pale Blue Dot - by Carl Sagan

5: Daring Greatly - by Brene Brown

4: Lean Startup - by Eric Ries

3: The Start-up of You - by Reid Hoffman

2: Influence - by Robert Cialdini

1: The Millionaire Fastlane - by MJ de Marco

A More Beautiful Question - by Warren Berger

“The power of inquiry to spark breakthrough ideas”. 

It it is becoming easier and easier to find answers. We’re only one search away to finding almost anything we want to know, and with technology always improving and the introduction of AI and machine learning, the trend will continue. If we can get any answer we want, the only important thing becomes asking the right question.

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Daring Greatly - by Brene Brown

'How the courage to be vulnerable transforms the way we live, love, parent and lead'

This book is about having courage and being vulnerable. It is inspired by the below quote from a Theodore Rooseveldt speech, known as 'The Man in The Arena'. Our interpretation: don't be a little bitch, get out there and have a crack.

It is not the critic who counts;
not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles,
or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena,
whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood;
who strives valiantly; who errs,
who comes short again and again,
because there is no effort without error and shortcoming;
but who does actually strive to do the deeds;
who knows great enthusiasms,
the great devotions;
who spends himself in a worthy cause;
who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement,
and who at the worst,
if he fails,
at least fails while daring greatly,
so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.

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Dan Ariely. Absolute legend.

Author of 'Predictably Irrational', 'The Upside of Irrationality', 'The Honest Truth About Dishonesty' (which was made into a Netflix documentary called (Dis)Honesty: The Truth About Lies), 'Payoff' and his latest book, 'Dollars & Sense'.

We shared a few red wines, a kebab and a night at the ballet with Dan and talked about things like procrastination, hedonic adaptation, using relativity as a short cut for comparisons, how he got into behavioural economics, and so much more. Check it out!

Predictably Irrational - by Dan Ariely

'The hidden forces that shape our decisions'

Economists start with the assumption that all humans are fully informed, rational decision makers. They use this to form all of their economic theories and models. But, as Dan Ariely points out, we're NOT rational. In many cases, we're very IRRATIONAL: we make decisions that aren't in our own best interest. More than that, Dan recognised that we are irrational in very PREDICTABLE ways - we all make the same kinds of mistakes. He shows how we are influenced by things like comparisons, arousal, price, ownership and our own expectations. This is an absolutely phenomenal book with wide-ranging applications.

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Naomi Simson is the founder of RedBalloon, a 'shark' on Shark Tank Australia, Australia #1 LinkedIn profile with over 2.4m followers, and the author of the books 'Ready To Soar' and 'Live What You Love'.

In this episode, we talk about:

 - The skills you'll learn as a corporate employee

 - How employees, no matter their seniority, can contribute something meaningful to customers and to the organisation

 - The best approach to transitioning from employee to entrepreneur

 - Who SHOULDN'T try to become an entrepreneur

 - The importance of listening to your customers (but also knowing when to ignore them)

 - The difference between 'persistence' and 'pigheadedness'

 - The difference between 'this is not working' and 'this is not working YET'

 - The fine line between optimism and reality

 - 'Red Flags' and instant turn-offs for investors

 - The importance of constantly learning and reading, as well as some of Naomi's favourite books and authors

Ready To Soar - by Naomi Simson

'Turn your brilliants idea into a business you love'

Naomi Simson is the founder of Red Balloon, a 'shark' on Shark Tank Australia, and Australia's #1 LinkedIn profile with over 2.4 million followers. This book is all about getting started in business, with chapters such as 'the dream' 'the first steps', 'funding' and 'what you need to survive'. 

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Joel Bakan is the author of the books 'The Corporation' and 'Childhood Under Siege'.

The Corporation (the last book we read and reviewed) talks about how the structure of large companies essentially forces them to focus purely on profit and disregard any other obligations or responsibilities they may have to those around them. It was also a documentation (of the same title) and Joel is currently working on 'The Corporation 2' to be released in late-2018.

Childhood Under Siege talks about how big businesses target children and control their actions through marketing and advertising, as children haven't fully developed more rational, long-term thinking and planning yet.

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The Corporation - by Joel Bakan

'The Pathological Pursuit of Power and Profit'

This is another eye-opening book, where the author contends that the structure of companies forces them to be 'psychopaths' by definition: they have no regard for others, they externalise as many costs as they can, the take no responsibility, the feel no guilt or remorse, they lack empathy, the have asocial tendencies, they only relate to others superficially, and they manipulate everyone around them.

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We had the privilidge of speaking to the King of Productivity, David Allen, author of the cult classic 'Getting Things Done'. He advocates for being stoned - not by smoking weed, but by getting everything out of your head and maximising productivity so you can be present with whatever you are doing. We delve deeper into his system and talk about the futility of 'busyness'.

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Getting Things Done - by David Allen

'The Art of Stress-Free Productivity'

This book as highly regarded as the ultimate guide in efficiency. It is all about, as the title suggests, Getting Things Done. The books provides a full-on system that, once fully implemented, will mean nothing ever gets missed: Capture, Clarify, Organise, Reflect, Engage.

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Switch - by Chip & Dan Heath

'How to change things when change is hard'

This is a phenomenal book about creating change, any change at any level. They break it down into three elements:

1. Direct the Rider (make it crystal clear)

2. Motivate the Elephant (strong feelings, a NEED to change)

3. Shape the Path (Make it as easy as possible)

The rider can control the elephant for a very short period of short, but the elephant is big and strong and can overpower the rider at any point - that's why you need all three things to effectively maintain a change.

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Influence - by Robert Cialdini

'The Psychology of Persuasion'

An extremely well-respected book that breaks down some of the ways in which we are easily influenced. Cialdini highlights some of the triggers of our 'primitive automaticity' and shows us some ways in which we are being influenced without even realising it. By reading and understanding these concepts, we can choose to use them for good, for evil, or as defence - we can use these to help people, we can use these to influence people in a way that would help ourselves, or we can notice when they're being used on us and be prepared for them! The six elements are:
 - Reciprocity
 - Commitments and Consistency
 - Social Proof
 - Liking
 - Authority
 - Scarcity

Enjoy the ride!

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'Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career'

Reid Hoffman, the cofounder of LinkedIn, offers career advice in a way that views your career trajectory as a business or startup that you need to take control of. Concepts like 'ABZ planning', 'Almost Ready, Aim, Fire, Aim, Fire', 'Pivot as you learn', 'Assessing and Managing Risk' and 'Network Intelligence' were tools usually restricted to entrepreneurs and startups, but Reid shows us how we could (and should) apply these to accelerating our career progression.

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We spoke to John Perkins, the author of 'The New Confessions of an Economic Hitman'. Just like the book, it was a wild ride. We spoke about what is happening in the world right now and we got pretty deep and pretty real. There's a lot going on around us today and it's probably better to open our eyes a little than go through our day oblivious. 

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This book takes you on a wild ride into the world of 'Economic Hit Men' and how they riddle developing countries with so much crippling debt that they eventually succumb to the demands of the US and give up they power. We read about political leaders being assassinated or coming into 'unfortunate accidents' if they try to resist... 

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We got the opportunity to speak to Frans Johansson, the author of The Medici Effect and The Click Moment. 

We spoke about both of these books, and our discussion spanned uncertainty, purposeful bets, click moments, doubling down, innovation, and a whole lot more. Frans is an absolute weapon of a bloke and drops some serious gems of wisdom.

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The Click Moment by Frans Johansson

'Seizing Opportunity in an Unpredictable World'

This is a great business book. The world is random and there are forces out there that make success impossible to predict, so we need to be doing everything we can to harness randomness and use it to our advantage. The famed '10,000 hours rule' works in many cases, but it's essentially irrelevant in the business world. Instead, we need to focus on three things: click moments, placing purposeful bets, and allowing complex forces to work for us.

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'A look at 20 world views, faiths and religions'

We didn't really know anything about religion, so we decided to try and find out. This book gives a bit of an overview of the world's major religions and describes their beliefs. Unfortunately, the book isn't an unbiased account of the world as it's written by a devout Christian and thus is seen through the lens of a particular belief. Nevertheless, it gave some good insight into what people believe and why.

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Good to Great - by Jim Collins

'Why some companies make the leap... and why others don't'

'Good to Great' is highly regarded as one of the greatest business books and recommended by many of the authors we've interviewed. It's very well structured and analyses companies that went through a prolonged period of being just 'good', then went through a transition phase, then became 'great' and outperformed other businesses in their industry for more than 15 years. This book highlights 6 key factors, based around Disciplined People, Disciplined Thought, and Disciplined Action.

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Chris Guillebeau is the author of 'The $100 Startup', 'Born For This', 'The Happiness of Pursuit', 'The Art of Non-Comformity', and is about to release his brand new book 'Side Hustle'. He hosts the daily podcast 'Side Hustle School' which you can find wherever you're listening to this podcast. 

In this conversation, we talk about some of Chris's previous books and then dive into side hustles. We talk about why you should have one, how you get started, and what to do next.

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The $100 Startup - by Chris Guillebeau

'Fire your boss, do what you love and work better to live more'

This book gives insight into a whole bunch of businesses that started with very little capital, made a better-than-average income and required no specialised skills or knowledge. It provides a roadmap to how we can do it too.

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Our interview with Andy Molinsky, the author of 'Reach' and 'Global Dexterity'. 

We delve deeper into the ideas of getting outside your comfort zone as we discussed on our previous episode, our review of the best bits of Andy's book Reach. We also talk about Andy's experience of moving to a new country and adjusting to a new culture, as he details in hit book Global Dexterity. 

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Reach - by Andy Molinsky

'A new strategy to help you step outside your comfort zone, rise to the challenge, and build confidence'

A lot of magic seems to happen outside of our comfort zone. We all need to do things that we don't like doing, and we all need to be prepared to step up and grab opportunities when they are presented. But most people struggle to do things that test their limits. There are five challenges we face when stepping outside our comfort zone: authenticity, likeability, competence, resentment and morality. But there are three resources we can use to help us build confidence and rise to the challenge: conviction, customisation and clarity. 

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Finite and Infinite Games - by James P Carse

This book starts with some general definitions of the economics theory of finite and infinite games. Things like finite games having defined rules and players, precise start times, and the way to which a game ends and a winner is declared. Contrast that with the infinite games that are constantly evolving so that they never end. 

Honestly, by itself, the theory and definitions of game theory aren't that interesting. But James Carse takes these ideas and applied them to all different areas of life, from the ownership of property, to professional life, to nature, technology, and even sexuality. 

Enjoy.

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Steve Keen is an Australian-born, British-based economist and author. He looks at the world economy with a different set of metrics that include private debt levels, unlike the mainstream economists (who apparently are all idiots). He is not an optimist on the current state of the global financial economy. In the episode we cover why he thinks the Aussie property market is the biggest bubble in the history of bubbles and why the next financial crisis is going to be bigger than 2008. It isn't all doom and gloom however, Steve points out a few ways to protect yourself (hint: get out of debt!) and solutions the governments can adopt.

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Can We Avoid Another Financial Crisis - by Professor Steve Keen

Through a lot of research, specifically into the levels of private debt, Steve Keen has highlighted a number of countries that are on the brink of financial disaster. He explains why they are in trouble, how they have gotten to this position, and what options they have for trying to get out of the 'danger zone'.

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Start With Why - by Simon Sinek

'How great leaders inspire everyone to take action'

'Start With Why' is a great book about a massive mistake a lot of people are making. Simon Sinek's TED Talk, based on the principles in this book, is the third most viewed of all time. Essentially, he argues that people make a fundamental error when they try to sell based on WHAT they do. "People don't buy WHAT you do, they buy WHY you do it".

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We speak with the author of 'The Millionaire Fastlane' about his latest book 'Unscripted'. MJ tells us about the "scripts" that have been indoctrinated in all of us - things like lining up in rows at school and asking permission to go to the bathroom, working 5 days a week for a 2 day weekend, working for 50 years and hoping to save enough for retirement...

This may not be the most comfortable conversation if you realise that you're in the wrong lane, but it's definitely worth listening to if you realise that there may be a quicker route to financial freedom.

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The Millionaire Fastlane - by MJ DeMarco

"Crack the code to wealth and live rich for a lifetime"

This book might be a little uncomfortable to read but it's a serious punch in the face. This isn't for everyone, but if you've got a bit of a sense that the traditional path isn't leading to wealth and happiness, this might be the wakeup call you need. MJ distinguishes between the Sidewalk (sacrificing tomorrow by always spending more than you earn), the Slowlane (sacrificing today by living frugally and relying on time and hope and compound interest) and the Fastlane (taking control and leveraging time through entrepreneurship to get rick quick).

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'Become The Man Women Want'

Mate - by Tucker Max and Geoffrey Miller

Sorry ladies, this one is probably more for the blokes. Unlike the book we did 'The Game' which involved manipulation and mind games, this is more about becoming a good bloke that women are naturally attracted to. It's about improving yourself in all areas of your life, like your physical health, mental health, willpower and intelligence, and then indirectly signalling to women that you're an effective man that will be a good partner. The book goes through the 5-step plan to help you achieve your mating goals. 

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Think and Grow Rich - by Napoleon Hill

One of the best selling books of all time, this 1937 classic has stood the test of time. Whilst some of the specifics have changed, and some of the world views of the aren't so politically correct any more, the underlying principles are still applicable today.

This book covers '13 Principles', including thoughts, belief, desire, decision, persistence, specialised knowledge, organised planning, and fear.

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Purple Cow - by Seth Godin

'Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable'

We love Seth Godin so it's time to do another Seth book. The premise of the book is that the old way to build a business (making safe, average products and then marketing them by buying as much TV advertising you can afford) is no longer effective. Instead, we need to make remarkable products that customers will tell other people about. The idea is that a brown cow isn't worth telling someone about, but a purple cow... that's remarkable, that's worth talking about.

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We got the opportunity to speak with our absolute idol, Seth Godin. The author of so many amazing books that we've reviewed in the past, like The Dip, Tribes and Purple Cow, and plenty that we will review in the future, like Linchpin, The Icarus Deception, Poke The Box and What To Do When It's Your Turn.

Seth was an internet marketer and essentially invented commercial email. He built Yoyodyne and sold it to Yahoo for ~$30m and then built Squidoo. Now, he's a teacher and teaches by writing books, blogging every day and creating online courses.

In this conversation, we talk about freedom, dreams, fear, marketing, business and books. 

If you get in early enough, you can sign up to his newest online course at www.themarketingseminar.com. Otherwise, type 'seth' into google and you'll be able to find his daily blog and all of his books. You won't be disappointed. 

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The Lean Startup - by Eric Ries

'How constant innovation creates radically successful businesses'

If you've ever created your own business, or tried to, you will probably see in hindsight that you wasted a lot of resources, be that time, money, or energy and effort. 'The Lean Startup' is a different approach to building a business. In every idea, you have 'leap of faith' assumptions. Rather than assuming you're right, you should build a 'minimum viable product'. This MVP is the smallest and simplest thing you can make that replicates the features of your desired end product that will allow you to TEST your assumptions before committing to the project. If you're right, you 'persevere' and continue to build out your offering ad test the next phase. If you're wrong, you can 'pivot' and make changes before it's too late. 

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Our interview with the viral social media megastar JP Sears.

After years working as a private emotional healing coach, JP started making videos to promote himself and his services. But after 18 months of 'serious' videos, he started making some satirical and comedic videos. They blew up the internet. You might have seen his videos about taking good yoga instagram photos, competitive spirituality, essential oils, or 'if meat eaters acted like vegans'. He's had 100s of millions of views on his videos.

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The Power of Now - by Eckhart Tolle

'A guide to spiritual enlightenment'

We've tackled another spiritual book. It's all about the present moment. We are too often caught reliving the past or obsessing over the future that we neglect the Now. There are a lot of lessons to take from The Power of Now!

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This episode might be a little self indulgent due to a little bit of alcohol. But - it's our official 1 year anniversary!! Thanks for listening and reviewing and spreading the word. We love reading books and hope you're enjoying the show so far.

We're taking a short 1-month break, but we'll be back with a MASSIVE month of books. We're relaunching on July 1st with 'The 7 Habits off Highly Effective People', probably the greatest book of all time. In our month of July we'll be doing some of the best books of all time, including 'Think and Grow Rich', 'The Lean Startup', 'The Power of Now' and 'Start With Why'. 

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Unstoppable - by Bill Nye

'Harnessing Science to Change the World'

Bill Nye, The Science Guy, is back! After his hit TV show in the 1990s, Big Bad Bill has a new book. He also has a new series on Netflix - 'Bill Nye Saves The World'. In this book, Bill opens our eyes to the fact that climate change WILL affect everyone's life. The human race has always used science to fix the messes we've created, so now we need to use science to fix climate change. Bill presents a heap of different ideas. The ultimate aim is to inspire the New Generation and gives people ideas to experiment with.

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Our interview with Patti Sanchez, co-author of the book we reviewed this week, 'Illuminate: Ignite Change Through Speeches, Stories, Ceremonies and Symbols'.

Patti was good fun and it seems like everything she says is structure in a powerful story arc that is intriguing and captivating. Patti shows us how everyone can benefit from the tools and techniques highlighted in her book 'Illuminate' and how we can put them in to action in every day life.

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Illuminate - by Nancy Duarte & Patti Sanchez

'Ignite Change through Speeches, Stories, Ceremonies and Symbols'

A cool, well-structured, well designed book about creating change. The book is centred around the 'Innovation Life-Cycle' and the 'Venture Scape'. It takes us through the story of change through the stages: Dream, Leap, Fight, Climb, Arrive and Re-Dream. At each stage, you as the 'Torch Bearer' and the leader need to light the way for your travellers, using speeches, stories, ceremonies and symbols. 

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The Untethered Soul - by Michael A Singer

'The Journey Beyond Yourself'

Today, we're getting spiritual. This book talks about becoming free from limitations, soaring beyond your boundaries, finding inner peace and freedom, and learning to navigate your thoughts and emotions. We were perhaps a little out of our comfort zone on this one, but keep your heart open and don't close over on us - the path to unconditional happiness is here.

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Pamela Slim: Author of 'Escape from Cubicle Nation' and 'Body of Work'

Our previous episode summarised the biggest lessons from Pamela's book, Escape from Cubicle Nation, and today what got to speak with her to find out a little bit more of her journey and her advice for any 'corporate prisoners' who want to find their passion and escape.

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Escape from Cubicle Nation - by Pamela Slim

'From Corporate Prisoner to Thriving Entrepreneur'

The fancy titles and steady pay checks of a 'safe' corporate job aren't so safe anymore... And perhaps it doesn't make us that happy either. Pamela Slim's book presents ideas for becoming self-employed and how you can go about it, but also highlights a lot of the risks involved. 

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Stand and Deliver - by Dale Carnegie

'How to become a masterful communicator and public speaker'

Dale Carnegie, also the author of one of our favourite books How to Win Friends and Influence People, gives us a great toolkit to take and apply to our communication and public speaking. This book is based on his course, the same course that Warren Buffet referred to as the greatest investment he's ever made (and he's made some pretty good investments!).

Some of the things we cover:

 - what every listener really wants

 - overcoming stage fright

 - using humour effectively

 - story telling

 - making a positive first impression

 - the Magic Formula

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Our interview with Nora Gedgaudas, the author of the book we reviewed last week, 'Primal Body, Primal Mind'. Check out the episode for a bit of background on this conversation.

Nora is an expert on all things paleo and ketogenic. She certainly knows her stuff! We're by no means promoting the paleo diet, but it's worth hearing about so you can make your own judgements. 

We spoke with Nora for almost an hour. But, given our regular interview episodes are around 30-40 minutes long, we didn't want to break your trust and whack in an hour-long episode. So, this is an edited version, but you can check out the full conversation in video form with the three of us on screen on this YouTube video: https://youtu.be/vFNT8pdMRDY

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Today, what a lot of us tend to put in our bodies would hardly be recognized as food to our ancestors. Our modern diet has influenced our susceptability to diseases such as cancer, osteoporosis, metabolic syndrome, heart diseases and ADD - just to name a few.

'Primal Body, Primal Mind' shows us sustainable diet strategies to curb sugar cravings, promote fat burning and weight loss, reduce stress and anxiety, improve sleep and moods, increase energy and immunity, and enhance memory and brain function.

The paleo diet is based on our evolutionary biology into what we are today. 99.99% of our genes developed before agriculture. 'Primal Body, Primal Mind' combines your paleolithic needs with modern nutritional and medical research for complete mind - body wellness.

The paleo diet, which suggests a high proportion of animal fats is controviersal to many people - but if you want to learn what the diet can do for you then this book is for you!

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Our interview with Stephen Guise, author of 'Mini Habits' and 'How to Be an Imperfectionist'.

Following on from our last episode, where we shared the best bits from the book 'Mini Habits', we spoke with author Stephen Guise. Stephen told us about the day of the 'Golden Pushup', the day in December 2012 when he accidentally discovered the power of 'mini habits'. He'd decided that he wanted to work out more, so he wanted to do a 30-minute session, but it was just too daunting and he couldn't work up the willpower or motivation to start. So instead, he decided to start with something so easy he couldn't NOT do it: one pushup.

In this conversation, we discuss the power of Mini Habits, and we get into Stephen's more recent book 'How to Be an Imperfectionist'. He also explains the brain joke from his book (but we still don't get it...)

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Mini Habits - by Stephen Guise

'Smaller Habits, Bigger Results'

Studies have shown that over 45% of our behaviours is dictated by our habits. This is because it's far easier and consumes far less energy to do the things we're used to, rather than trying to weigh up different options and make decisions. This book provides an extremely compelling argument for starting 'stupid small' habits that are too easy NOT to do until they become ingrained your your everyday way of life. 

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Rework - by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson

'Change the way that you work forever'

Rework is a collection of short chapters that will challenge the way you approach work and business. The authors tackle the conventional wisdom. Just because that's they way things have always been done doesn't mean that's the best way to do it. This book gives you a glimpse into a different way of thinking.

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Our interview with Scott Pape, better known as 'The Barefoot Investor'

In our previous episode, we gave a summary of Scott's new book, 'The Barefoot Investor' and how you can apply his simple strategies to better control your personal finances. The book has been at #1 on the Australian charts for over 12 weeks now and has sold over 150,000 copies. 

In this episode, we find out a little more about:

 - How Scott became Barefoot

 - The lies and tricks of dodgy financial institutions

 - How ticking the wrong box can cost you around $250,000

 - Scott's views on the property market and buying a house

 - The benefits of achieving control over your finances

And much more!

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The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem - by Nathaniel Branden

'The Definitive Work on Self-Esteem by the Leading Pioneer in the Field'

I: The Practice of Living Consciously
II: The Practice of Self Acceptance
III: The Practice of Self Responsibility
IV: The Practice of Self Assertiveness
V: The Practice of Living Purposefully
VI: The Practice of Personal Integrity

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Man's Search For Meaning - by Victor E Frankl

We find ourselves in middle of World War II. Frankl had been captured by the Germans and is in a concentration camp. "Every man was controlled by one thought only: to keep himself alive for the family waiting for him at home". This is a dark book and highlights the atrocities of the time, but also shows us that terrible things happen when we lose a sense of meaning in our lives. 

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Our interview with Janine Allis

Janine Allis co-founded Boost Juice in the year 2000. In 2004 she was awarded Australian Businesswoman of the Year. Today, Boost Juice has 500 stores in 17 countries employing 7,000 staff and has made over $2 billion in sales. Janine is also one of the 'sharks' on the Australian version of Shark Tank.

In this conversation, we discuss:

 - Life is a journey

 - Selling your house and quitting your job to chase your dream

 - Two types of people: VERBs and SOARs (hint: you want to be a SOAR)

 - How she was a 'dormant' entrepreneur and didn't really discover that entrepreneurial spirit until her 30s

- The new season of Shark Tank Australia, starting in May 2017

We hope you enjoy Janine as much as we did!

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The Accidental Entrepreneur - by Janine Allis

Janine Allis is the co-founder of Boost Juice, which grew from her kitchen table to 500 stores and $2b in sales across the world. But Janine wasn't always destined to be an entrepreneur. She tells 'The Juicy Bits' in this warts-and-all book about her journey to success. When Janine was in the twenties, all she wanted to do was travel; she left on a six month trip and came back seven years later with a two year old child. 

We learn that Janine didn't really even think about running her own business until she was thirty. Boost Juice was founded when she was in her mid-thirties, and she was awarded Australian Business Woman of the Year in 2004 when she was 39. Janine is one of the five 'Sharks' on the Australian version of Shark Tank.

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Our interview of Dr Rick Brinkman, author of the book we read last week, 'Dealing With People You Can't Stand'. He has written five books in total, with his sixth coming out in May 2017. You can grab a FREE COPY of his book and the audiobook for 'Dealing With Relatives' at the special site Dr Rick created for you, http://www.rickbrinkman.com/whatyouwilllearn/

In this discussion, Dr Rick took us through a great description of his creation, the "Lens of Understanding". You can see the image for yourself on our website or see a full description here. The 'Lens' combines two spectrums, three zones, four behaviours and thirteen different personality types on one simple diagram.

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Dealing with People You Can't Stand - by Dr Rick Brinkman

'How to Bring Out the Best in People at Their Worst'

This is a phenomenal book. Top 10 in our eyes. EVERYONE has someone in their life that they can't stand (and there's plenty of people that can't stand you either). The two Dr Ricks provide some great tactics for dealing with all different personality types.

The 'Lens of Understanding' itself is worth the money and time invested into reading this book. It combines two spectrums (task/people focus and passive/aggressive assertiveness levels), three zones (cooperation, caution and danger zones), four behaviours (get it done, get it right, get along, get appreciated), four intents (control, perfection, approval, attention), and thirteen different personality types (tanks, snipers, grenades, know-it-alls, think-they-know-it-alls, yes people, maybe people, nothing people, no people, whiners, judges, meddlers and martyrs), all in one simple diagram! Absolutely amazing.

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A Guide To The Good Life - by William B Irvine

"The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy"

This book is a really good, simple, easy-to-understand summary of all of the not-so-easy-to-understand Stoic texts. It gives you a good break down of the philosophy of stoicism. Some of our favourite principles and techniques included negative visualisation, the trichotomy of control and self denial, and how you apply those to aspects of your life, such as your social relationships, insults, grief, and your personal values.

Well worth the read if you're looking for a new operating system or a new way to look at life.

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Our interview with Amy Morin, the author of the book '13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do'.

When Amy was 23 years old, she went to a basketball game with her mother. Within twenty-four hours, her happy, healthy, vibrant mother died suddenly of a brain aneurysm. After years of sorrow and grief, on the third anniversary of her mother's passing, she took her new husband to the same basketball stadium to remember her mother. When they got home, Lincoln complained of back pain. Within minutes, he collapsed and had a heart attack. An ambulance took him to hospital, but Lincoln was already gone. 

Amy learned that "time doesn't heal anything". Things don't magically get better if we wait long enough; it's about how we choose to deal with the grief. 

Years later, not long after she'd eventually remarried, he new father-in-law was diagnosed with terminal cancer. That is when Amy wrote a little blog post listing the '13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do'. The post went viral and she later fleshed out her list into a book with practical steps to avoid these 13 Things and improve our mental strength. 

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13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do - by Amy Morin

'Take back power, embrace change, face your fears & train your brain for happiness & success'

This book initially started as a blog post that went viral. Now, Amy Morin has fleshed out this list with stories, checklists, and practical strategies that everyone can use to assess their lives and improve their mental strength. It's a very tactical and actionable book that goes through things like control, worry, risks, success, failure, alone time, people pleasing, and power. 

This episode is our summary of the 13 Things, and the next episode will be our conversation with the author, Amy Morin.

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Epic Measures - by Jeremy N Smith

'One Doctor. Seven Billion Patients.'

Epic Measures is the true story of the largest study of human health ever undertaken. It's crazy to learn that before this study, no one actually knew what was killing people or how many people were affected by each disease. By determining what is killing people, we can begin to identify our biggest risks, and work out what is making us sick and how we can improve it. 

In this episode, we spoke with Jemery Smith, the author of Epic Measures. He told us how this decades-long project can help all seven billion of us live longer and better lives.

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Our interview with Timber Hawkeye, author of Buddhist Boot Camp and Faithfully Religionless.

Timber was working at a law firm in corporate America, but eventually realised that it wasn't a life he wanted to live. He decided to work part time so that he could live full time. He sold all of his material possessions and even lived in a monastery, and now he's sharing the lessons he learned with the rest of the world. Everyone can apply these Buddhist principles to enhance their life, regardless of their religion (or lack thereof).

Timber's mission is to awaken, enlighten, enrich and inspire. In this episode, we discuss pain and suffering, blaming others, letting go, choosing good over not-so-good, finding excuses, going on a media diet, and his support of the Prison Library Project.

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Buddhist Boot Camp - by Timber Hawkeye

This is a great little book. Timber was working in corporate America, until one day he realised it wasn't the life he was meant to be living. He decided to work part time in order to live full time. He sold all of his material possessions, reduced his expenses as much as possible, and moved to Hawaii. This book is the collection of emails he sent back to his family and friends, and it provides a great insight into some of the ideas and practices of Buddhism. We can all take these lessons and apply them to our everyday lives, whether we classify ourselves as 'Buddhist' or not.

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Choose Yourself - by James Altucher

"Be Happy, Make Millions, Live The Dream"

The world has changed. Full time work is paying less and less, we're starting to see more part time and temporary work arrangements, inflation keeps going up, retirement will soon be dead... It's time to Choose Yourself. No one else is going to do it for you. 

James talks about his daily practice to improve his physical health, emotional health, mental health and spiritual health. This book also talks a lot about the need to choose yourself and become an entrepreneur. This is a solid book for anyone who is an employee stuck in the 'prison' (his words) but wants to look out into the garden and see that there is more to life.

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"The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists" - by Neil Strauss

Neil Strauss had only ever had one girlfriend and slept with six girls. He rated himself physically as a 5/10 at best. He thought that some guys had it, and some guys just didn't. Until he stumbled across the underground sub-culture of Pickup Artists. He learned the techniques, grew in confidence, and got to the point where he could seduce just about any girl that he wanted.

This was a really interesting book. It's hard to believe in some parts, but it's real. Some techniques may be seen as evil. Most girls will say it doesn't work on them. Don't view this as a bible, but as an interesting insight into another world. All skills are learnable and confidence is the key. This book is a weapon, both physical and emotionally. It's a thick 550 pages and harnessing these techniques will give you a lot of power.

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We thought we'd take the time to reflect on the year and remind ourselves of our favourite bits from our favourite books. In June this year, we started our podcast 'What You Will Learn' where we talk about the best bits from the best books. We read a book each week and discussed our favourite parts and the biggest lessons. It initially began as a way for us to read more books and extract more learnings from each book. Then, people started listening and it got a little more exciting! 

In this episode, we look back at  our top lesson from each book, as well as a bit more discussion on our Top 5 favourite books we read in 2016. 

We sincerely thank you for listening to our podcast and we hope it's helping you in some way. Initially we didn't think anyone would listen, but it was a good way for us to keep ourselves accountable, read more and get more out of each book. Hopefully the podcast has helped you learn a few things too. 

If you have any books to recommend us to read in 2017, shoot us a message at www.facebook.com/whatyouwilllearn or send us an email to podcast@whatyouwilllearn.com - we'd love to hear from you. P.S: This is the photo that inspired the cartoon artwork.

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Who Moved My Cheese? - by Dr Spencer Johnson

'An A-maze-ing way to deal with change in your work and your life'

This book was awarded Amazon's best selling book of all time and has sold over 26 million copies worldwide. It's a parable about two mice and two people searching for Cheese in a Maze. 'Cheese' represents the things we want in life and the things that make us happy, and the 'Maze' is when we're trying to find exactly what it is that we want. The book is a little cheesy (excuse the pun), but the messages are widely applicable. Everyone faces change, be that in their job, their relationships, their health or their financial situation, so everyone needs to be prepared to accept change, expect change, take control and move on.

It's a very short and simple book, definitely worth the read. 

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Matthew Michalewicz is the author of one of our favourite books, Life in Half A Second.

The book lays out the 5 steps to achieve success before it's too late: Clarity, Desire, Belief, Knowledge and Action. Matthew has shared some freebies with us: the first two chapters of his book are available here, and he has a free video series outlining the 5 steps at www.lifeinhalfasecond.com/challenge

Matthew started his first business when he was 18. He became a certified Personal Trainer as a way to make money to pay for his college tuition. Since then, he's gone on to build and sell three businesses. Most recently, he sold SolveIT Software for 8 figures. He's currently building his newest company, Complexica, which harnesses Big Data and Artificial Intelligence to improve the effectiveness of salespeople. He hopes to one day float this company on the stock exchange.

This was an incredible conversation. Matthew talked about his path to success and some of his life's journey so far, as well as some of his favourite books and the best investment he ever made. 

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Life in Half A Second - by Matthew Michalewicz

'How to achieve success before it's too late'

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Planet Earth is over 4.5 billion years old. Homo Sapiens are 200,000 years old. If we scaled down the existence of Planet Earth to 1 year, homo sapiens have been around for all of 23 minutes. On that timeline, our life only makes up Half A Second. Time seems unlimited when we're young, but when we reach adulthood we realise that we spend most of our lives doing things we think we 'have to' rather than the things we really 'want to'. Matthew lays out a 5 step plan to achieve success: Clarity, Desire, Belief, Knowledge and Action. These are the 5 ingredients we need in order to start achieving more success in our short lives.

“The tragedy of life isn’t that we only have half a second. The tragedy is that we waste it.”

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"Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us" - by Seth Godin

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The first author to get a second episode on the What You Will Learn podcast, and there's no one more deserving than Seth Godin. 'Tribes' is a completely different way of looking at leadership. It's about finding or creating tribes to lead rather than employees to manage. Seth shows us that tribes are everywhere; inside and outside of organisations, in public and private institutions, in non-profits, in classrooms, in culture, and all over the planet. There is no amount of experience or qualifications or specific demographics or skills you need to become a leader - you just need to choose to become a leader. 

This isn't a 'how-to' book with step-by-step instructions for leadership. Instead, Seth does everything he can to convince us that we need to decide to take on the responsibility of leading a tribe. Read this book. You'll be convinced.

"Without leaders, there are no followers.

You're a leader.

We need you."

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"The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Business Don't Work and What To Do About It" - by Michael E. Gerber

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Referred to as 'The World's #1 Small Business Guru', Michael Gerber takes us through the 'Entrepreneurial Myth', or 'E Myth'. He says it's a myth that most people who start small business are entrepreneurs, and in fact they are just really good employees that get fed up and decide to go out on their own. He calls this moment the 'entrepreneurial seizure'. It's a fatal assumption that an individual that understands the technical work of a business can successfully run a business that does that technical work. 

Michael shows us that all business owners are built up of three different personalities: the Technician, the Manager and the Entrepreneur. It's important to understand these three roles and how to balance them effectively to run a successful small business. Michael also runs us through his 7-step Business Development Process and shows us how to properly set up and grow a business. 

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The Way of the Superior Man: A Spiritual Guide to Mastering the Challenges of Women, Work and Sexual Desire - by David Deida

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This was certainly an interesting read. The contention of the book is that everyone is made up of both masculine and feminine qualities, but most of us lean towards one more than the other. This is a book for the 'masculine' person, be that male or female, gay or straight. It takes us through how to become a 'superior man' and how the masculine should act and guide their more feminine partner. We don't agree with everything, but there's a lot of truth in this book - sometimes some uncomfortable truths.

Our favourite chapter was Chapter 46: "Ejaculate up the Spine". Let your imagination run wild with that one, then listen to find out what the author actually meant...

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"The Art of Happiness" - by HH Dalia Lama XIV & Howard C Cutler

'A Handbook for Living'

According to Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, the purpose of life is happiness. Everything we do in life should be a move towards happiness. This book delves into a lot of different areas, from personal relationships to suffering to intimacy to meditating and training your mind for happiness. Whilst some of these lessons come from the Buddhist faith, you don't have to become a Buddhist to practice compassion and happiness. Whilst it is impossible to go through life without experiencing loss and suffering, it is up to us to control how we react to situations and how we transform suffering into happiness.

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"You have the power to change stuff"

Three 19 year old kids dreamt big. They realised that 1 billion were living in poverty and decided to do something about it. It's only the beginning of their mission, it's only 'chapter one', but they are on their way to changing the world.

Thankyou Water took on the big corporates like Coca Cola and worked their way into big retailers like 7/11, Coles and Woolworths. The beauty is that 100% of all profits go to causes like providing fresh drinking water for developing countries. 

Have a read, buy a bottle of Thankyou Water while you're thinking of what you can do, then go out and change the world.

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Trump: The Art of the Deal

Donald Trump is a pretty topical character right now, so this week we've reviewed his book from 1987. We loved the insight into a life in the week of Donald Trump, and love, love, loved the 'Elements of the Deal' chapter. There's no denying it - Trump is a serious deal maker and has achieved some serious success in his life. His 'Trump Cards' can be applied to any negotiation and even have broader applications to life more generally. 

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"Human Beings and the Natural World are on a collision course"

With rapid, exponential growth and delays in our responses, we may overshoot the Earth's limits. There are limits in the world's sources of production and sinks for pollution, so we need to be vigilant in monitoring our growth and react quickly and efficiently if we go beyond our limits. If we overshoot too far or for too long, the world as we know it faces a near-certain collapse. 

Adam Jones rates this in the top 5 books he's ever read. We skip some of the specifics and talk about the overarching theories. We also talk about what governments and organisations need to do to transition to sustainability, but also the 11 things you can do to save the planet.

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"An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance"

Josh Waitzkin was World Champion in Chess and then became a World Champion in Thai Chi push hands competition. A super interesting life journey and this book is ultimately his autobiography. We were expecting a little more 'how to' tips for learning, but there were a few gems hidden within the anecdotes that we've extracted to share with you.

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"Understanding the 12 technological forces that will shape our future"

The last 30 years have served as a good platform, but the next 30 years is where shit gets real. Today, in 2016, we are in the best possible time to start something or invent something. The opportunities open to us now are enormous, and most of us don't even realise it. Kevin Kelly outlines the 12 biggest ways that the world is going to change and he gives us an insight into what the world of 2050 will look like. If you can position yourself to make the most of and leverage off these changes, you're going to do very very well for yourself over the next three decades.

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"The surprising truth about what motivates us"

Human were initially motivated biologically by hunger, thirst and sex.

Next, we realised we can influence people by rewarding the behaviours we want more of and punishing the behaviours we want less of. This 'carrot and stick' mentality is what Dan Pink calls 'Motivation 2.0' and it worked for a while throughout the industrial age, but it's becoming less and less effective.

What science is now realising is that we are driven more by 'Intrinsic motivation' than the 'Extrinsic motivation' of Motivation 2.0. To get the best results from humans today, we need a sense of Autonomy, Mastery and Purpose in the jobs we do.

Great read for anyone who is an employee that wants to know why they hate some jobs and love others, and good for an employer so that they can learn how to have happier, more fulfilled, more productive workers.

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Tony Robbins - Unleash the Power Within

This was a 4 day, 50 hour immersion. Words seriously can't describe this live event. We did a whole bunch of crazy things and learnt so much. Things we talk about include the 6 humans needs, the 3 elements for lasting change, the 7 areas of constant growth for an extraordinary life, some major life decisions we made and of course, how we walked on fire. 

We're thinking of going again - let us know if you're interested in joining us!

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"The proven way to beat the 'Pros' and take control of your financial future"

It's a cheeky book title that definitely grabbed our attention. In essence, the author has renamed Active investing as "Hyperactive investing" which sounds pretty bad, and renamed Passive investing as "Smart investing". Passive makes it sound like you have no control or influence over the outcome, but Smart makes it feel right. The book goes through heaps and heaps of reasons as to why Smart investing is the way to go, and you really can't argue with these statistics.

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"Why NOW is the time to cash in on your passion"

For the first time, we disagreed on this one. Ashton loved it, Jones hated it. 

This book is all about building your personal brand, building an audience and a community by pumping out content about things you love to talk about. By putting out videos, podcasts and blog posts, you can eventually build enough of an audience that you can monetise. You can then make money through advertising, books and TV deals, speaking engagements, consulting, retail, affiliate deals, so so much more!

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Elon Musk - by Ashlee Vance

'How the billionaire CEO of SpaceX and Tesla is shaping our future'

What a character. After creating Zip2 and selling it for around $20m, he pumped that all into X.com which became PayPal. After selling that to eBay, he received about $180m after tax. He pumped ALL of that into creating three new companies; SpaceX, Tesla and Solar City. After being literally hours from complete bankruptcy, each company has made Musk a billionaire. Three companies that have each cleared over a billion dollars... Amazing. 

The book is some good insights into how the companies were formed, but also give a good insight into the man that is Elon Musk. Hoping a movie/documentary version comes out soon!

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We follow a young Spanish shepherd on his journey to achieving his Personal Legend. We all have our own Personal Legend, but most of us give up or stop following the omens. Subtitled "A fable about following your dream", this parable has many life lessons subtly weaved in if you look a bit closer. We talk about omens versus coincidences, experiencing life, fear of failure, taking action, taking control over your destiny and life's deserts.

The Alchemist has now sold 65 million copies worldwide! Definitely worth the read.

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"The Compound Effect is the principle of reaping huge rewards from a series of small, smart choices". It's not the big things that set us apart, it's the tiny choices that we make repeatedly and consistently over decades that make radical differences. Darren Hardy steps us through his process of Choices, Habits, Momentum, Influences and Acceleration to help us make small, regular, positive changes to our lives.

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Learn how to best manage your personal finances through parables form ancient Bablyonian times. The lessons aren't new, but it's perfectly packaged. Make sure you save no less than one tenth of all that you earn!

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Belief is the precursor to action. If you have true belief in yourself and conquer your fears, you will start achieving success. Also, the size of your success depends on the magnitude of your thinking. Think big, act big, achieve big.

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"40 lessons for a new type of entrepreneur"

Anything You Want is a great read. It’s quick, simple, and to the point. Subtitled “40 lessons for a new kind of entrepreneur”, the book consists of 40 different one or two page anecdotes with a clear purpose or takeaway. This book could easily be padded out to 300+ pages with anecdotes and studies and facts and figures, but we really appreciate the fact that it’s simple and straight to the point. Derek uses just the right amount of personal story to set the scene, then delivers his key message in a concise sentence or two at the bottom of the page. He talks about a different way of thinking about business. I’ve always thought that every company should be trying to become as big as they can, make as much money as they can, and basically try to take over the world. But this is a story of a company that wanted to stay small and DIDN’T want to grow. Well worth the read – it’ll seriously only take you an hour or so to get through. I’m a pretty slow reader and even I could read it in one sitting.

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