What You Will Learn

Do The Work - by Steven PressfieldThis book (and this podcast episode) is designed to coach you through a project from conception to finished product. Be that a book, a ballet, a new business venture, a philanthropic enterprise, we’re going to see it from the perspective of The Resistance (that evil counterproductive force that Pressfield made famous in his other books that we’ve previously covered on the podcast, The War of Art and Turning Pro).We'll hit every predictable Resistance Point along the way. Those junctures where fear, self-sabotage, procrastination, self-doubt, and all those other demons we're all so familiar with can be counted upon to strike. Where butts need to be kicked, we'll kick them. Where kinder, gentler methods are called for, we'll get out the kid gloves.Strap in for the ride, then get started on your project. Do The Work!  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

‘I like to think that if I lost all my money and you dropped me on a random street in any English speaking country, I'd be wealthy again within 5-10 years. Because it's just a skill I've developed and anyone can develop.’ — Naval Ravikant Naval Ravikant is an entrepreneur, philosopher, and investor who has captivated the world with his principles for building wealth and creating long-term happiness.Inspired by his experience throughout the last decade, Naval Ravikant shares his principles for getting rich in this book. The Almanack of Naval Ravikant will teach you how to get rich without getting lucky. Making money isn’t just a mandatory task to survive, but it is a skill that you learn. Getting rich is about knowing what to do, who to do it with, and when to do it.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Mo Gawdat is the author of the book Solve For Happy, plus the brand new book Scary Smart. His first book, Solve For Happy, was all about an engineering applying a logical, mathematical lens to finding happiness. After an enormously successful career at IBM, Microsoft and Google, he looked in the mirror and realised that he wasn’t happy. A personal tragedy led to him looking for an equation for happiness.His next book, Scary Smart, talks about the rise of Artificial Intelligence. It looks into what is coming in the not-too-distant future, and what it may mean for we humans. Find out more about Mo and his books here: https://www.mogawdat.com/   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Karma is the natural basis of all existence. Karma is about becoming the source of one's own creation. It makes each one of us squarely responsible for our own destinies and above all, the nature of our experience in life. It doesn't allow us to blame our parents, teachers, our countries, our politicians, our gods, or our fates.Are you ready to hear about a dimension that is so empowering that it tells you that you’re fully capable of taking the reins of your life into your own hands?If you are willing to find out how the mechanism works, this book is the key. Once you are at the wheel, your experience of the ride will never be the same again. It is important to remember that karma isn’t a doctrine.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Your Music and People is a philosophy of building recognisable work by being creative, considerate, resourceful and connected. Derived from his experience as a founder of CD Baby, an online distributor of digital music, Derek Sivers shares the guideline to build your career as an artist from a business perspective. Even though the context of Your Music and People mainly focuses on the music industry, this book is beneficial for anyone who looks to start their career.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Kara Goldin is the founder and CEO of Hint Water. She used to drink 10 cans of diet soda a day, and found herself 45 pounds overweight with terrible acne and no energy. Making one change in her diet - swapping diet soda for flavoured water - she was able to turn her health. Then, after some experiments at her kitchen table, she "accidentally" founded a 9-figure brand.In this episode, we speak about creating opportunities in your career (not finding opportunities, but creating them), we speak about the transition from employee to entrepreneur, and of course we discuss book recommendations at the end.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Drama of the Gifted Child explores how repressed emotions from our childhood can impact our mental wellbeing in the future.We can’t change our past, but we can change ourselves. We can gain our lost integrity by looking more closely at the knowledge inside our bodies and bringing them closer to our awareness. Most people continue to live in their repressed childhood situation, fearing and avoiding dangers that haven’t been real for a long time.The term 'Gifted Child' refers to children who are able to survive a difficult childhood. And in this book, Alice Miller helps those children to reclaim their lives by discovering their own truth and needs.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Dan Ariely found that not only are we IRRATIONAL (pick the wrong things that don't give us maximum benefit), we're also PREDICTABLY irrational (we make the same mistakes for the same reasons all the time).The Upside of Irrationality looks at how these irrationalities impact us at home and at work.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Success and failures in life are often determined by our ability to manage conflicts. When conflict arises, what is your response? If we aren’t dealing with conflict rationally, it could very well make the situation worse. When you are forced to fight, you can aim for the ‘Strategic Warrior’ ideal. Consider your long-term goals, and then choose your fights wisely. This is for those who want to solve their issues through intelligent maneuvers—thinking of the long term goals and deciding which fights to avoid and which are inevitable. In part 3 of this 3 part series, we look at the strategies:Strategy 33 Fact and FictionStrategy 25 occupy the moral high groundStrategy 30 Communication strategiesThe 6 fundamental ideals for turning yourself into a strategic warrior  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Success and failures in life are often determined by our ability to manage conflicts. When conflict arises, what is your response? If we aren’t dealing with conflict rationally, it could very well make the situation worse. When you are forced to fight, you can aim for the ‘Strategic Warrior’ ideal. Consider your long-term goals, and then choose your fights wisely. This is for those who want to solve their issues through intelligent maneuvers—thinking of the long term goals and deciding which fights to avoid and which are inevitable. In part 2 of this 3 part series, we look at the strategies:Pick your battles carefullyCreate a threatening presenceLose the battle, win the warKnow your enemy, the intelligence strategyManoeuvre them into weaknessKnow your enemy  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Success and failures in life are often determined by our ability to manage conflicts. When conflict arises, what is your response? If we aren’t dealing with conflict rationally, it could very well make the situation worse. When you are forced to fight, you can aim for the ‘Strategic Warrior’ ideal. Consider your long-term goals, and then choose your fights wisely. This is for those who want to solve their issues through intelligent maneuvers—thinking of the long term goals and deciding which fights to avoid and which are inevitable. In Part 1 of this 3 part series, we look at the strategies:Declare warDo not fight the last warThe death ground strategyThe command and control strategyMorale strategies  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

There are two numbers you need to know about climate change:The first is 51 billion and the second is 0. 51 billion is how many tons of greenhouse gases the world typically adds into the atmosphere every year. Although the figure goes up or down year to year, this is where we are today. Zero, is what we need to aim for. To stop warming and avoid the worst effects of climate change. It sounds difficult, because it will be. The world has never done anything quite as big. Every country will need to change how they engage in every activity in modern life – because growing things, industry activities, travelling around places involve greenhouse gases release.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Think Again by Adam Grant - The Power of Knowing What You Don't KnowThis book is an invitation to let go of knowledge and opinions that are no longer serving you well and to anchor your sense of self in flexibility rather than consistency. If you can master the art of rethinking, you'll be better positioned for success at work and happiness in life.Thinking again can help you generate new solutions to old problems and revisit old solutions to new problems. It’s a path to learning more from the people around you and living with fewer regrets.A hallmark of wisdom is knowing when it's time to abandon some of your most treasured tools and some of the most cherished parts of your identity .  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is the self-told story of a middle-aged man and his son, Chris, who go on a motorcycling trip accompanied by an adult couple. The man describes what it is like to hear the wind moving across the plains, to see birds rise up from marshes next to the road, to ride through a ferocious storm, and to breath the fresh air of a mountain above the tree line. The author shows us that we won't live a great life by pursuing the answers through the rational mind only. If we can find a way to accept the abstract art, hippies and out-there thinkers, the world can be saved from the dullness of its mental structures. Paradoxically, accepting the unreasonable could be the lifeblood to our culture that is based on reason.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell is about understanding the notion of virality.What exactly triggers the emergence of fashion trends, the ebb and flow of crime waves, or the phenomena of “word of mouth”? Gladwell suggests that the best way to understand any of these is to think of them as epidemics. Ideas, products, messages and behaviours spread just like viruses do. The tipping point is that one dramatic moment in an epidemic where everything can change all at once.The point of all of this is to answer two simple questions that might help us accomplish success in our lives.Why is it that some ideas start epidemics and others don't?What can we do to deliberately start and control positive epidemics of our own?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In 1998, when Oprah was doing an interview for the movie Beloved, a film critic from the Chicago Sun Times asked her a question, “Tell me… What do you know for sure?”It was such an expected and powerful question that she was at loss for words. But it prompted Oprah to spend months, years, and decades thinking about the possible answers. “What do I know for sure?” became a central question in her life, and she’s explored that question in her monthly column for 14 years.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We had the honour of speaking with Daniel Kahneman, author of 'Thinking, Fast and Slow' and 'Noise'.Danny Kahneman won with 2002 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for "having integrated insights from psychological research into economic science, especially concerning human judgment and decision-making under uncertainty”.His first book, 'Thinking, Fast And Slow', showed us two modes of thinking: System 1 ("fast", intuitive, non-cognitively demanding thinking), and System 2 ("slow", laborious, effortful thinking). It introduced us to many different biases and heuristics, mental shortcuts, that impede our judgement.His new book, 'Noise', which he co-authored with Cass Sunstein and Olivier Sibony, we were introduced to another flaw in human judgement: Noise.Biases are the consistent mistakes we make, Noise is the random errors. Both lead to errors in judgment and flaws in thinking.In this episode, we discuss how we can all think better  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this book, Kahneman, Sibony, and Sunstein break down the concept of noise in human judgement and how it impacts our society.Medicine is noisy. Faced with the same patient, different doctors make different judgments about the diagnosis. Forecasts are noisy. Professional forecasters offer highly variable predictions. Whether it's about the popularity of a new product, the change in the unemployment rate, the likelihood of bankruptcy of a particular company, or the results of the next election. Asylum decisions are noisy. Whether an asylum seeker will be admitted to the United States is like a lottery of which judge you get – some judges granted 5% of cases while others granted 88% of cases. Wherever you look at human judgements, you are likely to find noises. In real-world decisions, the amount of noise is often scandalously high. So, to improve the quality of our judgments, we need to not only overcome bias but also overcome noise.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-ou

Man's Search For Meaning - by Victor E FranklWe 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.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today we're launching our audiobook: The Sh*t They Never Taught You.For a limited time, you can get 50% OFF! Use the code LAUNCH at checkout to buy the audiobook for half price: https://mysoundwise.com/soundcasts/1623277740633sThis episode is a free chapter - the introduction to the audiobook.Buy from the above link, or head to the landing page at theshittheynevertaughtyou.com  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.