Blog Category: Book Recommendation

Ep. 269 – Sir Richard Branson: How He Found a Gap in The Market and Became The Billionaire Founder of Virgin

Episode 269: How He Found a Gap in The Market and Became The Billionaire Founder of Virgin Sir Richard Branson. End of notes. Enjoy. Just kidding. The advice from Richard is priceless. He’s…

Episode 269: How He Found a Gap in The Market and Became The Billionaire Founder of Virgin Sir Richard Branson. End of notes. Enjoy. Just kidding. The advice from Richard is priceless. He’s a self-made billionaire (BILLION!) who windsurfed across the English Channel with his kids, biked from Northern Italy to Southern italy with his whole […]

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AJ Jacobs: The Intersection Between Discomfort and Curiosity

Episode 261: Discomfort and Curiosity AJ’s about to launch a TV show. A few months ago he started a podcast. He’s 49 years old. And it all started because he decided to…

Episode 261: Discomfort and Curiosity AJ’s about to launch a TV show. A few months ago he started a podcast. He’s 49 years old. And it all started because he decided to write a book on a weird idea he had. “I wonder what it would be like to live the Bible.” It’s especially weird […]

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Amy Morin: Top 10 Lessons From Amy Morin

Episode 259: 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do I don’t like writers. Stop writing advice books if you’ve never lived through it. Just. Stop. That’s why I asked Amy Morin, author…

Episode 259: 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do I don’t like writers. Stop writing advice books if you’ve never lived through it. Just. Stop. That’s why I asked Amy Morin, author of “13 Things Mentally Strong People DON’T Do” on my podcast (released today). Only someone who has been through horror and pain and […]

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Geno Bisconte: “YOU ONLY NEED TO REMEMBER ONE THING”… The key to getting better at anything.

Episode 244: Let Yourself Laugh & Remember One Thing. That is the key to getting better at anything. Geno Bisconte told me, “I kept getting depressed because here I was 20 years…

Episode 244: Let Yourself Laugh & Remember One Thing. That is the key to getting better at anything. Geno Bisconte told me, “I kept getting depressed because here I was 20 years later, barely making a living at telling jokes.” We were both sitting at the bar at Standup NY. I was so scared I […]

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Shawn Stevenson: The 9 Rules of Health to Make it to 99

Shawn Stevenson, host of The Model Health podcast said, “In the lab, they found anti-depressants in the New York City water system.” Anti-depressants! Ok, no problem. I’ll drink tap water. Save on…

Shawn Stevenson, host of The Model Health podcast said, “In the lab, they found anti-depressants in the New York City water system.” Anti-depressants! Ok, no problem. I’ll drink tap water. Save on therapy costs. In NYC everyone has to go to therapy. It’s a requirement. “This week my therapist said…” “There’s also these other chemicals […]

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Alex Berenson: How to Write a Page Turner

Alex Berenson had the dream job. But he was unhappy. And perhaps it even scarred him in some ways. He switched it up. To his true dreams. To the dreams he had…

Alex Berenson had the dream job. But he was unhappy. And perhaps it even scarred him in some ways. He switched it up. To his true dreams. To the dreams he had for himself since he was a child. I want to do this. First off, Alex has written 11 bestselling thriller novels. Alex knows […]

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Ryan Holiday: How To Create Something That Will Sell Forever

Episode 238: How to Create Something – The Art of Making and Marketing Ryan Holiday, stop writing books that are just for me! With “Perennial Seller” you just answered an obsessive question…

Episode 238: How to Create Something – The Art of Making and Marketing Ryan Holiday, stop writing books that are just for me! With “Perennial Seller” you just answered an obsessive question I’ve had for years: What makes something, someone, some product, some art, withstand the test of time? What is the magic sauce? The […]

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