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*Aristotle’s relentless quest to categorize everything has had a massive impact on philosophical and scientific thinking over the last 2,000 years.
*His very rational, left-brain way of seeing is the essence of Western civilization.
The Nicomachean Ethics* (dedicated to his son, Nicomachus) is the best expression of Aristotle’s moral philosophy. It provides a recipe for the good life that is still discussed and applied today.
*The good life is one where reason is taken into account at all levels. One should act with the appropriate balance, rather than live a life of unrestrained action or bland asceticism.
*Pleasures should not be ignored, nor should they control one’s life entirely. A person should be brave when necessary, but should not put themselves into pointless danger.
*Happiness is not pleasure, but a by-product of a meaningful life, and meaning tends to come from striving and self-discipline.
*By carefully weighing each decision with the end of a good life in mind, we can all live in a way that brings the highest goal and reward: happiness.
Theme 1: Defining Goodness - 0:29
Theme 2: The Unvirtuous Life -10:14
Theme 3: The Golden Mean - 19:12
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ARI Campus. (2019). Aristotle’s Ethics and Politics: Happiness, Reason and the Ideal Society - ARI Campus. [online] Available at: https://courses.aynrand.org/campus-courses/history-of-philosophy/aristotles-ethics-and-politics-happiness-reason-and-the-ideal-society/.
Full Title: Nicomachean Ethics
Year of Publication: 4th century BC
Book Author: Aristotle
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Book Insight Writer: Joe Aitken
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowden
Producer: Daniel Gonzalez
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowden
Narrator: Elliott Schiff
*Through his discussion of his early life and studies, his long career in law enforcement and role in the spotlight of various Clinton and Trump controversies, ex-FBI head James Comey examines what it takes to be an effective, ethical leader.
*Comey led the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s emails that some believe tipped the 2016 election result in Donald Trump’s favor.
*Getting to the truth was crucial, but so too was running the investigation independently from the inevitable political pressures.
*After Trump was elected, Comey battled to maintain the independence of the FBI. He describes his encounters with the president and the difficult legal and moral situations he was placed in.
*A Higher Loyalty provides a gripping insider’s look into the highest echelons of American government and the personal dilemmas Comey faced in upholding the FBI’s – and his own – integrity.
Theme 1: The value of truth & the toxic effect of lies - 0:29
Theme 2: Rule of Law & Political Pressure -9:50
Theme 3: Ethical Leadership - 19:32
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"James Comey Interview Part 2: The Hillary Clinton Email Investigation". Youtube, 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvS67LEId7Y. Accessed 19 Apr 2019.
News, ABC. "Video: James Comey Part 1: Telling Trump About The 'Dossier'". ABC News, 2019, https://abcnews.go.com/2020/video/james-comey-part-telling-trump-dossier-54492017. Accessed 19 Apr 2019.
Full Title: A Higher Loyalty
Year of Publication: 2018
Book Author: James Comey
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Book Insight Writer: Alice Park
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowden
Producer: Gabe Mara
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowden
Narrator: Kristi Burns
In Shoe Dog*, the famously reticent founder of Nike opens up to tell the story of how he transformed a $50 loan into a multibillion-dollar business.
*Opening with Knight on a brisk morning run, aged 24, we’re treated to a description of the almost divine manner in which the idea for starting a shoe company first strikes.
*Yet the actual making of the future megabrand was founded on Knight’s own athletic prowess and business acumen, not to mention his dogged determination.
*While his college friends secured “proper jobs” and his father scolded him for “jackassing around” with sports shoes, Knight persevered. By selling shoes from the boot of his car, he managed to turnover $8,000 in his first year.
*At the heart of his burgeoning business was a desire to capture the thrill of competition, to do work that didn’t feel like working.
As well as providing insights into the highs and lows of running a newly formed company, Shoe Dog* shows what happens when you stop playing by society’s rules and decide to follow your heart.
Theme 1: Knight’s Crazy Idea - 0:29
Theme 2: Knight’s Entrepreneurial Journey & Purpose -11:55
Theme 3: The Buttfaces - 26:06
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Archive, Investors. “Billionaire Phil Knight: Starting Nike, Life and Shoes (2017).” YouTube, YouTube, 12 Sept. 2017, www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQvhAkLF7t0.
Bloomberg Markets and Finance, Bloomberg Markets and. “The David Rubenstein Show: Phil Knight.” YouTube, YouTube, 28 June 2017, www.youtube.com/watch?v=brkdw_5umYY.
Carmichael, Evan. “Chris Guillebeau's Top 10 Rules For Success (@Chrisguillebeau).” YouTube, YouTube, 26 May 2016, www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDEksMt3S9s.
Chapters, Indigo |. “In Conversation: Phil Knight and Indigo CEO Heather Reisman.” YouTube, YouTube, 24 May 2016, www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EhX62tPsGw.
Institute of Passion. “Steve Jobs Talking about Passion in Work at D5 Conference 2007.” YouTube, YouTube, 6 Jan. 2017, www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_SKFUHlW9Y.
Morning, CBS Sunday. “How Phil Knight's ‘Crazy Idea’ Conquers the Sporting World.” YouTube, YouTube, 24 Apr. 2016, www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxWJTo-0eyk.
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. “Phil Knight Made A Pair Of Nikes Just For Stephen.” YouTube, YouTube, 29 Apr. 2016, www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTQMi-CBcMg.
Full Title: Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creating of Nike
Year of Publication: 2016
Book Author: Phil Knight
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Book Insight Writer: Joe Barnes
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowden
Producer: Daniel Gonzalez
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowden
Narrator: Robin Gabrielli
*Despite the attention-grabbing title, this isn’t a guide for rebels without a cause, keen to flip the middle finger at society and authority. Instead, it’s an unusually deep and thought-provoking look into the human experience.
*Mining his own memories of being expelled from school for drug possession, travelling around the world seducing women, coming to terms with his parents’ divorce, and struggling to forge a career as a blogger, Manson presents a unique and intriguing life philosophy that cuts through the empty promises of clichéd self-help manuals.
*The “subtle art” of the title poses a challenge: stop chasing other people’s visions of happiness, identify your personal “things to give a fuck about” and stick to them.
Manson doesn’t pretend this counterintuitive approach guarantees eternal wealth and happiness – this is not* that kind of book – but he’s convinced it will give you a shot at a pretty good life.
Theme 1: Pain is Important - 0:29
Theme 2: Shitty Values - 8:00
Theme 3: Take Responsibility - 20:05
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“The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*Ck with Mark Manson.” The Science of Success Podcast, The Science of Success Podcast, 14 Sept. 2016, www.successpodcast.com/show-notes/2016/9/14/the-subtle-art-of-not-giving-a-fck-with-mark-manson.
Full Title: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
Year of Publication: 2016
Book Author: Mark Manson
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Book Insight Writer: Joe Barnes
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowden
Producer: Gabe Mara
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowden
Narrator: Kristi Burns
*Banned from elite schools due to the circumstances of his birth, Leonardo propelled his own education through endless reading, observation and experimentation.
*He found refuge in the world of art, where his paintings of sacred dramas and Earth-based beauty astonished contemporaries.
*Today, most of us know the name Leonardo da Vinci and something of his genius, but little of the full breadth of his creative impact and achievements.
*Acclaimed biographer Walter Isaacson’s richly illustrated book, published ahead of the fifth centenary of Leonardo’s death, fills the gaps. He uses as his primary source material the extant notebooks – 7,200 pages survive, scattered in collections across the world, teeming with sketches and jottings – which demonstrate Leonardo’s insatiable curiosity about the world and his understanding of the interconnectedness of nature.
*The book tracks da Vinci’s astonishing advances in art and technology which helped power Europe’s cultural rebirth. It also brings alive da Vinci the man, the original Renaissance man, revealing the ways he was both ahead of his time, and of his time.
Theme 1: Light/Dark - 0:29
Theme 2: The Schematics - 9:19
Theme 3: Salvator Mundi - 19:27
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YouTube. (2019). Walter Isaacson Compares Leonardo Da Vinci To Modern Geniuses. [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqTHpgONMIM].
YouTube. (2019). Lessons from Leonardo. [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkm-gW_ANio.
YouTube. (2019). Leonardo's Salvator Mundi: Scholarship, Science and Skulduggery. [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIUP8l7HUWI [Accessed 2 Jul. 2019].
Full Title: Leonardo da Vinci
Year of Publication: 2017
Book Author: Walter Isaacson
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Book Insight Writer: Kevin Holden
Editor: Monica Woods
Producer: Daniel Gonzalez
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowden
Narrator: Kristi Burns
Countless books have been written about him, but The Essays of Warren Buffett* (first published in 1997) is the only edited compendium of writings from the ‘Sage of Omaha’ himself.
*Buffett’s eagerly anticipated annual letters to shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway contain valuable insights into his philosophy and idiosyncratic investing style, plus many simple nuggets of wisdom that everyone – multimillionaire or not – can benefit from.
*Despite their age, the basic lessons in these essays have not dated. His overarching message, unusual yet undeniably successful, is that if you work with people you like and trust, and the financial fundamentals are sound, prosperity will take care of itself.
*The example set by the esteemed CEO himself, who still lives in his birthplace, Omaha, Nebraska, in the house he bought in the 1950s, remains a truly inspiring one.
Theme 1: Underlying Value - 0:29
Theme 2: Buying for Keeps & Legacy - 9:49
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Business, Fox. “Warren Buffett on Apple Investing in Tesla: It Would Be a Poor Idea.” YouTube, YouTube, 30 Aug. 2018, www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJp-gKJ1pQs.
CNBC. “Warren Buffett: Bitcoin Is An Asset That Creates Nothing | CNBC.” YouTube, YouTube, 7 May 2018, www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtITDtZPYEw.
CNBC. “Warren Buffett: Just Looking At The Price Is Not Investing | CNBC.” YouTube, YouTube, 26 Feb. 2018, www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qm0jktMIYlk.
Full Title: The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America
Year of Publication: 1997
Book Author: Warren Buffett
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Book Insight Writer: Tom Butler-Bowden
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowden
Producer: Daniel Gonzalez
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowden
Narrator: Carrie Steele
The twelve chapters of The Meditations*, the personal writings of Emperor Marcus Aurelius (121–180 AD), offers modern audiences a clear understanding of Stoic philosophy.
*The ancient Greek school of Stoicism hails from the 3rd century BC and was a flourishing movement in ancient Greece and Rome for some four hundred years.
*It was used to build strength of character and emotional resilience in order to live wisely and cope well with life’s misfortunes.
*Many of its principles remain highly relevant today, especially its call for calm and courage in the face of chaos and anxiety.
Written in Greek, as a personal journal, many centuries ago, The Meditations* has been admired through the ages and is hailed as one of the world’s greatest works of philosophy.
Theme 1: Judgment - 0:29
Theme 2: Evil - 6:47
Theme 3: Love & View from Above - 13:43
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TM, Pinnacle Of Man. “Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Simply Explained.” YouTube, YouTube, 11 Sept. 2016, www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhMmZJ3H1E8.
xlTH4REMEDYlx. “Death Smiles at Us All.” YouTube, YouTube, 22 Aug. 2009, www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgKUBnoO39I.
Full Title: The Meditations
Year of Publication: 161 to 180 AD
Book Author: Marcus Aurelius
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Book Insight Writer: Donald Robertson
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowden
Producer: Daniel Gonzalez
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowden
Narrator: Kristi Burns
*Admiral William McRaven belongs to the US military elite, a Four-Star Admiral who was tasked with some of the country’s most crucial missions.
*He hopes his true stories of perseverance, determination, and valor against all odds during his time as a United States Navy SEAL will inspire others to overcome their own challenges.
*McRaven came face to face with high-profile war criminals such as Saddam Hussein, and inevitably lost friends and brothers-in-arms in the line of duty.
*Through his strict principles of self-discipline, grit, and a stubborn refusal to quit, McRaven advanced and succeeded. His stories encourage us to keep going no matter what and find new power in ourselves.
Theme 1: Self-Discipline & Attention to Detail - 0:29
Theme 2: Facing Failure and Building Resistance - 7:43
Theme 3: Never Give Up - 17:59
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"University Of Texas At Austin 2014 Commencement Address - Admiral William H. Mcraven". Youtube, 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxBQLFLei70. Accessed 18 June 2019.
Full Title: Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life... and Maybe the World
Year of Publication: 2017
Book Author: Admirable William H. McRaven
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Book Insight Writer: Cesare Manansala
Editor: Monica Woods
Producer: Gabe Mara
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowden
Narrator: Laura Faye Smith
*Sebastian Junger’s work as a journalist and film-maker in war zones led him to some startling facts about conflict and hardship: people are often happier in times of war than in peace; disasters are sometimes recalled more fondly than vacations or weddings; and mental illness increases the richer a society becomes.
*Rather than hardship, what people cannot bear is the feeling that they are unnecessary, not part of some tight group that needs them and looks out for them.
*History bears this out: in the early days of North America’s settlement by Europeans, many white captives of American Indians, once freed, chose to go back to tribal life.
*And many of the soldiers who Junger met admitted they didn’t just struggle to find civilian life meaningful, they actually missed the war experience.
*Junger pulls these facts together into a compelling argument about the intrinsically tribal nature of human beings and the dreadful cost of the de-tribalization of modern life.
Theme 1: History of Tribalism - 0:29
Theme 2: Tribal War - 7:50
Theme 3: Tribalism & America - 16:05
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ABC News. “Bowe Bergdahl Responds to Those Who Called Him a Traitor.” YouTube, YouTube, 17 Oct. 2017, www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyvcY2DH4fg.
Archive, AP. “The CEO of Goldman Sachs Testily Defended His Company's Ethics and Business Practices during the Nat.” YouTube, YouTube, 24 July 2015, www.youtube.com/watch?v=7r3oeQdrb5c&t=49s.
Fox Business. “Trump Calls Media 'Enemy of the People'.” YouTube, YouTube, 30 July 2018, www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtP3yDf4yuo.
Joe Rogan University - Fan Channel. “Sebastian Junger on Affluent Living and Obese People.” YouTube, YouTube, 12 June 2017, www.youtube.com/watch?v=anyq9jn2uTw.
JRE Clips. “Joe Rogan & Sebastian Junger - Modern Society Makes People Depressed.” YouTube, YouTube, 9 June 2017, www.youtube.com/watch?v=R04K0jLMZ1Y.
PowerfulJRE. “Joe Rogan Experience #1034 - Sebastian Junger.” YouTube, YouTube, 6 Nov. 2017, www.youtube.com/watch?v=iurXFfNriyg&t=207s.
“Sebastian Junger Examines Veteran Life After Leaving 'Tribe'.” NPR, NPR, 21 May 2016, www.npr.org/2016/05/21/478962909/sebastian-junger-s-examines-veteran-life-after-leaving-tribe.
TED. “Our Lonely Society Makes It Hard to Come Home from War | Sebastian Junger.” YouTube, YouTube, 10 June 2016, www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9DNWK6WfQw&t=616s.
TED. “Sebastian Junger: Why Veterans Miss War.” YouTube, YouTube, 23 May 2014, www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGZMSmcuiXM&t=700s.
TV, TPM. “President Bush Addresses Nation on Economic Crisis.” YouTube, YouTube, 25 Sept. 2008, www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsDmPEeurfA.
Full Title: Tribe: On Homecoming & Belonging
Year of Publication: 2016
Book Author: Sebastian Junger
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Book Insight Writer: Tom Butler-Bowden
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowden
Producer: Daniel Gonzalez
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowden
Narrator: Patrick Chou
*Katharine Graham had an image as a cultured society hostess who held court from a grand Washington residence, and as the friend of US presidents and their wives.
But this image omits the less fabulous details of her life and the decades of hard work to make The Washington Post* into the institution it became.
*Personal History is partly the story of the building of that enterprise, but it’s also a leadership book.
*Graham never intended or wanted to lead, but she became one of the most powerful media figures in America, with an inside view into some of the biggest events in 20th-century history, from John F Kennedy’s death to Watergate.
*Her story tells us that not only are there no born leaders, but all of us can be transformed by situations thrust upon us.
Theme 1: Marriage: to a man, to a company - 0:29
Theme 2: Entering the corporate arena - 11:26
Theme 3: Production Hell - 22:15
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Full Title: Personal History
Year of Publication: 1996
Book Author: Katherine Graham
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Book Insight Writer: Tom Butler-Bowden
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowden
Producer: Gabe Mara
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowden
Narrator: Kristi Burns
*Our brains are machines that are always simplifying and approximating, focusing on some detail that captures our attention. Those details may be important, but we are only a brain within a vast universe, and our biases often lead us to bad predictions.
*Drawing on his groundbreaking forecasting work, Nate Silver surveys the field of prediction and discusses how to identify a meaningful signal in amongst a barrage of data.
*Only forecasting that arises from many points of data, both quantitative and qualitative, and that tries to take account of all biases, is likely to be correct.
*The only way to become better at forecasts, Silver says, is to make more of them.
Anyone in the field of prediction has to be constantly taking in not just new points of data, but getting more and more rigorous about how they assess* the data. Otherwise, you start to lose the signals for the noise.
Theme 1: Nate Silver and his Highly Successful Forecast Approach - 0:29
Theme 2: Poker, Baseball & Forecasting Things With Complex Causes and Inputs - 12:12
Theme 3: Examples Where Prediction Starts to Break Down - 22:25
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YouTube. (2019). The Signal and the Noise - Nate Silver. [online] Available at: https://youtu.be/z4zhI9uLs4U?t=382.
Full Title: The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail - But Some Don't
Year of Publication: 2012
Book Author: Nate Silver
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Book Insight Writer: Carl Dister
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowden
Producer: Gabe Mara
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowden
Narrator: Kristi Burns
*Viktor Frankl’s wife, parents and brother died in the concentration camps of Nazi Germany. Enduring extreme hunger, cold and brutality, first in Auschwitz then Dachau, Frankl himself was under constant threat of going to the gas chambers.
*He lost every physical belonging on his first day in the camps, and was forced to surrender a scientific manuscript he considered his life’s work. Yet having been lowered into the pits of humanity, Frankl emerged an optimist.
*His reasoning was that even in the most terrible circumstances, a person still has the freedom to choose how they see those circumstances and create meaning out of them. By accepting our suffering, we can transform it into an achievement.
*The purpose of life is not to seek happiness, but to find deep meaning in our vocation, our loves, and our challenges.
Theme 1: Frankl in the Nazi concentration camps - 0:29
Theme 2: The ability to choose our thoughts and actions - 8:23
Theme 3: Logotherapy and finding your purpose in life - 18:25
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YouTube. (2019). Finding meaning in difficult times (Interview with Dr. Viktor Frankl). [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlC2OdnhIiQ [Accessed 29 Mar. 2019].
Full Title: Man's Search for Meaning
Year of Publication: 1946
Book Author: Viktor Frankl
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Book Insight Writer: Kieran Saunders-Patel
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowden
Producer: Gabe Mara
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowden
Narrator: Kristi Burns
*The story of Steve Jobs’s rise, fall and restoration at Apple resembled a Greek epic, and Walter Isaacson was fascinated by the chance to reconstruct this odyssey.
*Like the fabled Icarus, Jobs tested the limits of technology and design to soar ever higher.
*But while he took a number of nosedives – descending for a time from the heights of Apple’s leadership – he never totally crashed to Earth, but was held aloft by his imagination and peerless intuition about the future.
*That remarkable inventiveness helped Apple launch a series of planet-changing products, led by Jobs’s vision of the sublime integration of art, design, ideas and technology.
Theme 1: From Cyberpunk to 1984 Rebel - 0:29
Theme 2: Toy Story and Tinseltown Stardom - 12:03
Theme 3: Apple Renaissance - 20:23
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Jobs, Steve. “Text of Steve Jobs' Commencement Address (2005).” Stanford News, 12 June 2017, news.stanford.edu/2005/06/14/jobs-061505/.
"Steve Jobs On Pixar Success, Hollywood & Storytelling". Youtube, 2014, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiXK11naSfY. Accessed 1 Mar 2019.
"Apple - Think Different - Full Version". Youtube, 2010, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFEarBzelBs. Accessed 1 Mar 2019.
Full Title: Steve Jobs
Year of Publication: 2011
Book Author: Walter Isaacson
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Book Insight Writer: Kevin Holden
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Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowden
Narrator: Tom Evans
*The common sense and clarity of Michael Pollan’s message – Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants – is what gives it its power, all the more so when contrasted with the dizzying, conflicting dietary advice and convoluted lists of ingredients we are faced with on a daily basis.
*Pollan is a voice of reason amid the earnest, often ill-informed clean eating and wellness debates. Here he explains how industrialization, supposed advances in nutrition and manufacturing, and misleading media have colluded to distance us from simple, healthy eating.
Both a manifesto and a manual, In Defense of Food* offers clear guidelines about what to eat (in short, only foodstuffs your grandmother would recognize) and what to avoid (step forward, high fructose corn syrup).
*It also encourages us to experience the full pleasures of eating, and reminds us how food connects us to nature and to cultures going back hundreds of years.
Theme 1: Rise of nutrition - 0:29
Theme 2: Why are we so sick? - 8:35
Theme 3: Eat and live well - 15:49
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Full Title: In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
Year of Publication: 2009
Book Author: Michael Pollen
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Book Insight Writer: Laura Gladwin
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowden
Producer: Daniel Gonzalez
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowden
Narrator: Kristi Burns
In later life, Isaiah Berlin regretted calling his essay The Hedgehog and the Fox*, but it’s an undoubtedly intriguing title.
*While it investigates the two ways of approaching knowledge, that of the fox who ‘knows many things’ and the hedgehog who ‘knows one big thing’ – outlining what would become a key principle of modern cultural theory – the essay’s real subject matter is the Leo Tolstoy’s view of history.
Berlin had studied his fellow Russian Tolstoy’s work (he had also translated Russian literature), and viewed Tolstoy as a first-rate philosopher. In analysing War and Peace*, and keeping in mind the aforementioned wildlife imagery, he reveals the fundamental tension between the two approaches.
*This tension is at the heart of Tolstoy’s philosophy: the hedgehog-like yearning for a unifying Truth despite the fox-like acceptance of everyday life in all its infinite and unknowable variety.
Theme 1: Folly & Conceit of History - 0:29
Theme 2: Free Will & Rationality - 7:19
Theme 3: Two Levels of Reality - 15:21
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“Freedom and Its Betrayal: Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1952).” Freedom and Its Betrayal: Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1952) | University of Oxford Podcasts - Audio and Video Lectures, podcasts.ox.ac.uk/freedom-and-its-betrayal-jean-jacques-rousseau-1952.
Intellect, Manufacturing. “Isaiah Berlin Interview on Why Philosophy Matters (1976).” YouTube, YouTube, 16 Sept. 2017, www.youtube.com/watch?v=vib2rqJKS08
Full Title: The Hedgehog and the Fox: An Essay on Tolstoy's View of History
Year of Publication: 1953
Book Author: Isaiah Berlin
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Book Insight Writer: Tom Butler-Bowden
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowden
Producer: Daniel Gonzalez
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowden
Narrator: Elliott Schiff
Parenting can be tough work, and at times it can feel like just surviving is the most you’re able to do. But psychotherapists Siegel and Bryson show that the most difficult moments are actually opportunities to thrive – you just need to use integration*.
*Integration means connecting the two sides of your – and your child’s – brain.
*This can occur both horizontally, left brain to right brain, or vertically, ‘upstairs’ brain to ‘downstairs’ brain.
*It’s about engaging both the emotional and logical parts of the brain and understanding how these sides develop at different stages in your child.
Eminently practical and engaging, the strategies and techniques in The Whole-Brain Child* will help your children lead connected, meaningful and balanced lives.
Theme 1: The Importance of Integration - 0:29
Theme 2: Memories and Mindsight - 11:02
Theme 3: The Whole Brain Family - 23:07
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Siegel, D. (2019). TPP 090: Dr. Daniel Siegel on Helping Our Kids Develop a "Yes" Brain. [online] SoundCloud. Available at: https://soundcloud.com/deborah-reber/tpp-090-dr-daniel-siegel-on-helping-our-kids-develop-a-yes-brain?consumer_key%3D815e7acf2915c50abba1bce5fa411952&sa=D&ust=1557784424500000&usg=AFQjCNEBey6esI3eeg-18QlnXWcuKqpf_A.
Kids in the House. (2019). Articles on Watch Parenting Videos - Expert Advice for All Parents | Kids in the House. [online] Available at: https://www.kidsinthehouse.com/all-parents/parenting/resilience/helping-children-overcome-bad-experiences&sa=D&ust=1557784424516000&usg=AFQjCNEjfiu54KKiMWe34M9ojMKFjE7v5w.
Full Title: The Whole Brain Child: The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind
Year of Publication: 2011
Book Author: Daniel J Siegel, Tina Payne Bryson
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Book Insight Writer: Dinsa Sachan
Editor: Morwenna Loughman
Producer: Daniel Gonzalez
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowden
Narrator: Kristi Burns
*In today’s world, competition is becoming increasingly fierce. This leads to bloody battles among competitors who are forced to keep reducing prices while continuously spending money on incremental improvements in product quality.
*If they are successful at this, they will merely stay afloat in red oceans. Because other firms are doing the same, everyone is facing the risk of drowning.
*Blue Ocean Strategy offers a different way of making business. Instead of swimming in red waters replete with hungry competitors, Kim and Mauborgne recommend finding blue oceans, that is becoming pioneers in new and untapped markets.
Kim and Mauborgne summarize their approach by saying that “The only way to beat the competition is to stop trying* to beat the competition”.
Theme 1: What is blue ocean strategy? - 0:29
Theme 2: How to find blue oceans & avoid traps - 9:54
Theme 3: How to renew blue oceans - 24:10
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YouTube. (2019). Blue Ocean Strategy, Create New Markets and Leave the Competition Behind | Renée Mauborgne | WOBI. [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clp-IMpuwaQ.
Mauborgne, R. (2019). Stop Competing & Start Creating: How to Be Uniquely Successful With Renée Mauborgne. [online] YouTube. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLgUnEtN1Ic.
Full Title: Blue Ocean Strategy, Expanded Edition: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant
Year of Publication: 2015
Book Author: Renée Mauborgne, W. Chan Kim
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Book Insight Writer: Rafal Jennek
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowden
Producer: Gabe Mara
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowden
Narrator: Kristi Burns
*Like many people, Rachel Hollis had a difficult time growing up. But she realized that, whatever her circumstances, it was no excuse for not designing and building a great life.
*Success has to be seized, and involves sacrifices, but it’s no harder than settling for mediocrity.
*The former party planner with a flourishing media company and family reveals what’s behind the influencer persona.
*Hollis is shockingly honest about her struggles, mistakes, crises, and the sheer amount of time it took her to achieve what she has.
*Her themes such as the need to dream big, the importance of letting go of the past, and making sure you care for yourself first are to be found in many self-help books, but Hollis adds into the mix her Christian faith.
*It brings extra meaning to her goal to empower women around the world and help them become their own hero.
Theme 1: Self-Discipline and Attention to Detail - 0:29
Theme 2: Life is Unfair - Facing Failure and Building Resilience - 9:20
Theme 3: Never Give Up - 17:55
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YouTube. (2019). I Don’t Care What You Think Of Me For Having A Dream | Rachel Hollis on Impact Theory. [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tG6jr3K2s88
Stitcher.com. (2019). #254: From Crippling Excuses to Empowered Action with Rachel Holllis from Online Marketing Made Easy with Amy Porterfield. [online] Available at: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/amy-porterfield/online-marketing-made-easy-with-amy-porterfield/e/59407988
Full Title: Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies About Who You Are So You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be
Year of Publication: 2018
Book Author: Rachel Hollis
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Book Insight Writer: Karin Richey
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowden
Producer: Daniel Gonzalez
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowden
Narrator: Elliot Schiff
If dying is a certainty, dying early* is almost always a choice.
This is the thread running through Michael Greger’s How Not To Die*. Backed up by a catalogue of studies, Greger compellingly demonstrates how we can prevent, treat and even reverse our most common chronic diseases.
The subtitle is Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease*.
*Greger argues that to avoid the fifteen leading causes of death and disease in the developed world, all it takes is one simple, if sometimes challenging, dietary change: a whole-food, plant-based diet.
Theme 1: We are all going to die - 0:29
Theme 2: The dark motivations of the food industry - 8:56
Theme 3: How not to die early - 14:35
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"Dr. Michael Greger: "How Not To Die" | Talks At Google". Youtube, 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rNY7xKyGCQ&feature=youtu.be&t=90. Accessed 5 Feb 2019.
Full Title: How Not To Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease
Year of Publication: 2015
Book Author: Michael Greger
To purchase the complete edition of this book click here: https://tinyurl.com/wd75djf9
Book Insight Writer: Helen Long
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowden
Producer: Daniel Gonzalez
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowden
Narrator: Kristi Burns
*Arguably the most influential self-help book of all time, Dale Carnegie’s bestseller had an immediate impact on publication in 1936, going through 17 editions in its first year alone, and coining a much-imitated phrase.
Still highly popular today, How to Win Friends and Influence People* is a paean to integrity and good humor in the name of healthy capitalism, and a touchstone of American self-improvement.
*People continue to flock to Dale Carnegie courses and swear by his simple, yet powerful, advice.
*In fact, it’s said that the only diploma hanging in Warren Buffett’s office is his certificate from Dale Carnegie’s training course.
Theme 1: What would Lincoln do? - 0:29
Theme 2: The age of influence - 9:26
Theme 3: Lead like Carnegie - 21:32
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Harari, Yuval Noah. “Transcript of ‘What Explains the Rise of Humans?".” Ted, Ted, www.ted.com/talks/yuval_noah_harari_what_explains_the_rise_of_humans/transcript?language=en#t-934356.
“Yuval Noah Harari: A History of Humankind.” TVO, 31 Aug. 2015, www.tvo.org/video/programs/the-agenda-with-steve-paikin/yuval-noah-harari-a-history-of-humankind.
Full Title: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Year of Publication: 2015
Book Author: Yuval Noah Harari
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Book Insight Writer: Niall Kishtainy
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowden
Producer: Daniel Gonzalez
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowden
Narrator: Elliot Schiff
*Arguably the most influential self-help book of all time, Dale Carnegie’s bestseller had an immediate impact on publication in 1936, going through 17 editions in its first year alone, and coining a much-imitated phrase.
Still highly popular today, How to Win Friends and Influence People* is a paean to integrity and good humor in the name of healthy capitalism, and a touchstone of American self-improvement.
*People continue to flock to Dale Carnegie courses and swear by his simple, yet powerful, advice.
*In fact, it’s said that the only diploma hanging in Warren Buffett’s office is his certificate from Dale Carnegie’s training course.
Theme 1: What would Lincoln do? - 0:29
Theme 2: The age of influence - 10:02
Theme 3: Lead like Carnegie - 17:46
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Frei, Frances. “Transcript of ‘How to Build (and Rebuild) Trust.’” TED, www.ted.com/talks/frances_frei_how_to_build_and_rebuild_trust/transcript?language=en.
Haidt, Jonathan. “Transcript of ‘Can a Divided America Heal?".” TED, www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_haidt_can_a_divided_america_heal/transcript.
“198: How to Win Friends and Influence People.” This American Life, 14 Dec. 2017, www.thisamericanlife.org/198/transcript.
Full Title: How to Win Friends and Influence People
Year of Publication: 1936
Book Author: Dale Carnegie
To purchase the complete edition of this book click here: https://tinyurl.com/3tyy823b
Book Insight Writer: Morwenna Loughman
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowden
Producer: Gabe Mara
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowden
Narrator: Kristi Burns
*Elon Musk is an enigma. His vision seems to be motivated by a love for humanity, but he has no trouble treating individuals poorly.
*He’s left two ex-wives and countless ex-SpaceX and ex-Tesla employees in his wake, but he wants to ensure the survival of our species.
*What drives him towards achievements that seem closer to fiction than reality?
Bloomberg reporter Ashlee Vance’s book, Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future*, is a compelling read and offers some plausible explanations.
Theme 1: The Businesses - 0:29
Theme 2: The Man - 13:55
Theme 3: The Question - 23:12
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Rogan, Joe. “Joe Rogan - Elon Musk Explains His Flamethrower Idea.” YouTube, YouTube, 6 Sept. 2018, www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfqtKPP2_6M.
Musk, Elon. “SpaceX CEO Elon Musk Sees 70% Chance He'll Go to Mars.” YouTube, Axios, 25 Nov. 2018, www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dfg1n7Lh62Q.
Musk, Elon. “Elon Musk Might Be A Super Villain.” YouTube, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, 10 Sept. 2015, www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV6hP9wpMW8.
Musk, Elon. “Joe Rogan - How Elon Musk's Mind Works.” YouTube, Joe Rogan Show, 7 Sept. 2018, www.youtube.com/watch?v=syxnecAIBzg&has_verified=1.
Musk, Elon. “How Tesla Nearly Died: Elon Musks's Long Nights | AXIOS on HBO.” YouTube, YouTube, 25 Nov. 2018, www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRb6kQE7uYc.
HBO, Axios. “Merging AI & Man: Elon Musk's Vision for The Future | AXIOS on HBO.” YouTube, YouTube, 25 Nov. 2018, www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6GEugjulPw.
National, Geographic. “SpaceX Makes History | MARS.” YouTube, YouTube, 19 Dec. 2016, www.youtube.com/watch?v=brE21SBO2j8.
videos, Elon Musk best. “Young Elon Musk Featured in Documentary about Millionaires (1999).” YouTube, YouTube, 24 Oct. 2015, www.youtube.com/watch?v=eb3pmifEZ44.
Motivation, Alpha Male. “Elon Musk Smokes Weed | Joe Rogan Podcast.” YouTube, YouTube, 7 Sept. 2018, www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VcCzKjXs-8.
TED. “The Future We're Building -- and Boring | Elon Musk.” YouTube, YouTube, 3 May 2017, www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIwLWfaAg-8.
Full Title: Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
Year of Publication: 2015
Book Author: Ashlee Vance
To purchase the complete edition of this book click here: https://tinyurl.com/4ubpvnws
Book Insight Writer: Joe Barnes
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowden
Producer: Daniel Gonzalez
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowden
Narrator: Elliott Schiff
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book Good to Great with special guest Gary Garth .
Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s new with the book or the author currently.
This week, Tom and Karin offer you insight on:
*The importance of hiring and the qualities that really matter.
*Mistakes that stop most startups in their tracks.
*The flywheel effect and what makes a Level 5 Leader - which is a necessary component of taking a good company and making it great.
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Show Notes:
Gary Garth is an Entrepreneur, Angel Investor & Company Growth Hacker.
www.garygarth.com
What is the difference between Book Insights episodes and Book Lounge episodes?
Book Insights are formal, structured summary, analysis and exploration of a bestselling nonfiction book. Each episode is read by a professional voice actor and will introduce a new title selected specifically for its value to your work and life. Book Lounge episodes are casual discussions about the book, the author, and anything else that comes along through the course of conversation. It’s more of a broad chat about how the book relates to current, everyday life.
Should I listen to both the Book Insight and the Book Lounge episode on the same book?
Sure! Each episode works fine as a standalone piece, so no requirement to listen to both or to listen in any particular order, but we definitely recommend (and think you’ll enjoy!) both. Think of it like reading a book and liking it so much you want to chat about it on the porch with a friend. That is the vibe at the Book Lounge.
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*Most great companies enjoyed years of obscurity before their great results compelled the world to look at them. In fact, they seemed just like any other company until a certain ‘transition point’ saw them leave the pack behind.
*These leaps into greatness did not occur through revolution. Contrary to popular opinion, these firms did not get in an expensive new CEO to turn things around.
*This is actually the mark of a mediocre company. And although the remarkable results of great companies sometimes make it look like their success happened quickly, the ‘leap’ only happened after years of effort, what Jim Collins calls ‘pushing against the flywheel’.
*The great companies all had leaders that were surprisingly humble, not charismatic, and put in place a culture of total honesty.
*Once the company was crystal clear on its reason for being, it could be super-ambitious and vault past any competitors.
Theme 1: A People-first Strategy - 0:29
Theme 2: Brutal Honesty & High Ambition - 8:20
Theme 3: Disciplined Action - 20:08
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Collins, Jim. “JIM'S SEVEN QUESTIONS: LEARNING FROM YOUNG LEADERS.” Jim Collins - Articles - Good to Great, www.jimcollins.com/media_topics/media.html#fyoungleaders.
Full Title: Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... And Others Don't
Year of Publication: 2001
Book Author: Jim Collins
To purchase the complete edition of this book click here: https://tinyurl.com/48hx2f8v
Book Insight Writer: Joe Aitken
Editor: Morwenna Loughman
Producer: Gabe Mara
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowden
Narrator: Kristi Burns
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book This Is Marketing with special guest Brandon Leibowitz.
Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s new with the book or the author currently.
This week, Tom and Karin offer you insight on:
*The power of having a niche market and why 100 dedicated users are better than a million followers
*Why your business may not need to post on social media every day
*How marketing in the digital age differs from the "tried and true" old school marketing methods
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Show Notes:
Brandon Leibowitz is a digital marketing guru, entrepreneur and founder of SEO Optimizers.
https://seooptimizers.com/
What is the difference between Book Insights episodes and Book Lounge episodes?
Book Insights are formal, structured summary, analysis and exploration of a bestselling nonfiction book. Each episode is read by a professional voice actor and will introduce a new title selected specifically for its value to your work and life. Book Lounge episodes are casual discussions about the book, the author, and anything else that comes along through the course of conversation. It’s more of a broad chat about how the book relates to current, everyday life.
Should I listen to both the Book Insight and the Book Lounge episode on the same book?
Sure! Each episode works fine as a standalone piece, so no requirement to listen to both or to listen in any particular order, but we definitely recommend (and think you’ll enjoy!) both. Think of it like reading a book and liking it so much you want to chat about it on the porch with a friend. That is the vibe at the Book Lounge.
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*The old-world method of mass advertising through TV and radio was hugely successful for big corporations. With the arrival of the internet, everything changed.
*Traditional marketing is about trying to sell something to someone, trying to get something out of them. The new way is almost the opposite. It’s about generosity, listening, and making a connection that lasts.
*New opportunities now exist for anyone to reach an audience with a new idea, cause or product launch. If you care enough about your audience to create true connection you can make change happen.
*Marketing should always be about the customer’s problem, not helping the company to make more sales. That sounds counterintuitive, but it’s only through generosity and genuine interest in people that you can make your message or product succeed.
This book’s subtitle, You Can’t be Seen Until You Learn to See*, reinforces the idea that marketing should be grounded in empathy.
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Full Title: This Is Marketing: You Can't Be Seen Until You Learn to See
Year of Publication: 2018
Book Author: Seth Godin
To purchase the complete edition of this book click here: https://tinyurl.com/4emxztdm
Book Insight Writer: Glen Crosier
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowden
Producer: Daniel Gonzalez
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowden
Narrator: Kristi Burns
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book Big Magic with special guest Lauree Ostrofsky.
Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s new with the book or the author currently.
This week, Tom and Karin offer you insight on:
*Lauree shares how getting cancer, changing careers, going to art school and upending her life helped her redefine her relationship with fear and unleash her creative potential.
*Elizabeth Gilbert's theory on how ideas have a life of their own and find hosts to bring them into fruition. How to stay receptive!
*The joy of creating for creation's sake and detaching from the need to succeed or achieve monetary gains from your creative ventures.
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Show Notes:
Lauree Ostrofky is a speaker and author of “I’m Scared and Doing it Anyway”, as well as the book “Simply Leap”. She is also a coach, and communications consultant.
http://www.simplyleap.com/
https://www.elizabethgilbert.com/magic-lessons/
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Part spiritual guide and part pragmatic how-to, in Big Magic* bestselling author Elizabeth Gilbert shares her secrets and processes for all things creative.
*Warm and uplifting, Gilbert will help you to embrace curiosity and let go of your shame or fear of failure – whatever you are creating.
Theme 1: A Creative Life Should Be Driven By Curiosity, Not Fear - 0:29
Theme 2: Science, Reason, and Perseverance - 8:50
Theme 3: Trust In Your Work - And Yourself - 22:55
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Full Title: Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
Year of Publication: 2015
Book Author: Elizabeth Gilbert
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Book Insight Writer: Joanna Reeves
Editor: Morwenna Loughman
Producer: Gabe Mara
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowden
Narrator: Christy Richardson
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book Difficult Conversations with special guest Kevin Gazzara.
Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s new with the book or the author currently.
This week, Tom and Karin offer you insight on:
*How Dr. Kevin Gazzara transformed workplaces at large corporations like IBM by optimizing communication.
*The value of empathy, listening and understanding before being understood.
*The 3 conversations always happening simultaneously, that you must be mindful of during in stressful and difficult situations.
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Show Notes:
Dr. Kevin Gazzara is a professor and founder of Magna Leadership Solutions.
https://magnaleadership.com/
What is the difference between Book Insights episodes and Book Lounge episodes?
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Should I listen to both the Book Insight and the Book Lounge episode on the same book?
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*Difficult Conversations grew out of fifteen years of work at the Harvard Negotiation Project, which focuses on matters of negotiation and conflict resolution.
*The result is a remarkable guide that lets you in on the powerful techniques that have been employed in world trouble spots to bring opposing sides together and forge new futures.
*Following the lessons learned from these high-stakes examples will transform your approach to the challenging encounters of everyday life – from requesting a pay rise to ending a relationship.
*By absorbing the guidance offered in this valuable book, you’ll be well prepared for difficult conversations, rather than desperate to avoid them.
Theme 1: Conflict & The 3 conversations - 0:29
Theme 2: Listening & Thinking - 9:45
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HEAR THE FULL INTERVIEWS MENTIONED IN TODAYS' EPISODE HERE:
YouTube. (2019). Doug Stone & Sheila Heen: "Thanks for the Feedback" | Talks at Google. [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SggjK0Gm3I4 [Accessed 19 Mar. 2019].
YouTube. (2019). 34 Habit 5: Seek First to Understand Then to be Understood - Part A: Diagnose Before You Prescribe. [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlPqhM5a-MA [Accessed 19 Mar. 2019].
YouTube. (2019). Last minute Brexit arguments get aggressive. [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR6Q40yuX9U [Accessed 19 Mar. 2019].
YouTube. (2019). The power of difficult conversations | Tara Marcink | TEDxCoMo. [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjY56aFwQus [Accessed 19 Mar. 2019].
Full Title: Difficult Conversations
Year of Publication: 1999
Book Author: Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen
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Book Insight Writer: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Producer: Gabe Mara
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowden
Narrator: Kristi Burns
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People with special guest Kevin Palmieri.
Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s new with the book or the author currently.
This week, Tom and Karin offer you insight on:
*Why Kevin Palmieri's favorite habit is "work for the win-win" and why he believes this the only way any business can be successful.
*How having a long-term view and small daily habits can help you achieve your long-term goals.
*How to move from reactiveness to proactiveness when it comes to achieving your goals and "sharpening the saw".
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Show Notes:
Kevin Palmieri is an Entrepreneur, CFO, success coach and host of the Next Level University podcast.
https://www.nextleveluniverse.com/
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Should I listen to both the Book Insight and the Book Lounge episode on the same book?
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It’s been said that, in the United States, the influence of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People* is second only to the Bible.
*Not only is it listed as core reading for employees in many Fortune 500 companies, but even former US Presidents Clinton and Obama have recommended it.
*Sales now exceed 25 million copies, and it was the first non-fiction book to sell a million copies in audio format.
*Covey provides a masterful synthesis of what he argues are simply ‘natural laws’, timeless and universal principles that are the foundations of effectiveness.
*Understanding these principles and following them with integrity, by way of Covey’s series of seven habits, leads the way to fulfillment and success.
Theme 1: Be Proactive - 0:29
Theme 2: First Things First - 9:08
Theme 3: Synergize - 18:37
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Full Title: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Year of Publication: 1989
Book Author: Stephen Covey
To purchase the complete edition of this book click here: https://tinyurl.com/5crnf2yc
Book Insight Writer: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Producer: Gabe Mara
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowden
Narrator: Kristi Burns
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book The Lean Startup with special guest Brendan Kumarasamy.
Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s new with the book or the author currently.
This week, Tom and Karin offer you insight on:
*Business and public speaking coach Brendan Kumarasamy's favorite startup success stories and why most people never hear about 95% of startups.
*The value of risk, iteration, minimum viable product and being customer-obsessed.
*Why most startups fail and how to implement Eric Ries wisdom in "The Lean Startup" - which has come to be known as "the bible of Silicon Valley".
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Show Notes:
Brendan Kumarasamy is an influencer and entrepreneur as the founder of MasterTalk. He coaches business executives, and has experience coaching many startups.
https://www.mastertalk.ca/
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Eric Ries’ The Lean Startup* brilliantly articulates the incremental, iterative approach to innovation, which provides a reality check on ego-driven ideas that might look good on paper but just won’t fly.
*As all great entrepreneurs know, business success comes from a curious mix of blue-sky thinking and a love of feedback and data.
*The lean approach helps new ventures launch products and services that users and customers actually want, in a way that’s far more nimble, much cheaper, and less risky than traditional methods.
*At the same time, other business and technology trends are breaking down the barriers to startup formation – the combination of all these forces is fundamentally altering the entrepreneurial landscape.
Theme 1: Build the Right Thing - 0:29
Theme 2: Testing with Vision - 9:38
Theme 3: Engine of Growth - 14:50
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HEAR THE FULL INTERVIEWS MENTIONED IN TODAYS' EPISODE HERE:
Eric Ries. “Eric Ries - The Lean Startup - Talks at Google - Full Transcript.” Canadian Value Investors, www.canadianvalueinvestors.com/eric-ries-the-lean-startup-talks-at-google-full-transcript.
"Eric Ries-Building The Minimum Viable Product". Youtube, 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FoCbbbcYT8. Accessed 28 Jan 2019.
Full Title: The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovations to Create Radically Successful Businesses
Year of Publication: 2011
Book Author: Eric Ries
To purchase the complete edition of this book click here: https://tinyurl.com/4m5jxfb5
Book Insight Writer: James Safford
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Producer: Daniel Gonzalez
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowden
Narrator: Kristi Burns
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book You Are a Badass with special guest Nancy Pickard .
Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s new with the book or the author currently.
This week, Tom and Karin offer you insight on:
*Nancy shares the self-limiting beliefs, false rewards and more that keep us from achieving our full badass potential.
*The difference between successful and unsuccessful people, and the power of relying on the universe.
*How to tap into your power to manifest and make magic in your life by changing your beliefs and attracting the life you want for yourself.
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Show Notes:
Nancy Pickard is is a certified Master Integrative Life Coach and Holistic Health Lifestyle Coach. She’s also the author of a #1 bestseller on Amazon.
https://nancypickardlifecoach.com/
What is the difference between Book Insights episodes and Book Lounge episodes?
Book Insights are formal, structured summary, analysis and exploration of a bestselling nonfiction book. Each episode is read by a professional voice actor and will introduce a new title selected specifically for its value to your work and life. Book Lounge episodes are casual discussions about the book, the author, and anything else that comes along through the course of conversation. It’s more of a broad chat about how the book relates to current, everyday life.
Should I listen to both the Book Insight and the Book Lounge episode on the same book?
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*When it comes to self-help, Jen Sincero has been there, read that, and got multiple T-shirts.
*You are a Badass is her effort to distill everything she learnt during years of attending motivational seminars and devouring self-help tomes, mercifully sparing her readers all the cheesiness.
*This sassy brand of positivity may sound very different to classics of the genre – it’s out with hugging your inner child, and in with something harder edged, bolder and badder – but the essential message isn’t a million miles away.
*Being a badass is not about being mean or selfish, it’s about embracing the knowledge that you are truly loved by the universe as you are.
*So be yourself. Some will like you, some won’t. What have you got to lose?
Theme 1: Your Subconscious - 0:29
Theme 2: Meditation - 8:20
Theme 3: Positivity - 20:08
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Sincero, Jen. “BadassVideo#1:YourExcuses=YourLittleBitches.” YouTube, YouTube, 20 Sept. 2013, www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3rCY1z1u94&t=212s.
Sincero, Jen. “BadassVideo#2: The Art of Ass-Kickery.” YouTube, YouTube, 26 Sept. 2013, www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTHSJnn75A4.
Sincero, Jen. “BadassVideo#3: My Mantra of Mightiness.” YouTube, YouTube, 6 Oct. 2013, www.youtube.com/watch?v=XA9MVJ_p73g.
Sincero, Jen. “Jen Sincero's Personal Journey From Loserville to Awesome City.” YouTube, YouTube, 11 Mar. 2013, www.youtube.com/watch?v=BztdixFbbE0&t=8s.
Sincero, Jen. “Crotch: Power Tool Of Love.” YouTube, YouTube, 11 Mar. 2013, www.youtube.com/watch?v=K89a-jnsqiE.
Full Title: You Are A Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life
Year of Publication: 2013
Book Author: Jen Sincero
To purchase the complete edition of this book click here: https://tinyurl.com/3zdk985b
Book Insight Writer: Morwenna Loughman
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Producer: Gabe Mara
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowden
Narrator: Elliot Schiff
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book Lost Connections with special guest Brittany Days.
Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s new with the book or the author currently.
This week, Tom and Karin offer you insight on:
*How to differentiate healthy grief from clinical depression.
*The need humans have for connections with other people and how the pandemic created barriers to connections and which became challenges to mental health.
*A holistic approach to treating depression which may or may not include pharmaceuticals.
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Show Notes:
Brittany Days is a therapist and career & life coach with Brighter Days Wellness.
https://www.brittanydays.com/
What is the difference between Book Insights episodes and Book Lounge episodes?
Book Insights are formal, structured summary, analysis and exploration of a bestselling nonfiction book. Each episode is read by a professional voice actor and will introduce a new title selected specifically for its value to your work and life. Book Lounge episodes are casual discussions about the book, the author, and anything else that comes along through the course of conversation. It’s more of a broad chat about how the book relates to current, everyday life.
Should I listen to both the Book Insight and the Book Lounge episode on the same book?
Sure! Each episode works fine as a standalone piece, so no requirement to listen to both or to listen in any particular order, but we definitely recommend (and think you’ll enjoy!) both. Think of it like reading a book and liking it so much you want to chat about it on the porch with a friend. That is the vibe at the Book Lounge.
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*Prompted by his own experience of living with depression and the escalating levels of depression and anxiety across the Western world, Johann Hari set out on a three-year investigation, interviewing experts and sufferers the world over.
*He questions the conventional wisdom about depression – essentially that it’s all in our heads, caused by an imbalance in our brain chemistry – and the efficacy of antidepressants.
*Looking outside our heads, rather than within, Hari argues, we can identify an alternative source for the rise in mental-health issues: disconnection from truly rewarding work, from other people, from meaningful values to live by, and even from the natural world.
*To improve our mental health, we need to seek connections – renewing links with others, finding fulfilling work, building better cultural values and tapping into our spiritual sides.
*In short, better mental health is a society-wide effort, rather than a matter confined to doctor and patient.
Theme 1: Effectiveness of Antidepressants - 0:29
Theme 2: The True Causes of Depression - 8:40
Theme 3: 7 Alternative Forms of Antidepressant - 20:08
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HEAR THE FULL INTERVIEWS MENTIONED IN TODAYS' EPISODE HERE:
YouTube. (2019). Johann Hari: The Antidote for Loneliness. [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bC2Na1E3iVg.
YouTube. (2019). Johann Hari: To Treat Depression, Provide Meaningful Work, Housing & a Basic Income, Not Just Drugs. [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdSFliBttQI.
YouTube. (2019). Loneliness kills: How to fight depression with social support | Johann Hari. [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hp-L844-5k8.
Full Title: Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression - and the Unexpected Solutions
Year of Publication: 2018
Book Author: Johann Hari
To purchase the complete edition of this book click here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078HSDZSQ/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_GQWGNZTMKPAR7BJPF677
Book Insight Writer: Laura Gladwin
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Producer: Daniel Gonzalez
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowden
Narrator: Tom Evans
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book Emotional Intelligence 2.0 with special guest Christina Eanes.
Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s new with the book or the author currently.
This week, Tom and Karin offer you insight on:
*The value of emotional intelligence, how it can increase your salary, improve your relationships and save you wasted time and energy.
*The difference between IQ and EQ and the ways most people misunderstand and undervalue each.
*Defining internal and external emotional intelligence, and discussing techniques to increase your E.Q.
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Show Notes:
https://christinaeanes.com/
https://christinaeanes.podbean.com/
What is the difference between Book Insights episodes and Book Lounge episodes?
Book Insights are formal, structured summary, analysis and exploration of a bestselling nonfiction book. Each episode is read by a professional voice actor and will introduce a new title selected specifically for its value to your work and life. Book Lounge episodes are casual discussions about the book, the author, and anything else that comes along through the course of conversation. It’s more of a broad chat about how the book relates to current, everyday life.
Should I listen to both the Book Insight and the Book Lounge episode on the same book?
Sure! Each episode works fine as a standalone piece, so no requirement to listen to both or to listen in any particular order, but we definitely recommend (and think you’ll enjoy!) both. Think of it like reading a book and liking it so much you want to chat about it on the porch with a friend. That is the vibe at the Book Lounge.
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In their number one New York Times* bestseller, Bradberry and Greaves lay out the four key skills that – once adopted – will exponentially enhance your emotional intelligence.
*The authors conducted extensive research into emotional intelligence, interviewing over half a million people in order to identify the traits that underpin high ‘EQ’.
*In today's fast-paced world of competitive workplaces and turbulent economic conditions, each of us is searching for effective tools that can help us to manage, adapt, and strike out ahead of the pack.
It’s not hard to make the case that EQ is equally – if not more – important than cognitive intelligence, measured as IQ. But unlike cognitive ability, your EQ can be actively improved over the course of a lifetime. Infinitely practical, Emotional Intelligence 2.0* delivers expert advice for increasing your EQ to enable you to achieve your fullest potential.
Theme 1: Self Awareness - 0:29
Theme 2: Self Management & Social Awareness - 9:07
Theme 3: Relationship Management - 17:50
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HEAR THE FULL INTERVIEWS MENTIONED IN TODAYS' EPISODE HERE:
Bradberry, T. (2019). The Power of Emotional Intelligence: Travis Bradberry at TEDxUCIrvine (Transcript) – The Singju Post. [online] The Singju Post. Available at: https://singjupost.com/power-emotional-intelligence-travis-bradberry-tedxucirvine-transcript/?singlepage=1.
Full Title: Emotional Intelligence 2.0
Year of Publication: 2009
Book Author: Travis Bradberry, Jean Greaves
To purchase the complete edition of this book click here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0974320625/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_1RBSVC4MBXB2ZV9EBY50
Book Insight Writer: Philip Jaekl
Editor: Morwenna Loughman
Producer: Gabe Mara
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowden
Narrator: Kristi Burns
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book 12 Rules for Life with special guest Joe Barnes.
Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s new with the book or the author currently.
This week, Tom and Karin offer you insight on:
*Joe Barnes shares the value in Peterson's 12 Rules and how he has used them in his work and life, including writing his own book of life rules.
*How Peterson weaves his knowledge of psychology and philosophy throughout his 12 rules.
*The surprising insights on everything from parenting to stoicism as Peterson gives blunt truths about life.
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Show Notes:
Joe Barnes is a hypnotherapist, author and life coach. You can find out more about Joe Barnes's work by visiting his website
www.escapethesystemnow.com
While you're there, grab your free course '30 Days to Escape The System'
https://escapethesystemnow.com/landing/
Finally, if you want to check out his book 'Escape The System,' click
the link below,
http://mybook.to/JoeEscape
What is the difference between Book Insights episodes and Book Lounge episodes?
Book Insights are formal, structured summary, analysis and exploration of a bestselling nonfiction book. Each episode is read by a professional voice actor and will introduce a new title selected specifically for its value to your work and life. Book Lounge episodes are casual discussions about the book, the author, and anything else that comes along through the course of conversation. It’s more of a broad chat about how the book relates to current, everyday life.
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*Jordan Peterson has been a controversial figure since he spoke out against a Canadian government bill concerning gender identity and expression.
His book tour promoting 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos* has met with angry protests and some academics and commentators have rounded on him, questioning his credibility.
At the same time, Peterson’s public lectures regularly sell out, his YouTube channel has almost two million subscribers and 12 Rules for Life* has become a runaway success.
The book is a sort of manual for a good life, offering a set of principles that help us live up to our potential – to organize* our lives in such a way that it makes us less the product of chaos, uncertainty and randomness, and more the result of our design.
*The book’s tenets are decidedly non-political, and might seem rather obvious and simplistic at first glance. But Peterson backs up his rules with reference to philosophy, religion, myth, and psychology. His starting point is that “life is suffering” and striving for happiness is futile – we should be more concerned with leading a meaningful life.
Theme 1: Stand up Straight with Your Shoulders Back - 0:29
Theme 2: At least don’t Lie - 11:52
Theme 3: The Person You’re Listening to Might Know Something - 19:11
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"Jordan Peterson Interview — 12 Rules For Life | The Art Of Manliness". The Art Of Manliness, 2018, https://www.artofmanliness.com/articles/12-rules-for-life-jordan-peterson-interview/. Accessed 20 Feb 2019.
Full Title: 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
Year of Publication: 2018
Book Author: Jordan Peterson
To purchase the complete edition of this book click here: https://www.amazon.com/12-Rules-for-Life-audiobook/dp/B0797Y87JC/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1649881285&sr=8-1
Book Insight Writer: Donald Robertson
Editor: Monica Woods
Producer: Gabriel Mara
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowden
Narrator: Elliot Schiff
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book The Body Keeps the Score with special guest Miranda Wise.
Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s new with the book or the author currently.
This week, Tom and Karin offer you insight on:
*Trauma-informed life reclamation coach Miranda Wise shares her personal experience overcoming trauma along with the various books and therapy techniques that helped her move past her trauma.
*How trauma impacts the body as a whole and why children are particularly susceptible to trauma, even more than soldiers.
*The many ways trauma manifests itself through the body in unexpected and uncontrollable ways.
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Show Notes:
Miranda Wise is an influencer, public speaker as well as a Certified trauma-informed life coach for childhood trauma survivors.
mirandawise.com
https://www.instagram.com/miranda.m.wise/
https://www.instagram.com/miranda.m.wise/
https://www.tiktok.com/@miranda.m.wise
What is the difference between Book Insights episodes and Book Lounge episodes?
Book Insights are formal, structured summary, analysis and exploration of a bestselling nonfiction book. Each episode is read by a professional voice actor and will introduce a new title selected specifically for its value to your work and life. Book Lounge episodes are casual discussions about the book, the author, and anything else that comes along through the course of conversation. It’s more of a broad chat about how the book relates to current, everyday life.
Should I listen to both the Book Insight and the Book Lounge episode on the same book?
Sure! Each episode works fine as a standalone piece, so no requirement to listen to both or to listen in any particular order, but we definitely recommend (and think you’ll enjoy!) both. Think of it like reading a book and liking it so much you want to chat about it on the porch with a friend. That is the vibe at the Book Lounge.
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*A worldwide expert on trauma, Bessel van der Kolk examines exactly what trauma is, and how and why it affects so many of us.
*He explores the impact traumas ranging from sexual abuse to violence, witnessing abuse, neglect, and divorce (among others), have on the body and mind, and how they can disrupt the brain’s wiring and develop into PTSD – post-traumatic stress disorder.
*Trauma sufferers can find it difficult to have relationships, to connect with others, and to monitor their emotions and assess their surroundings. Van der Kolk discusses various ways of healing, from EMDR therapy and talking therapies to mindfulness, the potential use of pharmaceuticals, and neurofeedback. Crucially, we must remember the power of human connection.
*The Body Keeps the Score offers a new way of thinking and talking about trauma that is both enlightening and empowering.
Note: This Book Insight contains explicit language and mature themes.
Theme 1: How the Body Keeps the Score - 0:29
Theme 2: Where Trauma Stress Comes From - 8:40
Theme 3: Reclaiming Yourself - 19:14
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Nuys, Van. "#436 – Brain, Mind, And Body In The Healing Of Trauma With Bessel Van Der Kolk MD | Shrink Rap Radio Psychology Interviews: Exploring Brain, Body, Mind, Spirit, Intuition, Leadership, Research, Psychotherapy And More!". Shrink Rap Radio Psychology Interviews: Exploring Brain, Body, Mind, Spirit, Intuition, Leadership, Research, Psychotherapy And More!, 2015, https://shrinkrapradio.com/436-brain-mind-and-body-in-the-healing-of-trauma-with-bessel-van-der-kolk-md/. Accessed 19 Mar 2019.
Full Title: The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healings of Trauma
Year of Publication: 2014
Book Author: Bessel van der Kolk
To purchase the complete edition of this book click here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08TX585RN/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_57A4JSFX07R6CMY4E93F
Book Insight Writer: Winniey Maduro
Editor: Morwenna Loughman
Producer: Daniel Gonzalez
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowden
Narrator: Kristi Burns
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book Quiet with special guest Terrance Lee.
Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s new with the book or the author currently.
This week, Tom and Karin offer you insight on:
*Terrance shares about the biases he has seen in his work with Fortune 500 companies and their inability to see introverts as leaders.
*The difference between introverts and extroverts, and the environments in which each thrives best.
*The ways in which introverts are uniquely equipped for roles as CEOs, managers and other leadership positions.
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Show Notes:
Terrance Lee AKA "the introvert leader" wrote the book "Quiet Voice, Fearless Leader". He helps companies improve their workplace culture.
You can reach Terrance at:
quietvoicefearlessleader.com
or
https://www.instagram.com/theintrovertleader
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJhvEVZ7t3xGDGNGKaSUeNQ
What is the difference between Book Insights episodes and Book Lounge episodes?
Book Insights are formal, structured summary, analysis and exploration of a bestselling nonfiction book. Each episode is read by a professional voice actor and will introduce a new title selected specifically for its value to your work and life. Book Lounge episodes are casual discussions about the book, the author, and anything else that comes along through the course of conversation. It’s more of a broad chat about how the book relates to current, everyday life.
Should I listen to both the Book Insight and the Book Lounge episode on the same book?
Sure! Each episode works fine as a standalone piece, so no requirement to listen to both or to listen in any particular order, but we definitely recommend (and think you’ll enjoy!) both. Think of it like reading a book and liking it so much you want to chat about it on the porch with a friend. That is the vibe at the Book Lounge.
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*Introversion/extroversion is the most fundamental divide in personality, Susan Cain argues, the ‘North and South of temperament’.
*Yet extroversion has become the ideal in the West, at the expense of our appreciation of introverted qualities. Centering a whole culture – be it a company, university or nation – on extroversion, means that decision-making gets taken over by the more assertive, while quieter, often more knowledgeable types are ignored – to the group’s cost.
*Cain attempts to redress the balance, pointing out that introverts, rather than being timid, withdrawn or even depressed, simply crave less environmental stimulation, including social stimulation.
*Gandhi, Rosa Parks and Eleanor Roosevelt – all introverts – helped change the course of history. Society clearly functions best when it cultivates the best qualities of both introverts and extroverts.
*It’s time to reassert the power of introversion and acknowledge the ways in which both types can function optimally together.
Theme 1: Extroverts - 0:29
Theme 2: The Secret Power of Introverts - 8:20
Theme 3: Introverts in an Extroverts World - 17:00
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Cain, Susan. “Transcript of ‘The Power of Introverts.’” Ted, Ted, 2012, www.ted.com/talks/susan_cain_the_power_of_introverts/transcript.
Full Title: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
Year of Publication: 2012
Book Author: Susan Cain
To purchase the complete edition of this book click here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00714PZMQ/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_V5Z1NYFT7KQ74JGGGA6E
Book Insight Writer: Philip Jaekl
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowden
Producer: Gabe Mara
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowden
Narrator: Kristi Burns
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book The 5 Love Languages with special guest Julie Nguyen.
Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s new with the book or the author currently.
This week, Tom and Karin offer you insight on:
*Learn about relationship coach Julie Nguyen uses her knowledge of the love languages to help couples better understand themselves and one another.
*What Julie has seen as the most misunderstood of the 5 love languages.
*How love languages are more like a tune up of a relationship (and not the replacement of a transmission).
Want quick saveable, shareable bullet points on today's podcast? Check out the Memo: https://memod.com/KarinRichey/the-5-love-languages-with-julie-nguyen-3853
Show Notes:
Julie Nguyen is a writer, creative consultant, and trauma-informed relationship coach.
You can reach Julie at:
https://www.julienguyen.love/
or
https://twitter.com/julienguyencao
What is the difference between Book Insights episodes and Book Lounge episodes?
Book Insights are formal, structured summary, analysis and exploration of a bestselling nonfiction book. Each episode is read by a professional voice actor and will introduce a new title selected specifically for its value to your work and life. Book Lounge episodes are casual discussions about the book, the author, and anything else that comes along through the course of conversation. It’s more of a broad chat about how the book relates to current, everyday life.
Should I listen to both the Book Insight and the Book Lounge episode on the same book?
Sure! Each episode works fine as a standalone piece, so no requirement to listen to both or to listen in any particular order, but we definitely recommend (and think you’ll enjoy!) both. Think of it like reading a book and liking it so much you want to chat about it on the porch with a friend. That is the vibe at the Book Lounge.
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Hosts: Tom Butler-Bowdon & Karin Richey
*After the first flush of romance fades, how do you stay in love? Gary Chapman’s multimillion copy bestseller has the answers, based on his years of experience as a marriage counsellor, pastor, and husband.
*Chapman had his wife Carolyn have been together over 50 years. He has also worked as an anthropologist, researching the cultural patterns of love and marriage in indigenous cultures around the world.
*Such wide-ranging experience led him to identify the five love languages and the fundamental importance of communicating with your significant other in their ‘primary language’, the mode that makes them tick.
*Do so and you’ll be destined for a long-lasting, fulfilled and loving relationship.
Theme 1: Words of Affirmation - 0:29
Theme 2: Quality Time & Physical Touch - 7:45
Theme 3: Gifts & Acts of Service - 15:10
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HEAR THE FULL INTERVIEWS MENTIONED IN TODAYS' EPISODE HERE:
YouTube. (2019) The 5 Love Languages / DR. GARY CHAPMAN PT. 1 [online]Available at: https://youtu.be/HEA5McLPE9c?t=119
YouTube (2019) How to Keep Your Partner's Love Tank Full | Oprah's Lifeclass | Oprah Winfrey Network [online]Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5GazNLNi3w
GodTube (2019) Dr Gary Chapman reveals the secrets of a successful relationship. [online]Available at: https://www.godtube.com/watch/?v=DGKWYLNX
Full Title: The Five Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts
Year of Publication: 1995
Book Author: Gary Chapman
To purchase the complete edition of this book click here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079B7PJMV/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_0TB3XNBWMDWMBH7TBEXF
Book Insight Writer: Kieran Saunders
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowden
Producer: Daniel Gonzalez
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowden
Narrator: Kristi Burns
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book Sapiens with special guest Ruben Chavez.
Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s new with the book or the author currently.
This week, Tom and Karin offer you insight on:
*How personal development educator Ruben Chavez see Sapiens as a philosophical book for self awareness and human growth.
*Ponder whether the Agricultural Revolution was ultimately beneficial or detrimental to the human species.
*Ruben shares the constant struggle between values like freedom, security, autonomy, community and more that are part of the human condition no matter at what phase of technological progress.
Want quick saveable, shareable bullet points on today's podcast? Check out the Memo: https://memod.com/KarinRichey/the-road-back-to-you-with-jackie-brewster-3693
Show Notes: You can reach Ruben Chavez at:
https://thinkgrowprosper.com/
https://www.instagram.com/thinkgrowprosper/?hl=en
What is the difference between Book Insights episodes and Book Lounge episodes?
Book Insights are formal, structured summary, analysis and exploration of a bestselling nonfiction book. Each episode is read by a professional voice actor and will introduce a new title selected specifically for its value to your work and life. Book Lounge episodes are casual discussions about the book, the author, and anything else that comes along through the course of conversation. It’s more of a broad chat about how the book relates to current, everyday life.
Should I listen to both the Book Insight and the Book Lounge episode on the same book?
Sure! Each episode works fine as a standalone piece, so no requirement to listen to both or to listen in any particular order, but we definitely recommend (and think you’ll enjoy!) both. Think of it like reading a book and liking it so much you want to chat about it on the porch with a friend. That is the vibe at the Book Lounge.
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Hosts: Tom Butler-Bowdon & Karin Richey
*Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind is a book that dares to tackle the biggest questions about the progress of humanity. Harari puts pay to the idea that the study of history is a dusty affair involving arcane debates about the reigns of forgotten kings.
*Instead, he pulls together familiar portions of history – such as the rise of the first cities, the age of exploration, the Industrial Revolution – to create a much bigger story about the progress of our species.
This is history on a vast canvas. Sapiens* also shines a light on the deep origins of human capacities that we mostly take for granted, including the ability to reason and to cooperate with each other.
He shows why these things have made Homo sapiens* the most brilliant – and the most deadly – animal on the planet.
Theme 1: Rise of Homo sapiens - 0:29
Theme 2: History’s Biggest Fraud - 9:25
Theme 3: Humanity’s Report Card - 21:55
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HEAR THE FULL INTERVIEWS MENTIONED IN TODAYS' EPISODE HERE:
Harari, Yuval Noah. “Transcript of ‘What Explains the Rise of Humans?".” Ted, Ted, www.ted.com/talks/yuval_noah_harari_what_explains_the_rise_of_humans/transcript?language=en#t-934356.
“Yuval Noah Harari: A History of Humankind.” TVO, 31 Aug. 2015, www.tvo.org/video/programs/the-agenda-with-steve-paikin/yuval-noah-harari-a-history-of-humankind.
Full Title: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Year of Publication: 2014
Book Author: Yuval Noah Harari
To purchase the complete edition of this book click here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0741F3M7C/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_J1PH16RDRX0ES8VP2TT4
Book Insight Writer: Niall Kishtainy
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowden
Producer: Daniel Gonzalez
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowden
Narrator: Elliot Schiff
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book The Road Back to You with special guest Jackie Brewster.
Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s new with the book or the author currently.
This week, Tom and Karin offer you insight on:
*How professional Enneagram Coach Jackie Brewster explains, simplifies and uses the Enneagram when helping her clients improve their lives. Also learn how Road Back to You compares with her favorite Enneagram book The Wisdom of the Enneagram.
*Jackie shares her take on all 9 personality types, all 3 triads and how the same behaviors can appear for all types, but how the motivations distinguish them.
*Karin and Jackie share their Enneagram numbers as well as those of their spouses and how those traits show up in marriage over the years.
Want quick saveable, shareable bullet points on today's podcast? Check out the Memo: https://memod.com/WorkingOnWellness/what-are-the-9-enneagram-personality-types-245/part-1
Show Notes: Jackie Brewster has written extensively on the enneagram including a devotional book, she is a certified Enneagram coach and influencer.
You can reach Jackie at:
https://enneagramwithjb.com/
https://www.instagram.com/enneagramwithjb/?hl=en
https://www.amazon.com/Hearing-God-Speak-Interactive-Devotional/dp/0593232690
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/675571/enneagram-essentials-by-jackie-brewster/
Book Recommendation:
The Wisdom of the Enneagram
https://www.amazon.com/Wisdom-Enneagram-Psychological-Spiritual-Personality/dp/0553378201
What is the difference between Book Insights episodes and Book Lounge episodes?
Book Insights are formal, structured summary, analysis and exploration of a bestselling nonfiction book. Each episode is read by a professional voice actor and will introduce a new title selected specifically for its value to your work and life. Book Lounge episodes are casual discussions about the book, the author, and anything else that comes along through the course of conversation. It’s more of a broad chat about how the book relates to current, everyday life.
Should I listen to both the Book Insight and the Book Lounge episode on the same book?
Sure! Each episode works fine as a standalone piece, so no requirement to listen to both or to listen in any particular order, but we definitely recommend (and think you’ll enjoy!) both. Think of it like reading a book and liking it so much you want to chat about it on the porch with a friend. That is the vibe at the Book Lounge.
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Hosts: Tom Butler-Bowdon & Karin Richey
*When you walk into a party, are you the type who hits the dance floor immediately, or the type who heads to the kitchen to see how you can help?
*Perhaps you’re more likely to bring a book and find a quiet corner. Or maybe you’re the first to kick off a spirited debate about current events. These are a few small examples of the nine personality types based on the ancient Enneagram concept.
*Authors Ian Morgan Cron and Suzanne Stabile want to teach you about your own natural inclinations towards specific virtues and vices, as well as those of others, through the lens of the Enneagram.
Theme 1: The Feeling Triad - 0:29
Theme 2: The Fear Triad - 9:17
Theme 3: The Anger Triad - 16:46
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Jessica Honegger. (2019). Episode 28 - Going Together with Enneagram Master Suzanne Stabile | Jessica Honegger. [online] Available at: https://jessicahonegger.com/podcast/episode-28-going-together-with-enneagram-master-suzanne-stabile [Accessed 8 Aug. 2019].
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Full Title: The Road Back To You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery
Year of Publication: 2016
Book Author: Ian Morgan Cron, Suzanne Stabile
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Book Insight Writer: Karin Richey
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowden
Producer: Gabe Mara
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowden
Narrator: Laura Faye Smith
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book The Power of Habit with special guest Daniel Karim.
Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s new with the book or the author currently.
This week, Tom and Karin offer you insight on:
*Learn about how habit coach Daniel Karim uses his knowledge of neurology and neuroplasticity to change habits and improve lives. Hear his personal application of these techniques with his own father and trying to change his unhealthy gambling habit.
*Explore the connection between the findings of Duhigg, Faulk, Freud, Jung and other classic scientists when it comes to treating addictive patterns.
*How Daniel Karim motivates his habit coaching clients to name and claim their bad habits in order to change them (and how you can too!)
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Show Notes:
Daniel Karim is a serial author, influencer, and entrepreneur who is also the host of The Psychology Podcast which is all about the psychology of success.
You can reach Daniel Karim at:
https://www.instagram.com/thedanielkarim/
https://danielkarim.com/writing/
https://danielkarim.com/free-tools/
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*Good habits, as moral codes and religion have taught us since time immemorial, create a good life, but it is only in the last 30 years that neurology and psychology have developed habit formation and self-discipline into a science.
*The Power of Habit was one of the first books to bring this emerging science to a popular audience, and it makes for fascinating reading.
*Considering various examples, from Olympic swimmers to high-flying CEOs, individuals to organizations and societies, Duhigg reveals how changing habits can change fortunes and transform lives.
Theme 1: Individual Habits - 0:29
Theme 2: How Habits Work - 7:50
Theme 3: Organizational Habits - 14:40
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Duhigg, C. (2019). The Power of Habit: Charles Duhigg at TEDxTeachersCollege. [online] YouTube. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMbsGBlpP30&feature=youtu.be&t=188 [Accessed 19 Mar. 2019].
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Full Title: The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
Year of Publication: 2014
Book Author: Charles Duhigg
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Book Insight Writer: Dinsa Sachan
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowden
Producer: Gabe Mara
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowden
Narrator: Kristi Burns
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book Deep Work with special guest Chuba Ezekwesili.
Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s new with the book or the author currently.
This week, Tom and Karin offer you insight on:
*Chuba shares how as the Co-Founder of a design organization, he's able to harness his creativity into productive work times by avoiding digital distractions using the techniques from Deep Work.
*The value of focusing on just 1 thing and how email, social media and so many other distractions are addictive and must be weaned away for maximum productivity.
*How to divide your day between periods of connection/communication along with times specifically for focused, concentrated deep work. Along with learning patience and accepting the important role boredom plays in productivity.
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Show Notes:
Chua Ezekwesili is a Yale economist and co-founder of Ankara, a design firm. He has followed Cal Newport's writing for over a decade as he utilizes it for school and work.
https://twitter.com/ChubaEzeks
https://www.instagram.com/chubaezeks/?hl=en
https://chubaezeks.notion.site/chubaezeks/Chuba-Ezekwesili-999c25be54874fbba2d52ae7616f4773
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*According to Dr Cal Newport, the secret to high productivity is simply having three or four hours of uninterrupted, focused work every day, five days a week.
*In this time, you can produce important work and still have plenty of time for family, hobbies, or just doing nothing.
*Sounds simple? The key is deep work, a term coined by Newport to describe bouts of intense work, undistracted by social media updates or internet browsing.
*With this focus, you can not only achieve a great deal, but also stretch your mind and enjoy the true satisfaction of a job well done.
*Successful people do not spend all day doing this kind of work, but they make sure it’s part of their daily routine.
*While we may not all have the luxury of a “room of one’s own”, like Virginia Woolf, we can learn how to carve out dedicated time and attention and cultivate a deep work ethic.
Theme 1: The Value of Deep Work - 0:29
Theme 2: Becoming a Deep Worker - 7:45
Theme 3: The Greatest Enemy - 16:25
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Google, Talks at. “Neal Stephenson: ‘Anathem’ | Talks at Google.” YouTube, YouTube, 19 Sept. 2008, www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnq-2BJwatE.
Johnson, Brian. “Optimize Interview: Deep Work with Cal Newport.” YouTube, YouTube, 5 Jan. 2016, www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9K4_3BZz8s.
Show, The Model Health. “Protect Your Mental Energy, Attention Residue, & Deep Work - With Cal Newport.” YouTube, YouTube, 20 Mar. 2018, www.youtube.com/watch?v=NefqiWw9Sb0.
TEDx Talks. “Quit Social Media | Dr. Cal Newport | TEDxTysons.” YouTube, YouTube, 19 Sept. 2016, www.youtube.com/watch?v=3E7hkPZ-HTk.
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Full Title: Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success In a Distracted World
Year of Publication: 2016
Book Author: Cal Newport
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Book Insight Writer: Tom Butler-Bowden
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowden
Producer: Daniel Gonzalez and Gabe Mara
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowden
Narrator: Michael Villamejor
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book Bad Blood.
Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s new with the book or the author currently.
This week, Tom and Karin offer you insight on:
*Tom & Karin share their views on the rise and fall of Theranos, how Elizabeth Holmes was so convincing and was able to convince so many people of the impossible.
*Why this is a must read even for non-Silion Valley business people.
*A recap of 2021 Book Insights podcast episodes and announcement of Season 9's start date.
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*Bad Blood tells the compelling story of Theranos, the biotech start-up dreamed up by Elizabeth Holmes with ambitions to revolutionize blood testing and diagnosis.
*Despite drumming up millions of dollars in investment from high-profile figures such as Rupert Murdoch and Tim Draper, fostering strong links with the Clintons and wooing the press, the company was built on a lie.
*The technology simply didn’t work, and Holmes had everyone fooled. Wall Street journalist John Carreyrou broke the story, and the bubble. H
*is unputdownable account is based on interviews with over 60 former employees and reveals the incredible extent of the Theranos deception - the biggest corporate fraud since Enron.
Theme 1: Reality Distortion - 0:29
Theme 2: Pride - 9:40
Theme 3: Sociopath - 19:50
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Area, KPIX CBS SF Bay. “Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes Charged with Criminal Fraud.” YouTube, YouTube, 15 June 2018, www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWhV_EjKrKU.
CBS This Morning. “Youngest Self-Made Female Billionaire Takes High-Tech Approach to Blood Testing.” YouTube, YouTube, 16 Apr. 2015, www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiNFXcI9Rb8.
CBS This Morning. “‘60 Minutes’ Speaks with the Theranos Whistleblower.” YouTube, YouTube, 18 May 2018, www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk5Q6cTJ2yY.
CNBC. “Bad Blood Author Carreyrou On Elizabeth Holmes And Theranos.” YouTube, YouTube, 23 Aug. 2018, www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv0PyGfxbpw.
CNBC. “Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes: Firing Back At Doubters | Mad Money | CNBC.” YouTube, YouTube, 16 Oct. 2015, www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGfaJZAdfNE.
Glamour Magazine. “Elizabeth Holmes on Revolutionizing Blood Tests.” YouTube, YouTube, 9 Nov. 2015, www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8dT7EoX5iY.
Healthills. “Better Blood Test Experience - Theranos.” YouTube, YouTube, 1 Oct. 2015, www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9eBFKXkKk4.
Technology, Bloomberg. “How a Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist Exposed the Lies of Theranos.” YouTube, YouTube, 8 June 2018, www.youtube.com/watch?v=56XC5So5IH0.
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Full Title: Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
Year of Publication: 2018
Book Author: John Carreyrou
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Book Insight Writer: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowden
Producer: Gabe Mara
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowden
Narrator: Courtney Lloyd
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book Zero to One with special guest Ryan Fransden.
Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s new with the book or the author currently.
This week, Tom and Karin offer you insight on:
*Ryan Fransden shares his views as a finance and business coach on how key innovation and market fit are for new business owners.
*Why Peter Thiel says many businesses are not worth starting if they do not meet very specific criteria.
*The mistakes many small business owners make when deciding the type of business to open, how to market and planning (or not planning) for the long term.
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Show Notes:
Ryan Fransden is an entrepreneur and personal finance coach. He founded the financial education company Commanders of Money which shares valuable tips on Youtube, and Instagram.
https://www.youtube.com/c/RyanFrandsen
https://www.instagram.com/commandersofmoney/
https://www.commandersofmoney.com/
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*Every new invention or discovery since we learned to ignite fire and make the wheel changes how we live.
*Perhaps on the surface Facebook and the iPhone aren’t as momentous or paradigm-shifting as Newton discovering gravity, or Alexander Fleming discovering penicillin, but the impact of these two advances in technology and communication on society is seismic.
*In fact, for PayPal founder and legendary investor and entrepreneur Peter Thiel, these feats of technology are minor miracles.
Thiel argues that the future belongs to – and will be made by – the people who will find and follow the unwalked path, who try the un*tried.
*Not another social platform, like Facebook, or a housesharing app, like Airbnb, but something completely novel and unique.
*Zero to One, both as a book and as a concept, is about finding the greatest idea that no one has ever thought of.
*It’s about turning that idea not just into reality, but ensuring that you dominate the market for it.
Theme 1: Zero to N & Monopolies - 0:29
Theme 2: New Ideas & Sales - 8:47
Theme 3: AI & Startup Culture - 18:32
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Chicago Ideas. “Peter Thiel: Going from Zero to One.” YouTube, YouTube, 30 Jan. 2015, www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFZrL1RiuVI.
GeekWire. “Google's Eric Schmidt Testifies before U.S. Senate.” YouTube, YouTube, 22 Sept. 2011, www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChFf0ZqW4D0.
Investors Archive. “Billionaire Peter Thiel: How To Build The Next Unicorn.” YouTube, YouTube, 2 May 2017, www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRpdijPmC7Y.
Movieclips. “If You Build It, He Will Come - Field of Dreams (1/9) Movie CLIP (1989) HD.” YouTube, YouTube, 30 May 2011, www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ay5GqJwHF8.
BL, Jordan. “Terminator - Police Station Shootout (HD).” YouTube, YouTube, 6 June 2015, www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3DU-7a8mP0.
TechCrunch. “How Peter Thiel Knows If A Startup Is Crazy Smart, Or Just Crazy | Disrupt SF 2014.” YouTube, YouTube, 8 Sept. 2014, www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeVjGpNpF6E.
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Full Title: Zero To One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
Year of Publication: 2014
Book Author: Peter Thiel
To purchase the complete edition of this book click here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00M284NY2/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_69E3C0MNBNW34SKR0CM2
Book Insight Writer: Morwenna Loughman
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowden
Producer: Daniel Gonzalez
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowden
Narrator: Carrie Steele
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book Grit with special guest Michele Hill.
Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s new with the book or the author currently.
This week, Tom and Karin offer you insight on:
*Michele HIll has spent over 30 years in the classroom as an educator for high school students. She shares the insights she has had while implementing best practices for students as they try to develop grit.
*How parents, teachers and leaders can foster, develop and encourage grit in order to help their students/team succeed.
*Michele shares which student athletes tend to get the best grades because of the grit that develops in their particular sport and their ability to apply it to academics.
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Show Notes:
Michele Hill is an award-winning educator with a Master’s Degree in school leadership. She is also the Coordinator of Strategic Marketing, Communications and Admissions at Burlington County Institute of Technology.
https://twitter.com/HillMrispo
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*Psychologist Angela Duckworth highlights the common quality behind many of examples of outstanding achievement: not natural-born talent, not simply luck, but passion and perseverance.
*She argues success is within everyone’s reach, if we can just manage to knuckle down and apply ourselves unwaveringly to our goals.
Inspired by her own childhood experiences and supported by in-depth research and fascinating examples – from military cadets to Albert Einstein – Grit* challenges the conventional wisdom and cult of IQ and champions the importance of good habits and old-fashioned determination.
Theme 1: What is grit? - 0:29
Theme 2: Talent, Effort and Goals - 9:15
Theme 3: Growing Grit in Children - 18:25
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Duckworth, A. (2019). Transcript of "Grit: The power of passion and perseverance". [online] Ted.com. Available at: https://www.ted.com/talks/angela_lee_duckworth_grit_the_power_of_passion_and_perseverance/transcript?language=en [Accessed 19 Mar. 2019].
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Full Title: Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
Year of Publication: 2016
Book Author: Angela Duckworth
To purchase the complete edition of this book click here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01D3AC5VU/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_SD92NQYACQ7QH1VH21KY
Book Insight Writer: William Sims
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowden
Producer: Gabe Mara
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowden
Narrator: Elliott Schiff
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book The Four Agreements with special guest Nathan Maingard.
Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s new with the book or the author currently.
This week, Tom and Karin offer you insight on:
*Nathan Maingard shares how influential The Four Agreements has been on his music, in his relationship with his partner and navigating the world as an influencer as well.
*Learn the value of ignoring the agreements society places on you and instead choose the agreements you will hold for your life. Don Miguel Ruiz recommends 4 but gives much room for individuality.
*How simple things like doing your best, being honest and other healthy practices can have life-changing effects.
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Show Notes:
Nathan Maingard is a modern troubadour and a spiritualist who helps guide people on their creative paths and life journeys. He has a loyal Patreon community and shares his music and insights on Twitter, Instagram and other platforms.
https://twitter.com/nathanmaingard
https://www.nathan.surf/
What is the difference between Book Insights episodes and Book Lounge episodes?
Book Insights are formal, structured summary, analysis and exploration of a bestselling nonfiction book. Each episode is read by a professional voice actor and will introduce a new title selected specifically for its value to your work and life. Book Lounge episodes are casual discussions about the book, the author, and anything else that comes along through the course of conversation. It’s more of a broad chat about how the book relates to current, everyday life.
Should I listen to both the Book Insight and the Book Lounge episode on the same book?
Sure! Each episode works fine as a standalone piece, so no requirement to listen to both or to listen in any particular order, but we definitely recommend (and think you’ll enjoy!) both. Think of it like reading a book and liking it so much you want to chat about it on the porch with a friend. That is the vibe at the Book Lounge.
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Audio Producer: Daniel Gonzalez
Hosts: Tom Butler-Bowdon & Karin Richey
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This global bestseller aims to help us break free from the personal agreements that we have tacitly accepted which create limitations and unhappiness.
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The Toltec way of life, as Ruiz elucidates in his timeless book, is an antidote to the modern world. In life there are actually no leaders, and no followers. We are the masters of our own dreams, and we must regain our freedom.
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Follow the four agreements, escape the self-inflicted world of judgement, condemnation, punishment, fear, anger and guilt, and experience a rapid transformation of all aspects of your life.
Theme 1: Be Impeccable with Your Word - 0:29
Theme 2: Nothing Personal - 8:47
Theme 3: Always do Your Best - 18:32
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Ruiz, D. (2019). Episode 60: Don Miguel Ruiz – The Four Agreements | Bregman PartnersBregman Partners. [online] Bregman Partners. Available at: https://bregmanpartners.com/podcast/don-miguel-ruiz-the-four-agreements.
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Full Title: The Four Agreements
Year of Publication: 1997
Book Author: Don Miguel Ruiz
To purchase the complete edition of this book click here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0007OB40E/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_5871S69TBX25GR3F2S79
Book Insight Writer: Morwenna Loughman
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowden
Producer: Daniel Gonzalez
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowden
Narrator: Laura Fay Smith
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book Daring Greatly with special guest Charles Francis.
Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s new with the book or the author currently.
This week, Tom and Karin offer you insight on:
*Charles Francis shares on the correlation between buddhism and Brene Brown's method of "Grounded Theory".
*The role and value of community in supporting openness, vulnerability and wholeheartedness.
*The damage that shame can do including leading to addiction and other unhealthy coping mechanisms.
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Show Notes:
Charles Francis is the co-founder and director of the Mindfulness Meditation Institute. For over 25 years, he has worked to help people find inner peace through mindfulness meditation.
What is the difference between Book Insights episodes and Book Lounge episodes?
Book Insights are formal, structured summary, analysis and exploration of a bestselling nonfiction book. Each episode is read by a professional voice actor and will introduce a new title selected specifically for its value to your work and life. Book Lounge episodes are casual discussions about the book, the author, and anything else that comes along through the course of conversation. It’s more of a broad chat about how the book relates to current, everyday life.
Should I listen to both the Book Insight and the Book Lounge episode on the same book?
Sure! Each episode works fine as a standalone piece, so no requirement to listen to both or to listen in any particular order, but we definitely recommend (and think you’ll enjoy!) both. Think of it like reading a book and liking it so much you want to chat about it on the porch with a friend. That is the vibe at the Book Lounge.
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Audio Producer: Daniel Gonzalez
Hosts: Tom Butler-Bowdon & Karin Richey
BOOK GIVEAWAY: We're celebrating our 100th Book Insights podcast episode by giving away over $100 worth of life-changing nonfiction. That's right! This book-filled gift basket could be sent straight to your home. Here's how to enter:
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Here's what's included in the grand prize:
Educated by Tara Westover
Letters to Lucilius by Seneca
Behave by Robert Sapolsky
An Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield Jamison
Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Open Your Mind to Prosperity by Catherine Ponder
Learned Optimism by Martin Seligman
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AND we have several other surprise titles we're giving away to a few select runner up winners.
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A culture in which so many people believe they are not enough – not successful enough, thin enough, powerful enough, smart enough, extraordinary enough, or certain enough – is a “culture of scarcity”, Brown writes in Daring Greatly*.
*Preoccupied by what society perceives to be deficiencies, we find it a challenge to say “I am worthy.” And we find it difficult to take risks, social, emotional, and professional.
*Yet accepting our vulnerability and viewing it as a strength – learning to “dare greatly,” or dare anything at all – is the only way we can become what we were meant to be.
Theme 1: Vulnerability and its Enemies - 0:29
Theme 2: How shame works - 6:50
Theme 3: Vulnerability and society - 17:25
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HEAR THE FULL INTERVIEWS MENTIONED IN TODAYS' EPISODE HERE:
Brown, Brené. "Transcript Of "Listening To Shame"". Ted.Com, 2019, https://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_listening_to_shame/transcript. Accessed 2 Feb 2019.
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Full Title: Daring Greatly: How the Courage to be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
Year of Publication: 2019
Book Author: Brené Brown
To purchase the complete edition of this book click here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07DX6TNR1/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_QKFMV9RSQKGVT3Y5V5J1
Book Insight Writer: Dinsa Sachan
Editor: Morwenna Loughman
Producer: Gabe Mara
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowden
Narrator: Kristi Burns
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book The Millionaire Next Door with special guest Ryan Fransden.
Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s new with the book or the author currently.
This week, Tom and Karin offer you insight on:
*The surprising profile of the average millionaire - frugal savers who are unfamiliar with much of the lifestyle associated with wealth.
*Ryan Fransden's experience with coaching personal finance clients and helping them move from debt to wealth.
*How generational wealth is created and maintained, along with best practices for instilling wealth building into future generations.
Want quick saveable, shareable bullet points on today's podcast? Check out the Memo: https://memod.com/MrBusiness/millionaires-share-these-key-qualities-do-you-have-117
Show Notes:
Ryan Fransden is an entrepreneur and personal finance coach. He founded the financial education company Commanders of Money which shares valuable tips on Youtube, and Instagram.
https://www.youtube.com/c/RyanFrandsen
https://www.instagram.com/commandersofmoney/
https://www.commandersofmoney.com/
What is the difference between Book Insights episodes and Book Lounge episodes?
Book Insights are formal, structured summary, analysis and exploration of a bestselling nonfiction book. Each episode is read by a professional voice actor and will introduce a new title selected specifically for its value to your work and life. Book Lounge episodes are casual discussions about the book, the author, and anything else that comes along through the course of conversation. It’s more of a broad chat about how the book relates to current, everyday life.
Should I listen to both the Book Insight and the Book Lounge episode on the same book?
Sure! Each episode works fine as a standalone piece, so no requirement to listen to both or to listen in any particular order, but we definitely recommend (and think you’ll enjoy!) both. Think of it like reading a book and liking it so much you want to chat about it on the porch with a friend. That is the vibe at the Book Lounge.
Like what you hear? Be sure to like & subscribe to support this podcast! Also leave a comment and let us know your thoughts on the episode.
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Audio Producer: Daniel Gonzalez
Hosts: Tom Butler-Bowdon & Karin Richey
Based on in-depth interviews with more than 500 American millionaires, plus over a thousand surveys made up of more than 200 questions, The Millionaire Next Door* yields some surprising findings.
*Even its authors, business academics Thomas Stanley and William Danko, were taken aback to discover that the majority of millionaires weren’t holed up in luxurious mansions surrounded by extravagant purchases.
*The pair investigated not just your common-or-garden variety of millionaire (who are increasingly common), but ‘decamillionaires’, those whose net worth exceeds $10 million.
*They identified seven common traits that show up again and again among the super-wealthy. Many live modestly, right next door rather than in Beverly Hills or on Park Avenue, they work hard and they save assiduously.
*The conclusion that the authors ultimately draw is that consumption and opulence pale in comparison to the peace of mind that comes from fulfilling work and the discipline of slowly building up a nest egg over time.
Theme 1: Finding Millionaires - 0:29
Theme 2: Wealth Defined & Work Habits - 8:42
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Full Title: The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Rich
Year of Publication: 1996
Book Author: Thomas J Stanley & William S Danko
To purchase the complete edition of this book click here: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B0000547HR/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_8W5Y1TVNSWG01C50GEG3
Book Insight Writer: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Producer: Gabe Mara
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowden
Narrator: Michael Khachanov
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book Educated with special guest Dr. Andrew Ross.
Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s new with the book or the author currently.
This week, Tom and Karin offer you insight on:
*The reality of information polarization and Dr. Ross' experience with students sheltered from major historical events.
*Tara Westover's incredible strength, humility, dedication to historical accuracy and connection to her family despite all odds.
*The role that deep core values play in everyone's life and what it looks like to dramatically shift those values over time, as Tara did.
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Show Notes:
Dr. Andrew Israel Ross is Assistant Professor of History at Loyola University in Maryland. He is a blogger and wrote an excellent piece detailing Educated from the perspective of a professor.
https://twitter.com/aiross0
https://www.andrewisraelross.com/
https://blog.singulart.com/en/2017/12/18/interview-with-the-artist-michelle-hold/
https://www.andrewisraelross.com/blog/2019/09/03/reading-tara-westovers-educated-as-a-professor/
What is the difference between Book Insights episodes and Book Lounge episodes?
Book Insights are formal, structured summary, analysis and exploration of a bestselling nonfiction book. Each episode is read by a professional voice actor and will introduce a new title selected specifically for its value to your work and life. Book Lounge episodes are casual discussions about the book, the author, and anything else that comes along through the course of conversation. It’s more of a broad chat about how the book relates to current, everyday life.
Should I listen to both the Book Insight and the Book Lounge episode on the same book?
Sure! Each episode works fine as a standalone piece, so no requirement to listen to both or to listen in any particular order, but we definitely recommend (and think you’ll enjoy!) both. Think of it like reading a book and liking it so much you want to chat about it on the porch with a friend. That is the vibe at the Book Lounge.
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Audio Producer: Daniel Gonzalez
Hosts: Tom Butler-Bowdon & Karin Richey
*Tara Westover grew up in rural Idaho, cut off from the outside world – she had no birth certificate, no medical records and no formal education.
*She worked alongside her brothers in her tyrannical father’s scrap metal junkyard, risking life and limb on a daily basis.
*Westover’s decision to get away, to educate herself and discover a world beyond the isolation and abuse at home, eventually took her to college and on to unimaginable academic success at Cambridge and Harvard.
*But at the same time, this life-changing education, and the new perspective it brought, strained her relationship with her family to breaking point.
Theme 1: Childhood - 0:29
Theme 2: Escape - 9:52
Theme 3: Educated and Confrontation - 19:10
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HEAR THE FULL INTERVIEWS MENTIONED IN TODAYS' EPISODE HERE:
Westover, Tara. “Tara Westover Discusses Educated.” C-SPAN.org, www.c-span.org/video/?449746-14/tara-westover-discusses-educated.
Full Title: Educated: A Memoir
Year of Publication: 2018
Book Author: Tara Westover
To purchase the complete edition of this book click here: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B075F68BFV/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_9840KDZWF6EGHBSBE2A5
Book Insight Writer: Monica Woods
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Producer: Gabe Mara
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowden
Narrator: Kristi Burns
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book Atomic Habit with special guest Kamilah O'Brien.
Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s new with the book or the author currently.
This week, Tom and Karin offer you insight on:
*How Kamilah O'Brien changed her money habits, paid off $70k in debt and has been helping others do the same ever since.
*The value of analyzing your existent habits and finding which serve you, which don't and building habits that will help you become the person you want to be.
*Overcoming the obstacles towards achieving financial freedom by changing your thought process, changing your actions and the science behind how to change your habits.
Want quick saveable, shareable bullet points on today's podcast? Check out the Memo: https://memod.com/KarinRichey/atomic-habits-with-kamilah-o-brien-2990
Show Notes:
This week we’re bringing on a guest who is a Senior Financial Manager, speaker, and consultant. She has managed billion-dollar budgets. She has an MPA in General Finance from NYU and is known as the Focused Spender on YouTube, Instagram and social media where she helps her followers stop living paycheck to paycheck by maximizing their savings, investments, and debt payoff. Please welcome Kamilah O Brien.
https://focusedspender.com/
https://www.youtube.com/focusedspender
https://www.instagram.com/focusedspender/
What is the difference between Book Insights episodes and Book Lounge episodes?
Book Insights are formal, structured summary, analysis and exploration of a bestselling nonfiction book. Each episode is read by a professional voice actor and will introduce a new title selected specifically for its value to your work and life. Book Lounge episodes are casual discussions about the book, the author, and anything else that comes along through the course of conversation. It’s more of a broad chat about how the book relates to current, everyday life.
Should I listen to both the Book Insight and the Book Lounge episode on the same book?
Sure! Each episode works fine as a standalone piece, so no requirement to listen to both or to listen in any particular order, but we definitely recommend (and think you’ll enjoy!) both. Think of it like reading a book and liking it so much you want to chat about it on the porch with a friend. That is the vibe at the Book Lounge.
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Audio Producer: Daniel Gonzalez
Hosts: Tom Butler-Bowdon & Karin Richey
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Upending the received self-help wisdom that success is founded on setting and accomplishing your goals, James Clear focuses instead on the power of minuscule habits to transform your life.
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Goals may be useful tools for identifying a destination to work towards, but systems of behavior – or habits – are the vehicles that get you to where you want to go.
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Minor changes brought on by focusing on systems of habit will cause gradual improvements that are unnoticeable from day to day, but incredible over time.
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These “atomic habits” are small-scale but they will also come to represent the building blocks of your success, as Clear demonstrates with inspiring stories from the worlds of sport, business and academia, and his own life.
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By designing, implementing, reviewing, and perfecting your habits, you can harness the power of continuous, compounding improvement to reach your true potential and realize your ideal self.
Theme 1: Your Ideal Self - 0:29
Theme 2: Existing Habits - 6:52
Theme 3: Breaking Bad, Creating Good - 16:25
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HEAR THE FULL INTERVIEWS MENTIONED IN TODAYS' EPISODE HERE:
“The Jay Kim Show #124: James Clear (Transcript).” Jay Kim Show, 4 Jan. 2019, www.jaykimshow.com/2019/01/james-clear-transcript/.
Full Title: Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
Year of Publication: 2018
Book Author: James Clear
To purchase the complete edition of this book click here: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B07RFSSYBH/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_CJ3TD5GB6H89PZH23TV1
Book Insight Writer: Kieran Saunders
Editor: Morwenna Loughman
Producer: Gabe Mara
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowden
Narrator: Elliott Schiff
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book The Power of Now with special guest Michelle Hold.
Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s new with the book or the author currently.
This week, Tom and Karin offer you insight on:
*How internationally renowned artist Michelle Hold utilizes the Power of Now to create her award winning abstract art pieces.
*The innate nature of being in the present moment and the many ways the world distracts us and removes that ability.
*The ways in which empathy, compassion and acceptance grow by utilizing the power of now and not dwelling on fear or regret.
Want quick saveable, shareable bullet points on today's podcast? Check out the Memo: https://memod.com/KarinRichey/the-power-of-now-with-michelle-hold-2829
Show Notes:
Michelle Hold is an award-winning, internationally renowned abstract artist. She is knowledgeable about spirituality, mindfulness and was so inspired by The Power of Now she painted her response to the book and held a solo show dedicated to the work.
https://twitter.com/holdm4
http://t.co/hzggbhYJmC?amp=1
https://blog.singulart.com/en/2017/12/18/interview-with-the-artist-michelle-hold/
What is the difference between Book Insights episodes and Book Lounge episodes?
Book Insights are formal, structured summary, analysis and exploration of a bestselling nonfiction book. Each episode is read by a professional voice actor and will introduce a new title selected specifically for its value to your work and life. Book Lounge episodes are casual discussions about the book, the author, and anything else that comes along through the course of conversation. It’s more of a broad chat about how the book relates to current, everyday life.
Should I listen to both the Book Insight and the Book Lounge episode on the same book?
Sure! Each episode works fine as a standalone piece, so no requirement to listen to both or to listen in any particular order, but we definitely recommend (and think you’ll enjoy!) both. Think of it like reading a book and liking it so much you want to chat about it on the porch with a friend. That is the vibe at the Book Lounge.
Like what you hear? Be sure to like & subscribe to support this podcast! Also leave a comment and let us know your thoughts on the episode.
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Subscribe at memod.com/insights
Audio Producer: Daniel Gonzalez
Hosts: Tom Butler-Bowdon & Karin Richey
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By focusing on the present moment as our route to consciousness we can free ourselves from the stress, fear and anxiety that are created by our mind.
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Suffering is identification with Mind. Our analytical mind has created a false ‘self’ – the ego – which we must jettison in order to find enlightenment.
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When we surrender to the power of the present moment, the now, we are at one with Being and openness.
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We can connect with joy and our true selves, unfettered by binary constructs such as ‘past’ and ‘future’.
Theme 1: What It Is - 0:29
Theme 2: Putting It Into Place - 8:16
Theme 3: The Importance - 17:52
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Full Title: The Power of Now: A Guide To Spiritual Enlightenment
Year of Publication: 1997
Book Author: Eckhart Tolle
To purchase the complete edition of this book click here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00005AAPL/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_AYXW4K4JRRRRTYZBYSZY
Book Insight Writer: Kieran Saunders
Editor: Morwenna Loughman
Producer: Gabe Mara
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowden
Narrator: Tom Evans
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book Digital Minimalism with special guest Melanie Leslie.
Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s new with the book or the author currently.
This week, Tom and Karin offer you insight on:
*Book Blogger and digital detox leader Melanie Leslie shares her experience feeling addicted to social media and her smartphone and her results after minimizing technology's negative impact on her life.
*The ways technology companies have capitalized on the psychology of addiction in order to make their products as addicting as possible.
*The steps and benefits of decluttering your digital life through a 30 day detox and ongoing habit changes for maximizing your IRL time and minimizing your time screen time.
Want quick saveable, shareable bullet points on today's podcast? Check out the Memo: https://memod.com/KarinRichey/digitally-decluttering-with-melanie-leslie-2757
Show Notes:
Melanie Leslie runs the popular #bookstagram account MyNightsBooked. She has practiced 30 day digital detoxes using techniques from Cal Newport's "Digital Minimalism" and encourages and supports others as they do the same. She is a working mom who has found the practices significantly improve her and her family's quality of life.
https://www.instagram.com/mynightsbooked/
https://www.mynightsbooked.com/
https://www.mynightsbooked.com/post/30-day-digital-declutter-how-did-i-get-here
What is the difference between Book Insights episodes and Book Lounge episodes?
Book Insights are formal, structured summary, analysis and exploration of a bestselling nonfiction book. Each episode is read by a professional voice actor and will introduce a new title selected specifically for its value to your work and life. Book Lounge episodes are casual discussions about the book, the author, and anything else that comes along through the course of conversation. It’s more of a broad chat about how the book relates to current, everyday life.
Should I listen to both the Book Insight and the Book Lounge episode on the same book?
Sure! Each episode works fine as a standalone piece, so no requirement to listen to both or to listen in any particular order, but we definitely recommend (and think you’ll enjoy!) both. Think of it like reading a book and liking it so much you want to chat about it on the porch with a friend. That is the vibe at the Book Lounge.
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Hosts: Tom Butler-Bowdon & Karin Richey
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At first, the idea of becoming a ‘digital minimalist’ might sound extreme. Yet popular blogger Newport says this reasoning has it backwards.
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Long hours spent on social media, staring at a phone during dates and family reunions, or texting while driving – these are abnormal, extreme behaviors. People just normally don’t see them this way, because they’ve become so common.
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We have to rethink our relationships with digital devices. Newport introduces the theoretical principles behind digital minimalism and the process of digital declutter.
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It’s a manifesto for reclaiming your time and your life from the online giants that make fortunes from your attention.
Theme 1: How digital life got out of Control - 0:29
Theme 2: Declutter Your Digital Life - 9:07
Theme 3: The Life You Could Be Having - 20:15
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HEAR THE FULL INTERVIEWS MENTIONED IN TODAYS' EPISODE HERE:
"Cal Newport On Why You Should Quit Social Media, 'Digital Minimalism' + More". Youtube, 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeNNYMJwZtI. Accessed 18 July 2019.
"How To Declutter Your Digital Life". Youtube, 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=7&v=hax-VYl0RI4. Accessed July 2019.
Full Title: Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Like in a Noisy World
Year of Publication: 2019
Book Author: Cal Newport
To purchase the complete edition of this book click here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07LGDY5PC/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_SC8DJMX2J12GPHJ18F66
Book Insight Writer: Rafal Jennek
Editor: Monica Woods
Producer: Daniel Gonzalez
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowden
Narrator: Laura Smith
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book The Wealth of Nations with special guest Eamonn Butler.
Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s new with the book or the author currently.
This week, Tom and Karin offer you insight on:
*Adam Smith Institute Director Eamonn Butler shares some of his decades of research on Adam Smith, his world-changing book "The Wealth of Nations" and the concepts today that are still impacted by this seminal work.
*The balance between self-interest and the common good when it comes to individual economic liberties and how they impact society as a whole.
*How Adam Smith envisioned the connection between government and industry, and the role government should (and shouldn't) play in stifling or stimulating the economy.
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Show Notes:
Meet Eamonn Butler, Director of the Adam Smith Institute, as well as an economist and author of numerous books on economics. Butler worked on pensions and welfare issues for the United States House of Representatives in Washington DC, before returning to the UK where he served as editor of the British Insurance Broker Monthly.
https://www.adamsmith.org/
Wealth of Nations - condensed:
http://www.iea.org.uk/publications/research/adam-smith-a-primer
http://www.adamsmith.org/sites/default/files/resources/condensed-WoN.pdf
https://www.amazon.com/Wealth-Nations-Economics-Selected-Contemporary-ebook/dp/B0047O2BSY
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Ten years in the writing, published in 1776 and still considered a cornerstone of economic thought, The Wealth of Nations provides a recipe for national prosperity that has not been bettered since. Adam Smith, a Scottish professor of moral philosophy, assumes zero knowledge of his subject in the reader, and over 200 years on still delivers valuable lessons on basic economics.
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His vision of economic liberalism, based on small government and the freedom of citizens to act in their best interests, was revolutionary at the time. This was the dawn of a new industrial age, and the nature of government needed to change quickly to keep pace.
* The Wealth of Nations struck a chord as it pointed to the principle of ‘natural liberty’, which puts faith in the ingenuity of citizens to pursue their economic destinies with a minimum of government interference.
- Smith argued that the ‘invisible hand’ of the free market made sure that the honest labors of individuals, making good use of a country’s resources, would result in a prosperous and successful society.
Theme 1: Self Interest and Personal Freedom - 0:29
Theme 2: Wealth Through Labor - 7:43
Theme 3: National Wealth and Poverty - 13:50
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YouTube. (2019). Adam Smith: The Invisible Hand. [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBifN69gcKY.
YouTube. (2019). Two Sides to Adam Smith: Beyond 'Wealth of Nations'. [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xvK93HcdJw&t=70s [Accessed 12 Apr. 2019].
Full Title: The Wealth of Nations
Year of Publication: 1776
Book Author: Adam Smith
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Book Insight Writer: Tom Butler-Bowden
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowden
Producer: Gabe Mara
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowden
Narrator: Tom Evans
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book Crushing It with special guest Dr. Christine Coleman.
Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s new with the book or the author currently.
This week, Tom and Karin offer you insight on:
*Dr. Christine Coleman shares her experience crafting her voice as well as her personal and professional brands on social media for her practice as a therapist and philanthropist.
*How merely documenting your journey can get people on board with your mission, vision and product/service/brand.
*The value of YOU - your unique brand, niche and how anyone can be an influencer.
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Show Notes:
Dr. Christine Coleman founded the nonprofit organization Sol Sisters which has been achieving its mission and vision of empowering women primarily utilizing social media since it began in 2013. She also has harnessed her personal brand into her new private practice as a psychotherapist, speaker and consultant.
https://www.solsisters.org/
https://www.drchristinecoleman.com/
https://www.instagram.com/drchristinecoleman/
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*Crushing It sets out the basic principles for an innovative mindset and understanding the social media landscape as it is today.
*Through many examples, it provides a blueprint on how to succeed in social media marketing.
*Crushing It breaks down in detail the importance of building a personal brand to further yourself in your niche or trade.
Note: This Book Insight contains explicit language and mature themes.
Theme 1: Your Personal Brand - 0:29
Theme 2: Social Media Success - 9:00
Theme 3: Journey as Content - 17:39
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Vaynerchuk, Gary. “Gary Vaynerchuk on Crushing It!” YouTube, Fox, 13 Feb. 2018, www.youtube.com/watch?v=voCAk0XQis8.
Xavier, Brittany. “I Designed My First Clothing Collection // BrittanyXavier.” YouTube, YouTube, 6 Dec. 2018, www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBGrsJbKO98&list=PLG1-IHekZ7bQcShLZ75bjZj4GKbmn8w4E.
Vaynerchuk, Gary. “Charging Clients, Personal Brand or Business Brand & Advice to a Senior in College | #AskGaryVee 239.” YouTube, YouTube, 24 Jan. 2017, www.youtube.com/watch?v=h346DR1kf0c.
WineLibraryTV. “Episode 1 - Verite.” YouTube, YouTube, 17 May 2006, www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Vo0nykupIo.
Confidential, The Skinny. “Corrective Double Jaw Surgery Experience | Post OP Swelling & Recovery.” YouTube, YouTube, 12 Oct. 2017, www.youtube.com/watch?v=T60VKRGSvmQ.
Vaynerchuk, Gary. “Document, Don't Create.” YouTube, YouTube, 6 Sept. 2016, www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVKofRN1dyI.
G, Mimi. “Mimi G on Women Being Submissive to Men.” YouTube, YouTube, 10 Jan. 2017, www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yG3l249PC4.
Durgam, Chithra. “Chit-Chat with Dr. Chithra Durgam Featured in ‘Crushing It’ by Garyvee at Wine Library, Episode 2.” YouTube, YouTube, 10 Dec. 2018, www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHmlGLY5cgU&index=6&list=PLIsAs6P3dNq4wFCXNPZ1pMIc-uuaBMmiv.
Full Title: Crushing It!: How Great Entrepreneurs Build Their Business and Influence-and How You Can, Too
Year of Publication: 2018
Book Author: Gary Vaynerchuk
To purchase the complete edition of this book click here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B077MPRHKJ/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_B7MYD3YY4575SDKD1D08
Book Insight Writer: William Sims
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowden
Producer: Gabriel Mara
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowden
Narrator: Elliott Schiff
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book The One Thing with special guest Katrina Aronson.
Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s new with the book or the author currently.
This week, Tom and Karin offer you insight on:
*Katrina shares client stories about entrepreneurs who found their "one thing", focused on that, and the results they saw.
*Explore examples like Steve Jobs and learn about the things they allowed to fall off the priority list in order to make space for their "one thing."
*Learn how anyone can determine their "one thing" and begin to practice prioritizing it instead of mindlessly multitasking while accomplishing very little.
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Show Notes:
Meet Katrina Aronson, she is a marketing and strategy coach for small businesses and entrepreneurs. She's helped dozens and dozens of creative female business owners scale their companies and make a profit.
https://www.katrinaaronson.com/
What is the difference between Book Insights episodes and Book Lounge episodes?
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The One Thing is a deceptively simple title – this is not just another “how I did it” business autobiography, but a theory of success supported by academic studies that can be applied to both work and home life.
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Though the book’s focus is simplicity itself – the power of focus – it makes many points that are far from obvious, and exposes quite a few myths that are likely to have held you back from success.
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When you consider people who achieve great things, their success often involves a paradox. They are able to get more done, with greater effect, because they “go small,” that is, they narrow their focus to the single thing they must do, if every other thing they would like to happen would fall into place.
Theme 1: Go Small to Achieve Big - 0:29
Theme 2: Activity vs Productivity - 9:10
Theme 3: The Time Block - 19:10
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Papasan, Jay. “Jay Papasan on The ONE Thing You Can Do to Master All Areas of Life.” HalElrod.com, 17 Oct. 2018, halelrod.com/jay-papasan-on-the-one-thing-you-can-do-to-master-all-areas-of-life
"One Thing". Youtube, 2010, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4CvFWCULuI&feature=youtu.be&t=150. Accessed 12 Feb 2019.
Full Title: Mindset: The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results
Year of Publication: 2013
Book Author: Gary Keller
To purchase the complete edition of this book click here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FPVS27W/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_TN6141Y7YXDDCBVNQRC2
Book Insight Writer: Joe Barnes
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowden
Producer: Daniel Gonzalez
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowden
Narrator: Elliot Schiff
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book Mindset with special guest Trevor Ragan.
Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s new with the book or the author currently.
This week, Tom and Karin offer you insight on:
*What Growth and Fixed Mindsets are, and the fluid nature of both. How we all can encompass each of the mindsets at different times, situations and as they relate to particular skills.
*The risk of praising outcomes rather than efforts and how to foster Growth Mindset in yourself, your students, children, employees or those around you.
*How Trevor Ragan has used Growth Mindset when consulting with everyone from MLB coaches to CEOs to kindergarten students.
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Show Notes:
Meet Trevor Ragan: He's a TedX speaker, podcaster and founder of The Learner Lab - which focuses on the science of learning. He’s worked with professional athletes, Fortune 500 companies, and in hundreds of schools helping people understand and apply become better learners.
https://thelearnerlab.com/
BONUS: Want a laugh? SNL has a hilarious sketch that perfectly illustrates what can happen when we get stuck in a Fixed Mindset:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7o_rwJwqkDc
What is the difference between Book Insights episodes and Book Lounge episodes?
Book Insights are formal, structured summary, analysis and exploration of a bestselling nonfiction book. Each episode is read by a professional voice actor and will introduce a new title selected specifically for its value to your work and life. Book Lounge episodes are casual discussions about the book, the author, and anything else that comes along through the course of conversation. It’s more of a broad chat about how the book relates to current, everyday life.
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Carol Dweck's Mindset: The New Psychology of Success is a very influential book in the field of social psychology.
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It contrasts the ‘fixed’ mindset with the ‘growth’ mindset. With a growth mindset, we see our natural traits or abilities simply as a starting point, and through experience, effort and learning move towards what we want to do or be.
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Our IQ or personality form part of our potential only, rather than restricting us. Life is about the excitement of wondering how far we can go by developing our interests and skills to the max. If the fixed mindset sees our qualities as carved in stone, the growth mindset sees them as a moveable feast.
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Each puts us on quite different paths of thought and action. Dweck’s research shows how the unspoken beliefs we have can affect our chances for self-confidence, happiness and success.
Theme 1: The Psychology of Mindsets - 0:29
Theme 2: How Mindsets Work in the Real World - 9:19
Theme 3: From Fixed to Growth Mindsets - 19:09
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Dweck, Carol. “Transcript of ‘The Power of Believing That You Can Improve.’” Ted, Ted, www.ted.com/talks/carol_dweck_the_power_of_believing_that_you_can_improve/transcript.
Full Title: Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
Year of Publication: 2006
Book Author: Carol Dweck
To purchase the complete edition of this book click here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07N48NM33/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_HCC68TD2970VQE09FWJ2
Book Insight Writer: Dinsa Sachan
Editor: Morwenna Loughman
Producer: Daniel Gonzalez
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowden
Narrator: Kristi Burns
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book Women and Money with special guests Anjie & RJ.
Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s new with the book or the author currently.
This week, Tom and Karin offer you insight on:
*Anjie & RJ share their most valuable tips for cutting down expenses and reaching your financial goals.
*Hear about the struggles women in particular face as well as the unique strengths they have when it comes to personal finance management.
*Learn Suze Orman's advice on stimulus payment use and her recommendations for post-pandemic budgeting.
Show Notes:
Meet Anjie & RJ! They are the married millennials who run the popular personal finance Instagram account @RichByIntention. The two are budgeting pros as demonstrated by their having paid off over $100k in student loan debt in less than 12 months.
https://www.richbyintention.com/
https://www.instagram.com/richbyintention/?hl=en
https://twitter.com/richbyintention?lang=en
https://www.facebook.com/richbyintention/
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Working as a waitress, Suze Orman had dreams of opening up a café of her own. She was lucky enough to receive $20,000 to help get her idea off the ground, but less fortunate in her investment choices.
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With no financial know-how, she allowed her broker to put the cash into highly risky investments, and eventually lost it all.
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Fast forward a couple of decades, and Orman is one of America’s most recognized authorities on personal finance, with a thriving financial planning business, many books to her name and a popular television show.
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In Women and Money, she taps into her own transformative experience to explain the obstacles women face, how to educate yourself in money matters, master negotiation and financial organization, and ultimately sort out your finances so that you can be free to focus on what you love.
Theme 1: Women, Money & Love - 0:29
Theme 2: Money & Happiness - 9:03
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FM, Breakfast Club Power 105.1. “Financial Expert Suze Orman Talks Women And Money, Arguing With Master P + More.” YouTube, YouTube, 17 Sept. 2018, www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAQ2SS_6R2c&t=1138s.
JennyMcCarthyTV. “Suze Orman on The Jenny McCarthy Show.” YouTube, YouTube, 13 Sept. 2018, www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7yrAtR5ixo.
Full Title: Women and Money
Year of Publication: 2007
Book Author: Suze Orman
To purchase the complete edition of this book click here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07G2LF27G/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_4GCHJDKR2MKRPQG63WC6
Book Insight Writer: Tom Butler-Bowden
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowden
Producer: Daniel Gonzalez
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowden
Narrator: Carrie Steele
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book The E-Myth Revisited with special guest Marcus Garrett.
Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s new with the book or the author currently.
This week, Tom and Karin offer you insight on:
*Author Michael Gerber's tough love approach to entrepreneurship and why most small businesses fail.
*How both Marcus and Karin got swept up into MLM sales types jobs and how the dream of unlimited potential can get in the way of the logistics necessary to make it happen.
*How Marcus Garrett handles seeing himself as a "technician" and even sees his own successful business as "in infancy" stages in some ways, and what he is doing about it.
Show Notes:
Meet Marcus Garrett: Marcus co-founded an award-winning personal finance business dedicated to helping working professionals make money, save money, and get out of debt--reaching over 2 million downloads--before selling his stake in 2020.
Today, his brand and business, The Marcus Garrett, LLC., helps employees and entrepreneurs like you reach financial independence by monetizing their online brands as he has repeatedly done over the last decade.
https://www.themarcusgarrett.com/
https://www.instagram.com/TheMarcusGarrett/
https://twitter.com/TheMarcusGarret
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNPNmvnU4JTHyPMHXMu7itQ
What is the difference between Book Insights episodes and Book Lounge episodes?
Book Insights are formal, structured summary, analysis and exploration of a bestselling nonfiction book. Each episode is read by a professional voice actor and will introduce a new title selected specifically for its value to your work and life. Book Lounge episodes are casual discussions about the book, the author, and anything else that comes along through the course of conversation. It’s more of a broad chat about how the book relates to current, everyday life.
Should I listen to both the Book Insight and the Book Lounge episode on the same book?
Sure! Each episode works fine as a standalone piece, so no requirement to listen to both or to listen in any particular order, but we definitely recommend (and think you’ll enjoy!) both. Think of it like reading a book and liking it so much you want to chat about it on the porch with a friend. That is the vibe at the Book Lounge.
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Audio Producer: Daniel Gonzalez
Hosts: Tom Butler-Bowdon & Karin Richey
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When Michael Gerber’s The E-Myth was first published in 1986, the internet was but a glimmer in the eye of Tim Berners-Lee.
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The revised version, The E-Myth Revisited, may have come out in the 21st century, just, but 2001 was still too early for the text to contain any mention of internet pioneers like Mark Zuckerberg or wildly successful YouTubers.
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Nevertheless, this business classic has much to offer entrepreneurs, whether digital revolutionaries or brick-and-mortar store owners.
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Gerber guides readers through the life cycle of a business, from infancy to maturity, and draws the key distinction between working on your business and working in it.
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With more than 25,000 small and emerging business owners as clients, and over two million copies of the book sold, Gerber’s small business theories have stood the test of time.
Theme 1: Understanding the E-Myth - 0:29
Theme 2: The Turn-Key Revolution - 9:45
Theme 3: Creating a World of Your Own - 22:05
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HEAR THE FULL INTERVIEWS MENTIONED IN TODAYS' EPISODE HERE:
Podcast, The BiggerPockets. “The Key To Business Success | BiggerPockets Podcast.” The BiggerPockets Blog, 22 Jan. 2019, www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2015/06/04/bp-podcast-125-the-key-to-business-success-with-michael-gerber/.
Full Title: The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It
Year of Publication: 2001
Book Author: Michael Gerber
To purchase the complete edition of this book click here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00094F0ES/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_ZBVYJK3M4RAY2ZBFM6GX
Book Insight Writer: Joe Barnes
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowden
Producer: Daniel Gonzalez
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowden
Narrator: Elliott Schiff
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Ramit Sethi hates big banks and unscrupulous financial advisers. But more than anything else, he hates the laziness and fear that keeps everyday people from educating themselves on finances.
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Step by step, he guides readers on attaining financial independence from paying off student loan debt, to optimizing credit card perks, to learning how to properly invest with minimal effort.
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Sethi admits it’s daunting, but all you ever have to do is get started. Aim for getting 85 percent of the way there and you’ll be 100 percent better off than nearly everyone else.
Theme 1: The 85 Percent Solution 0:29
Theme 2: Be Aggressive in Everything But Investing 8:55
Theme 3: How To Have a Rich Life 22:06
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HEAR THE FULL INTERVIEWS MENTIONED IN TODAYS' EPISODE HERE:
“Ramit Sethi - I Will Teach You to Be Rich.” Mad Fientist, https://www.madfientist.com/ramit-sethi-interview/.
S, Pangambam. “Ramit Sethi Talks@Google on I Will Teach You to Be Rich (Transcript).” The Singju Post, 3 Nov. 2014, https://singjupost.com/ramit-sethi-talksgoogle-will-teach-rich-transcript/6/?singlepage=1.
Full Title: I Will Teach You to Be Rich: No Guilt. No Excuses. No B.S. Just a 6-Week Program That Works
Year of Publication: 2009, 2019
Book Author: Ramit Sethi
To purchase the complete edition of this book click here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07QR7GYF7/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_WB563R1Q1A88F515985T
Book Insight Writer: Gabe Mara
Editor: Morwenna Loughman
Producer: Gabe Mara
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowden
Narrator: Elliott Schiff
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book I Will Teach You to Be Rich with special guest Nick Hutchison.
Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s new with the book or the author currently.
This week, Tom and Karin offer you insight on:
*Discover what self help influencer Nick Hutchison spends lavishly on and cuts ruthlessly on after having read "I Will Teach You to Be Rich".
*The major banking changes that Nick and Karin both made as a result of reading this book.
*The dangers of a healthy bank account with an unhealthy mind. Learn to balance risk, safety, spending and saving while keeping your head on straight (AKA don/t spend it all on Dogecoin).
Show Notes:
Nick Hutchison is a founder of Bookthinkers, an online community and educational technology company that enables readers to achieve more and live better. They have over 100k followers worldwide and offer review, synopsis and analyses of nonfiction books.
http://www.instagram.com/bookthinkers
https://www.bookthinkers.com/
https://www.youtube.com/bookthinkers
https://www.twitter.com/bookthinkers
What is the difference between Book Insights episodes and Book Lounge episodes?
Book Insights are formal, structured summary, analysis and exploration of a bestselling nonfiction book. Each episode is read by a professional voice actor and will introduce a new title selected specifically for its value to your work and life. Book Lounge episodes are casual discussions about the book, the author, and anything else that comes along through the course of conversation. It’s more of a broad chat about how the book relates to current, everyday life.
Should I listen to both the Book Insight and the Book Lounge episode on the same book?
Sure! Each episode works fine as a standalone piece, so no requirement to listen to both or to listen in any particular order, but we definitely recommend (and think you’ll enjoy!) both. Think of it like reading a book and liking it so much you want to chat about it on the porch with a friend. That is the vibe at the Book Lounge.
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Audio Producer: Daniel Gonzalez
Hosts: Tom Butler-Bowdon & Karin Richey
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Discover how to secure your financial future in one simple step, no matter how much you earn – paying yourself a regular set amount. This is the ‘automatic’ of the title.
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Bach isn’t offering a finger-click, instant wealth generator, but he shows that by paying yourself first, you can lay the foundations for future wealth and security.
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Stay in your job and amass wealth slowly through automatic saving, the effect of compounding over time, riding out any stock market peaks and troughs, and benefit from tax rules that favor ‘those who help themselves’. This way, attaining wealth becomes an inevitability, not just a faint hope.
Theme 1: Financial Priorities - 0:29
Theme 2: Debt & Automation - 8:34
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HEAR THE FULL INTERVIEWS MENTIONED IN TODAYS' EPISODE HERE:
Bach, David. “DAVID BACH - THE AUTOMATIC MILLIONAIRE.” YouTube, YouTube, 7 Dec. 2016, www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuHE5EWxGs8&t=42s.
Bach, David. “David Bach's 7 Places Your Money Needs To Go Automatically.” YouTube, YouTube, 25 Dec. 2016, www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpARUOMlOYE.
OWN. “How Much Should You Be Saving at 25? | The Oprah Winfrey Show | Oprah Winfrey Network.” YouTube, YouTube, 2 Sept. 2015, www.youtube.com/watch?v=VB_YNB1CHsg.
Full Title: The Automatic Millionaire: A Powerful One-Step Plan to Live and Finish Rich
Year of Publication: 2003
Book Author: David Bach
To purchase the complete edition of this book click here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0002P0FLM/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_VPHD3ZGFK972A5MKRP3R
Book Insight Writer: Tom Butler-Bowden
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowden
Producer: Gabe Mara
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowden
Narrator: Michael Khachanov
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book The Automatic Millionaire with special guest Sarah Wilson (aka Budget Girl).
Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s new with the book or the author currently.
This week, Tom and Karin offer you insight on:
*Sarah Wilson, famously known as Budget Girl on Youtube and Instagram, shares lessons she's learned from The Automatic Millionaire and how it helped her go from drowning in debt to now having a net worth of over $100k in a few short years.
*Which strategies and techniques work for which income levels and how anyone can get started at any age or financial situation.
*Join the debate - lattes vs no lattes and budget-y vs budget-free - see what works for you!
Show Notes:
https://budgetgirl.com/
https://facebook.com/gobudgetgirl
https://www.instagram.com/gobudgetgirl
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCleJPdQX1ycjBtsjBBSEAPg
What is the difference between Book Insights episodes and Book Lounge episodes?
Book Insights are formal, structured summary, analysis and exploration of a bestselling nonfiction book. Each episode is read by a professional voice actor and will introduce a new title selected specifically for its value to your work and life. Book Lounge episodes are casual discussions about the book, the author, and anything else that comes along through the course of conversation. It’s more of a broad chat about how the book relates to current, everyday life.
Should I listen to both the Book Insight and the Book Lounge episode on the same book?
Sure! Each episode works fine as a standalone piece, so no requirement to listen to both or to listen in any particular order, but we definitely recommend (and think you’ll enjoy!) both. Think of it like reading a book and liking it so much you want to chat about it on the porch with a friend. That is the vibe at the Book Lounge.
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Audio Producer: Daniel Gonzalez
Hosts: Tom Butler-Bowdon & Karin Richey
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book Open Your Mind To Prosperity with special guest Jermain Miller.
Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s new with the book or the author currently.
This week, Tom and Karin offer you insight on:
*Why Robin advises those he consults to "eat their own dog food" when it comes to being persuasive in marketing, networking and sales.
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How different Grant Cardone's 10x Rule is compared to other self help and motivational books like Can't Hurt Me, The 5 Second Rule and The Compound Effect.
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Why both Grant Cardone and Robin Kiera believe there is no middle when it comes to success or failure.
For Show Notes:
Meet Dr. Robin Kiera - Founder and CEO of Digitalscouting a consulting and marketing agency based in Germany. Robin is an author, renowned speaker, entrepreneur, top-ranked insurance and finance influencer.
https://robinkiera.com/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9UC1WtMRp1JAg7jYWJaGSQ
https://www.digitalscouting.de/
https://www.tiktok.com/@robin_kiera?lang=en
What is the difference between Book Insights episodes and Book Lounge episodes?
Book Insights are formal, structured summary, analysis and exploration of a bestselling nonfiction book. Each episode is read by a professional voice actor and will introduce a new title selected specifically for its value to your work and life. Book Lounge episodes are casual discussions about the book, the author, and anything else that comes along through the course of conversation. It’s more of a broad chat about how the book relates to current, everyday life.
Should I listen to both the Book Insight and the Book Lounge episode on the same book?
Sure! Each episode works fine as a standalone piece, so no requirement to listen to both or to listen in any particular order, but we definitely recommend (and think you’ll enjoy!) both. Think of it like reading a book and liking it so much you want to chat about it on the porch with a friend. That is the vibe at the Book Lounge.
Like what you hear? Be sure to like & subscribe to support this podcast! Also leave a comment and let us know your thoughts on the episode.
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Audio Producer: Gabriel Mara
Hosts: Tom Butler-Bowdon & Karin Richey
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book The Obstacle Is the Way with special guest Donald Robertson.
Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s new with the book or the author currently.
This week, Tom and Karin offer you insight on:
*Donald Robertson explains the common misconception of Stoicism and apatheia centering around being emotionless, passionless or unfeeling.
*The virtues and personal growth that are possible as a result of facing challenges, and thinking through what the most important goal really is.
*The interesting gift Ryan Holiday sent to Donald Robertson as a reminder of their Stoic beliefs.
Show Notes:
https://donaldrobertson.name/
https://modernstoicism.com/
Marcus Aurelius 1900th Anniversary Event:https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/141293351217
Stoicon-x Military Conference:https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/138626889759
Stoicon-x Women Conference:https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/138604101599
What is the difference between Book Insights episodes and Book Lounge episodes?
Book Insights are formal, structured summary, analysis and exploration of a bestselling nonfiction book. Each episode is read by a professional voice actor and will introduce a new title selected specifically for its value to your work and life. Book Lounge episodes are casual discussions about the book, the author, and anything else that comes along through the course of conversation. It’s more of a broad chat about how the book relates to current, everyday life.
Should I listen to both the Book Insight and the Book Lounge episode on the same book?
Sure! Each episode works fine as a standalone piece, so no requirement to listen to both or to listen in any particular order, but we definitely recommend (and think you’ll enjoy!) both. Think of it like reading a book and liking it so much you want to chat about it on the porch with a friend. That is the vibe at the Book Lounge.
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Audio Producer: Daniel Gonzalez
Hosts: Tom Butler-Bowdon & Karin Richey
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A formula for success which has been used for centuries, by emperors, military commanders, athletes, presidents and entrepreneurs, the quiet grace and forbearance espoused by the ancient Stoics may seem at odds with today’s brash, dog-eat-dog world.
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Ryan Holiday draws on the ancient philosophy of Stoicism, which was founded in Greece in the early 3rd century, to show how this approach can be applied effectively to twenty-first-century life.
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Mastering the three critical elements of perception, action, and will opens up an eminently pragmatic way to confront any obstacles, and gain power, peace of mind and success.
Theme 1: Perception - 0:29
Theme 2: Action - 9:55
Theme 3: Will - 16:20
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Full Title: The Obstacle Is The Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials Into Triumph
Year of Publication: 2014
Book Author: Ryan Holiday
To purchase the complete edition of this book click here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00K5JUNSU/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_ZAMASKPCRKCSTYRCCX7S
Book Insight Writer: Donald Robertson
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowden
Producer: Daniel Gonzalez
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowden
Narrator: Robin Gabrielli
*A classic guide to welcoming wealth and well-being into your life from the doyenne of prosperity thinking.
*Ponder explains how to rid yourself of the psychological blocks hampering your progress, allowing you to clear your mind and create a spiritual bedrock for future success and happiness.
*Drawing on a range of sources – the Bible, New Thought philosophers, esoteric teachings – she creates an easily digestible guide to the ‘prosperity laws.’
*At the same time, the warmth of her writing conveys a sense of peace: troubles are put into perspective, and the heart lifts on reading the stories of people who experienced a prosperity miracle when they had known only hard times.
*Yet Ponder’s words are pragmatic, not simply escapist, providing the tools to take your life to a new level, if you are willing to open your mind to the spiritual side of prosperity.
Theme 1: Spiritual Alignment - 0:27
Theme 2: The Path to Prosperity - 8:05
Theme 3: Getting What You Want - 15:41
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Full Title: Open Your Mind To Prosperity
Year of Publication: 1971
Book Author: Catherine Ponder
To purchase the complete edition of this book click here: https://www.amazon.com/Open-Your-Prosperity-Catherine-Ponder/dp/0875165311
Book Insight Writer: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Producer: Gabriel Mara
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Narrator: Elliott Schiff
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book Open Your Mind To Prosperity with special guest Jermain Miller.
Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s new with the book or the author currently.
This week, Tom and Karin offer you insight on:
*Guest Jermain Miller shares why he points his coaching clients to Open Your Mind to Prosperity and how he responds to skeptics
*How God, the universe or a power greater than yourself is necessary for prosperity - in fact, it is the ultimate source
*The various definitions of prosperity and the mentality needed to attain it.
Show Notes:
https://www.jermainmiller.com/
https://www.instagram.com/jermainmiller/
https://www.amazon.com/Jermain-Miller/e/B083F6DTNN/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_ebooks_1
What is the difference between Book Insights episodes and Book Lounge episodes?
Book Insights are formal, structured summary, analysis and exploration of a bestselling nonfiction book. Each episode is read by a professional voice actor and will introduce a new title selected specifically for its value to your work and life. Book Lounge episodes are casual discussions about the book, the author, and anything else that comes along through the course of conversation. It’s more of a broad chat about how the book relates to current, everyday life.
Should I listen to both the Book Insight and the Book Lounge episode on the same book?
Sure! Each episode works fine as a standalone piece, so no requirement to listen to both or to listen in any particular order, but we definitely recommend (and think you’ll enjoy!) both. Think of it like reading a book and liking it so much you want to chat about it on the porch with a friend. That is the vibe at the Book Lounge.
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Audio Producer: Gabriel Mara
Hosts: Tom Butler-Bowdon & Karin Richey
*The pioneer of “Massive Action”, Grant Cardone puts forward a new vision for reaching your goals.
Don’t just work hard – work ten times* harder; aim for $10 million, not $10,000; don’t get one new client this week, get ten.
*This is the ultimate can-do mindset. Unreasonable? Arguably. Controversial? Definitely. But a path to success? Without a doubt.
Theme 1: What is the 10X Rule? - 0:27
Theme 2: The Four Degrees of Action - 7:22
Theme 3: Average is a Formula For Failure - 15:20
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Full Title: The 10X Rule: The Only Difference Between Success and Failure
Year of Publication: 2011
Book Author: Grant Cardone
To purchase the complete edition of this book click here:
https://www.amazon.com/10X-Rule-Difference-Between-Success/dp/0470627603
Book Insight Writer: Gabriel Mara
Editor: Morwenna Loughman
Producer: Gabriel Mara
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Narrator: Sam Suskiri
Next time you’re scared of doing something, count backwards from 5 and move*.
*Sometimes, courage is just acting before you can scare yourself out of doing it.
*Mel Robbins is one of the most in-demand motivational speakers today, but she’s still afraid of public speaking.
*Before each engagement, she’s racked with nervous energy, terrified of the eyes focused on her and the potential for rejection. However, she harnesses that terror, shifts her nervousness to excitement, counts down 5- 4- 3- 2- 1, and walks onto the stage.
*She feels the fear and does it anyway. You can too.
Theme 1: What is the Five Second Rule - 0:27
Theme 2: Everyday Courage - 8:54
Theme 3: The Power of You - 17:03
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Full Title: The Five Second Rule: Transform your Life, Work, and Confidence with Everyday Courage
Year of Publication: 2017
Book Author: Mel Robbins
To purchase the complete edition of this book click here:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08WL9D5SQ/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
Book Insight Writer: Gabriel Mara
Editor: Morwenna Loughman
Producer: Gabriel Mara
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Narrator: Laura Faye Smith
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book The 5 Second Rule with special guest Deanna Kuempel.
Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s new with the book or the author currently.
This week, Tom and Karin offer you insight on:
*Guest Deanna Kuempel shares how her mindset and techniques from this book help her overcome fear during her bodybuilding competitions, in the corporate world and through restarting her life after her husband's death.
*How Mel Robbins used her "5,4,3,2,1 blast off" mentality to pull herself out of the lowest point of her life, when she could hardly get out of bed.
*Discover what may be holding you back from acting on your intuition without hesitation, question or excuses.
Show Notes:
The Mel Robbins TV Show:
https://www.melrobbinsshow.com/episodes
Deanna Kuempel on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/labelfreepodcast/
Deanna Kuempel on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5t_ELs5dkqBxa0DLxegKsw
Label Free Podcast:
https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9jYWZkMmY4L3BvZGNhc3QvcnNz
What is the difference between Book Insights episodes and Book Lounge episodes?
Book Insights are formal, structured summary, analysis and exploration of a bestselling nonfiction book. Each episode is read by a professional voice actor and will introduce a new title selected specifically for its value to your work and life.
Book Lounge episodes are casual discussions about the book, the author, and anything else that comes along through the course of conversation. It’s more of a broad chat about how the book relates to current, everyday life.
Should I listen to both the Book Insight and the Book Lounge episode on the same book?
Sure! Each episode works fine as a standalone piece, so no requirement to listen to both or to listen in any particular order, but we definitely recommend (and think you’ll enjoy!) both. Think of it like reading a book and liking it so much you want to chat about it on the porch with a friend. That is the vibe at the Book Lounge.
Like what you hear? Be sure to like & subscribe to support this podcast! Also leave a comment and let us know your thoughts on the episode.
You can also get a free weekly email about the Book Insight of the week. Subscribe at memod.com/insights
Audio Producer: Gabriel Mara
Hosts: Tom Butler-Bowdon & Karin Richey
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book Extreme Ownership with special guest Chris Rowan.
Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s new with the book or the author currently.
This week, Tom and Karin offer you insight on:
*How to inspire your team by modeling taking responsibility and being accountable even when it would be easy to shift blame on someone else.
*Even as a professional personal fitness coach, with clients wanting to work solely with him, Chris still finds a way to delegate and equip leaders through his business.
*Applying Extreme Ownership's military principles apply to parenting, career, relationships and many other walks of life.
Show Notes:
https://www.instagram.com/chris_puck_33/
https://linktr.ee/chris_puck_33
What is the difference between Book Insights episodes and Book Lounge episodes?
Book Insights are formal, structured summary, analysis and exploration of a bestselling nonfiction book. Each episode is read by a professional voice actor and will introduce a new title selected specifically for its value to your work and life.
Book Lounge episodes are casual discussions about the book, the author, and anything else that comes along through the course of conversation. It’s more of a broad chat about how the book relates to current, everyday life.
Should I listen to both the Book Insight and the Book Lounge episode on the same book?
Sure! Each episode works fine as a standalone piece, so no requirement to listen to both or to listen in any particular order, but we definitely recommend (and think you’ll enjoy!) both. Think of it like reading a book and liking it so much you want to chat about it on the porch with a friend. That is the vibe at the Book Lounge.
Like what you hear? Be sure to like & subscribe to support this podcast! Also leave a comment and let us know your thoughts on the episode.
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Audio Producer: Gabriel Mara
Hosts: Tom Butler-Bowdon & Karin Richey
In this No.1 New York Times* bestseller, lauded former Navy SEAL commanders Willink and Babin share their leadership lessons from managing one of the most decorated special operations unit of the Iraq war.
Returning home from deployment, Willink and Babin launched a consulting firm to teach these same lessons to CEOs and Fortune* 500 executives around the world.
*In this gripping, eye-opening account of what it takes to lead on the front line, the authors show how a culture of extreme ownership of one’s role, responsibilities and environment is really the only way to succeed.
Theme 1: Take Responsibility - 0:27
Theme 2: The Dichotomy of Leadership - 10:05
Theme 3: Building Relationships - 21:44
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Please keep in mind that the information provided in or through our Book Insights episodes is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not intended to be a substitute for advice given by qualified professionals, and should not be relied upon to disregard or delay seeking professional advice.
Full Title: Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win
Year of Publication: 2015
Book Author: Jocko Willink and Leif Babin
To purchase the complete edition of this book click here:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0778HD44M/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
Book Insight Writer: Joe Barnes
Editor: Morwenna Loughman
Producer: Gabriel Mara
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Narrator: Elliott Schiff
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book Can't Hurt Me with special guest Cornelius Lindsey.
Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s new with the book or the author currently.
This week, Tom and Karin offer you insight on:
*How Goggins' fitness, body building and military mental techniques can be applied work, marriage, lifestyle, finances and many other walks of life
*Why flexibility, adaptability and willingness to change may matter more than any other factor when it comes to achieving more than you thought possible
*Why most of us stop at 40% of our capacity, assume it's 100% and settle for satisfactory - which is actually mediocrity - and how to unlock the hidden 60% potential
Show Notes:
https://www.instagram.com/thisiscornelius/?hl=en
https://twitter.com/thisiscornelius
https://www.facebook.com/thisiscorneliuslindsey
What is the difference between Book Insights episodes and Book Lounge episodes?
Book Insights are formal, structured summary, analysis and exploration of a bestselling nonfiction book. Each episode is read by a professional voice actor and will introduce a new title selected specifically for its value to your work and life.
Book Lounge episodes are casual discussions about the book, the author, and anything else that comes along through the course of conversation. It’s more of a broad chat about how the book relates to current, everyday life.
Should I listen to both the Book Insight and the Book Lounge episode on the same book?
Sure! Each episode works fine as a standalone piece, so no requirement to listen to both or to listen in any particular order, but we definitely recommend (and think you’ll enjoy!) both. Think of it like reading a book and liking it so much you want to chat about it on the porch with a friend. That is the vibe at the Book Lounge.
Like what you hear? Be sure to like & subscribe to support this podcast! Also leave a comment and let us know your thoughts on the episode.
You can also get a free weekly email about the Book Insight of the week. Subscribe at memod.com/insights
Audio Producer: Daniel Gonzalez
Hosts: Tom Butler-Bowdon & Karin Richey
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In Can’t Hurt Me, Goggins explains how his exceptional experience can be applied to everyday life.
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He passes on his hard-earned wisdom about tapping into your unlocked potential, overcoming your fears and being better.
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With his tough talk, brutal honesty and extraordinary accomplishments, Goggins is an engrossing storyteller and provides us with inspiration to take the path of most resistance.
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He disputes the idea that people have limits.
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Through his astounding successes, you may start to believe that your own potential, in whatever field you choose, might be boundless.
Theme 1: The 40% Rule - 0:29
Theme 2: Learning From Your Failures - 10:50
Theme 3: Embracing Change - 22:05
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Please keep in mind that the information provided in or through our Book Insights episodes is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not intended to be a substitute for advice given by qualified professionals, and should not be relied upon to disregard or delay seeking professional advice.
Full Title: Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Deny the Odds
Year of Publication: 2018
Book Author: Dave Goggins
To purchase the complete edition of this book click here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KKP62FW/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_0YGEFBFBDJ0E0VMXKCSP
Book Insight Writer: Joe Barnes
Editor: Monica Woods
Producer: Daniel Gonzalez
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Narrator: Elliott Schiff
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book Death and Life of Great American Cities with special guest Robert Kanigel.
Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s new with the book or the author currently.
This week, Tom and Karin offer you insight on:
*The story of a woman who went from mild mannered writer in the 1950's to upending the credentialed establishment of NY's elite city planners
*How Jane Jacobs' bravery and writing talent influenced the world, especially the way people live in big cities
*The differences between the way urban city dwellers live and work compared to suburbanites, and how this book shaped that
Show Notes:
http://www.robertkanigel.com/
Eyes on the Street
Hearing Homer's Song
What is the difference between Book Insights episodes and Book Lounge episodes?
Book Insights are formal, structured summary, analysis and exploration of a bestselling nonfiction book. Each episode is read by a professional voice actor and will introduce a new title selected specifically for its value to your work and life.
Book Lounge episodes are casual discussions about the book, the author, and anything else that comes along through the course of conversation. It’s more of a broad chat about how the book relates to current, everyday life.
Should I listen to both the Book Insight and the Book Lounge episode on the same book?
Sure! Each episode works fine as a standalone piece, so no requirement to listen to both or to listen in any particular order, but we definitely recommend (and think you’ll enjoy!) both. Think of it like reading a book and liking it so much you want to chat about it on the porch with a friend. That is the vibe at the Book Lounge.
Like what you hear? Be sure to like & subscribe to support this podcast! Also leave a comment and let us know your thoughts on the episode.
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Audio Producer: Daniel Gonzalez
Hosts: Tom Butler-Bowdon & Karin Richey
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Despite a lack of experience in city planning or even a college degree, Jane Jacobs picked apart the figures and philosophies responsible for what she viewed as the downfall of American cities.
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Taking aim at those focused on aesthetically pleasing and cutting-edge cities, Jacobs exposed these models as part of a deeply flawed system that only stymies urban living.
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In redefining the relevance of sidewalks, parks, city blocks, and much more, The Death and Life of American Cities became arguably the most single influential work in the history of city planning.
Theme 1: Debunking the Orthodoxy - 0:29
Theme 2: How City Spaces Should Be Used - 10:46
Theme 3: Battling the Power Broker - 22:01
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HEAR THE FULL INTERVIEWS MENTIONED IN TODAYS' EPISODE HERE:
Robins, Max. “Jane Jacobs American Masters Documentary.” YouTube, YouTube, 15 Aug. 2016, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMnUnp0ifgo&feature=youtu.be&t=1358.
Wetmore, John Z. “Jane Jacobs at the National Building Museum.” YouTube, YouTube, 16 Sept. 2012, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sA902O1l-dc&feature=youtu.be&t=253.
Please keep in mind that the information provided in or through our Book Insights episodes is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not intended to be a substitute for advice given by qualified professionals, and should not be relied upon to disregard or delay seeking professional advice.
Full Title: The Death and Life of Great American Cities
Year of Publication: 1961
Book Author: Jane Jacobs
To purchase the complete edition of this book click here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005MM7JKA/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_BCWQK3K42TV4959VFQZP
Book Insight Writer: Daniel Gonzalez
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Producer: Daniel Gonzalez
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Narrator: Tom Evans
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In this collection of remarkable case studies, physician and neurology professor Oliver Sacks introduces us to the bewildering world of the brain and its disorders.
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From patients afflicted with frenzied tics, and those who can no longer recognize familiar faces and objects, to others who have lost great swathes of their memories, Sacks permits the reader a greater understanding of the often bizarre world of the neurologically impaired.
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He describes with great compassion and humanity the nuances of each case, and the steps he could sometimes take to address the wildly varying conditions.
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The emotions and personality of the patient, rather than the abstract symptoms, he argues, must be central to any treatment – it is essential to never lose sight of the individual, the ‘I’ tragically obscured by neurological disease.
Theme 1: The Case of Dr P - 0:29
Theme 2: The Case of Witty Ticcy Ray - 9:28
Theme 3: The Case of Natasha - 19:34
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Please keep in mind that the information provided in or through our Book Insights episodes is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not intended to be a substitute for advice given by qualified professionals, and should not be relied upon to disregard or delay seeking professional advice.
Full Title: The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
Year of Publication: 1985
Book Author: Oliver Sacks
To purchase the complete edition of this book click here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005745MYI/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_7GZT9632S21RN0AXTBGG
Book Insight Writer: Philip Jaekl
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Producer: Daniel Gonzalez
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Narrator: Tom Evans
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat with special guest Dr Valentin Riedl.
Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s new with the book or the author currently.
This week, Tom and Karin offer you insight on:
*What Prosopagnosia (or face blindness) is and hear from film maker Valentin Riedl about his experience making a documentary film about a woman with this condition.
*The surprising ways that the human mind can make connections (or be unable to make connections) between what the eyes see and the deeper meaning those visuals have.
*How we can all better empathize with one another when we have an understanding of how differently the brain is capable of working in various people, often in ways that are not obvious.
Show Notes:
https://valentinriedl.de/
https://www.facebook.com/vava.tin
https://www.instagram.com/valentin__riedl/
https://twitter.com/vavatin
Feature documentary LOST IN FACE:
https://lostinface.film/en
https://www.facebook.com/LostInFaceFilm
https://www.instagram.com/lostinfacefilm/
Animated short film CARLOTTA'S FACE:
https://carlottasface.de/en
What is the difference between Book Insights episodes and Book Lounge episodes?
Book Insights are formal, structured summary, analysis and exploration of a bestselling nonfiction book. Each episode is read by a professional voice actor and will introduce a new title selected specifically for its value to your work and life.
Book Lounge episodes are casual discussions about the book, the author, and anything else that comes along through the course of conversation. It’s more of a broad chat about how the book relates to current, everyday life.
Should I listen to both the Book Insight and the Book Lounge episode on the same book?
Sure! Each episode works fine as a standalone piece, so no requirement to listen to both or to listen in any particular order, but we definitely recommend (and think you’ll enjoy!) both. Think of it like reading a book and liking it so much you want to chat about it on the porch with a friend. That is the vibe at the Book Lounge.
Like what you hear? Be sure to like & subscribe to support this podcast! Also leave a comment and let us know your thoughts on the episode.
You can also get a free weekly email about the Book Insight of the week. Subscribe at memod.com/insights
Audio Producer: Daniel Gonzalez
Hosts: Tom Butler-Bowdon & Karin Richey
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Influence is the ability to change the minds and actions of others in a way that they are willing to accept.
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Cialdini identifies half a dozen “weapons of influence”, ways of getting us to act automatically that sidestep our normal rational decision-making processes. These are used by professionals and salespeople to get us to say ‘yes’ without thinking.
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They include: reciprocation, commitment and consistency; social proof; liking; authority; and scarcity. Each are easily triggered.
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By being aware of the trigger, we can see them for what they are and avoid being taken in ourselves.
Theme 1: Reciprocity and What Influence Is - 0:29
Theme 2: Consistency, Social Proof & Liking - 10:04
Theme 3: Authority and Scarcity - 20:12
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HEAR THE FULL INTERVIEWS MENTIONED IN TODAYS' EPISODE HERE:
“Transcript: Robert Cialdini.” The Big Picture, 5 Nov. 2018, ritholtz.com/2018/11/transcript-robert-cialdini/.
Please keep in mind that the information provided in or through our Book Insights episodes is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not intended to be a substitute for advice given by qualified professionals, and should not be relied upon to disregard or delay seeking professional advice.
Full Title: Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
Year of Publication: 1984
Book Author: Robert Cialdini
To purchase the complete edition of this book click here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01KWAPHAK/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_814P2Z1VPX0QFHTWSVWC
Book Insight Writer: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Producer: Gabe Mara
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Narrator: Kristi Burns
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book Influence with special guest Dr. Karin Tamerius.
Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s new with the book or the author currently.
This week, Tom and Karin offer you insight on:
*Dr. Karin Tamerius of Smart Politics shares her tips and tricks for understanding and influencing Trump supporters and having productive political conversations.
*Tom and Karin share experiences with car salespeople, fundraisers and others wielding the power of influence and how to protect yourself from being manipulated.
*Learn the 6 types of influence people are most receptive to as well the reason most of us fail when it comes to trying to influence or persuade others.
Show Notes:
medium.com/@karintamerius
facebook.com/groups/smartly
Twitter: @tamerius
Angry Uncle Bot
CliMate Chat Bot
What is the difference between Book Insights episodes and Book Lounge episodes?
Book Insights are formal, structured summary, analysis and exploration of a bestselling nonfiction book. Each episode is read by a professional voice actor and will introduce a new title selected specifically for its value to your work and life.
Book Lounge episodes are casual discussions about the book, the author, and anything else that comes along through the course of conversation. It’s more of a broad chat about how the book relates to current, everyday life.
Should I listen to both the Book Insight and the Book Lounge episode on the same book?
Sure! Each episode works fine as a standalone piece, so no requirement to listen to both or to listen in any particular order, but we definitely recommend (and think you’ll enjoy!) both. Think of it like reading a book and liking it so much you want to chat about it on the porch with a friend. That is the vibe at the Book Lounge.
Like what you hear? Be sure to like & subscribe to support this podcast! Also leave a comment and let us know your thoughts on the episode.
You can also get a free weekly email about the Book Insight of the week. Subscribe at memod.com/insights
Audio Producer: Daniel Gonzalez
Hosts: Tom Butler-Bowdon & Karin Richey
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Joshua Foer sets out to answer the question: "Can anyone develop a brilliant memory?"
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Foer learns the tricks of the trade from mnemonic masters and ‘mental athletes’ and ultimately earns the title of 2006 US Memory champion. Not bad after only a year’s preparation.
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Alongside the entertaining tale of rising to this challenge, Foer shows how memory built modern civilization, and is the driver of personal success and creativity.
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As the subtitle of the book suggests, memorization is both science and art – high-level memorizing is an ancient art, but science now shows how it works neurologically. It gives us power and allows for great learning.
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Our individual memory banks are what make us human.
Theme 1: Memory and Expertise - 0:29
Theme 2: Mechanics of Memory & Creativity - 7:24
Theme 3: The Memory Championships - 15:05
Like what you hear? Be sure to like & subscribe to support this podcast! Also leave a comment and let us know your thoughts on the episode.
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HEAR THE FULL INTERVIEWS MENTIONED IN TODAYS' EPISODE HERE:
Foer, Joshua. “Feats of Memory Anyone Can Do | Joshua Foer.” YouTube, YouTube, 10 May 2012, www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6PoUg7jXsA.
Please keep in mind that the information provided in or through our Book Insights episodes is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not intended to be a substitute for advice given by qualified professionals, and should not be relied upon to disregard or delay seeking professional advice.
Full Title: Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
Year of Publication: 2011
Book Author: Joshua Foer
To purchase the complete edition of this book click here:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004H4XI5O/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
Book Insight Writer: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Producer: Daniel Gonzalez
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Narrator: Lora Oliver
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book Moonwalking With Einstein with special guest Marlo Yonocruz.
Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s new with the book or the author currently.
This week, Tom and Karin offer you insight on:
*Marlo Yonocruz shares how he uses the Palace of Memories technique and his views on how memory can help boost creativity for creators like him.
*The human mind's capacity for memory - what we're wired for, what we're not, and how to use it to your advantage
*The value of memory - even in a digital world - and how to set yourself up for remembering things
Show Notes:
Book summaries website:
marloyonocruz.com
Instagram: @yolocruzbookclub@gmail.com
https://www.instagram.com/yolocruzbookclub/
Facebook: Yolocruz Book Club
https://www.facebook.com/yolocruzbookclub
YouTube: Yolocruz Book Club
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMuummZlExOYHSqH8YXtFCA
Twitter: @yolobookclub
https://twitter.com/yolobookclub
TikTok: @yolocruzbookclub
https://www.tiktok.com/@yolocruzbookclub
What is the difference between Book Insights episodes and Book Lounge episodes?
Book Insights are formal, structured summary, analysis and exploration of a bestselling nonfiction book. Each episode is read by a professional voice actor and will introduce a new title selected specifically for its value to your work and life.
Book Lounge episodes are casual discussions about the book, the author, and anything else that comes along through the course of conversation. It’s more of a broad chat about how the book relates to current, everyday life.
Should I listen to both the Book Insight and the Book Lounge episode on the same book?
Sure! Each episode works fine as a standalone piece, so no requirement to listen to both or to listen in any particular order, but we definitely recommend (and think you’ll enjoy!) both. Think of it like reading a book and liking it so much you want to chat about it on the porch with a friend. That is the vibe at the Book Lounge.
Like what you hear? Be sure to like & subscribe to support this podcast! Also leave a comment and let us know your thoughts on the episode.
You can also get a free weekly email about the Book Insight of the week. Subscribe at memod.com/insights
Audio Producer: Gabe Mara
Hosts: Tom Butler-Bowdon & Karin Richey
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The historian Tacitus described the events surrounding Seneca’s death in a way that made him into a Stoic hero, facing his own death with total equanimity despite the injustice of the situation.
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It was through lifelong training in Stoic philosophy that he achieved this state of mind.
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Throughout the centuries, Seneca has been admired as one of the greatest writers of antiquity.
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He has a way of expressing Stoic philosophy that makes it seem eminently practical and just as relevant to life today as it was two thousand years ago.
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He taught that we should remain grounded in the present moment by paying attention to the here and now of experience.
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This was only possible by being fully aware of the impermanence of life, visualizing the worst that could happen, and preparing for our own death.
Theme 1: Who Was Seneca? - 0:29
Theme 2: Contemplating Death - 9:30
Theme 3: Contemplation of the Sage - 15:23
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HEAR THE FULL INTERVIEWS MENTIONED IN TODAYS' EPISODE HERE:
"Transcript Of Good Fortune, Episode Eleven: Uprooting Fear". Immoderate Stoic, 2019, https://immoderatestoic.com/transcripts/2016/2/23/transcript-of-good-fortune-episode-eleven. Accessed 25 Mar 2019.
Please keep in mind that the information provided in or through our Book Insights episodes is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not intended to be a substitute for advice given by qualified professionals, and should not be relied upon to disregard or delay seeking professional advice.
Full Title: Letters to Lucilius (Letters from a Stoic)
Year of Publication: 1st century AD
Book Author: Seneca
To purchase the complete edition of this book click here:
https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B07B1JVWLF/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_WP4EG8RPE5SBKRRR7YG2
Book Insight Writer: Donald Robertson
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Producer: Daniel Gonzalez
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Narrator: Elliott Schiff
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book Letters to Seneca with special guest Donald Robertson.
Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s new with the book or the author currently.
This week, Tom and Karin offer you insight on:
*The connection between ancient Stoicism and modern Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
*How Seneca managed to offer everyday wisdom for commoners despite being one of the wealthiest men of his time
*The benefit of Stoicism while coping with the stress of the COVID-19 pandemic (and why we should be preparing for the next one)
Show Notes:
https://donaldrobertson.name/
https://don-robertson-ca.medium.com/
https://www.facebook.com/robertsontraining
https://www.instagram.com/howtothinklikearomanemperor/
https://www.amazon.com/How-Think-Like-Roman-Emperor/dp/1250196620/
What is the difference between Book Insights episodes and Book Lounge episodes?
Book Insights are formal, structured summary, analysis and exploration of a bestselling nonfiction book. Each episode is read by a professional voice actor and will introduce a new title selected specifically for its value to your work and life.
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Should I listen to both the Book Insight and the Book Lounge episode on the same book?
Sure! Each episode works fine as a standalone piece, so no requirement to listen to both or to listen in any particular order, but we definitely recommend (and think you’ll enjoy!) both. Think of it like reading a book and liking it so much you want to chat about it on the porch with a friend. That is the vibe at the Book Lounge.
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Audio Producer: Daniel Gonzalez
Hosts: Tom Butler-Bowdon & Karin Richey
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work with special guest Stephanie Coontz.
Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s new with the book or the author currently.
This week, Tom and Karin offer you insight on:
*Historian, gender and marriage researcher Stephanie Coontz dispels marriage myths and offers her insights on gender roles as they relate to marriage and Gottman's book.
*Hear about the destructive power of the harsh startup, the value of moving towards bids for connection and the "deal-breakers" that make some marriages unworkable.
*Marriage in light of the COVID-19 pandemic as it relates to home schooling, housework and how couples' division of labor impacts the marriage (for better and worse).
What is the difference between Book Insights episodes and Book Lounge episodes?
Book Insights are formal, structured summary, analysis and exploration of a bestselling nonfiction book. Each episode is read by a professional voice actor and will introduce a new title selected specifically for its value to your work and life.
Book Lounge episodes are casual discussions about the book, the author, and anything else that comes along through the course of conversation. It’s more of a broad chat about how the book relates to current, everyday life.
Should I listen to both the Book Insight and the Book Lounge episode on the same book?
Sure! Each episode works fine as a standalone piece, so no requirement to listen to both or to listen in any particular order, but we definitely recommend (and think you’ll enjoy!) both. Think of it like reading a book and liking it so much you want to chat about it on the porch with a friend. That is the vibe at the Book Lounge.
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Audio Producer: Gabe Mara
Hosts: Tom Butler-Bowdon & Karin Richey
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When John Gottman began researching marriage in the early 1970s, there was little scientific data on the factors that make it work.
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Counsellors depended on conventional wisdom, opinion, intuition, religious beliefs or the ideas of psychologists.
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The result? Not much effectiveness. Using quantitative research based on direct observation of couples, Gottman identified consistent patterns in what causes marriages to fail – and, more importantly, patterns that enable them to succeed.
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The good news: you don’t have to agree on everything, you don’t have to change who you are and you don’t need to change them.
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If you value your marriage, and are willing to commit to it, there is no reason why you can’t save it.
Theme 1: Let Go of the Myths - 0:27
Theme 2: Nurture the Friendship and How to Deal with Conflict - 11:50
Theme 3: Most Marriages Can be Saved - 24:05
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HEAR THE FULL INTERVIEWS MENTIONED IN TODAYS' EPISODE HERE:
Institute, Gottman. “Making Marriage Work | Dr. John Gottman.” YouTube, YouTube, 30 Jan. 2018, www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKTyPgwfPgg.
“Making Marriage Work: Dr. John Gottman.” YouTube, 30 Jan. 2018, youtu.be/AKTyPgwfPgg?t=2732.
Please keep in mind that the information provided in or through our Book Insights episodes is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not intended to be a substitute for advice given by qualified professionals, and should not be relied upon to disregard or delay seeking professional advice.
Full Title: The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work
Year of Publication: 1999
Book Author: John M Gottman & Nan Silver
To purchase the complete edition of this book click here:
https://www.amazon.com/Seven-Principles-Making-Marriage-Work/dp/0609805797
Book Insight Writer: Samantha Cook
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Producer: Gabe Mara
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Narrator: Elliott Schiff
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Several years ago, Kelly McGonigal began teaching a popular course at Stanford University on the science of willpower.
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Her students began reporting the life-changing impacts her course had on them. When they understood the science of willpower and practiced the methods she advised, they overcame bad habits, stuck to exercise programs, even kept better bank balances.
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Over the years she refined the methods, streamlining the most effective practices through further student interaction.
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The Willpower Instinct combines both the science and methods of this refined curriculum.
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McGonigal shows you how you to unlock your natural capacity for self-control to achieve your goals, and it’s all backed by science.
Theme 1: The Science of Willpower - 0:30
Theme 2: Identifying Willpower Weaknesses - 7:20
Theme 3: Using the Willpower Instinct - 16:05
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HEAR THE FULL INTERVIEWS MENTIONED IN TODAYS' EPISODE HERE:
“Kelly McGonigal on The Willpower Instinct - Talks at Google (Full Transcript) – The Singju Post.” The Singju Post, The Singju Post, 18 June 2018, singjupost.com/kelly-mcgonigal-on-the-willpower-instinct-talks-at-google-full-transcript/?singlepage=1.
Please keep in mind that the information provided in or through our Book Insights episodes is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not intended to be a substitute for advice given by qualified professionals, and should not be relied upon to disregard or delay seeking professional advice.
Full Title: The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It
Year of Publication: 2012
Book Author: Kelly McGonigal
To purchase the complete edition of this book click here: https://www.amazon.com/The-Willpower-Instinct-audiobook/dp/B07QZT49MK/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1611030961&sr=8-1
Book Insight Writer: Philip Jaekl
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Producer: Daniel Gonzalez
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Narrator: Laura Faye Smith
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book The Willpower Instinct by Kelly McGonigal with special guest Dr. Ian Taylor.
Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s new with the book or the author currently.
This week, Tom and Karin offer you insight on:
*Psychologist Dr. Ian Taylor shares the lesson on willpower that has most impacted his work and life - using willpower as a signal for the need for change.
*The surprising things - like feeling successful or even just a single donut- that can derail willpower.
*Helpful techniques and ways to think about willpower in order to increase and direct it to improve your life.
What is the difference between Book Insights episodes and Book Lounge episodes?
Book Insights are formal, structured summary, analysis and exploration of a bestselling nonfiction book. Each episode is read by a professional voice actor and will introduce a new title selected specifically for its value to your work and life.
Book Lounge episodes are casual discussions about the book, the author, and anything else that comes along through the course of conversation. It’s more of a broad chat about how the book relates to current, everyday life.
Should I listen to both the Book Insight and the Book Lounge episode on the same book?
Sure! Each episode works fine as a standalone piece, so no requirement to listen to both or to listen in any particular order, but we definitely recommend (and think you’ll enjoy!) both. Think of it like reading a book and liking it so much you want to chat about it on the porch with a friend. That is the vibe at the Book Lounge.
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Audio Producer: Daniel Gonzalez
Hosts: Tom Butler-Bowdon & Karin Richey
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson with special guest Adam Ashton.
Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s new with the book or the author currently.
This week, Tom and Karin offer you insight on:
*Popular book podcaster Adam Ashton shares his favorite strategies for utilizing habits to improve your life.
*The many "habits" books currently flooding the market (and the new one Karin has suggested!) and what sets The Slight Edge apart
*How to push past the inevitable "dip" when you're not getting the results you want, but perservere anyway.
What is the difference between Book Insights episodes and Book Lounge episodes?
Book Insights are formal, structured summary, analysis and exploration of a bestselling nonfiction book. Each episode is read by a professional voice actor and will introduce a new title selected specifically for its value to your work and life.
Book Lounge episodes are casual discussions about the book, the author, and anything else that comes along through the course of conversation. It’s more of a broad chat about how the book relates to current, everyday life.
Should I listen to both the Book Insight and the Book Lounge episode on the same book?
Sure! Each episode works fine as a standalone piece, so no requirement to listen to both or to listen in any particular order, but we definitely recommend (and think you’ll enjoy!) both. Think of it like reading a book and liking it so much you want to chat about it on the porch with a friend. That is the vibe at the Book Lounge.
Like what you hear? Be sure to like & subscribe to support this podcast! Also leave a comment and let us know your thoughts on the episode.
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Audio Producer: Daniel Gonzalez
Hosts: Tom Butler-Bowdon & Karin Richey
- When his solar energy business crashed and burned, Jeff Olson had an epiphany.
*When people have their backs to the wall, he saw, they will do anything to lift themselves up again, with often awe-inspiring effort.
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But when they do pull themselves up again, something happens: they relax a bit and start drifting again toward failure.
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When they get low, once again they pull themselves up.
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The cycle of failure/survival/success can continue across a person’s lifetime, causing endless confusion and heartache.
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Olson describes how to break that cycle, identifying the simple things – the small daily decisions and habits that add up to your ‘slight edge’, the very opposite of the fabled ‘big break’ – which over time can give you a massive advantage and take you to new heights in work and life.
Theme 1: Action Over Emotion - 0:29
Theme 2: Beware the Quantum Leap - 10:38
Theme 3: Happiness & The Slight Edge - 18:58
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Full Title: The Slight Edge: Turning Simple Disciples into Massive Success and Happiness
Year of Publication: 2005
Book Author: Jeff Olson
To purchase the complete edition of this book click here: https://www.amazon.com/Slight-Edge-Turning-Disciplines-Happiness/dp/1626340463/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1609995707&sr=8-1
Book Insight Writer: Tom Butler-Bowden
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Producer: Gabriel Mara
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Narrator: Robin Gabrielli
Today is a BONUS episode of the Book Lounge where Tom & Karin discuss:
*Behind the scenes of Book Insights
*Their favorite Book Insights of the year
*An exciting new project from Memo'd, Book Insight's parent company
What is the difference between Book Insights episodes and Book Lounge episodes?
Book Insights are formal, structured summary, analysis and exploration of a bestselling nonfiction book. Each episode is read by a professional voice actor and will introduce a new title selected specifically for its value to your work and life.
Book Lounge episodes are casual discussions about the book, the author, and anything else that comes along through the course of conversation. It’s more of a broad chat about how the book relates to current, everyday life.
Should I listen to both the Book Insight and the Book Lounge episode on the same book?
Sure! Each episode works fine as a standalone piece, so no requirement to listen to both or to listen in any particular order, but we definitely recommend (and think you’ll enjoy!) both. Think of it like reading a book and liking it so much you want to chat about it on the porch with a friend. That is the vibe at the Book Lounge.
Like what you hear? Be sure to like & subscribe to support this podcast! Also leave a comment and let us know your thoughts on the episode.
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Audio Producer: Gabe Mara
Hosts: Tom Butler-Bowdon & Karin Richey
*Albert Einstein appeared like a shooting star across the sphere of astrophysics while making the first of his great discoveries as a part-time doctoral candidate in Switzerland.
*His constantly changing simulations of the universe launched a new foundation for cosmology, and future breakthroughs in physics based on his relativity equations are likely to continue into the coming centuries.
*Einstein was a lifelong anti-war activist, risking his life to promote resisting the draft.
*Einstein helped persuade the American government to race to develop atomic bombs first, but even before the first bombs were dropped, he crusaded against the use of atomic arms against civilians.
*His role as the planet’s most prominent antinuclear activist, and as a free-speech advocate in Cold War America, leaves a political legacy that is often overlooked compared to his scientific genius.
Theme 1: The Cosmic Revolution 0:28
Theme 2: Hitler and the Atomic Bomb 10:00
Theme 3: The Cold War Clashes 23:45
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HEAR THE FULL INTERVIEWS MENTIONED IN TODAYS' EPISODE HERE:
"New Biography Focuses On Einstein's Creativity". Npr.Org, 2007, https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=11786053. Accessed 12 Feb 2019.
"Albert Einstein Makes Anti-Nazi Speech". Youtube, 2010, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeM9KR_O4yo&feature=youtu.be&t=23. Accessed 12 Feb 2019.
Please keep in mind that the information provided in or through our Book Insights episodes is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not intended to be a substitute for advice given by qualified professionals, and should not be relied upon to disregard or delay seeking professional advice.
Full Title: Einstein: His Life and Universe
Year of Publication: 2007
Book Author: Walter Isaacson
To purchase the complete edition of this book click here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007F5SFWS/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
Book Insight Writer: Kevin Holden
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Producer: Daniel Gonzalez
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Narrator: Tom Evans
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book Einstein by Walter Isaacson.
Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s new with the book or the author currently.
This week, Tom and Karin offer you insight on:
*Einstein's life outside the lab, as a young hourly employee, pacifist and refugee
*The way Einstein's discoveries impact the apps you use everyday
*The disturbing similarities between society during Einstein's time (around WW2) and society today
What is the difference between Book Insights episodes and Book Lounge episodes?
Book Insights are formal, structured summary, analysis and exploration of a bestselling nonfiction book. Each episode is read by a professional voice actor and will introduce a new title selected specifically for its value to your work and life.
Book Lounge episodes are casual discussions about the book, the author, and anything else that comes along through the course of conversation. It’s more of a broad chat about how the book relates to current, everyday life.
Should I listen to both the Book Insight and the Book Lounge episode on the same book?
Sure! Each episode works fine as a standalone piece, so no requirement to listen to both or to listen in any particular order, but we definitely recommend (and think you’ll enjoy!) both. Think of it like reading a book and liking it so much you want to chat about it on the porch with a friend. That is the vibe at the Book Lounge.
Like what you hear? Be sure to like & subscribe to support this podcast! Also leave a comment and let us know your thoughts on the episode.
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Audio Producer: Gabe Mara
Hosts: Tom Butler-Bowdon & Karin Richey
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book On Writing by Stephen King.
Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s new with the book or the author currently.
This week, Tom and Karin offer you insight on:
Stephen King's battle with addiction* and the book he doesn't even remember writing due to his heavy use of narcotics.
The sweet and heartwarming* life events and autobiography snippets that are uncharacteristic of the King of "Horror"
Why Horror fans, non-horror fans, writers and non-writers alike all love this book*
What is the difference between Book Insights episodes and Book Lounge episodes?
Book Insights are formal, structured summary, analysis and exploration of a bestselling nonfiction book. Each episode is read by a professional voice actor and will introduce a new title selected specifically for its value to your work and life.
Book Lounge episodes are casual discussions about the book, the author, and anything else that comes along through the course of conversation. It’s more of a broad chat about how the book relates to current, everyday life.
Should I listen to both the Book Insight and the Book Lounge episode on the same book?
Sure! Each episode works fine as a standalone piece, so no requirement to listen to both or to listen in any particular order, but we definitely recommend (and think you’ll enjoy!) both. Think of it like reading a book and liking it so much you want to chat about it on the porch with a friend. That is the vibe at the Book Lounge.
Like what you hear? Be sure to like & subscribe to support this podcast! Also leave a comment and let us know your thoughts on the episode.
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Audio Producer: Daniel Gonzalez
Hosts: Tom Butler-Bowdon & Karin Richey
*On Writing reveals the master of horror's life in a mixture of memoir and writing tips.
*The result is an autobiography with a purpose, or a page-turning writing manual, depending on your needs.
King takes us on a journey from his schoolboy love of gory stories, to his initial fame with Carrie*, and to a fateful day in 1999 when his writing career – and life – hung in the balance.
*A must-read for all Stephen King fans. For writers, one of the best guides you’ll find for a successful career.
Theme 1: The Women and the Cure 0:51
Theme 2: The Toolbox 12:47
Theme 3: Killed By A Character From His Own Books 21:07
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HEAR THE FULL INTERVIEWS MENTIONED IN TODAYS' EPISODE HERE:
Manufacturing Intellect, Manufacturing. “Stephen King Discussion on Writing and Q&A with Wife Tabitha King and Son Owen King.” YouTube, YouTube, 14 June 2016, www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS9pQnnCD_4.
Atkins, Andy. “George RR Martin and Stephen King.” YouTube, YouTube, 21 June 2016, www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_PBqSPNTfg&t=1360s.
Please keep in mind that the information provided in or through our Book Insights episodes is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not intended to be a substitute for advice given by qualified professionals, and should not be relied upon to disregard or delay seeking professional advice.
Full Title: On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Year of Publication: 2000
Book Author: Stephen King
To purchase the complete edition of this book click here: https://www.amazon.com/On-Writing-Stephen-King-audiobook/dp/B0000547HM/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1605580646&sr=8-1
Book Insight Writer: Daniel Gonzalez
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Producer: Daniel Gonzalez
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Narrator: Laura Faye Smith
*Working-class white America and the rest of the country inhabit “two separate worlds”, according to JD Vance.
*Most groups in America are intent on giving the best to their kids so they can succeed. Parents from Vance’s Appalachia ‘hillbilly’ culture don’t even seem to know where to start.
*Thrift, hard work, ambition, the pursuit of knowledge are alien to them, so it’s little surprise that their children don't succeed.
*As long as this continues, underachievement and social problems including drug addiction, violence, and widespread poverty will remain.
*This gripping memoir became a bestseller in 2016 after Donald Trump's presidential victory.
*For liberals, it helped explain why millions of "forgotten Americans," suspicious of city elites, voted the way they did.
Note: This Book Insight contains explicit language and mature themes.
Theme 1: What is a Hillbilly? - 0:27
Theme 2: Adverse Childhood Experiences and Instability in the Home - 9:54
Theme 3: Pessimism and the Role of Expectations - 19:53
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HEAR THE FULL INTERVIEWS MENTIONED IN TODAYS' EPISODE HERE:
"'Hillbilly Elegy' Recalls A Childhood Where Poverty Was 'The Family Tradition'". Npr.Org, 2019, https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=490328484.
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Full Title: Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
Year of Publication: 2016
Book Author: J.D. Vance
To purchase the complete edition of this book click here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01JR1KJBC/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
Book Insight Writer: Gabriel Mara
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Producer: Gabriel Mara
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Narrator: Laura Faye Smith
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book Hillbilly Elegy by JD Vance.
Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s new with the book or the author currently.
This week, Tom and Karin offer you insight on:
*The Hillbilly culture, it's Scotch-Irish Appalachian origins JD Vance's surprising culture shock experiences
*How the book's author came to be known as The Trump Whisperer
*The connections between Hillbilly Elegy and Educated by Tara Westover
What is the difference between Book Insights episodes and Book Lounge episodes?
Book Insights are formal, structured summary, analysis and exploration of a bestselling nonfiction book. Each episode is read by a professional voice actor and will introduce a new title selected specifically for its value to your work and life.
Book Lounge episodes are casual discussions about the book, the author, and anything else that comes along through the course of conversation. It’s more of a broad chat about how the book relates to current, everyday life.
Should I listen to both the Book Insight and the Book Lounge episode on the same book? Sure! Each episode works fine as a standalone piece, so no requirement to listen to both or to listen in any particular order, but we definitely recommend (and think you’ll enjoy!) both. Think of it like reading a book and liking it so much you want to chat about it on the porch with a friend. That is the vibe at the Book Lounge.
Like what you hear? Be sure to like & subscribe to support this podcast! Also leave a comment and let us know your thoughts on the episode.
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Audio Producer: Gabriel Mara
Hosts: Tom Butler-Bowdon & Karin Richey
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Gabrielle Union has been a model, actress and advocate ever since her first television appearance on Family Matters in 1993.
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While she’s best known for her sassy leading role in cult classic cheerleading movie Bring It On, there is so much more to this talented woman than a 90’s teen movie.
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In this warm, candid and inspiring memoir, learn about her racially turbulent childhood, her steep learning curve on the way to finding love and acceptance, and the advice she has for anyone who feels like sometimes the journey to personal growth is just one mountain too many.
Theme 1: Early Life and Love - 0:28
Theme 2: Some Things Never Change - 8:38
Theme 3: Self Care - 19:50
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Books, PBS. “Gabrielle Union on ‘We're Going to Need More Wine’ at the 2018 L.A. Times Festival of Books.” YouTube, YouTube, 30 Apr. 2018, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVn7xUaeMNs.
LiveSigning. “Gabrielle Union Book Signing & Interview | ‘We're Going to Need More Wine.’” YouTube, YouTube, 16 Oct. 2017, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNfT_Rc7MUU.
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Full Title: We're Going to Need More Wine: Stories That Are Funny, Complicated, and True
Year of Publication: 2017
Book Author: Gabrielle Union
To purchase the complete edition of this book click here: https://www.amazon.com/Were-Going-to-Need-More-Wine-audiobook/dp/B0742MGR31/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=gabrielle+union&qid=1604434134&sr=8-2
Book Insight Writer: Karin Richey
Editor: Morwenna Loughman
Producer: Gabriel Mara
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Narrator: Krysta Gonzales
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book We're Gonna Need More Wine by Gabrielle Union.
Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s new with the book or the author currently.
This week, Tom and Karin offer you insight on:
*Gabrielle Union's rise to fame, facing sexism, racism and her views on "the mountain of assimilation"
*The nature of Hollywood show business and the toll it takes on actors like Union
*The connection between Gabrielle Union and major societal movements like #MeToo, Black Lives Matter and becoming a Time Magazine most influential person of 2020
What is the difference between Book Insights episodes and Book Lounge episodes?
Book Insights are formal, structured summary, analysis and exploration of a bestselling nonfiction book. Each episode is read by a professional voice actor and will introduce a new title selected specifically for its value to your work and life.
Book Lounge episodes are casual discussions about the book, the author, and anything else that comes along through the course of conversation. It’s more of a broad chat about how the book relates to current, everyday life.
Should I listen to both the Book Insight and the Book Lounge episode on the same book? Sure! Each episode works fine as a standalone piece, so no requirement to listen to both or to listen in any particular order, but we definitely recommend (and think you’ll enjoy!) both. Think of it like reading a book and liking it so much you want to chat about it on the porch with a friend. That is the vibe at the Book Lounge.
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Audio Producer: Daniel Gonzalez
Hosts: Tom Butler-Bowdon & Karin Richey
Sponsorships: off for this episode
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Money may make the world go round, but most of us were never taught exactly how – financial management is sadly lacking from school curriculums, despite it being a crucial skill in modern society, alongside reading, writing and arithmetic.
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Without any training in cashflow management, many people flounder when it comes to money matters and simply knuckle down, in the belief that hard work will earn them more cash and solve their problems.
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Robert Kiyosaki explains the flaws in that way of thinking, identifying the four financial ‘quadrants’ that everyone follows.
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These represent both a mindset and a way of making money – if we can learn to adopt the characteristics of the rich quadrant, a whole new approach to wealth generation and financial security opens up.
Theme 1: Your Cashflow Pattern - 0:27
Theme 2: Financial Literacy - 8:17
Theme 3: Psychology of Wealth - 13:43
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HEAR THE FULL INTERVIEWS MENTIONED IN TODAYS' EPISODE HERE:
Resources, Success. “Financial Literacy 101: in under 4 Minutes - Robert Kiyosaki.” YouTube, YouTube, 23 Sept. 2016, www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVfaxLDyrTc.
Reyes, Edwin Acu. “Robert Kiyosaki - Cashflow Quadrant (Mind Opener).” YouTube, YouTube, 2 June 2013, www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQWwDwi4eC0.
Please keep in mind that the information provided in or through our Book Insights episodes is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not intended to be a substitute for advice given by qualified professionals, and should not be relied upon to disregard or delay seeking professional advice.
Full Title: Rich Dad's Cashflow Quadrant: Rich Dad's Guide to Financial Freedom
Year of Publication: 2015
Book Author: Robert Kiyosaki
To purchase the complete edition of this book click here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0175P5MZU/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
Book Insight Writer: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Producer: Gabriel Mara
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Narrator: Jim Hudson
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book Cashflow Quadrant by Robert Kiyosaki.
Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s new with the book or the author currently.
This week, Tom and Karin offer you insight on:
*What the 4 cashflow quadrants are and how cash flows between them
*The surprising things that keep people from attaining wealth
*The controversy surrounding Robert Kiyosaki and his DIY wealth empire
What is the difference between Book Insights episodes and Book Lounge episodes?
Book Insights are formal, structured summary, analysis and exploration of a bestselling nonfiction book. Each episode is read by a professional voice actor and will introduce a new title selected specifically for its value to your work and life.
Book Lounge episodes are casual discussions about the book, the author, and anything else that comes along through the course of conversation. It’s more of a broad chat about how the book relates to current, everyday life.
Should I listen to both the Book Insight and the Book Lounge episode on the same book?
Sure! Each episode works fine as a standalone piece, so no requirement to listen to both or to listen in any particular order, but we definitely recommend (and think you’ll enjoy!) both. Think of it like reading a book and liking it so much you want to chat about it on the porch with a friend. That is the vibe at the Book Lounge.
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Audio Producer: Gabe Mara
Hosts: Tom Butler-Bowdon & Karin Richey
Sponsorships: off for this episode
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book The Magic of Believing by Claude M. Bristol.
Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s new with the book or the author currently.
This week, Tom and Karin offer you insight on:
- Hear about celebrities of today and yesterday who swear by the concepts in Bristol's 1948 book (and why one Book Lounge host is writing a $10 million check)
- The mindblowing ways that The Magic of Believing concepts can be proven using dice, cards and more
- How infamous people like Hitler, Napoleon and recent examples like Elizabeth Holmes and Anna Sorokin used their magical beliefs
What is the difference between Book Insights episodes and Book Lounge episodes?
Book Insights are formal, structured summary, analysis and exploration of a bestselling nonfiction book. Each episode is read by a professional voice actor and will introduce a new title selected specifically for its value to your work and life.
Book Lounge episodes are casual discussions about the book, the author, and anything else that comes along through the course of conversation. It’s more of a broad chat about how the book relates to current, everyday life.
Should I listen to both the Book Insight and the Book Lounge episode on the same book? Sure! Each episode works fine as a standalone piece, so no requirement to listen to both or to listen in any particular order, but we definitely recommend (and think you’ll enjoy!) both. Think of it like reading a book and liking it so much you want to chat about it on the porch with a friend. That is the vibe at the Book Lounge.
Like what you hear? Be sure to like & subscribe to support this podcast! Also leave a comment and let us know your thoughts on the episode.
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Audio Producer: Daniel Gonzalez
Hosts: Tom Butler-Bowdon & Karin Richey
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Claude Bristol was a hard-headed journalist, covering the religion beat for a large city newspaper.
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He met people from every denomination and sect, and later read hundreds of books on psychology, religion, science, metaphysics and ancient magic.
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Gradually, Bristol began to see the ‘golden thread’ which runs through all religions and esoteric teachings: that belief itself has amazing powers.
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Most people go through life without realizing the effect that strong belief can have on reaching their goals.
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Bristol’s powerful book shows us how and why believing is a kind of magic. Understand it, and success becomes more certain.
Theme 1: The Magic of Believing - 0:30
Theme 2: Applying the Power of Belief - 7:52
Theme 3: A Sense of Destiny - 16:31
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HEAR THE FULL INTERVIEWS MENTIONED IN TODAYS' EPISODE HERE:
2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ma0FbWLSOcU. Accessed 16 Apr 2020.
Carrey, Jim. 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CbAcNDuEyA. Accessed 16 Apr 2020.
2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3XotzylevU. Accessed 16 Apr 2020.
Please keep in mind that the information provided in or through our Book Insights episodes is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not intended to be a substitute for advice given by qualified professionals, and should not be relied upon to disregard or delay seeking professional advice.
Full Title: The Magic of Believing
Year of Publication: 1948
Book Author: Claude M. Bristol
To purchase the complete edition of this book click here: https://www.amazon.com/The-Magic-of-Believing-audiobook/dp/B07D828RKM/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+magic+of+believing&qid=1603221587&sr=8-1
Book Insight Writer: Joe Barnes
Producer: Daniel Gonzalez
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Narrator: Dan Wicksman
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Did you grow up with a nagging feeling that you were different to others? Perhaps you spent a lot of time philosophizing about life and death or writing nature poetry, while other kids your age played Frisbee in the park. Or maybe, as an adult, you find yourself immersed in books while your friends binge-watch serial-killer shows on Netflix.
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It's possible that you’re a Highly Sensitive Person.
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Psychologist Elaine Aron has spent her career establishing ‘highly sensitive’ as psychological classification.
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Sensitive types are likely to be deeply affected by art, music, literature or acts of kindness, easily sickened by violence, and often stricken by guilt.
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They tend to be philosophical and spiritual, not hedonistic or materialistic, look before they leap, experience very strong emotions, have strong consciences and guilt over small transgressions, and are acute observers of the subtleties of their environments and other people.
Theme 1: Inside the Highly Sensitive Mind - 0:28
Theme 2: HSPs and the World - 11:58
Theme 3: Managing High Sensitivity - 21:09
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HEAR THE FULL INTERVIEWS MENTIONED IN TODAYS' EPISODE HERE:
Aron, E. (2019). The Highly Sensitive Person: An Interview with Elaine Aron. [online] YouTube. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DezjkilrSY [Accessed 21 Mar. 2019].
Please keep in mind that the information provided in or through our Book Insights episodes is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not intended to be a substitute for advice given by qualified professionals, and should not be relied upon to disregard or delay seeking professional advice.
Full Title: The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Survive and Thrive When the World Overwhelms You
Year of Publication: 2014
Book Author: Elaine N. Aron
To purchase the complete edition of this book click here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00I7JO28C/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
Book Insight Writer: Dinsa Sachan
Editor: Morwenna Loughman
Producer: Daniel Gonzalez
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Narrator: Elliott Schiff
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book The Highly Sensitive Person by Elaine Aron.
Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s new with the book or the author currently.
This week, Tom and Karin offer you insight on:
- The differences between introverts and Highly Sensitive People (HSP's)
- The day-to-day triggers for HSP's
- How to tell if you or someone you know might be an HSP and ways to thrive
What is the difference between Book Insights episodes and Book Lounge episodes?
Book Insights are formal, structured summary, analysis and exploration of a bestselling nonfiction book. Each episode is read by a professional voice actor and will introduce a new title selected specifically for its value to your work and life.
Book Lounge episodes are casual discussions about the book, the author, and anything else that comes along through the course of conversation. It’s more of a broad chat about how the book relates to current, everyday life.
Should I listen to both the Book Insight and the Book Lounge episode on the same book?Sure! Each episode works fine as a standalone piece, so no requirement to listen to both or to listen in any particular order, but we definitely recommend (and think you’ll enjoy!) both. Think of it like reading a book and liking it so much you want to chat about it on the porch with a friend. That is the vibe at the Book Lounge.
Like what you hear? Be sure to like & subscribe to support this podcast! Also leave a comment and let us know your thoughts on the episode.
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Audio Producer: Gabe Mara
Hosts: Tom Butler-Bowdon & Karin Richey
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book The Road Less Traveled by M Scott Peck.
Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s new with the book or the author currently.
This week, Tom and Karin offer you insight on:
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Learn what exactly what is meant by "the road" referred to in the title.
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Explore M Scott Peck's unique take on religion, grace and self-worth.
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The juxtaposition between the author's personal life and the book's messages and usages.
What is the difference between Book Insights episodes and Book Lounge episodes?
Book Insights are formal, structured summary, analysis and exploration of a bestselling nonfiction book. Each episode is read by a professional voice actor and will introduce a new title selected specifically for its value to your work and life.
Book Lounge episodes are casual discussions about the book, the author, and anything else that comes along through the course of conversation. It’s more of a broad chat about how the book relates to current, everyday life.
Should I listen to both the Book Insight and the Book Lounge episode on the same book? Sure! Each episode works fine as a standalone piece, so no requirement to listen to both or to listen in any particular order, but we definitely recommend (and think you’ll enjoy!) both. Think of it like reading a book and liking it so much you want to chat about it on the porch with a friend. That is the vibe at the Book Lounge.
Like what you hear? Be sure to like & subscribe to support this podcast! Also leave a comment and let us know your thoughts on the episode.
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Audio Producer: Daniel Gonzalez
Hosts: Tom Butler-Bowdon & Karin Richey
* The Road Less Traveled is inspirational, but in an old-fashioned way, putting self-discipline at the top of the list of values for a good life.
*If you believe there are no easy ways to enlightenment or even full mental health, that things like commitment and responsibility are the seeds of fulfilment, then you belong in Dr Peck’s world.
*The book is welcomed by anyone who has found themselves torn between the science of psychology and the spiritual search.
Theme 1: Discipline
Theme 2: Love and Religion
Theme 3: Grace
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Full Title: The Road Less Traveled
Year of Publication: 1978
Book Author: M Scott Peck
To purchase the complete edition of this book click here: https://www.amazon.com/Road-Less-Traveled-Psychology-Anniversary/dp/B00007CI68/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1601938995&sr=8-1
Book Insight Writer: Tom Butler-Bowden
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowden
Producer: Gabe Mara
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Narrator: Gabe Mara
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking.
Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s new with the book or the author currently.
This week, Tom and Karin offer you insight on:
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The ways Stephen Hawking's physical condition impacted his work and life as an astrophysicist.
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How science and religion have intersected in past centuries and the Vatican's take on Hawking and the Big Bang Theory.
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The fine line between science fiction, philosophy and astrophysics when it comes to time travel and the idea of the multi-verse.
What is the difference between Book Insights episodes and Book Lounge episodes?
Book Insights are formal, structured summary, analysis and exploration of a bestselling nonfiction book. Each episode is read by a professional voice actor and will introduce a new title selected specifically for its value to your work and life.
Book Lounge episodes are casual discussions about the book, the author, and anything else that comes along through the course of conversation. It’s more of a broad chat about how the book relates to current, everyday life.
Should I listen to both the Book Insight and the Book Lounge episode on the same book? Sure! Each episode works fine as a standalone piece, so no requirement to listen to both or to listen in any particular order, but we definitely recommend (and think you’ll enjoy!) both. Think of it like reading a book and liking it so much you want to chat about it on the porch with a friend. That is the vibe at the Book Lounge.
Like what you hear? Be sure to like & subscribe to support this podcast! Also leave a comment and let us know your thoughts on the episode.
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Audio Producer: Daniel Gonzalez
Hosts: Tom Butler-Bowdon & Karin Richey
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A modern classic and international bestseller, A Brief History of Time tackles the fundamental questions of physics – where did the universe come from?
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How did it come into existence? Where does it end? – in clear and jargon-free language.
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Stephen Hawking, regarded as one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists of all time, applies his searing intellect to these mind-bending questions, inviting us to share his wonder at the marvels of the universe, from string theory and spiral galaxies to black holes and the Big Bang.
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The key to the phenomenal success of this book is Hawking’s ability to render complex concepts intelligible, with clarity concision and wit, to everyone.
Theme 1: The Expanding Universe 0:29
Theme 2 Our Big Bang Origins 9:46
Theme 3 Wormhole Time Ports 22:20
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HEAR THE FULL INTERVIEWS MENTIONED IN TODAYS' EPISODE HERE:
Hawking, Stephen. "Transcript Of "Questioning The Universe"". Ted.Com, 2019, https://www.ted.com/talks/stephen_hawking_asks_big_questions_about_the_universe/transcript. Accessed 28 Feb 2019.
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Full title: A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Blackholes
Year of Publication: 1988
Book Author: Stephen Hawking
To purchase the complete edition of this book click here: https://www.amazon.com/A-Brief-History-of-Time-audiobook/dp/B0000545OB/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=a+brief+history+of+time&qid=1601413153&s=audible&sr=1-1
Book Insight Writer: Kevin Holden
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowden
Producer: Gabe Mara
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Narrator: Kristy Burns
- The final book from Stephen Hawking, Brief Answers To The Big Questions leaves us with the world-famous astrophysicist’s thoughts on the universe, its inception, development and uncertain future.
*Hawking returns to the questions he was most frequently asked at lectures, interviews and other events – everything from “what is inside a black hole” and “is time travel possible?” to “should we colonise space?”
*He provides often mind-bending answers in his distinctive, lucid prose and clear reasoning.
*Whether summarizing the most celebrated theories and discoveries of his career, or musing on more speculative questions about the future of humankind, Hawking makes the wonder of the universe intelligible to us all.
Theme 1: Brave New Superhumans - 0:28
Theme 2: Will We Survive on Earth? - 9:32
Theme 3: Colonizing the Cosmos - 18:43
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HEAR THE FULL INTERVIEWS MENTIONED IN TODAYS' EPISODE HERE:
YouTube. (2019). USA: BRITISH PHYSICIST STEPHEN HAWKING LECTURE AT WHITE HOUSE. [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOJ1xNm18kg [Accessed 21 May 2019].
Yousubtitles.com. (2019). Larry King Now: A conversation with Stephen Hawking with English subtitles (closed captions) and transcript. [online] Available at: https://www.yousubtitles.com/Larry-King-Now-A-conversation-with-Stephen-Hawking-id-2446990 [Accessed 21 May 2019].
YouTube. (2019). INDIA: STEPHEN HAWKINGS WARNING: NUCLEAR CALAMITY. [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvpBQd9oXWY [Accessed 21 May 2019].
Spaceref.com. (2019). NASA's 50th Anniversary Lecture By Professor Stephen Hawking. [online] Available at: http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=27805 [Accessed 21 May 2019].
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Full Title: Brief Answers to the Big Questions
Year of Publication: 2018
Book Author: Stephen Hawking
To purchase the complete edition of this book click here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07D6BBGKL/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
Book Insight Writer: Kevin Holden
Editor: Monica Woods
Producer: Daniel Gonzalez
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Narrator: Elliott Schiff
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book Brief Answers to the Big Questions by Stephen Hawking.
Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s new with the book or the author currently.
This week, Tom and Karin offer you insight on:
- Hear about which of Hawking's future predictions Tom and Karin found most grim and chilling
- The connection between botox, Neanderthals and Hawking's view of future humans
- The hope and inspiration Hawking and this book offer to future generations
What is the difference between Book Insights episodes and Book Lounge episodes?
Book Insights are formal, structured summary, analysis and exploration of a bestselling nonfiction book. Each episode is read by a professional voice actor and will introduce a new title selected specifically for its value to your work and life.
Book Lounge episodes are casual discussions about the book, the author, and anything else that comes along through the course of conversation. It’s more of a broad chat about how the book relates to current, everyday life.
Should I listen to both the Book Insight and the Book Lounge episode on the same book? Sure! Each episode works fine as a standalone piece, so no requirement to listen to both or to listen in any particular order, but we definitely recommend (and think you’ll enjoy!) both. Think of it like reading a book and liking it so much you want to chat about it on the porch with a friend. That is the vibe at the Book Lounge.
Like what you hear? Be sure to like & subscribe to support this podcast! Also leave a comment and let us know your thoughts on the episode.
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Audio Producer: Gabriel Mara
Hosts: Tom Butler-Bowdon & Karin Richey
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book The Secret by Rhonda Byrne.
Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s new with the book or the author currently.
This week, Tom and Karin offer you insight on:
- What is The Law of Attraction - the spiritual, emotional and metaphysical concepts
- The connection between the bible and other ancient philosophies and The Secret
- The criticism, controversy, and lawsuits that have swirled around the release of this book
What is the difference between Book Insights episodes and Book Lounge episodes?
Book Insights are formal, structured summary, analysis and exploration of a bestselling nonfiction book. Each episode is read by a professional voice actor and will introduce a new title selected specifically for its value to your work and life.
Book Lounge episodes are casual discussions about the book, the author, and anything else that comes along through the course of conversation. It’s more of a broad chat about how the book relates to current, everyday life.
Should I listen to both the Book Insight and the Book Lounge episode on the same book?Sure! Each episode works fine as a standalone piece, so no requirement to listen to both or to listen in any particular order, but we definitely recommend (and think you’ll enjoy!) both. Think of it like reading a book and liking it so much you want to chat about it on the porch with a friend. That is the vibe at the Book Lounge.
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Audio Producer: Gabriel Mara
Hosts: Tom Butler-Bowdon & Karin Richey
- Rhonda Byrne stumbled on ‘the Secret’ at a low point in her life, shortly after her father died.
Reading the New Thought classic, The Science of Getting Rich*, introduced her to the ‘law of attraction’ and by implementing its message, she soon began to reap the rewards, both personally and financially.
*Eager to spread the word, she began developing the idea for a film and interviewed every teacher, writer or speaker that seemed to know about the ‘law of attraction’.
*In essence, this law says that whatever you think about or focus your attention on becomes reality in your life. We attract things, people and situations that are of a similar ‘vibration’ to ourselves.
*However dubious this may sound, it’s a theory supported by millions of examples – feelings of abundance only attract more abundance; conversely feelings of lack have a corresponding effect.
*The film certainly struck a chord, becoming a word-of-mouth download and DVD hit.
*The book is a powerful work in its own right, bringing together all the elements of the Secret and explaining the transformative effect it can have across all aspects of your life.
Theme 1: The Creative Process - 0:28
Theme 2: Releasing How & Embracing Gratitude - 7:11
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Full Title: The Secret
Year of Publication: 2006
Book Author: Rhonda Byrne
To purchase the complete edition of this book click here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002M5E2DW/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1#ace-g6796040015
Book Insight Writer: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Producer: Gabriel Mara
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Narrator: Lora Oliver
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho.
Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s new with the book or the author currently.
This week, Tom and Karin offer you insight on:
- Learn what a "personal legend" is and how to pursue yours.
- Discover the cost of following (and not following) your dreams.
- Determine the role of the universe in your personal journey.
Listen to the Book Insight of the week at:
https://anchor.fm/memod/episodes/Why-do-Oprah--Madonna--Tony-Robbins-all-adore-The-Alchemist--Book-Insight-on-The-Alchemist-by-Paolo-Coelho-eca9hi
What is the difference between Book Insights episodes and Book Lounge episodes?
Book Insights are formal, structured summary, analysis and exploration of a bestselling nonfiction book. Each episode is read by a professional voice actor and will introduce a new title selected specifically for it’s value to your work and life.
Book Lounge episodes are casual discussions about the book, the author, and anything else that comes along through the course of conversation. It’s more of a broad chat about how the book relates to current, everyday life.
Should I listen to both the Book Insight and the Book Lounge episode on the same book?Sure! Each episode works fine as a standalone piece, so no requirement to listen to both or to listen in any particular order, but we definitely recommend (and think you’ll enjoy!) both. Think of it like reading a book and liking it so much you want to chat about it on the porch with a friend. That is the vibe at the Book Lounge.
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Audio Producer: Daniel Gonzalez
Hosts: Tom Butler-Bowdon & Karin Richey
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The lesson to be learnt from this book could be the most important you will ever learn: how to conquer fear and live to the fullest.
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Coelho’s is a story that shows us that we can live not only an exciting life, but the best life imaginable.
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No matter who you are, no matter where you are from, to travel on your own path is to truly live for yourself, follow your destiny and be aligned with the “Soul of the World”.
Theme 1 - Dreams and Destiny 0:30
Theme 2 - The Purpose of Love 8:41
Theme 3 - The Best Way to Learn 17:58
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HEAR THE FULL INTERVIEWS MENTIONED IN TODAYS' EPISODE HERE:
Coelho, Paul. “Paulo Coelho - The Alchemy of Pilgrimage.” The On Being Project, On Being, onbeing.org/programs/paulo-coelho-the-alchemy-of-pilgrimage/
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Full Title: The Alchemist
Year of Publication: 1993
Book Author: Paulo Coelho
To purchase the complete edition of this book click here:
https://www.amazon.com/The-Alchemist-Paulo-Coelho-audiobook/dp/B000BO2D3C/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+alchemist&qid=1599508120&sr=8-1
Book Insight Writer: Kieran Saunders-Patel
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Producer: Daniel Gonzalez
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Narrator: Kristi Burns
Today in the Book Lounge, Tom & Karin discuss the book Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell.
Each week Book Insights creator and author of The 50 Classics Series Tom Butler-Bowdon and Memo’d Program Manager Karin Richey invite you to join their fun and casual conversation about the book of the week. Hear what they love it about, what they don’t, how they rate it, and how it can advance your work and life. You’ll learn why it was selected to be part of the curated list of Book Insights, and what’s new with the book or the author currently.
This week, Tom and Karin offer you insight on:
- The surprising connection between Justin Bieber and Malcolm Gladwell
- How Outliers is a theory of success and why it may make extraordinary results feel far more attainable by ordinary people
- How messages from Gladwell and Outliers resonate in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and the police brutality issues in the US
What is the difference between Book Insights episodes and Book Lounge episodes?
Book Insights are formal, structured summary, analysis and exploration of a bestselling nonfiction book. Each episode is read by a professional voice actor and will introduce a new title selected specifically for its value to your work and life.
Book Lounge episodes are casual discussions about the book, the author, and anything else that comes along through the course of conversation. It’s more of a broad chat about how the book relates to current, everyday life.
Should I listen to both the Book Insight and the Book Lounge episode on the same book?
Sure! Each episode works fine as a standalone piece, so no requirement to listen to both or to listen in any particular order, but we definitely recommend (and think you’ll enjoy!) both. Think of it like reading a book and liking it so much you want to chat about it on the porch with a friend. That is the vibe at the Book Lounge.
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Audio Producer: Gabriel Mara
Hosts: Tom Butler-Bowdon & Karin Richey
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In Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell digs deep into the factors which determine remarkable achievement. Success isn’t necessarily out of reach, the domain of the gifted few.
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He asks how much is success inherent in the person, and how much is due to environment? The ‘story’ of success, he determines, is a lot more complex than the motivational books or the autobiographies of self-made men would have us believe.
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Pure chance and circumstance, opportunity and considerable hard work (he comes up with 10,000-hour rule to achieve world-class expertise) all play their part.
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Gladwell doesn’t underestimate the role of these factors, but in breaking them down he demystifies the mystery of achieving success. Outliers is his letter to the world to say, “You can succeed!” and you don’t need to be a genius to do so.
Theme 1 - 10,000 Hours 0:28
Theme 2 - Personal Ecologies 11:17
Theme 3 - Cultural Legacies 19:47
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HEAR THE FULL INTERVIEWS MENTIONED IN TODAYS' EPISODE HERE:
London Business Forum. “Malcolm Gladwell - Outliers.” YouTube, YouTube, 1 Dec. 2008, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPCOMtJL6vA&t=205s.
pennalumni. “Malcolm Gladwell - Why Do Some Succeed Where Others Fail? What Makes High-Achievers Different?” YouTube, YouTube, 4 Feb. 2009, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jh9ax4QvzoQ&t=255s.
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Full Title: Outliers: The Story of Success
Year of Publication: 2009
Book Author: Malcolm Gladwell
To purchase the complete edition of this book click here:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FOR2FKW/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
Book Insight Writer: Jack Hargreaves
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Producer: Daniel Gonzalez
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Narrator: Lora Oliver
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Presenting a revolution in behavioral psychology, Thinking, Fast and Slow, uncovers the unconscious flaws and prejudices in our decision-making.
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Nobel Prize-winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman reveals the two ways in which we make choices, his System 1 and System 2: the first is fast, associative, automatic; the second slow, deliberate and more taxing – kicking in when we’re filling out a tax form, for instance, or testing out an argument.
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These fundamentally different modes of thought tend to work in tandem to manage the cognitive load of everyday life, but can often result in poor decision-making and errors of judgement – sometimes minor, sometimes more drastic.
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By focusing on this propensity for human error, Kahneman shows how we can become more aware of these cognitive faultlines and make altogether better decisions in our daily lives.
Theme 1 - Modes of Thought 3:00
Theme 2 - Errors in Judgement and Decisions 9:45
Theme 3 - Two Selves 18:38
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HEAR THE FULL INTERVIEWS MENTIONED IN TODAYS' EPISODE HERE:
YouTube. (2019). Daniel Kahneman Interview - Nobel Laureate - The Guardian. [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHmXPyX7czU [Accessed 19 Mar. 2019].
YouTube. (2019). Daniel Kahneman: The Trouble with Confidence. [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyDQFmA1SpU [Accessed 19 Mar. 2019].
YouTube. (2019). Daniel Kahneman: Thinking Fast vs. Thinking Slow | Inc. Magazine. [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PirFrDVRBo4 [Accessed 19 Mar. 2019].
YouTube. (2019). Daniel Kahneman: Why We Make Bad Decisions About Money (And What We Can Do About It). [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kpev-Lb0EAg [Accessed 19 Mar. 2019].
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Full Title: Thinking, Fast and Slow
Year of Publication: 2011
Book Author: Daniel Kahneman
To purchase the complete edition of this book click here:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005Z9GAJG/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_FZwrFbCM72X1N
Book Insight Writer: James Safford
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowden
Producer: Gabriel Mara
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Narrator: Kristi Burns
- Since co-founding the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2000, Melinda Gates has worked on initiatives to improve healthcare and educational opportunities and reduce poverty around the world.
- The foundation’s mission has taken her across Africa, India and Southeast Asia, as well as closer to home in the US.
- Throughout her travels, she has met inspiring and courageous women struggling with extreme poverty, outmoded practices or lack of opportunities.
- Their stories are recorded here, alongside hard data and some of Gates’ own experiences as a mother and wife.
- The result is a candid and compelling case for raising women up and connecting with one another, for the good of society as a whole.
3:32 Part One: Empower Women Through Contraception, Family Planning, and Education
12:48 Part Two: Reward Unpaid Work to Reduce Equality
24:07 Part Three: Change Cultures and Traditions of Discrimination
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HEAR THE FULL INTERVIEWS MENTIONED IN TODAYS' EPISODE HERE:
"TED - Let's Put Birth Control Back On The Agenda"
https://www.ted.com/talks/melinda_gates_let_s_put_birth_control_back_on_the_agenda?language=en
"C-SPAN - Moment of Lift"
https://www.c-span.org/video/?460179-1/the-moment-lift&start=2346
"Melina Gates On Marriage, Gender Equality & Solving Tough Problems"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuYfALzDPrY&feature=share
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Full Title: The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World
Year of Publication: 2019
Book Author: Melinda Gates
To purchase the complete edition of this book click here:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07NHHT9QD/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
Book Insight Writer: Wen-Ching Shang
Editor: Monica Woods
Producer: Karin Richey
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Narrator: Krysta Gonzalez
- Lean In continues the conversation that Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg started back in 2010 with her unmissable TED talk.
- She encourages women to make their voices heard, to lean in and “sit at the table”, take risks and strive to reach their potential.
- No organization can be truly effective, Sandberg argues, if it does not purposefully try to represent all of society.
- You end up with a one-dimensional workplace that is not fit to create products and services that cater to 100 percent of the population.
- We need change, and in order to make that happen, we need more women in positions of power.
- Tapping into her own personal experience as well as hard facts and research, and offering practical advice alongside inspiring anecdotes and examples, Sandberg crafts a compelling, empowering manifesto for the modern working woman.
*Theme 1: A Woman's Place - 3:22
*Theme 2: Likability: Heidi vs. Howard - 10:50
*Theme 3: The Children Factor - 16:55
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HEAR THE FULL INTERVIEWS MENTIONED IN TODAY'S EPISODE HERE:
CNN. “Trump: Clinton Such a Nasty Woman.” YouTube, YouTube, 19 Oct. 2016, www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2KOQfZ0Zd0.
TED. “Sheryl Sandberg: So We Leaned in ... Now What?” YouTube, YouTube, 15 Jan. 2014, www.youtube.com/watch?v=YraU52j3y8s.
TED. “Why We Have Too Few Women Leaders | Sheryl Sandberg.” YouTube, YouTube, 21 Dec. 2010, www.youtube.com/watch?v=18uDutylDa4.
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Full Title: Lean In
Year of Publication: 2013
Book Author: Sheryl Sandberg
To purchase the complete edition of this book click here:
https://www.amazon.com/Lean-In-Sheryl-Sandberg-audiobook/dp/B00B3Z5U0G/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=lean+in&qid=1597175976&sr=8-2
Book Insight Writer: Morwenna Loughman
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Producer: Daniel Gonzalez
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Narrator: Courtney Lloyd
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowdon
*There are fundamental truths about tidying – an optimum method can really make a dramatic difference in our lives.
*Judging by the reception that Marie Kondo has received globally, her system works.
*Tidying is a habit, and the power to change it for a new and more effective habit is completely in our hands.
*It’s rare that an item in your home will be ‘just an object’. Everything in it either means something, and so should be kept and treasured, or means very little, in which case it can be thrown out.
It’s hugely empowering to discover the number of things that you can live without. Your home is your home*, so fill it only with the things that you love.
*Theme 1: Breaking Bad Habits - 3:00
*Theme 2: The Importance of Discarding - 11:15
*Theme 3: How Tidying Will Change Your Life - 21:40
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HEAR THE FULL INTERVIEWS MENTIONED IN TODAY'S EPISODE HERE:
Ferriss, Tim. “The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: Marie Kondo.” The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss, 10 June 2018, tim.blog/2018/06/04/the-tim-ferriss-show-transcripts-marie-kondo/.
"Marie Kondo Tidies Up Stephen's 'Late Show' Desk". Youtube, 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1aBqpF6mwQ. Accessed 20 Feb 2019.
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Full Title: The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing
Year of Book Publication: 2011
Book Author: Marie Kondo
To purchase the complete edition of this book click here:
https://www.amazon.com/Life-Changing-Magic-Tidying-Decluttering-Organizing/dp/1607747308/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
Book Insight Writer: Morwenna Loughman
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Producer: Daniel Gonzalez
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Narrator: Elliott Schiff
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowdon
*Organizational psychologist Adam Grant believes it’s possible to be an innovator without having many of the downsides associated with creativity, such as isolation and anxiety. * If you’ve had enough of hearing about ‘superpeople’ who have changed the world through their ideas and inventions, it may be daunting to ever think you could also be an ‘original’ in this way. * Recent research illuminates the concrete steps we can all follow to become more innovative and creative, and to challenge fixed ways of thinking which brings success in our own lives, and benefits society.
*Theme 1: Are You An Original? - 3:16
*Theme 2: How Originals Get Their Ideas - 14:15
*Theme 3: Building An Original Company Or Workplace - 23:15
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HEAR THE FULL INTERVIEWS MENTIONED IN TODAY'S EPISODE HERE:
Eat Sleep Work Repeat. (2019). Adam Grant – ‘the case for optimism’. [online] Available at: https://eatsleepworkrepeat.fm/adam-grant-the-case-for-optimism/.
Grant, A. (2019). Transcript of "The surprising habits of original thinkers". [online] Ted.com. Available at: https://www.ted.com/talks/adam_grant_the_surprising_habits_of_original_thinkers/transcript?language=en#t-912728.
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Full Title: Originals
Year of Publication: 2016
Book Author: Adam Grant
Book Insight Writer: Justine Taylor
Editor: Morwenna Loughman
Producer: Gabriel Mara
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Narrator: Tom Evans
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Napoleon Hill wrote Think and Grow Rich* as America was still clawing itself out of the Great Depression, when most citizens were focused on avoiding poverty rather than getting rich.
*The promise of the book’s title stood out though, and made people wonder just what was possible.
*It contained not simply Hill’s own ideas, but the distilled secrets of hundreds of America’s most successful figures, gathered over 25 years of research.
*Hill’s mission was simply to know “how the wealthy become that way.”
He found that behind every monumental achievement lies a burning desire. Think and Grow Rich* is about how to turn this intangible craving into wealth and success.
*Theme 1: The Purpose of Desire 6:10
*Theme 2: Definiteness of Purpose and Infinite Intelligence 14:58
*Theme 3: Napoleon Hill's Secret 25:49
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"Napoleon Hill - Mastermind Principle". Youtube, 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMzu0ZzyIFo.
"Napoleon Hill - Think And Grow Rich Interview". Youtube, 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8huo6B9HoSg.
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Full Title: Think and Grow Rich
Year of Book Publication: 1937
Book Author: Napoleon Hill
To purchase the complete edition of this book click here:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0010WL876/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
Book Insight Writer: Joe Barnes
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Producer: Gabriel Mara
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Narrator: Laura Faye Smith
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowdon
- Your thoughts shape your beliefs. Your beliefs shape your actions. Your actions shape your reality.
- This is the basics of The Law of Attraction, and similarly physician and author Joseph Murphy believed that mental visualizations and affirmations begin to change us and affect the world around us. Whatever you fixate on, you will attract more of the same into your life. Through a refusal to dwell on negative thoughts, and a daily practice of noticing and focusing on the positive, you can steer your ship to the life of your dreams.
- He advises “Live in the state of your realized desire.” How will it feel when you achieve your goal? Will you be ecstatic, relieved, grateful? Whatever the emotion is, you must experience it now in order to set the miracle working powers of your subconscious in motion.
- Thought is action, and the events that occur in your life are a reaction. Therefore, if you can impress upon your mind the idea of health, for example, then your brain will have little choice, no matter how ill you might be, but to galvanize all its forces to heal you.
Theme 1: The Conscious and the Subconscious Mind 3:24
Theme 2: Using the Subconscious for Healing and Success 13:15
Theme 3: Factors That Might Sabotage Your Success 25:00
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HEAR THE FULL INTERVIEWS MENTIONED IN TODAY'S EPISODE HERE:
YouSubtitles.com. “Download Subtitles and Closed Captions (CC) from YouTube.” Dr. Joseph Murphy- The Power Of The Subconscious Mind (Rare Talk) with English Subtitles (Closed Captions) and Transcript, https://www.yousubtitles.com/Dr-Joseph-Murphy-The-Power-Of-The-Subconscious-Mind-Rare-Talk-id-1095109.
LAW, NEVILLE & THE. “Dr. Joseph Murphy- The Power Of The Subconscious Mind (Rare Talk).” YouTube, YouTube, 9 May 2016, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4gLCr9AYJQ.
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Full Title: The Power of the Subconscious Mind: Unlock Your Master Key to Success
Year of Publication: 1962
Book Author: Joseph Murphy
To purchase the complete edition of this book click here:
https://www.amazon.com/Power-Your-Subconscious-Mind/dp/B08126MPVG/ref=sr_1_3?crid=SUPSDW1K1FEA&keywords=the+power+of+the+subconscious+mind&qid=1594765985&sprefix=the+power+of+the+sub%2Caps%2C202&sr=8-3
Book Insight Writer: Joe Aitken
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowden
Producer: Gabriel Mara
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Narrator: Tom Evans
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowdon
- Success is simple: it involves hard work and habits that compounds our value over time.
*In this global bestseller, entrepreneur and success coach Darren Hardy shows that it’s the small, incremental changes that – when made consistently – will make a difference in your life.
*With consistent effort, the compound effect will naturally take hold, allowing you to reach the success that you’ve always dreamed of. But there are no magic bullets.
*Hardy’s book is a welcome alternative to faddish ideas like “the 4-hour work week,” and an antidote to notions that you can “change your life in 30 days.”
*The truth is, Hardy says, no-one has ever achieved great success without putting in a ton of work. But after a certain point, momentum kicks in. When it does, you’ll be astonished by what you can achieve.
Theme 1: Take Responsibility - 3:55
Theme 2: Building Better Habits & Willpower to Why-power - 11:29
Theme 3: How to Build Unstoppable Momentum - 20:29
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Full Title: The Compound Effect
Year of Publication: 2010
Book Author: Darren Hardy
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Book Insight Writer: Joe Aitken
Editor: Morwenna Loughman
Producer: Gabriel Mara
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Narrator: Kristi Burns
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowdon
- Gladwell revisits the ancient tale of the underdog to break down history’s secrets.
- David’s small size, lack of armor, and sling shot are really advantages, and Goliath’s immense size and power only work against him.
- Gladwell revisits a dozen or so stories, ranging from Biblical battles to the London Blitz, to redefine how we look at history’s underdogs and industry giants.
- The ‘little guys’ are often considered weak due to their outlier status or their disadvantageous upbringing. But these same individuals are history’s revolutionaries, medical forerunners, civil rights warriors, and powerful Hollywood producers.
- Likewise, history’s Goliaths – Nazi Germany, white American south, and millionaire parents to name a few – lose ground despite their seemingly incredible size and power.
- David and Goliath is is an eye-opening book for anyone who thinks their underdog status works against them – and a stern warning to all Goliaths.
*Theme 1: In the Valley of Elah Revisited - 3:23
*Theme 2: David the Dyslexic - 12:48
*Theme 3: Remote Misses - 23:03
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"NPR Choice Page". Npr.Org, 2019, https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=243294593. Accessed 16 Aug 2019.
"Malcolm Gladwell On The Advantages Of Disadvantages - Knowledge@Wharton". Knowledge@Wharton, 2019, https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/david-goliath-malcolm-gladwell-advantages-disadvantages/. Accessed 16 Aug 2019.
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Full Title: David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
Year of Publication: 2013
Book Author: Malcolm Gladwell
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Book Insight Writer: Daniel Gonzalez
Editor: Morwenna Loughman
Producers: Daniel Gonzalez & Gabriel Mara
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowdon
- Learned Optimism is a classic of positive psychology from the father of the field.
- Martin Seligman is the most distinguished researcher of learned helplessness, pessimism, optimism and flourishing.
- His book explains the differences between optimistic and pessimistic thinking and how the latter can lead to depression.
- Learned Optimism recounts studies and stories on the benefits that optimism can bring to all major areas of your life.
- An epidemic in depression globally has made the message of Learned Optimism more relevant than ever.
*Theme 1: Pessimism and Optimism - 4:39
*Theme 2: How Pessimism Can Lead to Depression - 13:24
*Theme 3: How to Become More Optimistic - 24:39
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https://www.ted.com/talks/martin_seligman_on_the_state_of_psychology?language=en#t-365732
https://www.coursera.org/lecture/positive-psychology-visionary-science/health-is-a-skill-learned-optimism-bYUAf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HH0sssQzQGg
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Full Title: Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life
Year of Book Publication: 1991
Book Author: Martin Seligman
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https://www.amazon.com/Learned-Optimism-Change-Your-Mind/dp/1400078393
Book Insight Writer: Rafal Jennek
Editor: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Producers: Daniel Gonzalez & Gabriel Mara
Production Manager: Karin Richey
Curator: Tom Butler-Bowdon
- In The Happiness Advantage, Shawn Achor proves that success follows happiness and not the other way around.
- He distills various findings in the field of positive psychology to provide practical advice on how to improve your well-being, achieve goals, and develop stronger relationships – all by adopting a more positive mindset.
Theme 1: Simple Ways to Boost Happiness - 4:16
Theme 2: How To Develop a Happier Mindset - 14:33
Theme 3: Utilize Your Greatest Asset - 27:27
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TED Talk: https://youtu.be/LqeAiz691-s
Google talk on happiness as a competitive advantage: https://youtu.be/jp9u2H_b71Y
Oprah interview: https://youtu.be/Ssu6Hctz7BM
NatCon talk: https://youtu.be/Ssu6Hctz7BM
Interview about the Happiness Advantage: https://youtu.be/3KvvZe63bO4
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Full Title: The Happiness Advantage
Year of Book Publication: 2010
Book Author: Shawn Achor
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Book Insight Writer: Rafal Jennek
Editor: Cian Traynor
Producer: Daniel Gonzalez & Gabe Mara
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- Human action has multiple layers of causation. Our behavior is complicated.
- It can’t be explained by biology and genes alone – as evolutionary biologists tend to do. And it can’t be explained by environment alone, as a sociologist might.
- How we act and think depends on a subtle interplay between ancient urges and fears, social and cultural influences, and reasoning.
- Sometimes, as Sapolsky explains in comprehensive detail, this can lead to the very worst actions in history – the blights of humanity – but he also offers hope.
- As much as we are bound by aggressive behavior that is deeply wired into us, we can be equally influenced towards do-good, prosocial behaviors that maximize benefit for all, not only friends and family, but people that we don’t know and even people that we’ve never met.
- Sapolsky’s key question is, how can we capitalize on these capacities, rather than those that lead towards aggression, hate and violence?
2:41 Part One: Causes of Behavior
10:20 Part Two: Genetics and Environment
19:00 Part Three: Free Will and Peace
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"The Daily Show | Robert Sapolsky - How Science Influences Culture And Politics In 'Behave' - EXTENDED INTERVIEW"
http://www.cc.com/video-clips/49ky74/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-robert-sapolsky---how-science-influences-culture-and-politics-in--behave----extended-interview
"TedTalk | The biology of our best and worst selves"
https://www.ted.com/talks/robert_sapolsky_the_biology_of_our_best_and_worst_selves/transcript#t-463655
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Full Title: Behave
Year of Publication: 2017
Book Author: Robert Sapolsky
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Dr Kay Redfield Jamison, one of the leading authorities on manic depression (or bipolar disorder), has written extensively about the often perplexing psychiatric illness, and also about its links with creativity.
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In An Unquiet Mind she unites these strands in a courageous and gripping memoir, revealing her own experiences of living with manic depression.
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Jamison details the incredible highs and the devastating lows.
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The complex relationship with the lithium medication she is prescribed.
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Her unique perspective in treating patients suffering from the same condition.
2:45 Part One: Defining Manic Depression
11:50 Part Two: A Battle with Lithium
19.46 Part Three: The Others
HEAR THE FULL INTERVIEWS MENTIONED IN TODAY'S EPISODE HERE:
"Manic Depression And Mania, Kay Jamison :: DNA Learning Center". Dnalc.Org, 2019, https://www.dnalc.org/view/15372-Manic-depression-and-mania-Kay-Jamison.html. Accessed 26 Jan 2019.
"Understanding The Experience Of A Manic Depressive, Kay Jamison :: DNA Learning Center". Dnalc.Org, 2019, https://www.dnalc.org/view/15370-Understanding-the-experience-of-a-manic-depressive-Kay-Jamison.html. Accessed 26 Feb 2019.
"Support For People With Bipolar | Kay Redfield Jamison". Youtube, 2014, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMaPc9-JCiQ. Accessed 26 Feb 2019.
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Full Title: An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness
Year of Publication: 1995
Book Author: Kay Redfield Jamison
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Stoicism was a school of ancient philosophy which survived for several centuries, and is going through a major revival today.
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Massimo Pigliucci provides an essential guide to applying the wisdom of the Stoics to 21st-century life, making the sometimes difficult subject of ancient Greek and Roman philosophy accessible and relevant to the modern world.
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The book is based around several key quotes from the famous Stoic Epictetus, explaining their meaning in terms of everyday events and anecdotes from his own life.
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Discover how to accept those things that are beyond your control, learn from the example of others’ behavior, be it good or foolish, and build your emotional resilience.
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Whatever life throws at you, these ancient minds will help keep you focused on your goals while retaining your personal integrity.
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Success is good, but maintaining your peace of mind no matter what is an even greater treasure.
3:23 Part One: Dichotomy of Control
11:35 Part Two: Moral Ignorance
18:48 Part Three: Negative Visualization
HEAR THE FULL INTERVIEWS MENTIONED IN TODAY'S EPISODE HERE:
The School of Life - "Why Stoicism Matters" www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pc_6GDWl0s4.
Cultural Services French Embassy - "Better Living Through Stoicism" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-i-6nLIuxgg&t=349s.
"Eichmann Trial - Session No. 1" www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fv6xbeVozhU
"Finding Meaning in Difficult Times (Interview with Dr. Viktor Frankl)" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlC2OdnhIiQ
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Full Title: How to Be a Stoic: Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life
Year of Publication: 2017
Book Author: Massimo Pigliucci
- This work of philosophy will get you thinking about much more than your average personal development or business book.
- Srikumar Rao applies ancient Eastern spiritual wisdom to the high-stress present-day work setting.
- Lessons include: managing yourself, not time; leaving behind a me-centered world; and the power of not judging.
- Focusing on helping others will also make you happier, and Rao is keen to remind us that people who are happy tend to be better at their work.
2:37 Part One: Working and Avoiding Judging
8:58 Part Two: Time, Change, Drama & Happiness
16:42 Part Three: Achievement, Quiet, The World & Self Discovery
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Full Title: Happiness at Work
Year of Publication: 2010
Book Author: Srikumar Rao
- Psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi says it is best to think about the universe in terms of order and chaos (entropy)
- The best way to have an ordered mind, and a life of meaning, is to engage in many ‘flow’ activities.
- A flow activity is one undertaken for its own sake rather than an end result – running a marathon for the joy of it, say, rather than in desperation to win the race.
- In a nutshell, flow makes life more meaningful, and a meaningful life, argues Csikszentmihalyi, is the key to happiness.
2:56 - Part One: Control the Mind
8:58 - Part Two: Enjoyment & Pleasure
16:48 - Part Three: Experience Matters
HEAR THE FULL INTERVIEW MENTIONED IN TODAYS' EPISODE HERE:
"TED Talk – Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi – Flow – 2004"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_u-Eh3h7Mo
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Full Title: Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
Year of Publication: 1990
Book Author: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
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Is humanity really heading towards an abyss?
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Or have we forgotten how to acknowledge progress?
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Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker argues that statistically people are happier, wealthier and healthier than ever before
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Our progress over the past 300 years is due to the ideals set out by Enlightenment thinkers in the 18th century: science, reason and humanism
HEAR THE FULL INTERVIEWS MENTIONED IN TODAY'S EPISODE HERE:
"Steven Pinker | The Case For Reason, Science, Humanism, And Progress | OFFinNY"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz_fh...
"Steven Pinker Discusses 'Enlightenment Now'"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xzqn...
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Full Title: Enlightenment Now
Year of Publication: 2018
Book Author: Steven Pinker
We can’t all be right, all of the time. Much as we might hate to admit it, Kathryn Schulz argues that being wrong has its advantages, and recognising this could do us the world of good. Drawing on science, philosophy, psychology, literature and personal experience, she unpicks our difficult relationship with being wrong. Everyone slips up, but it’s in our nature to downplay, cover up, deny, or to blame others. Shouldn’t we have better mechanisms for confronting the mistakes we make in everyday life? We might be prepared, just about, to admit fault over small things, but what about accepting we’ve been wrong about our faith, career or choice of spouse? Surely, if these big things are so important to our happiness and sense of worth, we should make it our mission to eliminate error in making such decisions. Schulz considers these questions as she darts through human history, touching on the work of diverse figures from St Augustine to Darwin and Freud, and ultimately showing the benefits and transformative potential of embracing being wrong.
3:10 - Part One: Humanity & Errors
9:21 - Part Two: Why Errors & Self Deception
Full Title: Being Wrong
Year of Publication: 2010
Book Author: Kathryn Schulz
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Media Sources:
Finance, Bloomberg Markets and. “Greenspan Says Nobody Forecast the 2008 Financial Crisis.” YouTube, YouTube, 14 Nov. 2018, www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLLjBeVLPLc.
TED. “On Being Wrong | Kathryn Schulz.” YouTube, YouTube, 26 Apr. 2011, www.youtube.com/watch?v=QleRgTBMX88.
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