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When Julius Caesar was 25, he was kidnapped by pirates. He acted like they worked for him. They demanded a ransom of 20 talents. Caesar laughed at them for not knowing who they had captured, and told them to ask for 50. He spent 38 days as their prisoner. When he wanted to sleep, he ordered them to stop talking. He wrote poems and speeches and read them out loud. When the pirates didn’t admire them, he called them illiterate barbarians. He often told them, laughing, that he would come back and execute them all. They thought he was joking. As soon as the ransom was paid, he raised a fleet, hunted them down and had every one of them crucified, exactly as he had promised.
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This guy's is the next @FoundersPodcast.
Guys in their 20s need to be biography maxxing. For some reason people are obsessed with reading self-help slop instead of the lives of the greatest men who ever lived. Napoleon was no one special in school, until he picked up Plutarch's lives. His teacher said he would "make a great sailor". Little did he know, Napoleon would become inspired by the likes of Alexander, Hannibal, and Caesar, and would follow in their footsteps. This is what I want from The Greats Book Club. To get people inspired about reading the lives of the greats.
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some of the best, most interesting, humanistic, non manipulative/non-amoral approaches to self improvement in the world are contained in books by psychologists. Not to mention stories, and instances of counterintuitive solutions.
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Ten years ago, I published Grit.
In those pages, I wrote down everything I'd discovered about world-class achievers, and how passion and perseverance set them apart.
Since then, I've been studying the situations that make that kind of achievement possible.
The thesis of this book is, simply, that your situation shapes you, but you have the power to shape it first.
Pre-order SITUATED and get a personalized bookplate signed by me: angeladuckworth.com/situated…
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For those of us who beat ourselves up, this book is a godsend.
It is not nearly as woo-woo as it might seem. It was recommended to me by a neuroscience PhD who said it changed her life, then by another cynical friend who said the same.
It is one of the most useful books I’ve read. It’s easy to digest, and I suggest one short chapter before bed each night.
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The primary reason people don't achieve big goals is because they don't realize that the only source of truth is making mistakes. They soak up advice and theory, expecting it to be an exact match to their mind, experience, and situation just to fail once and give up completely.
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Read often. Write often.
Read often. Write often.
Read often. Write often.
Read often. Write often.
Because the brain ages, but habits matter.
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After seven years of intense work, I am excited to announce that my new book, The Law of the Sublime, will be out in November. and is now available for pre-order (see link below).
The book is designed to expand your mind, and to reveal to you a world to explore beyond what you consider reality: the realm of the Sublime.
This adventure does not require travel, drugs, or any form of external stimulation.
It only requires a new pair of eyes to see the extraordinary all around you.
Through stories, exercises, and meditations, the book will immerse you in the Sublime and forever transform how you experience life.
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My new book is available for pre-order 🎉
"Life in Perspective: The Art and Power of the Annual Life Review" comes out Nov. 3 in hardcover, ebook, and audiobook
This book distills nearly two decades of practicing annual reviews into a step-by-step method for making sense of where you've been and getting clear on where you're going
It covers why starting with gratitude matters more than starting with goals
Why your body knows the truth before your mind does. And why real growth happens on the scale of years, not days
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Speed-reading is a scam:
Scientists studied professional speed-readers and found that the faster you read, the less you understand or remember.
“There’s just a maximum limit for how quickly humans can absorb information.”
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THE EVOLVING BRAIN is out today!
Exploring the mismatch between our ancient brains and the world around us - and what we can do to thrive in a world utterly different to the one we were made for.
🧠 'Exciting and accessible . . .This is a book to help us to understand ourselves.' @drkathrynmannix
📱 'A fascinating exploration of how our ancient brains are mismatched for our modern ecosystem, and what we can do about it.' Dr Anna Lembke
😊 'A fresh and compassionate perspective on what it means to thrive today.' @neuranne
#TheEvolvingBrain #nonfictionbooks #nonfiction #neuroscience
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20 Problems = 20 Books
1) Want to break a bad habit?
Read "Atomic Habits" by James Clear.
2) Keep getting distracted while working?
Read "Indistractable" by Nir Eyal.
3) Feeling lost in life?
Read "Man's Search for Meaning" by Viktor Frankl.
4) Have trouble controlling your emotions?
Read "Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius.
5) Bad at socializing or communicating?
Read "How to Win Friends & Influence People" by Dale Carnegie.
6) Lose motivation to work out quickly?
Read "Can't Hurt Me" by David Goggins.
7) Always saving information but never using it?
Read "Building a Second Brain" by Tiago Forte.
8) In debt or bad at budgeting?
Read "I Will Teach You To Be Rich" By Ramit Sethi.
9) Want to change your limited mindset?
Read "Mindset" by Carol Dweck.
10) Terrible at small talk?
Read "The Fine Art of Small Talk" by Debra Fine.
11) Scared of starting a creative project?
Read "The War of Art" by Steven Pressfield.
12) Want to make smarter financial decisions?
Read "The Psychology of Money" by Morgan Housel.
13) Want to become happier, healthier, and wealthier?
Read "The Almanack of Naval Ravikant" by Eric Jorgenson.
14) Bad at negotiating?
Read "Never Split The Difference" by Chris Voss.
15) Want to make more but work less?
Read "The 4-Hour Workweek" by Tim Ferriss.
16) Want to build resilience and a stronger mind?
Read "Grit" by Angela Duckworth.
17) Overthinking every decision?
Read "Thinking in Bets" by Annie Duke.
18) Have a product that isn't doing so well?
Read "$100M Offers" by Alex Hormozi.
19) Afraid of being judged or disliked?
Read "The Courage to Be Disliked" by Ichiro Kishimi.
20) Feel overwhelmed by too many priorities?
Read "The ONE Thing" by Jay Papasan.
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Reading biographies is one of the highest-leverage habits you can have.
Not because you learn facts.
But because you compress decades of someone else’s trials, delusions, victories, and quiet regrets into a few hours.
