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Born Standing Up
Steve Martin
“which as you know is influential for me”
“let's go back to the book you mentioned born standing up which as you know is influential for me I mean I wrote a book called so good they can't ignore you”— Cal Newport
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The Power Law
Sebastian Mallaby
“good God it's just so good like the writing and the timing”
“but the power law book ... I was listening to it in the car yesterday I was like good God it's just so good like the writing and the timing”— Tim Ferriss
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More Money Than God
Sebastian Mallaby
“encyclopedic and beautifully written romp ... which blew me away”
“he wrote a book also called more money than God which is non-fiction encyclopedic and beautifully written romp through the world of hedge funds which blew me away”— Tim Ferriss
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The Blade Itself (The First Law trilogy)
Joe Abercrombie
“oh God it's so well architected ... not just the pros but it is the pros as well”
“Joe abber cromi in this fantasy Trilogy which starts with the blade itself where I was just like oh God it's so well architected”— Tim Ferriss
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The Effective Executive
Peter Drucker
“such an incredible short book that punches above its weight class”
“Peter dker I gotta say man hit so many nails on the head the effective executive still to this day just such an incredible short book that punches above its weight class”— Tim Ferriss
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Jiro Dreams of Sushi
“just keep watching on repeat ... just go back and watch that like once a month”
“just go just keep watching on repeat Jiro Dreams of Sushi right just go back and watch that like once a month”— Cal Newport
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Audio-Technica headset
Audio-Technica
“which actually has great audio quality I'm shocked”
“the reason I'm wearing this this goofy headset audio Technic which actually has great audio quality I'm shocked”— Tim Ferriss
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Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
Cal Newport
“so the new book I want to talk about this subtitle is the Lost Art of accomplishment without burnout who doesn't want that”— Cal Newport
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Deep Work
Cal Newport
“so deep work already exists I just put a name to it digital minimalism it's like yeah I'm just putting a name to a Phil”— Cal Newport
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Digital Minimalism
Cal Newport
“deep work already exists I just put a name to it digital minimalism it's like yeah I'm just putting a name to a Phil”— Cal Newport
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So Good They Can't Ignore You
Cal Newport
“I mean I wrote a book called so good they can't ignore you it is so good yeah it's a great book”— Cal Newport
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The 4-Hour Body
Tim Ferriss
“if you look at say the 4-Hour Body the 4our body was workshopped for years before it ever came out just wasn't under that name”— Tim Ferriss
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The 4-Hour Workweek
Tim Ferriss
“I mean this is really sort of 4-Hour Work Week style let's get in and write the systems for how we manage workload”— Tim Ferriss
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The Andromeda Strain
Michael Crichton
“this was after the adonus strain had come out and it's all Ambitions for things he wants to I want to direct I want to do movies”— Cal Newport
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The Firm
John Grisham
“the firm did well it was his second book his first book was a flop at time to kill when it first came out”— Cal Newport
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A Time to Kill
John Grisham
“his first book was a flop at time to kill when it first came out he said I'm going to write two and if one of the two works”— Cal Newport
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Oppenheimer
Christopher Nolan (inferred)
“Chris Nolan the director doesn't even own a smartphone he is just I'm making Oppenheimer and that's what I'm doing for the next three years”— Cal Newport
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In the Heights
Lin-Manuel Miranda
“Lyn manuell Miranda with his first play in The Heights the same way I do his whole story it's a seven-year Odyssey”— Cal Newport
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Hamilton
Lin-Manuel Miranda
“oh yeah his first play won a lot of Grammys and he did Hamilton you know Wikipedia you're like oh that was fast”— Cal Newport
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