Building “Charisma on Command” to 10M+ Subscribers — Charlie Houpert

The Game

Neil Strauss

“I've read Neil Strauss is the game by Neil Strauss. Yes. Great book. I mean, controversial on a number of levels, but a really compelling story.”— Charlie Houpert

Essentialism

Greg McKeown

“I'd read Essentialism, and it was like, just do the thing. Great book. Amazing. Greg Mchuan, so good. Read it. Read it four times.”— Charlie Houpert

Essentialism

Greg McKeown

“So, you read Essentialism. Excellent book. I recommend it as well. It's so good. And I'll give a couple just key things.”— Tim Ferriss

Six Pillars of Self-Esteem

Nathaniel Branden

“Six Pillars of Self-Esteem by Nathaniel Brandon. Amazing. Okay. So good... If you haven't worked on your self-esteem at all, it's the first stop to go to.”— Charlie Houpert

Running Lean

Ash Maurya (inferred)

“Running Lean helped a lot with the interviews. It's not like the most fun read, but it helped me set up those interviews.”— Charlie Houpert

Influence

Robert Cialdini

“Back in the day, influenced by Chelini was was huge. Outstanding book. Still classic.”— Charlie Houpert

How to Win Friends and Influence People

Dale Carnegie

“Still Dale Carnegie... For me, it was How to Win Friends and Influence People was the one. There's ways in which I go to it.”— Charlie Houpert

The Prophet

Kahlil Gibran

“Khalil Gabbron, the prophet is excellent. Excellent... that book brought me to tears many, many times. There are just deep truths about life.”— Charlie Houpert

The 80/20 Principle

Richard Koch

“if you combine that with Richard Kosha's book, The 8020 Principle, like those those two will take you a long way.”— Tim Ferriss

I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell

Tucker Max

“Tucker Max for people who don't know the name. He wrote a number of books. I believe his first mega bestseller was I hope they serve beer in hell.”— Tim Ferriss

Double Your Dating

David DeAngelo

“David D'Angelo, double your dating. Right. Yeah. He loves alliteration. I've got alliteration, charisma.”— Charlie Houpert

The Listener

“I have a piece of artwork downstairs in this house that Greg Mchuan recommended to me called The Listener. People can check it out.”— Charlie Houpert

SamCart

SamCart (inferred)

“Sam Cart is the cart. It was one of the only carts at the time that let you do payment plans.”— Charlie Houpert

Wishlist Member

“There was a wishlist member plugin, which was hot at the time and has, you know, since sort of been depreciated.”— Charlie Houpert

Young Millionaires

Entrepreneur Magazine (inferred)

“I'm not recommending people go buy this book. I think it's out of print anyway, but Entrepreneur magazine had this book called Young Millionaires.”— Tim Ferriss

Let My People Go Surfing

Yvon Chouinard

“Let my people go surfing. I think this is the title of the book by Ivon Shinard.”— Tim Ferriss

Losing My Virginity

Richard Branson

“I remember reading books by Cardo Semler and Branson, right? Losing my virginity where it's like, okay, everyone says an airline is suicide.”— Tim Ferriss

Maverick

Ricardo Semler (inferred)

“I remember reading books by Cardo Semler and Branson, right?”— Tim Ferriss

Ogilvy on Advertising

David Ogilvy (inferred)

“you can still look at cables on advertising for copy editing. You can look at old print advertisements from Ogulvie.”— Tim Ferriss

Tested Advertising Methods

John Caples (inferred)

“you can still look at cables on advertising for copy editing.”— Tim Ferriss