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Radical Candor
Kim Scott ISBN 9781250103512
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Kim Scott ISBN 9781250103512
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This book by Kim Scott has come up 2 times on Tim Ferriss. 2 of those mentions were genuine on-air recommendations, not just passing references. The people who brought it up: Alisa Cohn, Tim Ferriss. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2021-10-21 and the most recent from 2026-04-07. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
Radical Candor is a simple idea: to be a good boss, you have to Care Personally at the same time that you Challenge Directly. When you challenge without caring it's obnoxious aggression; when you care without challenging it's ruinous empathy. When you do neither it's manipulative insincerity. This simple framework can help you build better relationships at work, and fulfill your three key responsibilities as a leader: creating a culture of feedback (praise and criticism), building a cohesive team, and achieving results you're all proud of.
“Radical Candor by Kim Scott. Kim Scott is just phenomenal. I thought Radical Candor was really instrumental to me”— Tim Ferriss
The guest here is Michelle Khare: YouTube creator and host of Challenge Accepted, where she attempts the world's toughest stunts and professions. 6M+ followers, 1B+ views, Time 100 honoree, and the first creator to petition onto the prime-time Emmy ballot. Former BuzzFeed producer, Dartmouth grad. YouTube creator Michelle Khare on building Challenge Accepted, fear-setting, cold emails, and choosing the hard path that becomes a defensible moat.
“i would add radical candor by kim scott is also a great book on that from that point of view because it also makes the case”— Alisa Cohn
The guest here is Alisa Cohn: An executive coach who has worked with founders and executives for nearly 20 years at companies like Venmo, Etsy, DraftKings, Dell, Google, and Microsoft. A recovering CPA and former startup CFO, she is the author of 'From Startup to Grown-Up' and an angel investor and Broadway show investor. Executive coach Alisa Cohn shares frameworks on 360 feedback, founder prenups, self-talk, and word-for-word scripts for difficult conversations.
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