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Six Thinking Hats
Edward de Bono ISBN 9781563120978
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Edward de Bono ISBN 9781563120978
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This book by Edward de Bono 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: Tim Ferriss. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2023-09-28 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.
“The Six Thinking Hats by Edward de Bono, this book, believe it or not, was incredibly helpful to me in my first few years”— 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.
“He has another one, I think it's called The Six Thinking Hats or something along those lines, which similarly, very helpful”— Tim Ferriss
The guest here is Shane Parrish: Founder of Farnam Street (fs.blog) and former intelligence-agency operative; author of Clear Thinking, host of The Knowledge Project podcast, and writer of the popular weekly Brain Food newsletter. Shane Parrish unpacks how positioning, automatic rules, and writing beat raw intelligence at making better decisions and avoiding blind spots.
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