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The Gift of Fear
Gavin de Becker
“One of my favorite books is The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker”
“One of my favorite books is The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker. And he says, 'When you worry, ask yourself, what am I choosing not to see right now?'”— Ryan Holiday
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Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor Frankl
“who wrote the amazing book Man's Search for Meaning”
“Comes to us from Victor Frankl, who survived the Holocaust, who wrote the amazing book Man's Search for Meaning.”— Ryan Holiday
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On the Shortness of Life
Seneca
“So good. Which is perhaps the best manifesto for our current struggle”
“Revisited his The Shortness of Life. So good. Which is perhaps the best manifesto for our current struggle with this very notion of productivity versus presence.”— Tim Ferriss
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Radical Acceptance
Tara Brach
“I'm also author of several books including Radical Acceptance and Trusting the Gold.”— Tara Brach
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Trusting the Gold
Tara Brach
“I'm also author of several books including Radical Acceptance and Trusting the Gold.”— Tara Brach
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Tara Brach (podcast)
Tara Brach
“My weekly podcast of talks and guided meditations, which goes by my name, draws on Buddhism, psychology, and science.”— Tara Brach
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Discipline Is Destiny: The Power of Self-Control
Ryan Holiday
“Also, you can check out my new book Discipline is Destiny, The Power of Self-Control, which is out now and you can buy anywhere books are sold.”— Ryan Holiday
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The Daily Stoic
Ryan Holiday
“Hi, I'm Ryan Holiday, the author of 13 best-selling books and the creator of the Daily Stoic.”— Ryan Holiday
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Figuring
Maria Popova
“She is the author also of Figuring and the editor of A Velocity of Being, subtitled Letters to a Young Reader.”— Tim Ferriss
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A Velocity of Being: Letters to a Young Reader
Maria Popova
“She is the author also of Figuring and the editor of A Velocity of Being, subtitled Letters to a Young Reader.”— Tim Ferriss
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The Marginalian
Maria Popova
“Her website is The Marginalian, formerly known as Brain Pickings, and it is included in the Library of Congress permanent web archive.”— Tim Ferriss
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Literary Jukebox
Maria Popova
“I have a little sort of labor of love side project called literary jukebox.”— Maria Popova
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Deep Work
Cal Newport
“Now, you might know me from some of my recent books, such as Deep Work, Digital Minimalism, and A World Without Email.”— Cal Newport
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Digital Minimalism
Cal Newport
“Now, you might know me from some of my recent books, such as Deep Work, Digital Minimalism, and A World Without Email.”— Cal Newport
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A World Without Email
Cal Newport
“Now, you might know me from some of my recent books, such as Deep Work, Digital Minimalism, and A World Without Email.”— Cal Newport
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Deep Questions with Cal Newport
Cal Newport
“The clip you're about to hear comes from my podcast, Deep Questions with Cal Newport.”— Cal Newport
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Kindle app
Amazon (inferred)
“Well, I prefer electronic, so I use the Kindle app on the iPad, or any PDF viewer, cuz I read a lot of archival stuff.”— Maria Popova
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iPad
Apple (inferred)
“Well, I prefer electronic, so I use the Kindle app on the iPad, or any PDF viewer.”— Maria Popova
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Getting Things Done
David Allen
“David Allen and his seminal post-computer time management book... He had this idea of full capture, where he said all of your tasks should be in a trusted system.”— Cal Newport
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Trello
Atlassian (inferred)
“For capture, there is where I actually store the things I need to do and I use Trello, which is a task board software system.”— Cal Newport
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Google Docs
Google (inferred)
“I use Google Docs to keep track of plans, the plans I have about various things.”— Cal Newport
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