Intro: Ancient Rome Called, They Have Advice for Your Twitter Addiction Ryan Holiday (yes, the guy who also wrote Ego Is the Enemy) teamed up with Stephen Hanselman to create…

Intro: The Anti-Gladwell Brothers Malcolm Gladwell (The Tipping Point) told us why ideas spread. Chip and Dan Heath — a professor + education consultant duo — tell us how to…

Intro: The Book That Made “Virality” a Thing Before Hashtags Before memes, before influencers, before TikTok dances, there was Malcolm Gladwell’s The Tipping Point (2000). Gladwell’s big question: 👉 Why…

(and How to Spot the Jedi Mind Tricks) Intro: The Godfather of Persuasion If you’ve ever impulse-bought a kitchen gadget after watching a late-night infomercial, congratulations: you’ve been Cialdinied. Robert…

Intro: Ancient Toltec Wisdom Meets Modern Self-Help Some self-help books throw statistics at you. Others give 10-step productivity hacks. Don Miguel Ruiz’s The Four Agreements takes a different route: it’s…

Intro: The Holocaust Survivor Who Out-Philosophized Despair Most self-help books tell you how to be more productive or how to stop checking email at midnight. Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search for…

(and Maybe Ruin Thanksgiving Dinner) Intro: The Hedge Fund Guy Who Wrote a Self-Help Bible Ray Dalio isn’t your typical guru. He’s not a monk or a professor. He’s a…

Intro: The Book That Makes Forecasting Feel Like Astrology If you’ve ever heard someone say, “Well, nobody could’ve seen that coming”, congratulations: you’ve just met a Black Swan. Nassim Nicholas…

Why Your Calendar Is a Mess and What Stephen Covey Would Say About It Intro: The Self-Help Classic That Refuses to Die Some books trend for a summer and disappear…

(and Other Things That Make Boomers Mad) Intro: The Book That Turned Personal Finance Into a Soap Opera Robert Kiyosaki’s Rich Dad Poor Dad is one of those books people…