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Today’s author promises to teach us a new way to craft marketing content that compels customers to act without feeling sleazy. Join Mike & Cory as they try to shun complexity and give belief-building a try.

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This is Personal by Brennan Dunn
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Mike's Rating: 4.0
Cory's Rating: 5.0

Today’s author shares personal wisdom from almost 2000 years ago. Join Mike and Cory as they examine an ancient classic of wisdom literature to see if it stands the test of time.

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Focused #218: Turning Down the Volume, with Stephen Hackett
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Bookworm #211: Anti-Time Management
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Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Bookworm #201: Right Thing, Right Now
Ryan Holiday’s Fancy-Pants Version of Meditations
Lives of the Stoics by Ryan Holiday
Codex Forster (Leonardo da Vinci’s Notebooks)
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Bookworm #184: Hidden Potential
Bookworm #35: The Art of Asking
Bookworm #89: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Bookworm #206: 101 Essays That Will Change the Way You Think
Simple Marketing for Smart People by Billy Broas
Poor Charlie’s Almanack
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Mike's Rating: 3.0
Cory's Rating: 1.0

Today’s author promises to equip us with the tools, insights, and inspiration needed to create the life of our dreams. Join Mike & Cory as they consider what it means to live boldly and authentically.

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Mike on Bluesky
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Never Play it Safe
Mike’s Notes from Never Play It Safe
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Clay Hebert on The Nathan Barry Show
Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink & Leif Babin
Peak by Anders Ericsson
Atomic Habits by James Clear
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Simple Marketing for Smart People by Billy Broas
Tiny Experiments by Anne-Laure Le Cunff
Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools by Tyler Staton
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Mike's Rating: 4.0
Cory's Rating: 4.0

Today’s author promises to help us find our motivation, prioritize our ideals, and create a flexible lifestyle — no matter how busy we are. Join Mike & Cory as they attempt to flip the traditional approach to productivity on its head.

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Bookworm 210: Free Time
Anti-Time Management by Richie Norton
Mike’s mind map notes for Anti-Time Management
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Personal Socrates by Marc Champagne
Never Play it Safe
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Deep Discipleship by J.T. English
This is Strategy by Seth Godin
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Mike's Rating: 4.0
Cory's Rating: 4.0

Today’s author promises to give us a playbook to free our minds, time, and team for our best work. Join Mike & Cory as they consider what it looks like to run a heart-based business.

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Bookworm #207: Storyworthy
Pivot by Jenny Blake
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It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work
Who Not How by Dan Sullivan & Benjamin Hardy
Anti-Time Management by Richie Norton
Never Play it Safe
The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt
Focused 217: The Anxious Generation
Deep Discipleship by J.T. English
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Mike's Rating: 5.0
Cory's Rating: 4.5

Today’s author promises to give us a map for a liberating journey toward a more meaningful life. Join Mike & Cory as they attempt to embrace their non-negotiable limitations.

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Bookworm #208: Good Work
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Meditations for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman
Mike’s Notes from Meditations for Mortals
Bookworm #135: Four Thousand Weeks
Bookworm #56: Hyper Focus
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Bookworm #207: Storyworthy
Free Time by Jenny Blake
Anti-Time Management by Richie Norton
Just Do Something by Kevin DeYoung
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Mike's Rating: 4.0
Cory's Rating: 4.0

What if work wasn’t just something you did but was a portal to a life where you felt fully alive? Today’s author challenges us to think differently about our profession. Join Mike & Cory as they embark on a mission to find their own “good work.”

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Good Work by Paul Millerd
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Bookworm #169: The Pathless Path
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Creator Science podcast with Chase Jarvis
The Inner Game of Tennis by Timothy Galloway
Meditations for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman
Free Time by Jenny Blake
Never Play it Safe by Chase Jarvis
Just Do Something by Kevin DeYoung
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Mike's Rating: 5.0
Cory's Rating: 5.0

Whether we realize it or not, we are always telling stories. Today’s author and storyteller extraordinaire promises to help us tell them better.

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Storyworthy by Matthew Dicks
Bookworm #169: The Pathless Path
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Good Work by Paul Millerd
Meditations for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman
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Mike's Rating: 5.0
Cory's Rating: 4.5

Today’s author promises to change the way we think with a collection of essays about why we should pursue purpose over passion, embrace negative thinking, see the wisdom in daily routine, and become aware of the cognitive biases that are creating the way we see our lives.

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Write of Passage
101 Essays That Will Change the Way You Think by Brianna Wiest
Bookworm #108: The Practice
Bookworm #169: The Pathless Path
Bookworm #132: So Good They Can’t Ignore You
Bookworm #49: Peak
Mike’s Memento Mori video
Bookworm #135: Four Thousand Weeks
Bookworm #126: The Mountain is You
Storyworthy by Matthew Dicks
Good Work by Paul Millerd
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Mike's Rating: 3.0
Cory's Rating: 1.0

Today’s author shares an unconventional approach to help writers and aspiring creatives capture their ideas, think wildly, and write constantly. Join Mike & Cory as they enter the labyrinth of the zettelkasten.

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Focused #209: A System for Writing, with Bob Doto
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Bookworm #42: How to Read a Book
Mike’s Reading Workflow video
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Mike’s video on Atomic Notes
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101 Essays That Will Change the Way You Think by Brianna Wiest
Storyworthy by Matthew Dicks
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Mike's Rating: 5.0
Cory's Rating: 5.0

Today’s author promises to help us create sur­prising satisfaction and enjoyment from the intention-filled acts that drive human behavior. Join Mike & Cory as they attempt to inject meaning and magic into their daily routines.

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The Ritual Effect by Michael Norton
Bookworm #195: Supercommunicators
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Good Work with Barrett Brooks: Benji Backer is Redefining Environmentalism
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A System for Writing by Bob Doto
101 Essays That Will Change the Way You Think by Brianna Wiest
Elements of Eloquence by Mark Forsyth
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Mike's Rating: 4.0
Cory's Rating: 3.0