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Bookworm is dedicated to doing more than just reading books. Mike Schmitz & Cory Hixson read a book every two weeks and discuss ways to apply the author’s lessons to their lives.

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189: Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett & Dave Evans Feb 02, 2024

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Today’s authors (and Stanford Life Design Lab co-founders) promise to help us use design thinking to create a life that is both meaningful and fulfilling. Join Mike and new co-host Cory Hixson as they attempt to build their version of a well-lived, joyful life.

Apple Vision Pro
Focused 196: Focus & The Reading Life, with Maryanne Wolf
Reader, Come Home by Maryanne Wolf
The Upgradies Book Pick
Bookworm #188: Feel Good Productivity
Mike’s Personal Retreat video
Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett & Dave Evans
The Deep Life #284: Feel-Good Productivity (w/ Ali Abdaal)
Bookworm #73: The 4-Hour Workweek
Bookworm #132: So Good They Can’t Ignore You
Bookworm #25: Grit
Bookworm #83: The Infinite Game
Finite & Infinite Games by James Carse
Bookworm #14: The 12 Week Year
Learn Like a Pro by Barbara Oakley & Olav Schewe
Influence by Robert Cialdini
Triumph of the Lamb by Dennis Johnson
You Are the Brand by Mike Kim
Bookworm Shirts

Mike's Rating: 4.0
Cory's Rating: 4.0

188: Feel Good Productivity by Ali Abdaal Jan 19, 2024

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This episode of Bookworm is sponsored by:

HelloFresh: America’s #1 Meal Kit. Get one free breakfast item per box for the length of your subscription with the code bookwormfree.

Productivity isn’t just hard work and efficiency. Today’s author promises to teach us an easier and happier path to success.

Cory’s Talking to the Internet podcast
Mike’s Obsidian University Cohort
Bookworm #187: Difficult Conversations
Bookworm #42: How to Read a Book
Feel-Good Productivity by Ali Abdaal
Part-Time YouTuber Academy
Ali Abdaal’s YouTube channel
Bookworm #14: The 12 Week year
Bookworm #63: Atomic Habits
Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett & Dave Evans
Bookworm Shirts

Mike's Rating: 5.0
Cory's Rating: 5.0

187: Difficult Conversations by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, & Sheila Heen Jan 05, 2024

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As humans, we tend to avoid conversations that can cause us to feel anxious or frustrated. But today’s authors make the case for leaning into these difficult conversations and give us advice for doing so with confidence and skill.

Talking to the Internet podcast
Bookworm #101: Never Split the Difference
Mike’s Obsidian University Cohort
Difficult Conversations by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, & Sheila Heen
Bookworm #182: Clear Thinking
Bookworm #38: Mindset
Bookworm #42: How to Read a Book
Bookworm #124: Liminal Thinking
Bookworm #137: Atlas of the Heart
Bookworm #122: Digital Body Language
Feel-Good Productivity by Ali Abdaal

Mike's Rating: 3.0
Cory's Rating:

186: Same as Ever by Morgan Housel Dec 22, 2023

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We tend to focus on the things that are new and different. But today’s author argues that we should really be looking at the things that stay the same. Join Joe & Mike as they attempt to navigate uncertainty by focusing on the things that never, ever change.

Cal Newport podcast episode about task management
Mike’s Obsidian task management Dashboard
Obsidian Tasks
Same as Ever by Morgan Housel
Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel
Bookworm 171: The Gap and The Gain
Keep Going mug
Bookworm #90: Good to Great
Bookworm #44: Man’s Search for Meaning

Mike's Rating: 5.0
Cory's Rating: 5.0

185: Who Not How by Dan Sullivan & Dr. Benjamin Hardy Dec 08, 2023

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Today’s author(s) promise to teach us a perspective shift that will help us achieve incredible personal freedom. Join Joe & Mike as they consider who can help them get where they want to go.

Adam Grant’s Hidden Potential Quiz
Bookworm #184: Hidden Potential
Who Not How by Dan Sullivan and Dr. Benjamin Hardy
Bookworm 171: The Gap & The Gain
Strategic Coach
Bookworm #132: So Good They Can’t Ignore You
Maria Popova (The Marginalia, formerly Brain Pickings
10X Talk podcast
Same as Ever by Morgan Housel
Noise by Daniel Kahneman

Mike's Rating: 4.0
Cory's Rating: 4.0

184: Hidden Potential by Adam Grant Nov 24, 2023

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Today’s author offers us a new framework for raising aspirations and exceeding expectations. Join Joe & Mike as they attempt to reach their full potential.

Canvas Candy for Obsidian
Mike’s YouTube video on Canvas Candy
Mike’s Obsidian 101 Black Friday Deal – Save $40 with coupon code GRATITUDE
Hidden Potential by Adam Grant
Bookworm #117: Think Again
Bookworm #38: Mindset
The Mighty Pawns
The Queen’s Gambit
Bookworm #42: How to Read a Book
Bookworm #63: Atomic Habits
Bookworm #82: Margin
Bookworm #27: Out of Our Minds
Bookworm #74: The Second Mountain
Scaling Up
Pinnacle Business Guides
Who Not How by Dan Sullivan and Dr. Benjamin Hardy
Same as Ever by Morgan Housel
Live Not By Lies by Rob Dreher
Build the Life You Want by Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey

Mike's Rating: 5.0
Cory's Rating: 5.0

183: Build by Tony Fadell Nov 10, 2023

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Today’s author (and leader of the product teams behind the iPod, iPhone, and Nest thermostat) shares about leadership, design, startups, Apple, Google, decision-making, mentorship, devastating failure, and unbelievable success. Join Joe & Mike as they consider what it means to make things worth making.

Mike’s LifeTheme Cohort – use coupon code BOOKWORM for $50 off
Bookworm #161: The 21 Irrefutabler Laws of Leadership
The Deep Life podcast
Bookworm #182: Clear Thinking
Build by Tony Fadell
Bookworm #77: Creativity, inc.
Who Not How by Dan Sullivan and Dr. Benjamin Hardy
Hidden Potential by Adam Grant
This is Personal by Brennan Dunn

Mike's Rating: 4.0
Cory's Rating: 4.0

182: Clear Thinking by Shane Parrish Oct 27, 2023

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Today’s author promises to give us the tools to navigate the critical space between stimulus and response. Join Joe & Mike as they embark on a journey to optimize their decision-making and live more intentional lives.

Bookworm #181: On Quality
Bookworm #89: Zen & The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Mike’s LifeTheme Cohort – use coupon code BOOKWORM for $50 off
Clear Thinking by Shane Parrish
Bookworm #63: Atomic Habits
Bookworm #113: The Great Mental Models, Volume 1
Bookworm #154: The Great Mental Models, Volume 2
Farnam Street
Bookworm #114: Thinking in Bets
Bookworm #82: Margin
30 Lessons for Living by Karl Pillemer
Mike’s Memento Mori YouTube video
Build by Tony Fadell
Hidden Potential by Adam Grant
Brain Energy by Christopher Palmer
This is Personal by Brennan Dunn

Mike's Rating: 5.0
Cory's Rating: 5.0

181: On Quality by Robert Pirsig Oct 13, 2023

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After disliking Zen & The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Mike decides to give a Robert Pirsig book another go. Join Mike and special guest David Sparks as they consider the metaphysics of quality.

Bookworm #180: Master of Change
Bookworm #89: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
On Quality by Robert Pirsig
Lila by Robert Pirsig
David’s Craftsmanship post
Focused #146: The Extended Mind, with Annie Murphy Paul
Bookworm #165: The Creative Act
Bookworm #157: The Laws of Creativity
Focused #163: The Laws of Creativity, with Joey Cofone
Bookworm #139: Personal Socrates
MacSparky

Mike's Rating: 3.0
Cory's Rating:

180: Master of Change by Brad Stulberg Sep 29, 2023

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This episode of Bookworm is sponsored by:

Factor Meals: America’s #1 Ready-To-Eat Meal Kit. Get 50% off with the code bookworm50.

Change is all around us, but most of us resist it. Today’s author argues that we should flip this script on its head and offers us a path for embracing and even growing from life’s constant instability. Featuring special guest Mike Vardy.

Master of Change by Brad Stulberg
The Practice of Groundedness by Brad Stulberg
A Productive Conversation, Episode 426: Brad Stulberg talks about The Practice of Groundedness
The Deep Life Episode 264: How to Master Change (with Brad Stulberg)
Productivityist.com
https://productivityist.com/diet
Obsidian 101
Why the “Perfect PKM App” Doesn’t Exist | YouTube
The PKM Stack and the Intentional Life
RIch Roll #777: Brad Stulberg
LifeTheme Email Course
Personal Retreat Handbook (Mike’s video course on Personal Retreats)
Bookworm #53: Boundaries by Henry Cloud
Bookworm #89: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
On Quality by Robert Pirsig
The Divided Brain

Mike's Rating: 4.0
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