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The Definitive Book of Body Language Feb 02, 2019

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The Definitive Book of Body Language - by Barbara Pease & Allan Pease

'How to read others' attitudes by their gestures'

Studies have shown the only 7% of our communication is verbal (what we say). 38% is vocal (how we say it) and the remaining 55% is non-verbal (what we do with our body language and our gestures). Intuitively, we often can sense when someone is meaning something different to what they're saying, but ti isn't until reading a book like this that dissects a wide range of different types of body language that we can really learn to decode actions and gestures.

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The Intelligent Investor Jan 26, 2019

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The Intelligent Investor - by Benjamin Graham

'The Definitive Guide on Value Investing'

To invest successfully over a lifetime doesn't require a stratospheric IQ, unusual business insights or inside information. What's needed is a sound intellectual framework for making decisions and the ability to keep emotions from corroding the framework. Benjamin Graham, the original 'Father' of Value Investing and mentor to Warren Buffet, delivers serious financial wisdom.

In the book you'll learn how to value a company (so you know when it is under or below it's fair value), understand how stocks work and how to diversify a portfolio to best manage risk, sound investment philosophies (such as understanding the different between investment and speculation), and powerful questions to ask yourself when making an investment.

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The Personal MBA Jan 19, 2019

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The Personal MBA - by Josh Kaufman

'Master the art of business'

The traditional MBA is so expensive that you need to mortgage your life, they teach out-dated concepts and can't guarantee a high paying job. You're almost certainly better off buying a bunch of books and trying a bunch of things yourself first before making such a major investment of time and money. The personal MBA is a book that combines all of the business concepts you can expect from an MBA, for the price of a book.

In this episode we cover the 5 parts of a business:

Value creation – discovering what people need or want, then creating it
Marketing - attracting attention to build demand
Sales - turning prospective customers into paying customers
Value delivery - giving customers what you've promised and ensuring that they're satisfied
Finance - bringing in enough money to make your effort worth while

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The Property Couch: Property Investing and Personal Finance Jan 16, 2019

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Bryce and Ben are best selling authors, and the hosts of the Property Couch which is a trusted guide for Property and Money management. Aside from this, we are from the same city and share the same interests in reading great books. In this episode we dive deep into money management, property investing and books.

You can download the first chapter of their book, 'Make Money Simple Again' for free at the link below: https://thepropertycouch.com.au/free-chapter-make-money-simple-again/

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Originals Jan 12, 2019

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Originals - by Adam Grant

'How Non-Conformists change the world'

There are two paths to success: be a conformist or be an original. Both can lead to eventual success, but each require a different approach to life. This book is all about how everyone can be more creative and bring new ideas to the table by being an 'original'. We talk about the things you can do to come up with more good original ideas, how you can spread these ideas, and the mindset required to keep moving along the path less taken.

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Steve Glaveski: Employee to Entrepreneur Jan 08, 2019

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Steve Glaveski is the Founder of Collective Campus, Host of Future Squared Podcast, and the Author of the new book 'Employee to Entrepreneur'.

We got to sit down with Steve on the day his book was released. We spoke about mindset, philosophy, and strategies to help you make a successful jump into entrepreneurship.

If you want to buy his book, head to: https://www.employeetoentrepreneur.io/

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The Easy Way To Control Alcohol Jan 06, 2019

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The Easy Way To Control Alcohol - by Allen Carr

12 months ago, we read and reviewed Allen Carr's "Easy Way To Stop Smoking". We thought, given it was the start of a new year, we'd read and review his alocohol book in case anyone out there was thinking of stopping or cutting down their alcohol consumption as a 2019 New Year's Resolution. Of course WE didn't have a problem with alcohol... or so we though.

Keep an open mind, weigh up the arguments rationally, then decide for yourself.

Check out our top 50 best books of all time: https://www.whatyouwilllearn.com/top50/

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Q&A #1 - Answering Your Questions Jan 04, 2019

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In this episode, we're answering your questions! Listeners wrote in and recorded the questions they've always wanted to ask us - be that about specific books or about more general ideas.

If you want to hear us answer more questions, we were interviewed on Steve Glaveski's "Future Squared" podcast this week. Search for it in your podcast app, or listen along here: https://www.futuresquared.xyz/podcast/bonus-episode-standing-on-the-shoulders-of-giants-with-adam-jones-and-adam-ashton

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Best of 2018 Dec 28, 2018

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Today we're celebrating 2018 with our favourite books of the year. It our little biannual WYWL party. In this episode we'll take a few listener questions, announce YOUR favourite books of the season as voted by listeners, and then go through OUR favourite books.

Both of our lists can be found below, alongside the link straight to the episode.

Enjoy!

Adam Ashton's Top 10:

The Laws of Human Nature, by Robert Greene - https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/the-laws-of-human-nature-part-1/id1125635053?i=1000424053352&mt=2
How to Win Friends and Influence People, by Dale Carnegie - https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/how-to-win-friends-and-influence-people/id1125635053?i=1000414989941&mt=2
Pre-Suasion, by Robert Cialdini - https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/pre-suasion/id1125635053?i=1000419346389&mt=2
Tao Te Ching, by Lao Tzu - https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/tao-te-ching/id1125635053?i=1000421772507&mt=2
Poke The Box, by Seth Godin - https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/poke-the-box/id1125635053?i=1000419775887&mt=2
The War of Art, by Steven Pressfield - https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/the-war-of-art/id1125635053?i=1000417175830&mt=2
Contagious, by Jonah Berger - https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/contagious/id1125635053?i=1000422223488&mt=2
The Black Swan, by Nassim Taleb - https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/the-black-swan/id1125635053?i=1000425378464&mt=2
21 Lessons for the 21st Century, by Yuval Noah Harari - https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/21-lessons-for-the-21st-century/id1125635053?i=1000421255953&mt=2
The Obstacle is The Way, by Ryan Holiday - https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/the-obstacle-is-the-way/id1125635053?i=1000425830265&mt=2

Adam Jones's Top 10:

The Laws of Human Nature, by Robert Greene
21 Lessons for the 21st Century, by Yuval Noah Harari
The Black Swan, by Nassim Taleb
How to Win Friends and Influence People, by Dale Carnegie
Tao Te Ching, by Lao Tzu
Hero With A Thousand Faces, by Joseph Campbell
Deep Work, by Cal Newport
The War of Art - by Steven Pressfield
Pre-Suasion, by Robert Cialdini
Getting To Yes, by Roger Fisher & William Ury -

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Steal Like An Artist Dec 22, 2018

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Steal Like An Artist - by Austin Kleon

'10 things nobody told you about being creative'

Everyone needs a little more creativity in their lives. This isn't just for the stereotypical 'artist' who's making oil paintings and sculptures, it's for everyone that can enhance their work by injecting more flavour. This book is all about getting started on that journey toward producing more art more regularly, as well as some secret (and not-so-secret) tips and tricks to doing better work.

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