What You Will Learn

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Lean In Jul 28, 2018

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Lean In - by Sheryl Sandberg

'Women, Work and the Will to Lead'

This book is all about maximising your career. In parts, it's about how we all do things that sabotage our own opportunities, and in others it's directly targeted at women, such as how they approach juggling the demands of family and work at the same time.

Things are different for women at work compared to men, especially in the more senior positions. Sheryl Sandberg, is rated as one of the top 5 most powerful woman in Forbes and has MUST READ advice for all ambitious woman that want to have a successful career. The book covers topics like: - likeability vs success - picking the right partner (who is an equal partner) - the need to 'lean in', especially at the critical parts of your career before you take on the responsibilities of child birth.

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Outliers Jul 21, 2018

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Outliers - by Malcolm Gladwell

'The Story of Success'

What seemingly arbitrary fact is common amongst the top Canadian Hockey players? Why are all of today's software billionaires born between 1954-1956? Why did Jews dominate to New York legal landscape in the 1980s, when they struggled to get jobs in the prior decade? Why are Asians so good at math??

Outliers looks beyond individual achievement. Gladwell is less concerned with what the people who achieve success are like, and more interested in where they come from, who their parents are, and what opportunities they are afforded.

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Awaken the Giant Within Jul 14, 2018

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Awaken the Giant Within - by Tony Robbins

'Take immediate control of your mental, emotional, physical and financial destiny'

Tony Robbins is a very big papa and one of the most influential people on the planet. Today we review his book Awaken the Giant Within, which is all about releasing the incredible force we have inside us to put a dent in the world. This book essentially has the same content as his 'Date With Destiny' seminar, which costs about 10K to go to - so if you can actively read the book and do the exercises - you're likely to get plenty of value.

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Sapiens Jul 07, 2018

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Sapiens - by Yuval Noah Harari

'A brief history of humankind'

Human beings have come a long way since we were once apes. We evolved in many different directions - survival in the snowy plains of northern Europe required different traits than those needed to stay alive in Indonesia's steaming jungles. We quickly dispelled of our other human brothers, such as the Neanderthals, because we were given a unique gift: the 'Tree of Life Mutation' sparked a cognitive revolution that allowed us to communicate in unique ways. We quickly jumped to the top of the food chain, and by evolutionary standards, we dominated planet in no time. Yuval Noah Harari illustrates an exciting and educational tale as our journey continued through the agricultural, scientific and industrial revolutions.

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How to Win Friends and Influence People Jul 01, 2018

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This is a phenomenal book. This is a must-read if you have any relationships at any level with any other humans. A lot of the concepts are common sense, but that’s the beauty of it: we already KNOW all of these things, we just need to be reminded of the best way to bring them all together. Yes, these techniques have been adopted by con-artists and slimy salespeople, but we trust that you’ll use them for good, not evil.

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Best of Season 2 Jun 08, 2018

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Thanks for listening to Season 2 of What You Will Learn!

In this episode, we'll recap our favourite lessons from our favourite books, our favourite snippets from our favourite interviews, as well as drawing the winner of the Season 2 competition.

We'll be back on the 1st of July 2018 with How To Win Friends and Influence People.

Grab our Top 50 books: www.whatyouwilllearn.com/top50

Grab a few book summaries: www.whatyouwilllearn.com/summary

Adam Ashton's Top 10:

10 - 12 Rules for Life by Jordan Peterson

9 - The Power of Moments by Chip & Dan Heah

8 - The Life You Can Save by Peter Singer

7 - Thinking in Bets by Annie Duke

6 - The ONE Thing by Gary Keller & Jay Papasan

5 - Crossing The Chasm by Geoffrey Moore

4 - Win Bigly by Scott Adams

3 - So Good They Can't Ignore You by Cal Newport

2 - Perennial Seller by Ryan Holiday

1 - The Effective Executive by Peter Drucker

Adam Jones's Top 10:

10 - Essentialism by Greg McKeown

9 - The Inevitable by Kevin Kelly

8 - Crossing The Chasm by Geoffrey Moore

7 - Crushing It - by Gary Veynerchuk

6 - The Effective Executive by Peter Drucker

5 - Perennial Seller by Ryan Holiday

4 - 12 Rules for Life by Jordan Peterson

3 - The Life You Can Save by Peter Singer

2 - So Good They Can't Ignore You by Cal Newport

1 - The Easy Way to Stop Smoking by Allen Carr

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The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck May 26, 2018

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The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck - by Mark Manson

'A counterintuitive approach to living a good life'

This is a very popular book - it's been at the top of the charts for a couple of year - so we thought it was time we should check it out. IT's a very conversational, cheeky, matter-of-fact, not-holds-barred approach. Manson tells people what they need to hear - he doesn't sugar coat it in the traditional 'self-improvement' manner.

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Chip Conley May 22, 2018

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Chip Conley is the best selling author, founder of Joie de Vivre hotels and the Head of Global Hospitality & Strategy at Air BnB.

After reviewing the Peak, we were really interested in how to make the climb from the base to the top of Maslow's hierarchy of needs.

We also dive into the value of an education, the peak experience of Burning Man Festival and how he throws a huge party ever 5 years (looks like we are invited, hopefully we can bring you along). He is a legend, we hope you enjoy.

If you want to find out more about his awesome work, go to: www.chipconley.com

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Jay Papasan May 15, 2018

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Jay Papasan tells us "when you're suppose to be working, work. When you're suppose to be playing, play. It's a weird tightrope you're walking, but it's only when you get your priorities mixed up that things fall apart"

The antidote to having things fall apart, is by focusing on the One Thing. In this interview we jump in a little deeper from the context of an employee, how to protect your 'one thing' when you are a little bitch and one important habit to install to increase productivity.

Jay is a cool dude. We hope you enjoy listening to him as much as we did speaking to him.

Find out more about Jay here: www.the1thing.com/

By the way, have you downloaded our top 50 yet? Go to the website: www.whatyouwilllearn.com/top50

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The ONE Thing May 11, 2018

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The ONE Thing - by Gary Keller & Jay Papasan

'The surprisingly simply truth behind extraordinary results'

We believe a lot of lies when it comes to work and productivity: multitasking is a lie, work-life balance is a lie, 'everything matters equally' is a lie. The ONE Thing helps us break down our big long term goal into a series of dominoes, then forces us to focus on just ONE thing, which is knocking over that very first domino. If you hack away at your one thing every day, eventually it will topple and set off a chain reaction, knocking over more and more dominos, and building up momentum to knock over bigger and bigger ones too.

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