We’re Adam and Adam, two Aussie blokes that love reading great books. Each week we share the best bits from the best books, and interview the world’s top authors. The books we cover can help you improve every area of your life, from your health to your wealth, from your relationships to your mindset. You’ll learn to pick up healthier habits, and drop the ones that are holding you back. We put the world’s best ideas within your reach, for a fraction of the time it would take to read the full book. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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We're proud to officially launch our brand new book: ATTITUDE
https://www.whatyouwilllearn.com/attitude/
We wanted to work out a common thread between all of the successful people we'd read about over our 7-year podcasting journey. What linked the entrepreneurs, CEOs, politicians, musicians, managers, thoughts leaders, artists? Their ATTITUDE.
We pulled together the best lessons form the best books on the topic, and grouped them ...
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Through engaging...
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In this episode, Ashto and Jonesy delve into the key concepts of The 50th Law, discussing how fear and insecu...
We're proud to announce our brand new book: ATTITUDE.
Check it out at: https://www.whatyouwilllearn.com/attitude/
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The only thing we can truly have power over is our attitude.
We don’t always have a choice in what happens to us, but we always get to choose how we respond. Adam and Adam have extracted the most valuable insights about attitude from some of th...
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Through insightful anecdotes and practical examples, Maeda present...
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While the Harvard Business Review and venture capitalist Marc Andreessen have hailed the blockcha...
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Fresh out of business school in 1962, Knight borrowed $50 from his dad to import high-quality, low-cost at...
Gleaned from Thomas Kuhn’s The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, this week’s episode discusses the need for occasional revolutions in the world of science.
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Although The A...
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