Books mentioned on My First Million

106 books from the 52 episodes we have processed, ranked by how many episodes they came up in. Sponsor reads are left out. How we check

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   The 48 Laws of Power

   by Robert Greene · 2 episodes

   “And he's like talking about how everything's great, but for all miserable. And I think it was 48 Laws of Power. I forget which book it was, but there was one story that I might be butchering, but I think you said that some of the first bits of writing ever discovered was about one generation complaining about the next generation saying they're lazy.”

   Robert Greene almost died. Here’s what it taught him about living · 11/11/2026 · at 2:08

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   Positioning

   by Al Ries, Jack Trout · 2 episodes

   “like, if you read those, you'll, you're going to be amazing. And the first book that he said was a book called Positioning by this guy named Al Trout. I think his name is. Um, I think he also wrote the 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing of which Tim Ferriss. That's like one of the only three books that he always says, like, just read this one. And, um, I just have noticed that when”

   5 ruthless business lessons from one week in NYC · 07/07/2026 · at 40:19

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   Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

   by James Clear · 2 episodes

   “He is trying to sell the feeling of awe. He finds a million different ways to give you that feeling. James Clear, the author of Atomic Habits, sells the feeling of self-control, a feeling that you can take control of your life. And all of his advice, no matter what the blog is about, will give you that underlying feeling of control.”

   i got internet famous... if i started again from scratch, here's what I'd do this time · 16/09/2026 · at 11:47

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   The Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else's Game

   by C. Thi Nguyen · 2 episodes

   “You know what I mean? That's really like the answer. They could somewhat defensive. There's a great book called The Score, and it talks about how games are this incredibly powerful thing. So let's take a game like he, the way he says it is the game, like if you, if you decide to play a game, the game decides what you want and who you need to be to get it.”

   We put a multimillionaire’s portfolio into Claude (the results shocked us) · 19/10/2026 · at 26:05

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   The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

   by Mark Manson · 2 episodes

   “I would have thought it's like a, like in his case, like a book. Yes, you're right most books fail sure but when a book hits like the subtle art hit and you sell 10 20 million copies well that book costs almost nothing to print and so they're printing money when it hits and um that's what”

   3 businesses we think are about to blow up · 05/10/2026 · at 45:23

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   Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.

   by Ron Chernow · 2 episodes

   “He's now 90 years old. I also love Titan. That's probably my most favorite business biography. On John D. Rockefeller. Oh, yeah. He was a very fascinating character.”

   David Rubenstein: We took $5M and turned it into $500B · 14/09/2026 · at 40:29

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   The Law of the Sublime

   by Robert Greene · 1 episode

   “You have seduction, another one. Control. Mastery, another one about control. And it seems like Sublime is saying almost the exact opposite. It's about letting go and being small rather than being larger than life. Can you explain what the book is and how it relates to the other books?”

   Robert Greene almost died. Here’s what it taught him about living · 11/11/2026 · at 0:34

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   7 Powers

   by Hamilton Helmer · 1 episode

   “I'm, like, overconfident about. If founders only read seven powers, just do seven powers. That's, like, obviously good. But if you add to it, you read Positioning. You know this one? Yes, I love positioning.”

   I dropped out of college and built a $3.6B company from scratch · 02/07/2026 · at 41:00

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   Dare: The New Way to End Anxiety and Stop Panic Attacks

   by Barry McDonagh · 1 episode

   “I have Xanax for flying. I hate it. I read this book about a month ago. It's called Dare, D-A-R-E. The drug program? It's the same name, but it stands for, it's a book on how to deal with panic attacks.”

   We put a multimillionaire’s portfolio into Claude (the results shocked us) · 19/10/2026 · at 35:49

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