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5 Oct 2023 Lenny's Podcast Brian Balfour: 10 lessons on career, growth, and life
“These are all, I think, old recommendations, but I think the ones that get to the root and incredible first principles thinking and try to pack an entire life's worth of lessons into a couple hundred pages versus draw one lesson out over a couple hundred pages, those are the books that I've walked away with the most.”
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- 5 Oct 2023
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…I know that feeling. My answer to this is going to be super old and historic. I will say that there are these books that feel magical when you get them for the first time. I remember when I read Ray Dahlia's PDF before he even came out with the book. I almost felt like I was falling into a secret about principles. I thought it was just a very interesting structured way of thinking. I don't agree with all of it in there, but there's I think a lot that I've taken away from that. Of course, like Peter Thiel's Zero to One book had that impression on me the first time. These are all, I think, old recommendations, but I think the ones that get to the root and incredible first principles thinking and try to pack an entire life's worth of lessons into a couple hundred pages versus draw one lesson out over a couple hundred pages, those are the books that I've walked away with the most. Next question. What is a favorite recent movie or TV show?…
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