Podcasts by What You Will Learn

The End Of An Era: Thanks For Listening from 2023-07-18T22:55:25

Thanks for listening to What You Will Learn. Whether you've been on this ride since the beginning, you met us halfway along the journey, or you only just joined us, it's been a pleasure sharing ...

I Am Malala from 2023-06-01T20:00:09

Join hosts Ashto and Jonesy as they dive into the powerful and inspiring book "I Am Malala" by Malala Yousafzai. In this thought-provoking episode, they explore Malala's extraordinary journey from ...

ATTITUDE Book Launch from 2023-05-24T20:00:07

We're proud to officially launch our brand new book: ATTITUDE

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What To Do When It's Your Turn from 2023-05-18T20:00:06

Ashto and Jonesy are back with an exciting podcast episode, this time diving into the empowering book "What To Do When It's Your Turn" by Seth Godin. In this captivating discussion, they explore...

Peak from 2023-05-11T20:00

Join Ashto and Jonesy in their latest podcast episode as they explore the captivating book, "Peak" by Chip Conley. Drawing from Conley's expertise in psychology and business, as well as his pers...

The 50th Law from 2023-05-04T20:00:21

Join Ashto and Jonesy in the latest podcast episode as they explore the powerful book, The 50th Law, written by Robert Greene and 50 Cent. This book offers a unique perspective on success, drawi...

NEW BOOK: Attitude from 2023-05-01T20:00:59

We're proud to announce our brand new book: ATTITUDE.

Check it out at: https://www.whatyouwi...

The Challenger Sale from 2023-04-27T20:00:40

Join Ashto and Jonesy in the latest podcast episode as they discuss the game-changing book, The Challenger Sale. Written by Brent Adamson and Matthew Dixon, this book challenges traditional sale...

The Full Facts Book of Cold Reading from 2023-04-20T20:00:52

Join Ashto and Jonesy in the latest podcast episode as they explore the fascinating world of cold reading and the book that has become the definitive guide on the topic, The Full Facts Book of C...

The Sovereign Individual from 2023-04-13T20:00:59

Join Ashto and Jonesy in the latest podcast episode as we explore the groundbreaking book, The Sovereign Individual, by James Davidson and Lord William Rees-Mogg. Written in 1997, this prescient...

The Laws of Simplicity from 2023-04-06T20:00:37

Join Ashto and Jonesy in this week's episode as they explore the world of design and innovation through the lens of "The Law of Simplicity". Authored by renowned designer and technologist John M...

Bubble Or Revolution? from 2023-03-30T19:00:31

Join Ashto and Jonesy this week as they review Bubble or Revolution, a comprehensive book that delves into the topic of blockchain and cryptocurrencies. Written by Silicon Valley leader...

Customer Success from 2023-03-23T19:00:32

This week, Ashto and Jonesy learn the exciting new model of customer management through Customer Success, co-authored by Nick Mehta, Dan Steinman, and Lincoln Murphy. Enabling customers...

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind from 2023-03-16T19:00:45

In this week’s podcast episode, Ashto and Jonesy explore the timeless wisdom of Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind, a classic book on Zen Buddhism written by Shunryu Suzuki Roshi. This episode delv...

Shoe Dog from 2023-03-09T19:00:50

Join Ashto and Jonesy in this week’s episode as they delve into the fascinating world of Nike and its founder Phil Knight. In his candid and captivating memoir Shoe Dog, Knight reveals ...

The Art of Possibility from 2023-03-02T19:00:38

This week, Ashto and Jonesy learn the twelve breakthrough practices for bringing creativity into their daily lives. The Art of Possibility addresses the notion of possibility and its power...

The Structure of Scientific Revolutions from 2023-02-23T19:00:14

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. 

When it wa...

Life In Half A Second from 2023-02-16T19:00:16

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The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking from 2023-02-09T19:00:52

This week, Jonesy and Ashto adopt creative strategies to develop their mental strength and capacity from The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking. Written by Edward B. Burger and Michael St...

The Alchemist from 2023-02-02T19:00:42

The Alchemist is a modern classic that has sold millions of copies and inspired countless readers around the world. Written by Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist follows the mystical ...

Die With Zero from 2023-01-26T19:00:20

This week, Ashto and Jonesy learn different ways to utilise their wealth to live a fulfilling life from one of the most successful hedge fund managers and entrepreneurs in the world Bill Perkins. W...

How To Not Die Alone from 2023-01-19T19:00:30

You might think that you don’t need to buy a book about dating and relationships. Isn’t love something effortless, natural, and organic? You should be falling in love without thinking your way i...

How Not To Die from 2023-01-12T19:00:38

This week, Ashto and Jonesy will delve into some of the major findings of Dr Greger’s decades of research on the 15 top causes of premature death. How Not to Die is filled with helpful adv...

Death from 2023-01-05T19:00:43

Written by the world-renowned spiritual guru Sadhguru, Death explains the concept of death from a spiritual standpoint, questioning the negative connotations that often surround mortality....

BEST OF 2022 from 2022-11-30T19:00:56

As we wrap up the year of podcasting, Jonesy and Ashto review our favourite book we read and reviewed on the podcast this year.

After going through a few honourable mentions, we share...

What To Expect When You're Expecting from 2022-11-24T19:00:08

This week, Ashto and Jonesy learns the basic knowledge you need to have when you (or your partner) fall pregnant and a few basic do’s and don’ts about pregnancy that you may not have thought abo...

David and Goliath from 2022-11-17T19:00:32

David and Goliath is an investigation into what happens when the ‘underdog’ is forced to face an outsize challenge. In this book, Malcolm Gladwell asks us to reconsider how we perceive ...

Stolen Focus from 2022-11-10T19:00:14

Stolen Focus is a guide that can help us reclaim our focus, whether as individuals or as a society. 

If you’re getting interrupted while focusing on something, on average...

Four Thousand Weeks from 2022-11-03T19:00:59

This week, Jonesy and Ashto learn an unconventional approach to making the best use of their time from Four Thousand Weeks. In contrast to other time management or productivity books, t...

Swipe To Unlock from 2022-10-27T19:00:21

This week, Ashto and Jonesy delve into Swipe to Unlock: an introduction to technology and business strategy concepts, and a compulsory read for anyone pursuing a career in the tech indu...

The Righteous Mind from 2022-10-20T19:00:56

This week, Jonesy and Ashto explore the concept of human nature and history from the perspective of moral psychology. The Righteous Mind examines why it’s difficult for us to get along ...

The Talent Code from 2022-10-13T19:00:46

How does a penniless Russian tennis club with one indoor court create more top-twenty women players than the entire United States? How does a humble storefront music school in Dallas, Texas prod...

The Catalyst from 2022-10-06T19:00:13

This week, Ashto and Jonesy identify the key barriers to making changes and mitigating them. Everyone has something they want to change – marketers who wish to change their customers’ minds, lea...

The Cold Start Problem from 2022-09-29T20:00:30

The Cold Start Problem addresses how tech’s most successful products solved the dreaded ‘cold start problem’ by leveraging network effects to engage billions of users. In today’s climat...

When from 2022-09-22T20:00

This week, Ashto and Jonesy discover the art and science of perfect timing and learn how they guide you towards more successful outcomes. Drawn from Daniel H. Pink’s research on psychology, biol...

How Innovation Works from 2022-09-15T20:00:52

This week, Ashto and Jonesy redefine the reasoning and motivation behind innovation through How Innovation Works by Matt Ridley. In this book, Ridley argues that innovation is a process...

Sprint from 2022-09-08T20:00:29

This week, Ashto and Jonesy learn about Google Ventures’ unique five-day process of product prototyping and testing ideas with customers. A bestseller that touches on business strategy, innovati...

Effortless from 2022-09-01T20:00:39

This week, Ashto and Jonesy learn practical strategies to ease the process of completing essential tasks from the instant NYT bestseller Effortless. As implied by the title, this book i...

Why Buddhism Is True from 2022-08-25T20:00:11

This week, Ashto and Jonesy venture on a journey through psychology, philosophy, and meditation practices and learn how Buddhism encourages moral clarity and enduring happiness. Written by Robert W...

Games People Play from 2022-08-18T20:00:22

Do you realise that you and all the people you know play games with each other – all the time? It can be sexual games with a love interest, competitive games with our friends, power games with our ...

A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide To The 21st Century from 2022-08-11T20:00:15

This week, Ashto and Jonesy investigate the tension between our evolutionary history and modern problems and how we can resolve this issue. Although we live through the most flourishing age in h...

Small Giants from 2022-08-04T20:00:31

This week, Ashto and Jonesy learn how fourteen remarkable companies maintain a successful, profitable business by redefining the conventional business strategies. In Small Giants, veteran ...

Leonardo da Vinci from 2022-07-28T20:00:05

This week, Jonesy and Ashto learn to define creativity from Walter Isaacson’s Leonardo da Vinci. In this critically acclaimed biography, Isaacson writes a narrative that connects Leonar...

The Changing World Order from 2022-07-21T20:00:31

This week, Ashto and Jonesy delve into history’s most turbulent economic and political periods through the New York Times bestseller Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order. I...

The Four Hour Chef from 2022-07-14T20:00:34

This week, Jonesy and Ashto venture into Tim Ferriss’ world of rapid learning through the bestselling The 4-Hour Chef. In this book, Ferriss uses cooking methods to explain a process th...

Tuesdays With Morrie from 2022-07-07T20:00:38

Whether it’s your grandparent, a teacher, or someone older and wise, you’ve probably met an influential figure who understood you when you were young and searching for answers in life. For Mitch...

Atlas Of The Heart from 2022-06-30T20:00:12

In Atlas of the Heart, Dr Brene Brown takes us on a journey through the 87 emotions and experiences that define the meaning of being human. Drawn from extensive research over the past t...

The Best Of Season 6 from 2022-05-26T20:00:07

Grab a free sample of our book: https://www.whatyouwilllearn.com/theshit/

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How To Change from 2022-05-19T20:00:46

Drawn on Milkman’s research and the work of her scientific collaborators, How to Change introduces strategic methods for identifying and overcoming obstacles that hinder change. Habits ...

Surrounded By Idiots from 2022-05-12T20:00:23

Surrounded by Idiots shares a groundbreaking new method of understanding the people around you. Ranging from your coworkers to your spouse, this book will change how you interact with e...

The Richest Man In Babylon from 2022-05-05T20:00:36

Hailed as the ultimate guidance through your financial problems, The Richest Man in Babylon reveals important financial principles that hold the key to personal wealth. 

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The Innovators Dilemma from 2022-04-28T20:00:31

The Innovator's Dilemma is the revolutionary business book that has forever changed corporate America. 

Why is success so difficult to sustain? When you look across the s...

Six Thinking Hats from 2022-04-21T20:00:26

Used successfully by thousands of business managers, educators, and government leaders around the world, Six thinking hats is a model that allows your brain to go through practical and unique ap...

Doughnut Economics from 2022-04-14T20:00:50

In Doughnut Economics, Oxford academic Kate Raworth lays out the 7 deadly mistakes of economics and offers a radical re-envisioning of the system that has brought us to the point of rui...

The Goal from 2022-04-07T20:00:47

The Goal is about new global principles of manufacturing. It's about people who try to understand what makes their world tick so that they can make it better. As they think logically an...

Positioning from 2022-03-31T19:00:26

Positioning reveals that advertising has entered a new era: The Positioning Era. Having the best product or the most creative ads is no longer the key to success. To succeed in today's ...

Lying from 2022-03-24T19:00:54

In Lying, best-selling author and neuroscientist Sam Harris argues that we can radically simplify our lives and improve society by merely telling the truth in situations where others of...

Upheaval from 2022-03-17T19:00:46

Upheaval is the third book in Jared Diamond’s Civilisations Rise and Fall series. Upheaval reveals how successful nations recover from crises while adopting selective changes. ...

How Will You Measure Your Life? from 2022-03-10T19:00:21

How Will You Measure Your Life? is full of inspiration and wisdom that will help students, mid-career professionals, and parents alike forge their own paths to fulfilment.

In ...

How The Mighty Fall from 2022-03-03T19:00:05

How do great companies fall? Can we detect a potential decline earlier and avoid it? How far can a company fall before the path towards doom becomes inevitable? Is this something reversible?&nbs...

Skin In The Game from 2022-02-24T19:00:53

Skin In The Game is about the distortions of symmetry and reciprocity in life. If you have the rewards, you must also get some of the risks and not let others pay the price of your mist...

Screw It, Let's Do It from 2022-02-17T19:00:52

In Screw It, Let’s Do It, the Virgin Group founder Richard Branson shares all the important lessons, good advice and inspirational adages that have helped him along the road to success....

Debbie Millman from 2022-02-13T19:00:39

Debbie Milman is a writer, designer, educator, artist, brand consultant and host of the podcast Design Matters. She is one of the OG's of podcasting, going at it for over 15 years. She has ...

Hold Me Tight from 2022-02-10T19:00:30

In Hold Me Tight, Dr. Sue Johnson presents the concept of Emotionally Focused Therapy–which helps reestablish safe emotional connection and preserve the attachment bond in relationships...

Lifespan from 2022-02-03T19:00:43

There is a big difference between EXTENDING LIFE and PROLONGING VITALITY. We're capable of both - but "extending life" - simply keeping people alive - decades after their lives have become defin...

Bullsh*t Jobs from 2022-01-27T19:00:28

Everyone is probably familiar with some job at your workplace which is the butt of the jokes: the jobs with a fancy title (and probably the juicy pay packet) but they seem to do nothing. They do...

The Now Habit from 2022-01-20T19:00:28

Procrastination.

It is a problem that we all have in some areas of our lives. Be it balancing the budget, filling a legal brief, or painting the spare bedroom - anything we have delay...

Feel The Fear And Do It Anyway from 2022-01-13T19:00:08

Feel The Fear And Do It Anyway - by Susan Jeffers

Fear seems to be epidemic in our society. We fear beginnings, We fear endings. We fear changing, we fear staying stuck. We fear succes...

The Psychology of Money from 2022-01-06T19:00:48

In The Psychology of Money, Morgan Housel shares 19 short stories exploring the strange ways people think about money. Financial success is a soft skill where how you behave is more important th...

The Best Of 2021 from 2021-12-30T19:00:32

Our annual tradition, recapping our favourite 10 books we've read in the second half of 2021. We share our faves, the best snippet from each, and try to remain coherent as we proceed with our own e...

The Peter Principle from 2021-12-16T19:00:29

Many people are competent at their job, and eventually get promoted. Then, competence in that new position qualifies them for yet another promotion. This happens until the point they are no long...

No Rules Rules from 2021-12-09T19:00:52

Tapping into Netflix's work culture, No Rules Rules explains the philosophy behind one of the world's most successful companies. This book is an overview of how Netflix co-founder and CEO Reed Hast...

The Inner Game Of Tennis from 2021-12-02T19:00:13

The Inner Game of Tennis book isn't just about tennis. In this book, W. Timothy Galleway uses anecdotes of tennis games to illustrate the tools we need to improve our performance in any...

The Precipice from 2021-11-25T19:00:13

If all goes well, human history is just the beginning. Humanity is about two hundred thousand years old, but the Earth will remain habitable for hundreds of millions more. Enough time for millio...

The 5 Levels Of Leadership from 2021-11-18T19:00:11

The 5 Levels of Leadership provides the ultimate leadership GPS to guide your career journey. In this book, John C. Maxwell identifies 5 levels of leadership and how to maximise them.&n...

Ryan Holiday: Virtues, Courage, and All Things Books from 2021-11-15T20:12:01

Ryan Holiday joins us on the show to talk about all things books.

We've covered five of his books on the podcast before (Perennial Seller, The Obstacle Is The Way, Ego Is The Enemy, St...

Courage Is Calling from 2021-11-11T19:00:55

There is nothing we prize more than courage. But courage is not a precious stone like a diamond that takes a billion years to create, nor oil that must be drawn from deep underground.

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Robert Greene: The Daily Laws from 2021-11-08T19:00:45

Robert Greene is back! Not every day you get to speak to your favourite author. Robert Greene is author of books we've already reviewed on the podcast, including The Laws of Human Nature, Master...

The Effective Executive from 2021-11-04T20:15:26

The Effective Executive - by Peter Drucker

'The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done'

Written in 1967, the principles in this book still hold strong today. ...

The Medici Effect from 2021-10-28T19:00:56

Whether we like it or not, the process of innovation is dictated by random combinations of different concepts. Individuals and teams who often break new ground know this and therefore maximise t...

Enlightenment Now from 2021-10-21T19:00

In Enlightenment Now, Steven Pinker explains the impact of Enlightenment values – reason, science, and humanism – on the world. These values were instrumental in moving society forward, and Pink...

Humour, Seriously from 2021-10-14T19:00

Humour, Seriously - by Jennifer Aaker & Naomi Bagdonas

Why Humour Is A Superpower At Work And In Life (And How Anyone Can Harness It... Even You)

Everyone loves a laugh. We l...

Steven Pressfield: Battling The Resistance To Find Our Calling In Life from 2021-10-11T19:00

What an honour to be able to speak with Steven Pressfield.

He's the author of three awesome books that we've covered on the podcast previously: The War of Art, Turning Pro, and Do The ...

Do The Work from 2021-10-07T19:00

Do The Work - by Steven Pressfield

This book (and this podcast episode) is designed to coach you through a project from conception to finished product. Be that a book, a ballet, a new ...

The Almanack Of Naval Ravikant from 2021-09-30T21:46:29

‘I like to think that if I lost all my money and you dropped me on a random street in any English speaking country, I'd be wealthy again within 5-10 years. Because it's just a skill I've develop...

Mo Gawdat: Solve For Happy & The Opportunities and Threats of Artificial Intelligence from 2021-09-27T20:00

Mo Gawdat is the author of the book Solve For Happy, plus the brand new book Scary Smart. 

His first book, Solve For Happy, was all about an engineering applying a logical, mathem...

Karma from 2021-09-23T20:00

Karma is the natural basis of all existence. Karma is about becoming the source of one's own creation. It makes each one of us squarely responsible for our own destinies and above all, the natur...

Your Music And People from 2021-09-16T20:00

Your Music and People is a philosophy of building recognisable work by being creative, considerate, resourceful and connected. Derived from his experience as a founder of CD Baby, an onlin...

Kara Goldin: Undaunted Entrepreneurship from 2021-09-13T20:00

Kara Goldin is the founder and CEO of Hint Water. She used to drink 10 cans of diet soda a day, and found herself 45 pounds overweight with terrible acne and no energy. Making one change in her ...

The Drama Of The Gifted Child from 2021-09-09T20:00

The Drama of the Gifted Child explores how repressed emotions from our childhood can impact our mental wellbeing in the future.

We can’t change our past, but we can change our...

The Upside Of Irrationality from 2021-09-02T20:00

Dan Ariely found that not only are we IRRATIONAL (pick the wrong things that don't give us maximum benefit), we're also PREDICTABLY irrational (we make the same mistakes for the same reasons all...

33 Strategies Of War (Part 3) from 2021-08-26T20:00

Success and failures in life are often determined by our ability to manage conflicts. When conflict arises, what is your response? If we aren’t dealing with conflict rationally, it could very we...

33 Strategies Of War (Part 2) from 2021-08-22T20:00

Success and failures in life are often determined by our ability to manage conflicts. When conflict arises, what is your response? If we aren’t dealing with conflict rationally, it could very we...

33 Strategies Of War (Part 1) from 2021-08-19T20:00

Success and failures in life are often determined by our ability to manage conflicts. When conflict arises, what is your response? If we aren’t dealing with conflict rationally, it could very we...

How To Avoid A Climate Crisis from 2021-08-12T20:00

There are two numbers you need to know about climate change:

The first is 51 billion and the second is 0. 

51 billion is how many tons of greenhouse gases the w...

Think Again from 2021-08-05T20:00

Think Again by Adam Grant - The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know

This book is an invitation to let go of knowledge and opinions that are no longer serving you well and to anchor yo...

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance from 2021-07-29T19:00

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is the self-told story of a middle-aged man and his son, Chris, who go on a motorcycling trip accompanied by an adult couple. The man describes what it ...

The Tipping Point from 2021-07-22T20:00

The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell is about understanding the notion of virality.

What exactly triggers the emergence of fashion trends, the ebb and flow of crime waves, or the phen...

What I Know For Sure from 2021-07-15T20:00

In 1998, when Oprah was doing an interview for the movie Beloved, a film critic from the Chicago Sun Times asked her a question, “Tell me… What do you know for sure?”

It was such an ex...

Daniel Kahneman: Nobel Prize winner teaches us how to think better from 2021-07-12T20:00

We had the honour of speaking with Daniel Kahneman, author of 'Thinking, Fast and Slow' and 'Noise'.

Danny Kahneman won with 2002 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for "having integrate...

Noise from 2021-07-08T20:00

In this book, Kahneman, Sibony, and Sunstein break down the concept of noise in human judgement and how it impacts our society.

Medicine is noisy. Faced with the same patient, differen...

Man's Search For Meaning from 2021-07-01T20:00:23

Man's Search For Meaning - by Victor E Frankl

We find ourselves in middle of World War II. Frankl had been captured by the Germans and is in a concentration camp. "Every man was contro...

LAUNCHING Our Audiobook from 2021-06-22T19:00

Today we're launching our audiobook: The Sh*t They Never Taught You.

For a limited time, you can get 50% OFF! Use the code LAUNCH at checkout to buy the audiobook for half price: https...

Best of Season 5 from 2021-05-04T07:00:28

We've come to the end of our FIFTH year of podcasting! As we do at the end of every season, we're gone through our respective "Top 10s" of our favourite books that we've covered on the podcast i...

BOOK LAUNCH ANNOUNCEMENT: The Sh*t They Never Taught You from 2021-04-28T07:00:06

IT’S HERE!

THE SH*T THEY NEVER TAUGHT YOU

After 16 months, six iterations of writing and rewriting... we’re proud to say our book has finally arrived! We pushed through The D...

Lean Startup from 2021-04-25T23:00

The Lean Startup - by Eric Ries

'How constant innovation creates radically successful businesses'

If you've ever created your own business, or tried to, you will probabl...

The First 90 Days from 2021-04-17T01:07:41

The First 90 Days is effective to help new leaders — from first-time managers to CEOs — understand the skills and factors that ease the transition process of their leadership journey. A...

Coddling Of The American Mind from 2021-04-10T19:00

Coddling Of The American Mind is about: "How good intentions and bad ideas are setting up a generation for failure"

Well intentioned overprotection from peanut bans in element...

A Crack In Creation from 2021-04-03T19:48:50

The biological world is undergoing profound, human-induced changes. For billions of years, life progressed according to Darwin's theory of evolution - organisms developed through a series of ran...

Beyond Order (Part 2) from 2021-03-30T17:00

Jordan Peterson went massive world wide with his first book 12 Rules For Life. His new book, Beyond Order provides ’12 more Rules For Life’.

Order is explored territory. We are in orde...

Beyond Order (Part 1) from 2021-03-27T00:01

Jordan Peterson went massive world wide with his first book 12 Rules For Life. His new book, Beyond Order provides ’12 more Rules For Life’.

Order is explored territory. We are in orde...

Algorithms To Live By from 2021-03-19T23:00

There is a particular set of problems that all people face that are a direct result of the fact that our lives are carried out in finite space and time. What should we do? What should we ignore?...

Hell Yeah Or No from 2021-03-12T23:00

Derek Sivers was the author of the first ever book we did on the podcast back in June 2016, 'Anything You Want'. Now, almost five years later, we're circling back to cover his newest book, 'Hell...

Can't Hurt Me from 2021-03-06T01:00

Do you know who you really are and what you're capable of? Don't worry, you are not alone. In every town, country all over the world, millions roam the streets. Dead-eyed zombies addicted to com...

Enchiridion from 2021-02-27T12:00

We read the 2000+ year old text known as Enchiridion by Epictetus (and we had a little help from Sharon Labelle's more modern translation The Art of Living).

In this episode we talk ab...

The Three Languages of Politics from 2021-02-20T01:00

Our political debates are not debates but are instead vehement expressions of tribal anger. That insight was the basis Arnold Kling to write this book. Since then, the insight has been reinforce...

The Way of the Wolf from 2021-02-13T01:00

What they say about Jordan Belfort in the Wolf Of Wall Street is True. He is one of those natural-born salesmen who can sell ice to an Eskimo, oil to an Arab or port to a Rabbi. If you've seen T...

The Courage To Be Disliked (part 2) from 2021-02-08T22:00:24

Being disliked is a cost for exercising freedom. If you're disliked by people, it is proof that you are exercising your freedom and a sign that you are living in accordance with your own princip...

The Courage To Be Disliked (part 1) from 2021-02-07T22:00:03

For some people, events in our past determines a failed life. But for others, the same even can be the seed of success. It is the perceptive filter that leads to two entirely different destinati...

Zero to One from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

'Notes on Startups, or, How to Build the Future' - The next Bill Gates will not build an operating system. - The next Larry Page or Sergey Brin won't make a search engine. - And the next Mark Zu...

One Up On Wall Street from 2021-01-30T04:00

As always, this episode is NOT financial advice.

Peter Lynch is one of the most successful professional investors of all time. According to him, amateurs can win. The most important rule t...

Getting The Love You Want from 2021-01-27T07:00

For some people, the idea of a permanent commitment to one partner feels a little old-fashioned. Just flick on Netflix, and you’ll find plenty of documentaries about people opting into polyamoro...

Total Money Makeover from 2021-01-15T21:00

If your personal finances are in a mess, there is perhaps no activity that is higher leverage than getting them sorted. If you find that you've dug yourself into a hole, stop digging!

Dave...

The 4-Hour Body from 2021-01-08T23:00

Tim Ferris has applied the 80/20 principle to find the optimal path for a better-looking body. The goal is to focus on the 2.5% that deliver 95% of the rapid body redesign and performance enhanc...

The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership from 2021-01-02T20:00

Success is within reach of just about everyone. But personal success without leadership only brings limited effectiveness. Without leadership ability, a person's impact is only a fraction of wha...

Best of 2020 from 2020-12-30T22:21:36

We all did it! We made it to the end of 2020. 

In this episode, we look back at our favourite books from Season 5 (so far). Our lists are VERY different again this year, with only two...

The Future Is Faster Than You Think from 2020-12-19T01:00

Humans have been dreaming a long time about flying vehicles. In a famous IBM commercial, Avery Books asked: "it's the year 2000, but where are the flying cars?... I don't see them! Why!". Peter ...

Humankind from 2020-12-11T22:00

We've been doing a lot of dark books recently. Ordinary Men, The Prince and Collapse all paint a dim view of human nature. The idea goes that we have a thin veneer of niceness on the surface, bu...

Built To Last from 2020-12-04T23:00

A six year study looked at 'visionary companies' and tried to identify what set them apart from the rest of the herd. These visionary companies were the ones that were the premier of their indus...

Steve Glaveski: The Future of Work from 2020-12-03T01:00

Steve Glaveski is back for Round 2, this time talking about the launch of his new book Time Rich: Do Your Best Work, Live Your Best Life.

This book helps us work smarter and live better.<...

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team from 2020-11-27T23:00

The ultimate competitive advantage of successful organisations? Teamwork. A leader who can get their entire team rowing in the same direction can dominate any market in any industry.

Howev...

Lydia Denworth: The Extraordinary Power Of Friendship from 2020-11-25T11:00

Lydia Denworth is the author of three books, including the recently published Friendship: The Evolution, Biology and Extraordinary Power of Life’s Fundamental Bond.

In this interv...

Lost Connections from 2020-11-21T23:00

Disclaimer: we are not psychologists or psychiatrists, or in anyway giving medical advice.

Johann Hari was depressed as a young man. He was told a story about why he felt so down: that dep...

BJ Fogg: Designing Behaviours & Installing Habits from 2020-11-18T08:30

We had the pleasure of speaking to one of the Godfathers of habits and designing behaviours, BJ Fogg. We love the simplicity of his model: "Behaviour = Motivation + Ability + Prompt". Through th...

Tiny Habits from 2020-11-13T22:00

We all want some kind of change. But for most of us, there is a painful gap between what people want and what they actually do. If you have attempted to do something different in the past and ha...

The Dip from 2020-11-06T21:00

"The extraordinary benefits of knowing when to quit (and when to stick)"

A great short book the explains why there's always a 'dip' in your projects on your journey to becoming the best in...

The Art of Strategy from 2020-10-30T23:00

Your life is a constant stream of decisions: what career to follow, how to manage a business, whom to marry, how to bring up children, whether to run for president, how to communicate with a col...

What The Dog Saw from 2020-10-24T00:00

Malcolm Gladwell is one of the biggest selling non-fiction authors of our generation, with smash-hits like Outliers, Blink and The Tipping Point. 

This book is a collection of his ess...

Selling The Invisible from 2020-10-16T23:00

When you buy a product, you can see it, touch it, and depending on the product you can taste/smell/hear it as well. Services, on the other hand, are intangible. There’s no exact clear definition...

The First 20 Hours from 2020-10-09T23:00

So much you want to learn, so little time to learn it.

Every new skill has what Josh calls a "FRUSTRATION BARRIER". At first the basics of a new skill can seem fun. But then you hit a wall...

The Art of Happiness from 2020-10-03T01:00

"The Art of Happiness" - by HH Dalai Lama XIV & Howard C Cutler

'A Handbook for Living'

Happy people have it a lot better than unhappy people. Studies show you're more likely...

Fooled By Randomness from 2020-09-26T01:00

We underestimate the role of randomness in just about everything. We often have the mistaken impression that a strategy is an excellent strategy, or an entrepreneur is a person endowed with...

The Defining Decade from 2020-09-19T00:00

With Adam Jones turning 30 this week, we figured this was his last chance to work out what he’d done wrong (or right) during his 20s. The key message of this book is that your twenties MATTER. Listen

Ordinary Men from 2020-09-12T00:00

At the height of the Second World War, the German army had minimal resources to continue the war to the East with Russia, and simultaneously execute Hitler's "Final Solution". The Nazi party had...

Loserthink from 2020-09-05T01:00

Despite evidence to the contrary, we all use our brains. BUT - most of us have never learned how to think effectively. We’re not talking about IQ or innate intelligence, we’re talking about thin...

Pitch Anything from 2020-08-29T00:00

In 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick introduced the world to their new discovery: the double-helix DNA structure. This so-called "secret of life" was widely considered the most important scie...

200th BOOK! from 2020-08-23T20:00

We started the podcast back in June 2016. In the last four-and-a-quarter years, we've read and reviewed 200 books on the podcast! We thought it was a great milestone to take a step back and have...

White Fragility from 2020-08-22T08:00

The identities of all of the most powerful people in the country are similar: they're white, male, middle and upper class, and able bodied. Acknowledging this may be dismissed as political corre...

How to Lie with Statistics from 2020-08-15T00:00

Benjamin Disraeli: "There are three types of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics"

There are some great statisticians and data manipulators out there, and that can manoeuvre t...

Being Mortal from 2020-08-07T23:00

You and everyone you know is going to one day die. This is an uncomfortable fact. So uncomfortable that we try to push it out of our minds. But this leaves  most people totally unprepared for th...

The Selfish Gene from 2020-08-01T00:00

The Selfish Gene is one of the most influential books on Evolutionary Biology in history. Written by Richard Dawkins, the book shows us that we are just big lumbering robots whose purpose is to pas...

The Prince from 2020-07-24T23:00

The word 'Machiavellian' gets bandied around all the time. Frank Underwood from House of Cards, Richard Hatch from Survivor, Lord Baelish in Game of Thrones or Scar from The Lion King, each were...

The Power of Positive Thinking from 2020-07-18T01:00

This book is written to suggest techniques and to give you examples which demonstrate that you do not need to be defeated by anything, that you can have peace of mind, improved health, and never...

Steve Jobs from 2020-07-11T02:00

Steve Jobs is the authorized self-titled biography of Steve Jobs. The book was written at the request of Jobs by Walter Isaacson, a former executive at CNN and TIME who has written best-selling ...

The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up from 2020-07-04T00:00

The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up - by Marie Kondo

This book has the potential to change your life. The act of tidying is a series of simple actions in which objects are moved from...

Best of Season 4 from 2020-06-04T00:00

Thanks for listening to Season 4 of What You Will Learn!

In this episode, we'll recap our favourite lessons from our favourite books of Season 4. We go through our 'honourable mentions', t...

Decisive from 2020-05-30T00:00

We're awful at making decisions. A survey found that 44% of lawyers don't recommend that students become lawyers. 83% of mergers/acquisitions fail to add any real value to the company. Hundreds ...

Guns, Germs and Steel from 2020-05-23T00:00

Jared was studying bird watching in New Guinea when he came across a local politician Yali; who asked the question he asked was "why is it that you white people developed so much cargo and broug...

Derek Sivers: Pop Philosophy, Questioning Answers, Finding the Opposite, and Nerding Out About Books from 2020-05-20T02:09:51

Adam Ashton interviewed Derek Sivers, the author of the book that was our FIRST EVER episode of the What You Will Learn podcast, 'Anything You Want'. 

We spoke about answering questio...

A Whack on the Side of the Head from 2020-05-16T01:00

A Whack on the Side of the Head - by Roger van Oech

"How You Can Be More Creative"

Creative thinking is absolute vital to success. The author even says that creative thi...

Malcolm Turnbull, 29th Prime Minister of Australia: Politics, The Media & Embracing Antifragility from 2020-05-13T00:00

Malcolm Turnbull was the 29th Prime Minister of Australia, in office from 2015 to 2018. His career also spanned through Journalism, Law and Investment Banking.

In this episode we spoke to ...

A Bigger Picture from 2020-05-09T01:00

Malcolm Turnbull was the 29th Prime Minister of Australia, in office from 2015 to 2018. His brand new autobiography takes us on a journey through his early career, then his beginning in politics...

Stillness Is The Key from 2020-05-02T00:00

This is the third and final instalment of Ryan Holiday's modern stoicism trilogy. We've previously review Listen

Mastering The Market Cycle from 2020-04-25T00:00

Mastering the Market Cycle, by Howard Marks will help you understand when is the optimal time to invest given a market's conditions.

Between 2010 - 2020 there has been an unprecedented gro...

The Slight Edge from 2020-04-17T23:00

The alarm goes off at 6am. Without conscious thought your hand shoots out and hits snooze... A 10 minute reprieve. You tentatively slip a foot out from under the covers. You open one eye. Still ...

How to Stop Worrying and Start Living from 2020-04-11T04:00

On the slope of Long's Peak in Colorado lies the ruin of a gigantic tree. Naturalists tell us that it stood for 400 years. During the course of its long life it was struck by lightning fourteen ...

David Epstein: Going wide to find your perfect career match from 2020-04-08T02:00

We spoke with David Epstein, author of 'Range' and 'The Sports Gene'. 

Range is AA's favourite book of 2020 so far, and we only got to scratch the surface in our book summary episode....

Range from 2020-04-03T23:00

Range - by David Epstein

'How Generalists Triumph In A Specialised World'

There are two paths to success. One is 'specialisation': committing to a field early, getting a...

Simon Sinek: Long-term thinking during a global crisis from 2020-03-31T10:15:01

The pressure around the world has been turned up. In the short term (finite game) you can't deny the pain that many are going through. But looking at it through a longer-term perspective (infini...

The Infinite Game from 2020-03-28T01:31:54

The Infinite Game - by Simon Sinek

There are two types of games: finite and infinite. Finite games have clearly defined rules and boundaries, and all players know what the objectives a...

7 Habits of Highly Effective People from 2020-03-21T08:00

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People is a book that everyone needs to read. The habits aren’t specific to an industry or a point in time, these are pervasive habits that you should consta...

The Paradox Of Choice from 2020-03-14T11:00

The Paradox of Choice - by Barry Schwartz

'Why Less Is More' or 'How the culture of abundance robs us of satisfaction'

Barry Schwartz is the author of The Paradox of Cho...

Big Magic from 2020-03-06T23:00

Big Magic - by Elizabeth Gilbert

'Creative Living Beyond Fear'

In Big Magic, Elizabeth Gilbert refers to magic, literally like in the Hogwarts sense. She is referri...

Never Split The Difference from 2020-03-01T03:00

Your career, finances, reputation, love life, even the fate of your kids - at some point all hinge on your ability to negotiate.

Chris Voss spent more than two decades at the FBI, includin...

Principles from 2020-02-23T08:01:12

Principles - by Ray Dalio

Over the course of our lives we make millions of decisions, essentially bets, some large and some small. It pays to think about how we make them because they ...

A Brief History of Time from 2020-02-15T02:00

A Brief History of time is a popular science book on cosmology written by Stephen Hawking. It is a book for readers who have no knowledge of the universe and are curious to learn more about science...

Seth Godin: Making the choice, taking responsibility, becoming indispensable from 2020-02-12T02:00

Seth Godin is back for round 2.  We drill into the choices we make - to take responsibility or relinquish it, to be generous or follow the script, to try something new or stick to the ...

Linchpin from 2020-02-08T11:00

Our world is filled with factories. Factories that make widgets, insurance, websites, movies, take care of sick people and answer the phone. You can become a great factory worker if you pay atte...

The Power of Habit from 2020-01-31T23:00

The Power of Habit - by Charles Duhigg

"Why we do what we do in life and business"

William James wrote in 1892: "All of our life so far as it has definite form, is but a mass of habi...

Mindset from 2020-01-25T02:00

Mindset - by Dr Carol S Dweck

'Changing the way you think to fulfil your potential'

This book is about one pervasive view we adopt for ourselves and our abilities: ...

Emotional Intelligence from 2020-01-18T00:00

Emotional Intelligence - by Daniel Goleman

'Why it can matter more than IQ: The groundbreaking book that redefines what it means to be smart'

Emotional Intelligence is a g...

Mastery (Part 3: Unleashing Creativity) from 2020-01-10T22:00

This is Part 3 of our 3-part series on 'Mastery' by Robert Greene. Now that we've discovered our calling in part 1, then went through an apprenticeship in part 2, it's time to bring in creativit...

Mastery (Part 2: The Apprenticeship) from 2020-01-08T00:36:37

All of us are born with an essentially similar brain, with more or less the same configuration and potential for mastery. Why is it then that in history only a limited number of people seem to t...

Mastery (Part 1: Discover Your Calling) from 2020-01-04T00:00

Robert Greene has done it again with Mastery. 

All of us are born with an essentially similar brain, with more or less the same configuration and potential for mastery. Why is it then...

Best of 2019 from 2019-12-30T22:13:12

As we come to the end of another year of the podcast, we look back on our favourite books we've read this season (so far). As we do at the end of every year then again at the end of every season...

The Body from 2019-12-20T20:00

The body is often likened to a machine. But it is much more than that, it works 24 hours a day for decades without for most part, needing regular servicing or the installation of spare parts. It...

The One Minute Manager from 2019-12-14T03:45:49

The book breaks down effective management through the tale of the 'One Minute Manager' through 3 simple secrets.

The First Secret - One Minute Goals

Most or...

Ego Is The Enemy from 2019-12-07T03:00

Ego Is The Enemy - by Ryan Holiday

'The fight to master our greatest opponent'

All of us, at every stage of life, are the victims of our own ego. Our ego leads us to strive too f...

Dr Karl (Round 3): Random Road Trip Through Science from 2019-12-04T05:00

Our third annual pilgrimage to Sydney took us right back to Dr Karl's office. His brand new book, Dr Karl's Random Road Trip Through Science, features an Augmented Reality app with Dr Karl poppi...

Eat That Frog! from 2019-11-30T08:30

Eat That Frog! - by Brian Tracy

'21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time'

There is never enough time to do everything you have to do. You are literal...

Radical Acceptance from 2019-11-23T01:00

Revealed how painfully burdened they feel by a sense of not being good enough. We don't have to wait until we are on our deathbed to realize what a waste of our precious lives it is to carry the...

Neil Pasricha (Round 2): You Are Awesome from 2019-11-19T22:00

After first speaking with Neil Pasricha 12 months ago about his book The Happiness Equation, he's back to chat about his brand new book You Are Awesome. It's all about building resilience, shift...

Grit from 2019-11-16T00:00

Grit - by Angela Duckworth

'Why passion and resilience are the keys to success'

Angela Duckworth studied successful people and found that the mega-successful weren't the...

Collapse from 2019-11-09T00:00

Lurking behind the mystery of ancient ruins is the mystery with the nagging thought: might such a fate eventually befall our own wealthy society? Will tourists someday stare mystified at the New...

MJ DeMarco (Round 2): Taking the Red Pill from 2019-11-06T00:00

MJ DeMarco writes some of the most eye-opening books we've read - The Millionaire Fastlane and Unscripted. If you haven't realised it yet, the world is ran by numerous scripts that aren't design...

Unscripted from 2019-11-01T23:00

Unscripted - by MJ DeMarco

'Life Liberty, and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship'

Has life regressed into paying bills and living for a weekend?

You weren't born to s...

Getting Past No from 2019-10-26T00:00

Daily life is full of negotiations that can drive you crazy.

• Over breakfast you get into an argument with your spouse about buying a new car, your spouse thinks it's time but you say ...
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How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big from 2019-10-19T00:00

How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big - by Scott Adams

Scott Adams is the creator of the 'Dilbert' cartoon series. Before this world-wide phenomenon though, ...

Everything is F*cked from 2019-10-11T22:00

Everything is F*cked - by Mark Manson

'A book about hope'

 In the infinite expanse of space/time, the universe does not care whether your mother's hip replaceme...