3 Books That Blew My Mind [0:00:00]
In today’s video, gents, I’m talking about three books I’ve read in the last year that
have absolutely blown my mind.
What are they?
Guys, that’s the subject of today’s video.
[Music] Book number on this list, Thinking in Bets
by Annie Duke.
Now, I absolutely love this book because it forced me to rethink how I make decisions.
And oftentimes, I fall into this trap that I have an amazing outcome, so I think, oh,
I must have done everything right because luck doesn’t – I make my own luck and
I made every right decisions, therefore, you know, of course, it’s all on me.
And, I also fall into the trap and the self-blame issue with, ah, you know, I thought I did
everything right and I still had a bad outcome.
Well, I obviously am inadequate.
And, what I love about Annie Duke is she’s like, you know you’ve got to add luck into
the equation.
And I fall into the – she uses the analogy of chess versus poker.
And I view life many times as a chess game where if you make the right decisions, you’re
going to have the right outcome.
And that’s why grandmasters are rarely ever defeated by anyone that ranks lower than them.
However, if you look up poker, you can have a professional poker player beat any day by
an amateur.
Why does this happen?
Well, because luck is a factor.
So, when you realize that, okay, you could make all the right decisions and still have
a bad outcome, what this prevents you from doing is from actually not trying again and
actually following the same procedure and testing multiple times.
It also can protect you from fall – and I fall into this trap where, oh, I’ve had
success – obviously, it’s me.
No.
You know luck could have been involved.
So, guys, go check it out, Thinking in Bets by Annie Duke.
Now, this next book took me about four hours to listen to.
I listened to it on my iPhone.
So, my setup, I use a Bluetooth headset and I use Audible, the paid sponsor of today’s
video, guys.
And I absolutely love Audible.
I’ve said this before, but for over the last ten years, I’ve downloaded like five
hundred books that I absolutely think that they are a game-changer when you can fill
dead time and you can improve and become smarter.
So, this summer, I’m in Ukraine walking all over the place and I listened to probably
I don’t know like five or six audiobooks just walking around town.
But, guys, if you’re interested in getting a free audiobook from Audible, you just need
to sign up for up that thirty-day trial membership.
I’m linking to them down in the description over at Audible.com/rmrs or you can text RMRS
to 500-500.
Again, gentlemen, that’s Audible.com/rmrs or text RMRS to 500-500.
And, gentlemen, stick around until the end of the video because I’m going to go through
my Audible account.
I’m going to talk about ten additional books very quickly that are currently on my phone
I’ve listened to, I absolutely love and that I highly recommend.
Book number two on my list, The 5 Second Rule by Mel Robbins.
I didn’t know what to expect from this book, I had it recommended by a friend and it blew
me away.
I absolutely love Mel’s reading of the book and her content.
And it’s a very simple concept.
Simply when you need to do something and you are falling into the trap of procrastination,
you go, five, four, three, two, one and like a rocket you take action.
And, it seemed like a very simple concept, you may say, “Antonio, why do I need the
book now?”
Because she gives so many different studies, she’s got great stories and it reinforces
and gives you different ideas of how you can use this in your life.
Mel talks about how motivation is not going to see you through.
Yes, it’s nice to have it, but oftentimes you need to get things done because I know
many of you guys have something right now that you need to get done and you’re procrastinating.
And there was a key concept she talked about procrastination.
It’s not that you are – if you’re procrastinating, you’re simply it’s because you’re overwhelmed.
And it’s not that you don’t want to do it, procrastination, she gets into this research
of really what it is and that stuff blew me away, but just something -- I didn’t expect
something so simple just to be so life-changing.
So, guys, go check it out.
Next up, we’ve got Building a StoryBrand by Donald Miller.
And I have to thank Travis on my team, he actually recommended this book.
Let’s say you’re out there looking for a new job or you’ve got a company and you’re
selling a product, well, you can bury people with technical details.
But, when it comes down to it, you need to be able to tell a very quick story basically
an elevator pitch that people are going to remember and how it applies to them.
People, they want to be the hero of the story.
So, that hiring manager, he – it’s not about you and you coming to his company, it’s
about him.
It’s about him looking great when he found you and you came in and transformed the company.
It made me totally relook at the way that I am presenting the things I’m doing at
Real Men Real Style.
And what he talks about, Donald covers is how to actually structure the story, so that
it’s memorable so that people can actually relate to it and that they will remember you
and interact with you.
So, whether you’re selling a service or whether or not you’re looking for a job,
people are going to basically want to give you that job or they’re going to want to
buy your service.
[0:05:09] All right, gentlemen.
So, as promised I’m going to talk about the ten audiobooks I’ve got here right on
my iPhone right here on the Audible app which I absolutely love.
It allows me to listen to books at 1.5, 1.25, two times speed, keeps them well-organized.
All right.
So, first up, we’ve got The 50th Law by Robert Greene and 50 cent.
I’ve actually got the physical book.
I listened to it again.
I actually listened to this probably two years ago, but I listened to it again with a new
mind new ideas and I have to say I took a lot – took a lot of notes re-listening to
this book.
This one right here, Good to Great by Jim Collins.
I’ve actually had this book for over a decade.
I picked it up I think in business school.
And then, I remember I went back and I listened to it again, I’m like, wow, this is a great
listen.
I absolutely loved it on Audible.
Then, we’ve got Angela Duckworth.
I bought this book probably five years ago, but never actually read it and then I went
and listened to it right here on Audible.
I’ve got the Customer Service Revolution by John R. DiJulius.
We’ve got Captivate: the Science of Success.
Next up, we’ve got the Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan.
And, it’s the untold story of those who survived the Great American Dust Bowl.
And I absolutely love this because I was aware of The Great Depression, I read a bit about
it, but it’s oftentimes skipped over.
And this book goes into a lot of detail and talks about hardship and how people can overcome.
Next up, I’ve got The Legend of the Monk and the Merchant by Terry Felber.
Next up, I’ve got Traction by Gino Wickman.
And this is about getting a grip on your business.
And, you know I’ve had this book, again, for years, but it was listening to it on Audible
this summer which absolutely I loved it.
Next up, we’ve got Modern Romance by Eric Klinenberg and Aziz Ansari.
Next up, we’ve got Quench Your Own Thirst by Jim Koch.
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni.
If you’re a manager, if you’re a parrot, if you work with people, you want to listen
to this because there was one key concept I took from this and that is that you need
to have healthy tension.
That it’s okay sometimes to have it out with someone and actually it’s a show of
trust when you can be honest and transparent with people on a team.
Next up, we’ve got the Paradox of Choice by Barry Schwartz.
Next up, we’ve got Black Box Thinking by Matthew Syed.
Next, Measure What Matters by John Doerr.
Lessons from My Coach by Amir Karkouti.
He’s all about slowing down and actually identifying what’s important, doing it,
and really focusing in on what matters.
The Power of Moments by Chip Heath.
Choice Words by Peter Johnston.
So, I know a lot of you guys are thinking, “Antonio, where am I going to find the time?
How am I going to get all these done?”
Guys, you’re never going to find the time, you’ve got to make the time.
You do that by waking up early.
Go check out this video right here.
I am going to link over to how to wake up at 5:00 AM, one of my better videos.
I put out some pretty good videos, but this one, people absolutely love because I give
you a step by step process to start waking up early, so that you can make the time to
take care of yourself; to go the gym, to start to read, to listen to the book, to actually
just meditate whatever it is that is going to help you become the man you know yourself
to be.
That’s it, gents.
Take care.
I will see you in the next video.
[0:08:07] End of Audio