322: My 5 Favorite Books of the Year and My Top Takeaways from Each

The Side Hustle Show

Nick Loper

How To, Entrepreneurship, Business, Education

4.7 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2019

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

"We are simultaneously gods and worms.”—Abraham Maslow Power plus humility, right? It's a great combination and something to keep in mind as we try and build our businesses. We can accomplish amazing things, and yet, we're gone in a flash. Mere blips on the historical radar. But let's be the gods of our side hustle universe today, and focus on shaping that business in a way that best serves ourselves and others. In this special solo edition of The Side Hustle Show, I'm breaking down my Top 5 books from last year, and the actions I took (or am taking) as a result of reading them. Hopefully there are a few nuggets you can borrow! Full Show Notes: My 5 Favorite Books of the Year and My Top Takeaways from Each

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0:00.0	Side Hustle Show, 322, my five favorite books of the year and my top takeaways from each.
0:08.0	What's up, what's up, Nick Loper here. Welcome to the Side Hustle Show because we are
0:15.6	simultaneously gods and worms. That's an Abraham Maslow quote that was featured
0:21.8	in Tools of Titans by Tim Ferris, one of the books I'm going to be talking about today, but I love that quote because it's so accurate.
0:29.2	We can do amazing things.
0:31.3	We have so much power and influence and ability to spark change to help huge numbers of people to live these amazing lives.
0:41.6	Yet, if you zoom out five miles into the sky five miles down the street or
0:47.0	50 years a hundred years into the future would you be able to tell we are
0:51.4	simultaneously gods and worms. So today we'll practice
0:55.2	being gods of our own little side hustle universe while maintaining that humility
0:59.8	that comes with simultaneously being a worm.
1:03.0	I want to share the five most impactful books I read last year.
1:08.0	My takeaways and highlights from each and probably most important what I'm doing as a result what actions have I taken or
1:16.7	am I taking because of them and which of those actions you may be able to borrow for
1:22.1	your own business.
1:23.5	So notes and links for this episode are at
1:25.8	Side hustle Nation.com slash five books.
1:29.6	Now, Tools of Titans is one of those five books and one tool I think you should know about is
1:36.1	our sponsor SkillShare.com. SkillShare is Netflix for entrepreneurs.
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1:52.2	material that you need to take your skills and business
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