#884 - Nick Pollard - How To Stop Being Such A People Pleaser
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#884 - Nick Pollard - How To Stop Being Such A People Pleaser mentions The Road Less Traveled by Scott Peck, Not Nice by Aziz Gaspari, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson, and Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut with timestamps, quotes, and episode context.
The road less traveled is probably the book that will change your life the fastest.
I think that was the first book I ever read that really addressed this kind of people pleasing behavior.
Mark Manson did a marvelous job with, you know, subtle art.
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“Scott Peck is, is, I mean, it was one of the number one selling personal growth books of all time, which is the road less traveled.”
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“The first book I ever read that really addressed this kind of people pleasing behavior really put, helped me put a tag on it.”
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“Mark Manson did a marvelous job with, you know, subtle art.”
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“Sirens of Titans is my favorite. I just love, I love him as an author.”
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“Maxwell Maltz is probably was one of the first real books that I ever engaged. It's called Psycho-Cybernetics. His equation of humans is that we're not going to be able to do anything unless we aim away from not the target.”
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“My favorite fictional author is Kurt Vonnegut. Which book? Slaughterhouse five is probably the one that everybody says.”
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“The cornerstone text of course, is going to be Dr. Robert Glover, you know, no more, Mr. Nice guy.”
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“You know, atomic habits and, you know, obviously James Clear and Tim Ferriss and all those guys.”
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The host highlights 'The Road Less Traveled' as a transformative book that challenges readers to confront their excuses and embrace personal growth…
The host mentioned 'Not Nice' by Aziz Gaspari as a pivotal book that helped him identify and understand his own people pleasing tendencies. He emph…
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