#2353 - Shaka Senghor

Ben actually wrote this book called What You Do Is Who You Are. In the book, he talked about some of our conversations around culture and it kind of gave them a framework to really understand how these lessons I learned in prison could really be applied in corporate.

There's a book called As a Man Thinketh by James Allen. It's about 60-something pages. I would literally, my version of that was so dog-eared.

The speaker refers to 'Black Gangster' as one of the books by Donald Ghosn that he read and drew inspiration from.

The speaker mentions reading books by Donald Ghosn, including 'Dope Fiend', which influenced his writing.

The speaker ordered 'Self-Help Guide to Self-Publishing' to learn about publishing his first book.

Ben actually wrote this book called What You Do Is Who You Are. In the book, he talked about some of our conversations around culture and it kind of gave them a framework to really understand how these lessons I learned in prison could really be applied in corporate.

The speaker refers to a book by James Allen that discusses the idea of thinking into existence the life you want.

The book that I've recently written is called how to be free. It was inspired by meeting people who are psychologically, emotionally, and mentally incarcerated despite having everything.

It's about 60-something pages. I would literally, my version of that was so dog-eared. But I would, like, literally just open it up.

The speaker mentions reading 'Pimp' by Iceberg Slim, which was part of the stories that inspired him.

I would just go back and read that. There's a poem Invictus. That poem always just kind of brought me back, like, you're the master of your own fate.

Jonathan Haidt wrote a book about what it's doing to young girls, focusing on the negative effects of social media and comparison.