Co-founder and CEO of Shopify; Rails core alumnus, writes occasionally at tobi.lutke.com.
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I mean obviously I am a meditations fan. I know stoicism is falling out of favor a little bit right now but like it's been um a lifelong thing for me and um I have a copy of uh meditations in most rooms I spend time in.
Asked on The Knowledge Project (Shane Parrish, third conversation) for old books that changed how he thinks; quote from the episode's YouTube automatic captions, so spellings of names are the caption track's.
American comedian, co-creator and star of the sitcom Seinfeld.
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Marcus Aurelius is my new one. The Roman emperor who wrote a book called Meditations, which was the beginning of Stoicism. And that's my obsession now, is Marcus Aurelius.
A clip from Graham Bensinger's In Depth interview, posted on Bensinger's Facebook page on 2025-02-12; he says he is 70 and has a movie coming out in about a month, which places the interview in spring 2024. Quote transcribed from the clip's audio (0:13–0:26), the interviewer's "How so?" left out.
Writer on habits and decision-making; author of Atomic Habits and the 3-2-1 newsletter, and publisher of long-running book recommendation lists at jamesclear.com.
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This is my list of the 10 best nonfiction books. These are the pillar books that have helped shape my thinking and approach to life. In my opinion, these are 10 nonfiction books everyone should read.
His "10 Best Nonfiction Books of All-Time" list; the quote is the list header that applies to every title on it. Product links carry his Amazon affiliate tag. The page is undated; 2015-12-31 is its first Internet Archive snapshot.
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