

2000 Books for Ambitious Entrepreneurs - Author Interviews and Book Summaries
Mani Vaya
On 2000 Books podcast, we interview today's top Business and self help authors and get the the most important actionable ideas from the world’s greatest books for ambitious entrepreneurs. We also summarize classic business books and self help books for entrepreneurs such as Napoleon Hill - Think and Grow Rich, Dale Carnegie - How to Win Friends and Influence people, Good to Great, Lean Startup, Zero to One, Never Eat Alone, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos. Some of the authors interviewed include David Allen, Dan Pink, Adam Grant, Chris Brogan, Mike Michalowicz. Our goal is to provide you the best, most actionable ideas from these great books so that you as entrepreneurs, startup founders and CEOs can get to the next level in business and in life using the ideas from these great books
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Dec 3, 2018 • 29min
178[Mental Toughness] Can't hurt me - David Goggins | 8 Mental Toughness Lessons from the Toughest man alive
Can't hurt me by David Goggins is the story of a former Navy Seal who is now hailed as the toughest man alive. In this Episode I talk about the 8 biggest Mental Toughness Lessons from the book Can't hurt me. Get my clickable mindmap of the book here: https://www.2000books.com/maps

Nov 27, 2018 • 6min
Cyber Monday Offer [Productivity] The Biggest Enemy of Deep Work | Book: Deep Work by Cal Newport
If you are a knowledge worker of any kind (CEO, Founder, Manager, Programmer) your output is a function of how much deep work you did any given day. However, there is one thing that will prevent you from doing deep work every single day. What is it and how can you combat it? If you struggle with doing Deep Work, follow my simple, step-by-step Productivity system to get Deep Work done: https://www.2000books.com/double For Cyber Monday, get $400 discount on the Course+Live Implementation Calls using coupon code "BLACK"

Nov 26, 2018 • 7min
Cyber Monday Offer [Productivity] 3 Key Strategies for those that are Working hard but feeling stuck
3 strategies you can implement today in order to massively increase your productivity and live a more fun and fulfilling life. Here is my simple, step-by-step Productivity system: https://www.2000books.com/double Use Coupon Code "BLACK" to get $400 Cyber Monday Discount.

Nov 26, 2018 • 6min
Black Friday Offer [Mental Toughness] What to do when the Goal seems Impossible | Books: Confidence Gap, Touching the Void
This is the story of a mountain climber who fell down a crevasse and was left for dead by his best friend on the cold, icy Peruvian Andes Mountains. Did he survive? What's the lesson here? If you want to become mentally tougher, join my mental toughness program here: https://www.2000books.com/tough

Nov 25, 2018 • 7min
Black Friday Offer [Mental Toughness] 3 Steps to overcome any fear | Book: Feel the Fear and Do it Anyways
3 Steps to overcome any kind of fear in your life. This is similar to technique suggested by Tim Ferris in the 4 Hour Work Week (I think he got it from this book.) Book referred: "Feel the Fear and do it anyways" by Dr Susan Jeffers Grab 300 of the greatest Mental Toughness Tips, tools and strategies here: https://www.2000books.com/tough

Nov 25, 2018 • 6min
Black Friday Offer [Productivity] The psychology behind procrastination - Hyperbolic Discounting
In order to defeat procrastination, you have to understand why your procrastinate. One of the biggest reasons why people procrastinate is because of "Hyperbolic Discounting" ... let's explore that further. To overcome procrastination, follow my 5 Steps to Kill procrastination at: https://www.2000books.com/never

Nov 24, 2018 • 8min
Black Friday Offer [Productivity] The 1 Belief that causes you to procrastinate massively
This is one of the most insidious beliefs that is killing your productivity every single day. 5 Steps to Kill Procrastination: https://www.2000books.com/never

Oct 15, 2018 • 11min
177[Self Help] How to Control Anger and other emotions - from 9 great books
Download my free guided meditation audio here: https://www.2000books.com/meditate In the Video you will learn: How to control anger, anxiety, anxiousness etc How to use Cognitive behavioral therapy to manage emotions How to manage stress How to control emotions in general Understanding Cognitive Distortions that lead to challenging emotions How to use body language to control emotions How to use stoicism to control emotions (using the most fundamental stoicism definition) Books covered: Emotional Intelligence - Daniel Goleman Awaken the Giant Within - Tony Robbins Seneca - Letters to Lucilius Meditations - Marcus Aurelius Epictetus - Discourses The Upside of your dark side - Todd Kashdan Unlimited Power - Tony Robbins Feeling Good - David Burns Presence - Amy Cuddy Our emotions are extremely powerful but most people don't know how to harness the power of our emotions. Instead of harnessing the power of our emotions, most people become slaves to their emotions. Research has shown that our ability to manage and harness the power of our emotions is even more important than our IQ/Skills/Abilities when it comes to succeeding in life. In this video we talk about how to control your anger and how to control emotions in general. Follow 2000 Books and Mani Vaya here: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themanivaya Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/2000books Youtube Channel: https://www.2000books.com/youtube

Oct 12, 2018 • 46min
[176][Marketing][Interview] Known - Mark Schaefer | How to do content marketing the right way
In my interview on the book "Known", author Mark Schaefer explains how to build an audience around your passion using the power of content marketing: - How to find your niche - How to dominate your chosen social media/content channel - Understanding Content Marketing - Content Marketing strategy for personal branding - Building an audience Watch the interview on Youtube here

Oct 8, 2018 • 5min
175[Self Help] Biggest Difference between top 5% and bottom 95% - From 5 Great self help books
What is the biggest reason why most people stay stuck in the bottom 95% while a handful of the people make it to the top 5%? Download Free PDF of my #1 favorite book of all time: "As a Man thinketh" by James Allen here: https://www.2000books.com/self Books discussed in this Video: As a Man thinketh - James Allen The Psychology of Winning - Dennis Waitley Outwitting the Devil Within - Napoleon Hill 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Stephen Covey Think and Grow Rich - Napoleon Hill