The book this episode covers
In My Shoes
Tamara Mellon with William Patrick · Reading rank 257
At the end of the episode, David uses the standard show-close recommendation to read In My Shoes for the full story and buy through the show-note link to support the podcast.
Founder theme · Dedicated episode · Explicit praise
Books David recommends along the way
Jeff Bezos' Shareholder Letters
Jeff Bezos · Reading rank 4 · in 32 other episodes
David draws the differentiation-is-survival lesson from Bezos's final shareholder letter.
Cross-episode reference · Founder theme
Play Nice But Win
Michael Dell with James Kaplan · Reading rank 48 · in 8 other episodes
David calls Michael Dell’s autobiography incredible while referring to the recent Dell episode.
Cross-episode reference · Explicit praise
Steve Jobs's 1985 Playboy interview
Steve Jobs with David Sheff · Reading rank 95 · in 6 other episodes
David directly calls the Steve Jobs Playboy interview excellent.
Explicit praise · Reread language
Cedric Chin tweet beginning “One type of remarkable career”
Cedric Chin · Supporting reference
David calls this one of his favorite tweets ever read.
Explicit praise
Also mentioned
The Whole Story, Adventures in Love, Life, and Capitalism
John Mackey · Reading rank 154 · in 1 other episode
David recalls having read Mackey’s autobiography twice before their conversations. This is a retrospective account of those readings, not a claim of two new readings for this episode.
Reread language
Each note is a short paraphrase of why David brings the book up. Book pages show every piece of evidence and its review status. How ranking works