The book this episode covers
Charlie Munger
Tren Griffin · Reading rank 356 · in 1 other episode
David reads Charlie Munger: The Complete Investor by Tren Griffin as his book of the week and builds the entire episode around its highlights.
Dedicated episode
Books David recommends along the way
Tao of Charlie Munger
David Clark · Reading rank 35 · in 10 other episodes
David calls the book wonderful and easy to read, and recommends it as an introduction to Charlie Munger.
Cross-episode reference · Explicit praise
Return to the Little Kingdom
Michael Moritz · Reading rank 54 · in 14 other episodes
Cross-episode reference
Steve Jobs and the NeXT Big Thing
Randall E. Stross · Reading rank 60 · in 8 other episodes
David uses the NeXT account to illustrate Charlie Munger's warning about excessive self-regard.
Cross-episode reference · Founder theme
Buffett
Roger Lowenstein · Reading rank 147 · in 6 other episodes
David uses Roger Lowenstein's Buffett biography to highlight Buffett's patience, discipline, rationality, independence, and focus; Lowenstein's unique Buffett biography resolves the title.
Founder theme
Fooled by Randomness
Nassim Nicholas Taleb · Reading rank 369 · in 3 other episodes
David recommends Fooled by Randomness as the single Taleb book to read for learning probability.
Explicit praise
Influence
Robert B. Cialdini · Reading rank 385 · in 1 other episode
David uses Cialdini's rule of reciprocity to explain how favors and harms shape future behavior.
Founder theme
The Psychology of Human Misjudgment
Charlie Munger · Watch & Listen · in 2 other episodes
David recommends reading Munger’s lecture The Psychology of Human Misjudgment, then distinguishes it from the same-titled chapter in The Complete Investor.
Explicit praise
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