Bookworm
Bookworm is dedicated to doing more than just reading books. Mike Schmitz & Cory Hixson read a book every two weeks and discuss ways to apply the author's lessons to their lives.
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- Sep 25, 2026
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258: You Can Just Do Things by Cate Hall (opens the original)
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Today's author promises to help us live with agency and take control of our future. Join Mike & Cory as they consider how to stop waiting and build the life they want. Support the Show Woody Walls The Goal by Eli Goldratt You Can Just Do Things by Cate Hall Million Dollar Weekend by Noah Kagan All The Wrong Moves by Sasha Chapin Liminal Thinking by Dave Gray The Story of You by Ian Morgan Cron Grit by Angela Duckworth The Meaning of Your Life by Arthur Brooks Situated by Angela Duckworth Recomme
257: The Goal by Eliyahu Goldratt (opens the original)
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Today's author and self-proclaimed "slayer of sacred cows" promises to help us think differently about how business gets done. Join Mike & Cory as they discuss the theory of constraints in one of the most transformational business process books ever written. Support the Show The Goal by Eliyahu Goldratt The Phoenix Project by Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, and George Spafford Toyota Production System Just-In-Time Up Work the System by Sam Carpenter Death by Meeting by Patrick Lencioni The Goal: A Busines
256: Uncommon Sense by William Brody (opens the original)
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Life, unlike textbooks, has no answer key. Today's author promises to help us think and live beyond the syllabus. Join Mike & Cory as they rethink what it means to be educated. Support the Show Typefully Mike's Secondary YouTube Channel Uncommon Sense by William Brody Super Thinking by Gabriel Weinberg & Lauren McCann The Great Mental Models by Shane Parrish Focused #263: Removing the Roadblocks, with Cat Mulvihill The Second Mountain by David Brooks How to Be Everything by Emilie Wapnick The Go
255: The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel (opens the original)
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Today's author promises to help us improve our money mindset by sharing several short stories that teach timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness. Support the Show Amplify Cohort The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel Same as Ever by Morgan Housel You Can Just Do Things by Cate Hall 30 Lessons for Living by Karl Pillemer Uncommon Sense by William Brody The Goal by Eliyahu Goldratt Mike's Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Cory's Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
254: Inside the Box by David Epstein (opens the original)
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Today's author argues that all of us—individuals, businesses, institutions, even societies—can benefit from narrowing our options. Join Mike & Cory as they attempt to transform themselves—and the world—by embracing constraints. Support the Show Inside the Box by David Epstein Mike's Amplify Cohort The Growth Intensive The Goal by Eli Goldratt Apple: The First 50 Years by David Pogue Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull Science Fictions by Stuart Ritchie Six Sigma Anatomy of a Breakthrough by Adam Alte
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