What You Will Learn

Atomic Habits - by James Clear 'An easy and proven way to build good habits and break bad ones'   Our outcomes in life aren't dictated by the big one-off things we do, but rather the small things we consistently do every day. The habits may seem insignificant on a day-to-day level, but when you look back in 10 or 20 years, you'll very clearly see the impacts of your positive or negative habit...

History lets us see the patterns and make better decisions in the present moment. As we've progressed our human nature hasn't changed, but we've found new ways of achieving old means. This book gives us history's lessons through the lens of different filters. In this episode we cover: - Biology and history - Character and history - Morals and history - Economics and history - Socialism and history...

Cal Newport is the author of some phenomenal books that work together to form a great trilogy: So Good They Can't Ignore You highlights how skills are far more important than passion and emphasises the importance of developing 'career capital' in order to get a job that you allows you to enjoy what you do and make an impact Deep Work shows us that the best way to develop that career capital is to...

Digital Minimalism - by Cal Newport 'Choosing a focused life in a noisy world'   When Facebook started it was interesting, but didn't seem like something which we would spend a large amount of time. A college senior who set up an account in 2004 to look up class mates probably didn't predict that the average modern user would spend around 2 hours a day on social media and related messagi...

Life 3.0 - by Max Tegmark 'Being human in the age of Artificial Intelligence'   Life has gradually grown more complex and interesting into 3 different tiers since the start of the Universe. Life 1.0: Simple and biological. Can't design it's own software, and can't design it's own hardware - both are determined by DNA and change via evolution Life 2.0: Cultural. Can survive and repli...

The 4-Hour Work Week - by Tim Ferriss "Escape the 9-5, live anywhere and join the New Rich"   The 4 Hour Work Week is about original thinking and living on your own terms. Most people growing up are presented with the options: A) getting a job and working your ass off until you retire, or B) working your ass off building a business, working 80 hours a week This book presents Option C -Lifesty...

Dr John Demartini, is an American researcher, best selling author, international educator, public speaker in human behaviour. He lives on a boat, travelling the world delivering his signature seminars. We caught him when he was in Melbourne and spoke face-to-face before attending his event later that night. In this interview we chat about living to your potential, building wealth by determining yo...

The Four Agreements - by Don Miguel Ruiz 'A Toltec Wisdom Book'   As we've grown up, we've subconsciously made a bunch of agreements with ourselves. This agreements guide our behaviour - they act as an internal compass by which we decide what we do and don't do. But we never CHOSE these agreements. This book presents us with four agreements that we should make with ourselves in order to live...

Gretchen Rubin is the author of some great books, like 'The Happiness Project', 'Happier At Home', 'Better Than Before' and 'The Four Tendencies'. Today she launches her brand new book: 'Outer Order, Inner Calm: Declutter and Organise to Make More Room for Happiness'.  We spoke about happiness, habits, the benefits of having a dog, and how to best organise your physical space to remove the cl...

The Four Tendencies - by Gretchen Rubin 'The indispensable personality profiles that reveal how to make your life better (and other people's lives better, too)'   In analysing who people act or don't act, Gretchen Rubin found that it boiled down to one very important question: How do you respond to expectations? She found that depending on whether you tended to resist or meet both outer or in...

Presence - by Amy Cuddy 'Bringing your best self to your biggest challenges'   We want to perform our best in a job interview, but if we're constantly thinking 'I'm in a job interview', then we won't be our best selves. Having presence is about being present - having the comfort, confidence and self-assured enthusiasm to stop the constant inner monologue and feel powerful and self-assured.&nb...

Robert Greene is the author of some juggernaut books: The 48 Laws of Power, The Art of Seduction, The 33 Strategies of War, The 50th Law, Mastery, and The Laws of Human Nature. Robert's work delves into the parts of ourselves we don't want to look at - envy, our dark side and our secret lust for power. He identifies the things below the surface that are driving us forward. We asked Robert about th...

The Laws of Human Nature - by Robert Greene.    This is a phenomenal book, all about what we do and why we do it. It should be read to firstly identify what is driving your own behaviour, secondly to allow you to start to make some positive changes to your behaviour, then thirdly to begin to recognise what other people are doing and why they might be doing it.   In this episode, we'...

The 5 Love Language - by Gary Chapman 'The secret to love that lasts'   With Valentines Day coming up, we thought we'd delve into the subject of love so you can heighten the experience with your date or your partner. Psychologists have concluded that the need to feel loved is a primary human emotional need - without it you will be emotionally and socially challenged. However, we all experienc...

Email us at any time - podcast@whatyouwilllearn.com   After a great conversation with Dr Karl 12 months ago, we again had the pleasure of joining him to discuss his newest book (his 44th book!) 'Vital Science'. We got a master class on the shift towards renewable energy, coal, energy storage solutions, climate change, and space. We hope you enjoy Dr Karl as much as we do!   Listen to our first epi...

The Definitive Book of Body Language - by Barbara Pease & Allan Pease 'How to read others' attitudes by their gestures'   Studies have shown the only 7% of our communication is verbal (what we say). 38% is vocal (how we say it) and the remaining 55% is non-verbal (what we do with our body language and our gestures). Intuitively, we often can sense when someone is meaning something differe...

The Intelligent Investor - by Benjamin Graham 'The Definitive Guide on Value Investing'   To invest successfully over a lifetime doesn't require a stratospheric IQ, unusual business insights or inside information. What's needed is a sound intellectual framework for making decisions and the ability to keep emotions from corroding the framework. Benjamin Graham, the original 'Father' of Value I...

The Personal MBA - by Josh Kaufman 'Master the art of business'   The traditional MBA is so expensive that you need to mortgage your life, they teach out-dated concepts and can't guarantee a high paying job. You're almost certainly better off buying a bunch of books and trying a bunch of things yourself first before making such a major investment of time and money. The personal MBA is a book...

Bryce and Ben are best selling authors, and the hosts of the Property Couch which is a trusted guide for Property and Money management. Aside from this, we are from the same city and share the same interests in reading great books. In this episode we dive deep into money management, property investing and books. You can download the first chapter of their book, 'Make Money Simple Again' for free a...

Originals - by Adam Grant 'How Non-Conformists change the world'   There are two paths to success: be a conformist or be an original. Both can lead to eventual success, but each require a different approach to life. This book is all about how everyone can be more creative and bring new ideas to the table by being an 'original'. We talk about the things you can do to come up with more good ori...

Steve Glaveski is the Founder of Collective Campus, Host of Future Squared Podcast, and the Author of the new book ' Employee to Entrepreneur '. We got to sit down with Steve on the day his book was released. We spoke about mindset, philosophy, and strategies to help you make a successful jump into entrepreneurship. If you want to buy his book, head to:  https://www.employeetoentrepreneur.io/ Host...

The Easy Way To Control Alcohol - by Allen Carr   12 months ago, we read and reviewed Allen Carr's "Easy Way To Stop Smoking". We thought, given it was the start of a new year, we'd read and review his alocohol book in case anyone out there was thinking of stopping or cutting down their alcohol consumption as a 2019 New Year's Resolution. Of course WE didn't have a problem with alcohol... or...

In this episode, we're answering your questions! Listeners wrote in and recorded the questions they've always wanted to ask us - be that about specific books or about more general ideas.    If you want to hear us answer more questions, we were interviewed on Steve Glaveski's "Future Squared" podcast this week. Search for it in your podcast app, or listen along here:  https://www.fut...

Today we're celebrating 2018 with our favourite books of the year. It our little biannual WYWL party. In this episode we'll take a few listener questions, announce YOUR favourite books of the season as voted by listeners, and then go through OUR favourite books.   Both of our lists can be found below, alongside the link straight to the episode. Enjoy!   Adam Ashton's Top 10: The Laws of...

Steal Like An Artist - by Austin Kleon '10 things nobody told you about being creative'   Everyone needs a little more creativity in their lives. This isn't just for the stereotypical 'artist' who's making oil paintings and sculptures, it's for everyone that can enhance their work by injecting more flavour. This book is all about getting started on that journey toward producing more art more...