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John Brooks

John Brooks

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Search complete. 4 mentions across 3 episodes found for "John Brooks".

Oct 21, 2026

Arvin AshHOST
2:18
Bill Gates and Warren Buffett say that this is the best business book.
Arvin AshHOST
2:21
It's called Business Adventures by John Brooks.
Arvin AshHOST
2:23
This book has 12 chapters with 12 seemingly different business stories.
Arvin AshHOST
2:28
but they're all tied together by the fact that they represent some of the best business lessons that you can get.
Cal NewportHOST
76:48
Um, I'd like to talk about what I'm up to, uh, what I'm reading.
Cal NewportHOST
76:51
Um, I'm just finishing up a long book, Jesse, that I found at a used bookstore, 1975, Telephone: The First Hundred Years by John Brooks.
Cal NewportHOST
77:00
John Brooks was a New Yorker writer and hist- uh, economic historian who was given the first access to the AT&T records-
Jesse MillerHOST
77:09
Hmm
Cal NewportHOST
77:09
... of any outside person.
Jason HallHOST
13:31
It's a book called Once in Golconda, G-O-L-C-O-N-D-A.
Jason HallHOST
13:36
It was written by John Brooks.
Jason HallHOST
13:38
Um, and the, uh...
Jason HallHOST
13:40
Let me exit the screen share here.

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