This Man Read 450 Classic Books and Distilled Their Best Ideas

<p class="">I speak with author <a href= "http://www.butler-bowdon.com/50-classics-series.html">Tom-Butler Bowdon</a>. While Tom was working as a government advisor in Sydney, Australia, he began reading and taking detailed notes on many classic personal growth books in an effort to further his career.</p> <p class="">He had an idea to organize these notes into a book and worked on this for four years. In 2001, he released <a href= "https://amzn.to/2X4is1R">50 Self-Help Classics</a>, which has been translated into 15 languages.</p> <p class="">Since then, he has distilled the most important ideas from hundreds of other classic books across multiple genres, including psychology, spirituality, and philosophy (my personal favorite).</p> <p class=""><a href="https://amzn.to/38UkIv9">The 50 Classics Series</a> has been immensely valuable to me in understanding the landscape of ideas in a particular field and making complicated philosophical and psychological works more accessible.</p> <p class="">Tom’s mission is simple: more people knowing more.</p> <p> </p> <p>PLEASE SUPPORT THIS EPISODE'S SPONSOR</p> <p><a href="https://skillshare.com/THINKGROW">Skillshare</a> is an online learning community with over 25,000 courses on a wide range of subjects from cooking to writing to watercolor painting. I love it and use it to keep my mind sharp. Try the Premium Membership for free here: <a href= "https://skillshare.com/THINKGROW">skillshare.com/THINKGROW</a>.</p>