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Bookworm

Mike Schmitz and Cory Hixson
Bookworm
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  • Bookworm

    259: The Meaning of Your Life by Arthur Brooks

    09/10/2026 | 1h 30 mins.
    Today's author promises to show us how to push back against cultural changes that are rewiring our brains and find the meaning we need to live a happy, fulfilling life. Join Mike & Cory as they embark on a pilgrimage to answer the age-old question: "What is the meaning of my life?"
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    The Meaning of Your Life by Arthur Brooks
    From Strength to Strength by Arthur Brooks
    The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt
    Deep Work by Cal Newport
    Design Your Life by Bill Burnett & Dave Evans
    Meaning of Life Quiz
    Score App
    Self-Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson
    Toastmasters
    Atomic Habits by James Clear
    You Can Just Do Things by Cate Hall
    Grit by Angela Duckworth
    Situated by Angela Duckworth
    Co-Existence by Ethan Mollick
    The YouTube Formula 2.0 by Derral Eves
    Recommend a Book
    Mike's Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
    Cory's Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
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    258: You Can Just Do Things by Cate Hall

    25/09/2026 | 1h 33 mins.
    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.
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    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
    Recommend a Book
    Cory's Rating: ⭐⭐⭐
    Mike's Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
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    257: The Goal by Eliyahu Goldratt

    11/09/2026 | 1h 29 mins.
    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.
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    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 Business Graphic Novel
    Getting Things Done by David Allen
    You Can Just Do Things by Cate Hall
    The Meaning of Your Life by Arthur Brooks
    Recommend a Book
    Mike's Rating: ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
    Cory's Rating:  ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
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    256: Uncommon Sense by William Brody

    28/08/2026 | 1h 31 mins.
    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.
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    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 Goal by Eliyahu Goldratt
    The Goal: A Business Graphic Novel
    You Can Just Do Things by Cate Hall
    Recommend a Book

    Cory's Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
    Mike's Rating: ⭐⭐⭐
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    255: The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel

    14/08/2026 | 1h 42 mins.
    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.
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    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: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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About 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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