My Top Book Recommendations
19 Sept 2021 · 5 min
A podcast episode (recorded Sept 19, 2021) featuring Mark Simpson interviewed by Lenka. Key content: Mark recommends Tim Ferriss's Tools of Titans; he promotes Hostfully digital guidebooks (sponsor) and announces his own upcoming book, Direct Playbook, due in November with a 99p pre-release offer via Boostly (boostly.co.uk/book). The episode mixes book recommendations, host tools/advice, and promotional material.
Questions this episode answers
September 19, 2021.
Tools of Titans by Tim Ferriss.
November (year implied 2021).
£0.99 (99p).
https://boostly.co.uk/book.
Chapters
Good morning, good afternoon, good evening and welcome. And I am not really here. I am currently in the uk. Fingers crossed. All things going well at the Book Direct show and the Short Stay Summit. Now I am pre recording a couple of these intros so there is something to go out on the daily podcast. Like I said in the whole of 2021, I want there to be a daily podcast going out to help you, the hosts, get the tools, the tactics, the training and the confidence to get more buckets. Now I'm gonna slightly flip it kinda because I was interviewed on a podcast recently by the Amazing Lenka. Now what I wanted to do was just to put that podcast on the Boosted podcast in its entirety, but it was over an hour long and I do like to keep these episodes kind of short. So what we're gonna do is I've got a little segment of that podcast to show with you. Lenka asked some amazing questions. I sort of documented the whole of Boostly. So if you've ever been interested who I am, the how I got started, why I do this, and most importantly the tools that I use to run Boostly and recommend to others, then this will be a good one to check out. So without further ado, let me flip my camera. You're going to be listening or watching to the Amazing Lenka and we are delving into all about Boostly and who and how I got here. As always, thanks to the sponsors I'll be back hopefully in a few days time from the UK we will be able to pick this up as per usual. But for now thanks for watching, thanks for listening and here is the Amazing Lenka.
And now one thing I always ask people, two things. One thing. One of the one things I always ask people is to recommendation for a book. So you've mentioned a few books as well during the, during this episode. But what will be your like the book or you can to free, whatever something for others to recon to read or listen to.
So tools of titans 100% it's a big book but what I love about it is that you can just go into a chapter, go into a section, read it and just get what you need from it. The Tools of Titan by Tim Ferriss. It's a highlight of his first 200 podcasts and he's interviewed the likes of Tony Robbins, Seth Godin, Noah Kagan. So many amazing, amazing humans. Wim Hof is in there as well. So yeah, definitely go and check that out.
Fantastic. Sounds really good. Yeah, you've mentioned it before. I had it. I already written down somewhere else. But I'm just doubly, doubly raining again. Definitely. Is that on audible as well?
No, because of the style of book. It might be actually. I think he resisted for so many years. But it's because of the style of the book. It's very hard to do an audible version of it. But I just get the hard. I've got so many versions of. I've got like a soft cover, a hardcover. I've got a soft cover of. I leave in the car. Cause I never take my phone with me. One of my key things is that I always leave this at home, especially if I'm with Laura. Because if anybody really wants to get me, I have a call. Me or Laura as in like family, et cetera. So I always leave my phone at home. And if for whatever reason I'm sat in the car, if Laura's like running to the shop or whatever, I can just grab, reach up and grab the book and just read a chapter or whatever. I'll do, I'll do a crossword. I love doing a. I love doing a crossword. I've got a little mini crossword.
I like that as well. Cool. And when it comes to books as well. So you've mentioned that you going to be publishing your first book as well. When is that happening?
Just going to take a very quick break from today's episode to talk about digital guidebooks. Now I've always said that if you have a good digital guidebook, there will never need to be a question from your guest again before they check in. Now one of the market leaders in digital guidebooks is Hostfully and right now you can go to hostly.com and get one free digital guidebook. So it's the permission perfect way to get stuck into this new technology that is impacting and influencing thousands of hosts all over the world. So all you need to do to get that is go to hostfully.com they are the main sponsors, the exclusive sponsors of the Boosted podcast. And I want everybody to go and say hi. Make sure you tell them that Boostly sent you. Thank you to Hostly for being an amazing sponsor. And let's get back on with today's show.
So it's going to be coming out in November. The editing is being done now. But if anybody wants to join the pre release squad. So basically it's 99p and you get a discount when the book goes live. And we're going to do you get. You can basically read the first draft now. And I'm going to do some real cool competitions as the book is coming up. So you can go to Boostly B O O s t l y.co.uk book just 99p. You join the Trello board, you can read the first draft and the closer it gets to launch time I'm going to do a special zoom video to go for all the tips and I'm. I'm going to share some cool little competitions that we'll do as well. So yeah, that'll be cool. It's going to call the book Direct Playbook.
Fantastic. When, when it's coming out let me know and I'll try. I will help you to promote it as well. So everybody.
I've got, I want to, I want to. I've got a certain amount of number in mind. I want to sell and I want to really get that little screen grab of best selling offer on the day.
Exactly. You deserve it and if I can help in any way I would love to help you. So yeah, let me know as soon have any link or anything send it to me.
Don't worry everybody, everybody will be getting a link in some way, shape or form.
Fantastic.
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