Master of the Senate (The Years of Lyndon Johnson)

This book by Robert Caro was genuinely recommended once in the episodes we index, on Tim Ferriss. The people who vouched for it on air: Jim Collins. It comes up in conversations about motivation & discipline, productivity & performance. Every quote below is verbatim, attributed, and linked to the exact second it was said. Sourced expert opinion, not medical advice.

• “his biography is lyndon johnson extraordinary the one that just still stuns me to this day and actually a great takeaway from it is master of the senate”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “extraordinary the one that just still stuns me to this day”
  Jim Collins · The Tim Ferriss Show · Dec 202000:44:14

  Said during "Jim Collins on The Value of Small Gestures, Unseen Sources of Power, and More | The Tim Ferriss Show". The episode features Jim Collins: Researcher and teacher of what makes great companies endure, and a Socratic advisor to leaders. Author or co-author of six books (including Good to Great and Built to Last) that have sold more than 10 million copies. Jim Collins returns to discuss mentors, the power of small gestures, light vs. dark motivation, the Stockdale Paradox, and renewing over a lifetime.