Episode · The Tim Ferriss Show · 2020-06-30
Books mentioned on #444: Hugh Jackman on Best Decisions, Daily Routines, The 85% Rule, Favorite Exercises, Mind Training, and Much More
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Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Second Mountain
The Second Mountain by David Brooks is a cultural and personal development book that explores life stages, moral responsibilities, and the shift from individual ambition to a life of community and commitment.
Discussed“so for Christmas this year I gave them a couple of books which I got off your podcast from your from Seth Cody Esther Perel Seth Godin one about their five books in Berea which absolutely yeah we never resolved that”
Where to get it
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This Is Water
This Is Water by David Foster Wallace is a famous commencement speech delivered at Kenyon College in 2005 that was later published as a short book, offering philosophical reflections on awareness, empathy, and the meaning of daily life.
Recommended“and the other one is David Foster Wallace's speech this is water his commencement speech I've heard you talk about the David Foster Wallace once I know you know that”
Where to get it
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The Overstory
The Overstory by Richard Powers is a sweeping, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that intertwines the lives of several Americans whose fates are connected to trees and environmental activism.
Recommended“in terms of fiction and this completely breaks a rule to him because this is a long book but I was gifted actually by Gary Hart senator Gary ha do I collide in a movie the overstory by Richard powers”
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