Episode · The Tim Ferriss Show · 2024-06-11
Books mentioned on #745: Rick Rubin and Mary Karr
This episode is a two-for-one, and that’s because the podcast recently hit its 10-year anniversary and passed one billion downloads. To celebrate, I’ve curated some of the best of the best—some of my favorites—from more than 700 episodes over the last decade.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Tao te Ching
Tao te Ching by 老子 is a foundational Taoist philosophical text consisting of short, poetic passages on nature, balance, and effortless action.
Recommended“the first one that comes to mind is the dowy Jane it's the step Mitchell translation of The Da Jing what's great about it is it's 81 short piece that could be could look at them as poems”
Where to get it
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Wherever You Go, There You Are
Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life by Jon Kabat-Zinn serves as an accessible guide to integrating mindfulness practices into daily routines without requiring formal meditation expertise.
Recommended“another one that's really nice is book about meditation called wherever you go there you are which is by John kabit sin it's a great book if you've never meditated”
Where to get it
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Charlotte's Web
Charlotte's Web by E.B.
Discussed“you can disappear down a valley of Winnie the Pooh or Charlotte's Web or and in some ways The Poets”
Where to get it
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The Riverside Shakespeare
Discussed“I mean it's not a joke that I use the Riverside Shakespeare as a booster seat that's literally what happened I sat when I had to reach the table I sat on this giant addition of Shakespeare”
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One Hundred Years of Solitude
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez is a landmark multi-generational chronicle of the Buendía family in the fictional town of Macondo.
Discussed“and suddenly I remembered that I had a copy of a Hundred Years of Solitude that was her book but I had started reading and she said read it aloud to me”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (8) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“I actually recommended ag1 in my 2010 best seller more than a decade ago the 4-Hour Body and I did not get paid to do so”
“first up Rick Ruben nine-time grammy-winning producer one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world number one New York Times bestselling author of the creative act a way of being and host of the tetr griton podcast”
“Mary Carr author of three award-winning best-selling Memoirs the Liars Club cherry and lit and author of The art of memoir which breaks down her process”
“Mary Carr author of three award-winning best-selling Memoirs the Liars Club cherry and lit and author of The art of memoir which breaks down her process”
“Mary Carr author of three award-winning best-selling Memoirs the Liars Club cherry and lit and author of The art of memoir which breaks down her process”
“Mary Carr author of three award-winning best-selling Memoirs the Liars Club cherry and lit and author of The art of memoir which breaks down her process”
“I think one example I give in the art of memoir is that when I'm my mother is driving me to college”
“I mean when I by the time I started writing Liars Club how old was I I don't know 35”