Episode · The Rich Roll Podcast · 2021-10-28
Books mentioned on Julie Piatt: Wealth Is The Community You Keep
It’s time to once again transcend the mortal coil to reconnect with matters ethereal and divine, truths both big and small. Our prophetess for this spiritual trip is healer, mother, and creator Julie Piatt.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Book of Hope
The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times by Jane Goodall and Douglas Abrams is an intimate exploration of hope, climate anxiety, and resilience through the lens of the renowned naturalist's life and philosophy.
Recommended“The first of which being "The Book of Hope", which was written by my friend Douglas Abrams, who was a classmate of mine at Stanford. And he wrote it in partnership with Jane Goodall. It's an unbelievable read and the second in this global icon series that he's doing, where he shares space with amazing people and engages them in”
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The Book of Joy
Discussed“The first of which being "The Book of Joy", which was the result of conversations that he had with Bishop Desmond Tutu and the Dalai Lama, and that became this massive bestseller, and he's made this documentary about it that's hopefully coming out soon.”
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Forward
Forward by Andrew Yang is part memoir and part campaign trail exposé that examines the state of modern American politics and media dysfunction.
Recommended“The third one is "Forward" by Andrew Yang. Andrew being of course the guy who ran for president in the 2020 election and more recently had a mayoral bid in New York City. He came on the podcast last week and I think that episode's going up in two or three weeks or something like that.”
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The Glass Castle
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls is a powerful memoir detailing the author's unconventional, nomadic upbringing by eccentric, deeply flawed parents who struggled with poverty and instability.
Discussed“And we, like I said, we had a long time together and when she was describing the book to me it reminded me of the memoir "Glass Castles". And I love that memoir. And I think I mentioned it before because like Rich and I were kind of similar to the characters like if it had just been dial clicked”
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Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“So one of the lines in finding Ultra is that when your heart is true, the universe will conspire to support you. And I believe that, and I've seen that play out in so many people's lives. And I felt like when I put finding ultra out that my heart was true and the universe would conspire to somehow figure”
“In the how to like sort of self-help category like behind "Atomic Habits" and then some book about dogs that was number one. I don't get that, but I guess people love dogs.”