Books Mentioned in This Episode

Podcast: On Purpose with Jay Shetty

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Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode, complete with an Amazon buy link and quotes from the episode.

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The Alchemist

by Paulo Coelho

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"There are parallels within The Alchemist and my actual story, but it's not a complete side-by-side thing. It's just, it was a lighthouse for me, you know?"
The Alchemist Cover

The Alchemist

by Paulo Coelho

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"But you know if you read The Alchemist about the signs and all these things? I'm like, all right, clearly I'm supposed to be reading this, or unless he's got the room bugged, I don't know what's going on."
The Alchemist Cover

The Alchemist

by Paulo Coelho

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"I said, 'Yo, I'm actually making an album loosely inspired by The Alchemist,' and he was like, 'That's so great, keep me posted.' He would check in periodically, like, 'Yo, how's it going?'"