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Jay Shetty's book recommendations
Jay Shetty is a podcast host and author who uses his platform, On Purpose with Jay Shetty, to explore wellness, mindfulness, personal growth, and human behavior. Through conversations with experts and public figures, Shetty frequently highlights literature that aligns with his core themes of mental well-being, habit formation, and emotional healing. Among his recommendations is Andrew Huberman's Protocols, which Shetty describes as a practical, science-backed operating manual designed to improve daily health, energy, focus, and performance. He has also recommended Jessie Inchauspé's Glucose Revolution, praising its simple and accessible daily habits for managing health without requiring costly adjustments, and Humble the Poet's Unanxious, which he encouraged listeners to purchase. Additionally, Shetty has connected books to his guests' lived experiences, such as referencing Laura Lynne Jackson's Signs during a poignant discussion about noticing signs from a loved one after their passing. To illustrate concepts of human focus and skill mastery, Shetty brought up Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's classic work Flow to discuss how optimal states are achieved when personal challenges meet ability. Beyond contemporary self-help and psychology texts, Shetty incorporates classical philosophical wisdom into his discussions. He has cited verses from The Bhagavad Gita, as translated by Jack Hawley, to reflect on the impermanence of life, encouraging listeners to gracefully navigate the natural cycles of happiness and distress without becoming emotionally disturbed.
Books Jay Shetty recommends
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Protocols
Protocols by Andrew Huberman serves as a comprehensive operating manual for the human body, detailing actionable strategies to optimize sleep, nutrition, mood, energy, and physical performance.
Recommended“Andrew's new book Protocols, an operating manual for the human body, is a practical guide to improving your health, energy, focus and performance using science-backed tools for everyday life.”
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Flow
Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi is a seminal psychology book that investigates the state of optimal experience, characterized by complete absorption, engagement, and enjoyment in an activity.
Recommended“you've reminded me of this great book that I read a long time ago called Flow State it's all about flow and it talks about this idea that comedians speakers musicians athletes experience Flow State”
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Glucose Revolution
Glucose Revolution by Jessie Inchauspé is a practical guide explaining the biological impact of blood sugar spikes and offering actionable hacks for metabolic health.
Recommended“My next guest is one of my favorites of all time. Jesse Inapprop, also known as the glucose goddess, gives the most practical, simple daily habit changes. You don't need to buy anything. You don't need to learn a new skill. You can start applying these insights right now and it will change your life.”
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Signs
Recommended“I had the pleasure of interviewing Laura Lynn Jackson who wrote the book Signs.”
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Unanxious
Recommended“And grab a copy of the book Unxious. It's available right now. Make sure you follow Humble across social media if you don't already.”
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The Bhagavad Gita
Discussed“The Bhagat Gita has a beautiful verse 2.14 that says the non-permanent appearance of happiness and distress and their disappearance in due course are like the appearance and disappearance of the winter and summer seasons.”
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“Like you've been watching too much American Pie. Like that's like the feeling we'd get.”
“The amount of publishers that told me not to call my book Think Like a Monk. That was my first book and they were like, "Don't call it that. No one wants to think like a monk."”
“Homo the poet. The book is called Unanxious: 50 Simple Truths to help overthinkers feel less stress and more calm. As always, I love your books, Humble, because the way you divide up these 50 lessons are so beautiful and it's so easy to digest, easy to understand.”
“I'm reading from the front cover of digital dharma for those who are listening. That's Dvak Chopra's book. AI has the potential to help us create a more peaceful, just, sustainable, healthy, and joyful world.”
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