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by Richard P. Feynman
“A must read.”
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Physician and Author of Outlive
by Richard P. Feynman
“A must read.”
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by Terrence Real
“On this sad day—again—I’m moved to share one of the most important books I’ve read, reread, and gifted to many friends. No one book can capture all of the pain and suffering out there, but this book, recommended to me by the brilliant @estherperelofficial, has begun the slow and painful process of getting better. Thank you Esther, and thank you Terry. I hope everyone reads this.”
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“He *never* gets tired of his sleep book, which is a whole lot cooler after Matt Walker (sleepdiplomat) drew an extra moon inside!”
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“Just wrapped an epic and DEEP discussion with Katherine Eban (Twitter: katherineeban) on her new book “Bottle of Lies,” which exposes the abject fraud that runs rampant in the generic drug industry. Simply put, this…”
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by Caroll Tavris
“[For people on my career path, I'd recommend] biographies of people who have ‘built skyscrapers’ (my term); for example: [...]”
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by Steven A. Rosenberg
“A must read if you love science (and Sapiens in in my top 10 of the past year, also!).”
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“Beautiful gift from my friend @kyle_tman ... I’ve listened more than 100 times to the audio (easy to find: google “DFW this is water”) each time learning something, even incrementally, new and now I’ll add this method of consumption to one of the most important speeches ever given (or at least ever heard by me...). Thank you, Kyle.”
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by Daniel Goleman
“There’s a great book out there called Altered [Traits], which I read this year, that I think does a great job of parsing that concept out. Which is [...] we don’t meditate for the state. The state can be pleasurable. To be honest, I don’t find it that pleasurable. I don’t actually enjoy meditating that much. Sometimes I do, but as many times as I do, it’s difficult for me, it’s work.”
— Tim Ferriss Podcast
“Reading and enjoying the new book by @arthurbrooks, From Strength to Strength, and love the quote, "Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad." (I believe attributed to Brian O'Driscoll)”
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“Can't put this book down!!! Am I alone? pic.twitter.com/GIfgvHP6QN”
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by Dan Harris
“So as a guy who’s thinking about this, I became really interested after actually reading Dan Harris’s book, which the title is blanking on me, but it’s “Ten Percent Happier” actually is the title of the book. And I loved the book, and I read it. And I’ve read a lot about mediation, but it was the first book I read where I thought, like, “I can relate to this guy.” You know?”
— Tim Ferriss Podcast
“Here it is... the pathology atlas I referenced in Ep# 03 with Ron Krauss. You don’t understand atherosclerosis until you’ve studied this book.”
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“In case you missed this week's podcast episode, @jamesclear and I talk about his book, Atomic Habits, and go deep into the process of habit formation. Watch/listen to the full interview here: pic.twitter.com/PzTYQT5LMJ”
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by Brent Schlender
“[For people on my career path, I'd recommend] biographies of people who have ‘built skyscrapers’ (my term); for example: [...]”
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“[For people on my career path, I'd recommend] biographies of people who have ‘built skyscrapers’ (my term); for example: [...]”
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“[My earliest memory of reading is] sitting in the back of the beat up old station wagon reading a paperback of Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White while my mom was driving us to the mall.”
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by Kary Mullis
“[For people on my career path, I'd recommend] biographies of people who have ‘built skyscrapers’ (my term); for example: [...]”
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“One of patients, also a huge racing fan, gave me this absolutely wonderful book. Pure gold.”
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by Michael Pollan
“I believe it was Michael Pollan in his book, How To Change Your Mind about, you take somebody from a thousand years ago, put them in a time machine, bring them to Times Square, let them hang out for five hours, shoot them back. Can they describe what they saw? Not really. They could say that it was big, loud and bright, but other than that they couldn’t explain what a car is, they couldn’t explain what a building is, or a skyscraper, because the vocabulary hadn’t even been developed. That, to me, is the greatest example, albeit somewhat glib, of this idea of being ineffable. Which is, you and I can sit here and talk about it in shorthand, but it’s very difficult to explain to one of our friends who hasn’t experienced this.”
— Tim Ferriss Podcast
“I have always wanted to read Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace… maybe this is the year.”
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“[If I could encourage young people to read one book] I’d encourage them to read Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach.”
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“Just wrapped an in depth podcast with @davidasinclair as a follow up to our discussion last year. This one will go up on September 9, the day before his book “Lifespan” hits the stands. We talked in depth about…”
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“Sure. Check out book by Nav Chandel ("Navigating Metabolism")”
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“I wonder if any other parents have found this book helpful for kids? I came across the book recently and was impressed. I decided, though it was probably not written for 10/11-year-olds, it would be a good book for my daughter. So far, she likes it. I suspect it will resonate more with her over time. At her age, “imposter syndrome” would have meant nothing to me, though today it’s viscerally palpable—just to share one example.”
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“Awesome discussion with David Epstein (TW: davidepstein) today discussing his two very cool books: Range and The Sports Gene. In case you’re wondering… Topo Chico was consumed (just not captured in picture!)”
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by Bill Browder
“The current book I’m reading is Red Notice by Bill Browder.”
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by Yuval Noah Harari
“A must read if you love science (and Sapiens in in my top 10 of the past year, also!).”
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by Mo Gawdat
“Rick Gerson, who is a mutual friend and you actually introduced me to Rick probably about five years ago, he gave me a copy of this book and it was one of those things that just sort of sat there for, I don’t know, six months and it was just in the queue but I didn’t really appreciate why I ought to read it as soon as it was given to me. Something in the midst of a crisis sort of brought it to my attention a little more quickly and I just devoured it and so if the Terrence Real book, I Don’t Want to Talk About It, he’s now jumped into the number one spot of books I’ve gifted most, Solve for Happy is probably in the number two spot.”
— Tim Ferriss Podcast
“David Lynch Foundation and books by Bob Roth and Norm Rosenthal are good places to start if you are looking for TM know how.”
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“Current reading list. I don’t think I could keep up if not for audible + Zone 2 stationary trainer. pic.twitter.com/dGlDKTg2R0”
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by James D. Watson
“[For people on my career path, I'd recommend] biographies of people who have ‘built skyscrapers’ (my term); for example: [...]”
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by Don Miguel Ruiz
“I’m usually reading something to make me better. The current book is The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz. I’m wired in such a way that I can’t help but try to know more each day. I’m always working on how to efficiently and effectively share knowledge and its limitations, and the books in this category help sharpen the saw.”
— Outsideonline.com
“Your next read--"The Gene" by Sid Mukherjee. Another masterpiece along the lines of "Emperor of all Maladies" Great nuance and history.”
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“Just about to finish this book for the second time. Damn, I can’t say enough about it. If you have even a modicum of interest in US history post WWI, this is beyond required.”
— Instagram.com
“[For people on my career path, I'd recommend] biographies of people who have ‘built skyscrapers’ (my term); for example: [...]”
— Thereadinglists.com
“Awesome discussion with David Epstein (TW: davidepstein) today discussing his two very cool books: Range and The Sports Gene. In case you’re wondering… Topo Chico was consumed (just not captured in picture!)”
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“Current reading list. I don’t think I could keep up if not for audible + Zone 2 stationary trainer. pic.twitter.com/dGlDKTg2R0”
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“Excited to share that Terry Real's new book “Us” comes out this week. Order 👉 Stay tuned for a 2nd podcast with him soon. Check out my podcast with Terry from 2020 where we discuss “I Don’t Want to Talk About It”: pic.twitter.com/XiAa45zVPp”
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“Recorded a very intense podcast with former Formula 1 world champion, Damon Hill, into the late hours last night. His autobiography, Watching the Wheels, is a must-read for even a casual fan of racing, but also as a…”
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“Current reading list. I don’t think I could keep up if not for audible + Zone 2 stationary trainer. pic.twitter.com/dGlDKTg2R0”
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