The Artist's Way

This book by Julia Cameron has been genuinely recommended 3 times across 2 different shows: Diary of a CEO, Tim Ferriss. The people who vouched for it on air: Elizabeth Gilbert, Fearne Cotton, Noah Kagan. It comes up in conversations about consciousness, depression & mood, meditation & mindfulness, productivity & performance, psychedelics. The earliest recommendation we indexed is from May 2020 and the most recent from Jan 2024. Every quote below is verbatim, attributed, and linked to the exact second it was said. Sourced expert opinion, not medical advice.

The Artist's Way is the seminal book on the subject of creativity. An international bestseller, millions of readers have found it to be an invaluable guide to living the artist's life. Still as vital today-or perhaps even more so-than it was when it was first published one decade ago, it is a powerfully provocative and inspiring work. In a new introduction to the book, Julia Cameron reflects upon the impact of The Artist's Way and describes the work she has done during the last decade and the new insights into the creative process that she has gained. Updated and expanded, this anniversary edition reframes The Artist's Way for a new century.

• “your Julia Cameron Artist's Way. That book is so funny. Yeah. It's a good one. It's a good one.”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “It's a good one. It's a good one.”
  Noah Kagan · The Tim Ferriss Show · Jan 202403:30:16

  Said during "How to Launch a Million-Dollar Business This Weekend, Noah Kagan (4K)". The episode features Noah Kagan: Founder/CEO of AppSumo (about $80M/year), former employee #30 at Facebook and #4 at Mint.com, YouTuber with a million subscribers, and author of Million Dollar Weekend. Noah Kagan and Tim Ferriss break down launching a million-dollar business in a weekend through asking, presales, and cheap validation.

• “i've just re-read the artist's way you do your pages every morning you just write what comes to mind you're getting to know yourself”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “i've just re-read the artist's way you do your pages every morning”
  Fearne Cotton · The Diary of a CEO · Jan 202201:01:11

  Said during "Fearne Cotton: THIS Is How To Build Confidence & Set Yourself Free | E116". The episode features Fearne Cotton: British TV and radio presenter who started on Disney/ITV at 15 and spent years at BBC Radio 1; now an author and founder of the Happy Place podcast, festival and publishing brand. Fearne Cotton on leaving mainstream TV and radio, healing from depression and panic attacks, and learning self-compassion.

• “I can't overstate what you can get out of doing the artists way... Eat Pray Love would not exist without the artists way”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “I can't overstate what you can get out of out of doing the artists way”
  Elizabeth Gilbert · The Tim Ferriss Show · May 202001:43:30

  Said during "Elizabeth Gilbert’s Creative Path, Saying No, Trusting Your Intuition, and More". The episode features Elizabeth Gilbert: Number one New York Times bestselling author of Eat Pray Love, Big Magic, and the novel City of Girls. A former award-winning magazine journalist whose career spans acclaimed fiction and nonfiction. Elizabeth Gilbert on grief, creativity as spiritual practice, trusting bodily intuition, and saying a clean, guilt-free no.