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The Last Lecture

Randy Pausch

“one of my favorite books”
“In fact, in one of my favorite books, The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch, he talks about um he was a computer scientist at Carnegie Mellon”— Andrew Huberman
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Nonviolent Communication

Marshall Rosenberg

“read nonviolent communication”
“if I had to just pull a rabbit out of a hat right now to pick a few, I'd be like, read nonviolent communication”— Tim Ferriss
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Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

David Epstein

“one of my favorite books is Range”
“one of my favorite books is Range by David Epstein, which which talks about the broad range of skills that people who then really success”— Tommy Wood
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The Coddling of the American Mind

Jonathan Haidt

“wrote a great book”
“Jonathan Haidt wrote a great book about it called The Coddling of the American Mind about the impact of social media and particularly on young girls.”— Joe Rogan
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Iron John: A Book About Men

Robert Bly

“great book... And amazing book”
“there was a great guy, Robert Bly. He wrote Iron John... great book. Yeah. And amazing book.”— Andrew Huberman
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Atomic Habits

James Clear

“best habit book of all time”
“James Cle has been on my show. I think he's been on your show too. Uh best habit book of all time, Atomic Habits.”— Chris Williamson
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Getting Things Done

David Allen

“really really great productivity strategy ... about as good as you can get”
“People want a really really great productivity strategy. Getting things done by David Allen is is about as good as you can get.”— Chris Williamson
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Awe

Dacher Keltner

“It's a great book”
“he has a book called awe, A W E. It's a great book”— Arthur Brooks
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Flow

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

“the great book Flow”
“Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, who wrote the great book Flow”— Arthur Brooks
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Andy Goldsworthy: A Collaboration with Nature

Andy Goldsworthy

“Everybody should get this book”
“This is Andy Goldsworthy, a collaboration with nature. Everybody should get this book, but check out some of the images in there”— Tim Ferriss
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The Great Nerve

Kevin Tracey

“a very good introductory read”
“a guy named Dr. Brian Tracy... He wrote a book called The Great Nerve, which is a very good introductory read on all of this.”— Tim Ferriss
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Your Brain Is a Time Machine: The Neuroscience and Physics of Time

Dean Buonomano

“I'd like to point you to a really excellent book”
“I'd like to point you to a really excellent book called Your Brain is a Time Machine, the neuroscience and physics of time.”— Andrew Huberman
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Lone Survivor

Marcus Luttrell

“Amazing book, I should say. I really enjoyed the book”
“Lone Survivor. Amazing book, I should say. I really enjoyed the book. The movie does, I think, a pretty good job of extracting some of the key moments from the book”— Andrew Huberman
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The Doors of Perception

Aldous Huxley

“essential reading to anybody interested in consciousness”
“Aldus Huxley writes in the in the doors of perception essential reading to anybody interested in consciousness by the way”— Alex O'Connor
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The Creative Habit

Twyla Tharp

“I love her. She has a wonderful book”
“I love her. She has a wonderful book called "The Creative Habit," and she claims that as people get older, one of the reasons that they slow down so much”— Andrew Huberman
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Wherever You Go, There You Are

Jon Kabat-Zinn

“It's a beautiful book”
“I read the book by Jon Kabat-Zinn, "Wherever You Go, There You Are." It's a beautiful book, both physically and in what's written there”— Andrew Huberman
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Meditations

Marcus Aurelius

“Really wonderful book that I've given to my kids, and I give them to friends”
“Marcus Aurelius's "Confessions." ... Really wonderful book that I've given to my kids, and I give them to friends and to other people.”— Christof Koch
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The Purple Gang: Organized Crime in Detroit

Paul R. Kavieff

“That's a great book”
“Like that book right there, the organized crime in Detroit. That's a great book and it's got a lot of fun photos.”— Dave Landau
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