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Rick Rubin Recommended Books
Rick Rubin has recommended 3 books. Browse the complete reading list with quotes and sources below.
Rick Rubin is an American record producer and former co-president of Columbia Records.
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Tao Te Ching
by Lao Tzu
"Always what you need to read at that particular period of time. It’s a magic book, in that way, in that it always fits." - Rick Rubin (Source)
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Naval Ravikant recommended this bookNaval Ravikant
Naval Ravikant tweeted about this book.
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Michael Gervais recommended this bookMichael Gervais
"[The author's] depth of teachings are complicated to decode and provide foundations for wisdom." - Michael Gervais
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Josh Waitzkin recommended this bookJosh Waitzkin
"Inspired my study of softness and receptivity as a counterpoint to my mad passions." - Josh Waitzkin
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Brian MacKenzie recommended this bookBrian MacKenzie
"Once you get to a certain level, it’s like, wow." - Brian MacKenzie
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Stewart Brand recommended this bookStewart Brand
Stewart Brand recommended this book on his "Selected Books for the Manual for Civilization" blog post.
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Jason Nemer recommended this bookJason Nemer
"Oftentimes before meditation, I’ll just open [this book] randomly to a page and read about something and then just have that be what I steep in as I sit." - Jason Nemer
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- Soman Chainani
"I remember reading it and being like okay, this makes no sense. But you just keep reading it again and again and slowly, I started to get the point of it." - Soman Chainani
- Jack Dorsey
One of Jack Dorsey's answers to "what are the books that had a major influence on you?"
- Jack Ma
Jack Ma always carries a copy of this book.
- Soman Chainani
Wherever You Go, There You Are
Mindfulness Meditation In Everyday Life
by Jon Kabat-Zinn
"It’s a great book if you’ve never meditated, and if you’ve been meditating for 50 years." - Rick Rubin (Source)
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Tristan Harris recommended this bookTristan Harris
"The point is that you will repeat our same mental habits everywhere we go." - Tristan Harris
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The Paleo Solution
The Original Human Diet
by Robb Wolf
"I continue to give it to friends because it really helped me know what was healthy to eat and how our bodies process different foods." - Rick Rubin (Source)
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Jack Dorsey recommended this bookJack Dorsey
"I recommend [this book] to start a paleo diet. Answers the why, and is a fun read too." - Jack Dorsey
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