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Tim Ferriss · 2021-01-04

Leo Babauta on Zen Habits, Antifragility, Contentment, and Unschooling | The Tim Ferriss Show

Leo Babauta on Zen Habits, Antifragility, Contentment, and Unschooling | The Tim Ferriss Show

Recommended on this episode

BookRecommendedISBN verified

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind

Shunryu Suzuki

“It is a great book. It's got so much wisdom in it”
“I actually don't recommend Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind as the first book. It is a great book. It's got so much wisdom in it.”— Leo Babauta
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What is Zen?: Plain Talk for a Beginner's Mind

Norman Fischer

“is a great intro”
“if you read one book to start with, that What is Zen by Norman Fischer is a great intro.”— Leo Babauta
BookRecommendedISBN verified

The Teenage Liberation Handbook

Grace Llewellyn (inferred)

“which I highly recommend”
“There's the one called Teenage Liberation Handbook, which I highly recommend.”— Leo Babauta
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Joy on Demand

Chade-Meng Tan

“The book contains some really fantastic descriptions and prescriptions for loving-kindness meditation”
“one book that gave a great description of this, there are many, but is Joy on Demand, written by Chade-Meng Tan.”— Tim Ferriss
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Radical Acceptance

Tara Brach

“She's awesome. Acceptance is a great book. it's also one of the key books in the quiver”
“Radical Acceptance, that's what it is. She's awesome. Acceptance is a great book. it's also one of the key books in the quiver.”— Tim Ferriss

The guest's own work

BookBy the guestISBN verified

The 4-Hour Body

Tim Ferriss

“I recommended it, in fact, in The 4-Hour Body. This is more than 10 years ago, and I did not get paid to do so.”— Tim Ferriss
BookBy the guestISBN verified

The 4-Hour Workweek

Tim Ferriss

“you had come out with 4-Hour Workweek, which was just this powerhouse of a book. And you were starting out with your blog as well.”— Leo Babauta
BookBy the guestISBN verified

Tribe of Mentors

Tim Ferriss

“And you have recommended in for instance in my last book Tribe of Mentors recommended a few books related to Zen Buddhism.”— Tim Ferriss
BookBy the guestISBN verified

Zen To Done

Leo Babauta

“Zen To Done comes to mind as one that I'm wondering if that kind of grabbed people in a way or if that type of writing grabbed people.”— Tim Ferriss