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Tim Ferriss · 2020-11-20

Dan Harris on Becoming 10% Happier, Training the Mind, and More

Dan Harris on Becoming 10% Happier, Training the Mind, and More

Recommended on this episode

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Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart

Mark Epstein

“it's a great book i highly recommend it”
“the book i started reading was going to pieces without falling apart and it's a great title and it's a great book i highly recommend it”— Dan Harris
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Buddhism Without Beliefs

Stephen Batchelor

“the books that i most recommend ... buddhism without beliefs by stephen batchelor”
“there's a great author named steven batchelor who wrote a book called buddhism without beliefs and he describes buddhism not as something to believe in but as something to do”— Dan Harris
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Why Buddhism Is True

Robert Wright

“the books that i most recommend ... i recommend why buddhism is true by robert wright”
“the books that i most recommend ... i recommend why buddhism is true by robert wright”— Dan Harris
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Waking Up

Sam Harris

“the books that i most recommend ... waking up by sam harris”
“the books that i most recommend ... why buddhism is true by robert wright waking up by sam harris”— Dan Harris
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Real Happiness

Sharon Salzberg

“the books that i most recommend ... real happiness by sharon salzberg”
“buddhism without beliefs by stephen batchelor real happiness by sharon salzberg”— Dan Harris
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You Belong

Sebene Selassie

“the books that i most recommend ... a new entrant which would be you belong by sebene selassie”
“now there's a new entrant which would be you belong by 7a selassie the the non-meditative book i would recommend”— Dan Harris
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The Overstory

Richard Powers (inferred)

“perhaps the best novel i have ever read ... i loved the book”
“perhaps the best novel i have ever read and it was sent to me by seveneyes alaska ... it was called the overstory”— Dan Harris
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The Last Waltz

Martin Scorsese (inferred)

“the king of of them is the last waltz”
“the king of of them is the last waltz which is a martin scorsese movie about the final concert put on by the band”— Dan Harris
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Once We Were Brothers

“it's on hulu right now and i loved that”
“there actually is a new documentary called once we were brothers and it's also about the band robbie robertson it's on hulu right now and i loved that”— Dan Harris

The guest's own work

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10% Happier

Dan Harris

“in 2014 dan published the book 10 happier which takes readers on a ride from the outer reaches of neuroscience to the inner sanctum of network news”— Tim Ferriss
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Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics

Dan Harris

“in 2017 dan followed up with meditation for fidgety skeptics subtitle a ten percent happier how-to book”— Tim Ferriss
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Ten Percent Happier (app)

Ten Percent Happier

“the kind of meditation that i generally talk about publicly and that you know we teach on my app and everything is called mindfulness meditation”— Dan Harris
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Ten Percent Happier (podcast)

Dan Harris

“what is the name of your podcast also called 10 happier easy to remember brand continuity”— Dan Harris
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Tools of Titans

Tim Ferriss

“you have tools of titans which did have quite a bit of original writing i mean probably 150 pages original writing”— Tim Ferriss
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Tribe of Mentors

Tim Ferriss

“tribe of mentors which was like one of the incredible demonstration of efficiency and having other people write a book for you which i can't recommend highly enough”— Tim Ferriss
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The 4-Hour Body

Tim Ferriss

“i recommended it in fact in the four hour body this is more than ten years ago and i did not get paid to do so”— Tim Ferriss
MediaBy the guest

Guardians of the Amazon

Dan Harris (inferred)

“i did a documentary like an hour-long documentary about this amazonian indigenous tribe we finished it and posted it in february it's on youtube”— Dan Harris

Also referenced (named, not recommended)

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A New Earth

Eckhart Tolle

“she started talking about a book a self-help book she was reading by a guy named eckhart tolle who i had never heard of”— Dan Harris
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Emotional Intelligence

Daniel Goleman

“daniel goleman who was a harvard phd then went on to write become a science journalist for the new york times and then wrote a book called emotional intelligence”— Dan Harris
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Island

Aldous Huxley

“there's a book called the island written by aldous huxley ... huxley considered the island his most important work it was a novel about this utopian island”— Tim Ferriss
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The Doors of Perception

Aldous Huxley

“aldous huxley also a doors of perception considered the island his most important work”— Tim Ferriss
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Awareness

Anthony de Mello

“it made me think of a parable in a book called awareness by anthony demello who is a jesuit priest”— Tim Ferriss
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Conscious

Annika Harris

“his wife is an extraordinary person annika harris who's written a great book about consciousness”— Dan Harris
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Song Exploder

“song exploder which is the new netflix show where they do a half hour on like a song i watched one last night”— Dan Harris
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No Direction Home

Martin Scorsese (inferred)

“no direction home about bob dylan”— Dan Harris