Andrew Weil

Physician; founder of the Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona

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Yes. One is a translation of Lao Tzu by a man named Witter Bynner. It’s called The Way of Life According to Lao Tzu . It’s beautiful translations. And I find those verses which were the sole output of this philosopher to be remarkably right on. Another book that I’ve given out a lot recently is We by Robert Johnson, a Jungian psychoanalyst that’s subtitled The Psychology of Romantic Love . A very short, easily read book about the traps that people get themselves into in romantic relationships. That’s one that I like very much. Jeez, I have a whole bunch out there.

Tim Ferriss, The Tim Ferriss Show podcast, 10 December 2018 source ↗

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The people I most often give books to are children, and the book I love giving is Rivka Galchen’s Rat Rule 79. Technically a book written for children, but a book that will delight readers of all ages.
Recorded Lit Hub Questionnaire, Literary Hub, 27 March 2025 source ↗
David Baszucki American entrepreneur
One of our board members gave me this book called The Infinite Game , and it’s the original infinite game book. There’s some follow ons from it about how to implement the infinite game, so I forget the original author.
Recorded Tim Ferriss, The Tim Ferriss Show podcast, 5 November 2025 source ↗
Reid Hoffman Co-founder of LinkedIn; partner at Greylock Partners
Obvious I give out my own books fairly often: The Startup View , The Alliance . Recently I’ve been giving out another book of friend of mine, Joshua Cooper Ramos, The Seventh Sense .
Recorded Tim Ferriss, The Tim Ferriss Show podcast, 1 June 2018 source ↗
Lisa Ling American journalist
The book that I have gifted the most often, you would not expect this of me, but it’s called Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World .
Recorded Tim Ferriss, The Tim Ferriss Show podcast, 6 October 2019 source ↗

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Question What purchase of $100 or less has most improved your life in the last six months? Money & investment
Yes. Well, one of them I’m holding in my hand right now. And my daughter turned me onto these. She’s now 28. Computer glasses, which I got on Amazon. I don’t know. They were less than $20. But these are yellow-tinted glasses that enlarge things slightly. That has totally changed my comfort in sitting in front of a screen.
Recorded Tim Ferriss, The Tim Ferriss Show podcast, 10 December 2018 source ↗

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