FoundersJanuary 8, 2026

#409 The Creative Genius of Rick Rubin

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About This Episode

"I set out to write a book about what to do to make a great work of art. Instead, it revealed itself to be a book on how to be.” —Rick Rubin. This episode is what I learned from reading The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin. Episode

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The Creative Act, A Way of Being

Rick Rubin

“This is what Rick Rubin said about the creation of this book. He said, I set out to write a book about what to do to make a great work of art. Instead, it revealed itself to be a book on how to be.”

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A Man Who Solved the Market

“The very first time I heard about that, I read it in this book called A Man Who Solved the Market, which was a biography of Jim Simons.”

ASIN: 9124283630

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Rick Rubin

“Rick Rubin makes a great point that everything we're doing today is a act of collaboration with the things that came before us.”

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