Rick Rubin's Advice on Writing a Book
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Andrew Huberman shares how music producer Rick Rubin challenged him to scrap years of work and rewrite his book until he truly loved it.
- 1. Andrew Huberman recounts Rick Rubin's candid feedback telling him to scrap drafts until he produced something he was genuinely proud of.
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I was like do you like it I was like ah And he goes scrape it I'm like what And then he said I'm going to get myself in trouble He took us scrape it man Like what are you doing And I said I don't know He's like you have to love it And then he said they're going to push you to release this thing I said I already said I was going to release it I did I did again And then I did that again And I was going to visit him in Europe each summer and we'd sit together and he goes let's read some stuff together But with Rick what that means is you sit there and he reads you and how you're reacting to the material
I was like do you like it I was like ah And he goes scrape it I'm like what And then he said I'm going to get myself in trouble He took us scrape it man Like what are you doing And I said I don't know He's like you have to love it And then he said they're going to push you to release this thing I said I already said I was going to release it I did I did again And then I did that again And I was going to visit him in Europe each summer and we'd sit together and he goes let's read some stuff together But with Rick what that means is you sit there and he reads you and how you're reacting to the material
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