Bookshelf
I lost my puppy when I was 9. A couple of years later I learned he'd died of parvovirus — something entirely preventable. That was when I understood that knowledge is power, and that power comes with responsibility.
I've been hungry for knowledge ever since. Between 12 and 15, my rhythm was the same on repeat for over three years: school, sports, the library, and back again.
My actual Goodreads library — 155 read, 6 on the go right now. The ratings and notes are mine. I read a lot of biographies, business, and the occasional bit of Stoicism.
Books I love
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness
Eric Jorgenson
Mastery
Robert Greene
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
Robert M. Sapolsky
Outliers: The Story of Success
Malcolm Gladwell
Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon's Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart
James R. Doty
Psycho-Cybernetics: A New Way to Get More Living Out of Life
Maxwell Maltz
The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age
James Dale Davidson
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Skin in the Game: The Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Reading now
Fear: Understanding and Accepting the Insecurities of Life
Osho
Lateral Thinking
Edward de Bono
A Promised Land
Barack Obama
Tribe Of Mentors: Transformative Wisdom From Icons and Innovators to Help You Navigate Life's Challenges
Timothy Ferriss
Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese
The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
Ryan Holiday
Books I have thoughts on
- Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear
★★★★★
A must-read.
- Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
Hans Rosling
★★★★★
Must read
- Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson
★★★★
Too long
- Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
Robert M. Sapolsky
★★★★★
If you don't mind some biology, it's an amazing book.
- The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company
The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company
Robert Iger
★★★★★
Goosebumps, tears, loved it!
- Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
Ashlee Vance
★★★★★
Inspirational
- Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
Daron Acemoğlu
★★★★
A bit too lengthy, could have been more concise
- Principles: Life and Work
Principles: Life and Work
Ray Dalio
★★★★★
Absolutely amazing and practical book! Can highly recommend it.
The whole shelf
It's All About Change: The Greatest Challenge to Create a Golden Future for Humanity
Fall in Love with the Problem, Not the Solution
The Diary of a CEO: The 33 Laws of Business and Life
★★★★★
One Year on a Bike: From Amsterdam to Singapore
★★★★★
Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha
Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box
The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
When Breath Becomes Air
Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity
Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel
Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World
The Art of Learning: A Journey in the Pursuit of Excellence
Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity
★★★★★
The Third Door: The Wild Quest to Uncover How the World's Most Successful People Launched Their Careers
The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph
A Short History of Nearly Everything
The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves
What To Do When It's Your Turn (and it's always your turn)
The Body: A Guide for Occupants
Skin in the Game: The Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
★★★★★
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need
The Lean Startup
Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness
★★★★★
Business adventures
Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
★★★★★
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
★★★★★
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
★★★★★
The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1)
★★★★
Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life through the Power of Storytelling
Kochland: The Secret History of Koch Industries and Corporate Power in America
★★★★
When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management
The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution
No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
★★★★★
Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
Becoming Myself: A Psychiatrist's Memoir
★★★★★
Steve Jobs
★★★★
Rebel Ideas: The Power of Diverse Thinking
★★★★★
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
★★★★★
Good Economics for Hard Times: Better Answers to Our Biggest Problems
★★★★
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
Principles: Life and Work
★★★★★
The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance
★★★★
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
★★★★★
Chaos: Making a New Science
★★★★
Educated
★★★★
Perspective on McKinsey & Company, the World's Top Strategic Consulting Firm
★★★★
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
★★★★
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
★★★★
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
★★★★
The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life: Before 8AM
★★★★★
What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures
★★★★★
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
★★★★
The 5 Essential People Skills: How to Assert Yourself, Listen to Others, and Resolve Conflicts
★★★★
21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Ali: The Greatest - Muhammed Ali
Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
You're It! On Hiding, Seeking, and Being Found
Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making
Leonardo da Vinci
The Art of the Start 2.0: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything
Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail
Reality is Not What it Seems
★★★★★
The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers―Straight Talk on the Challenges of Entrepreneurship
All the Light We Cannot See
★★★★★
The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company
★★★★★
The Education of Millionaires: It's Not What You Think and It's Not Too Late
Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training
Nutrition and Physical Degeneration: A Comparison of Primitive and Modern Diets and Their Effects
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking
Tunnels (Tunnels, #1)
Nightshade (Alex Rider, #12)
Never Say Die (Alex Rider, #11)
Russian Roulette (Alex Rider, #10)
Scorpia Rising (Alex Rider, #9)
Crocodile Tears (Alex Rider, #8)
Ark Angel (Alex Rider #6)
Snakehead (Alex Rider #7)
Point Blank (Alex Rider #2)
Skeleton Key (Alex Rider #3)
Eagle Strike (Alex Rider, #4)
Scorpia (Alex Rider #5)
Stormbreaker (Alex Rider #1)
The Lake of Souls (Cirque du Freak, #10)
Sons of Destiny (Cirque du Freak, #12)
Killers of the Dawn (Cirque Du Freak, #9)
Allies of the Night (Cirque du Freak, #8)
Lord of the Shadows (Cirque Du Freak, #11)
Trials of Death (Cirque Du Freak, #5)
Hunters of the Dusk (Cirque Du Freak, #7)
The Vampire Prince (Cirque Du Freak, #6)
Vampire Mountain (Cirque Du Freak, #4)
Tunnels of Blood (Cirque du Freak, #3)
Cirque du Freak: A Living Nightmare (Cirque du Freak, #1)
The Vampire's Assistant (Cirque du Freak, #2)
Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Think and Grow Rich
The War of Art
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (Theodore Roosevelt, #1)
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
The Law of Success
The Intelligent Investor
The Hero with a Thousand Faces
The E-myth Revisited
The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick)
The Art of War
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
The 48 Laws of Power
Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
How to Win Friends & Influence People
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living: Time-Tested Methods for Conquering Worry
Brave New World
Awaken the Giant Within: How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical and Financial Destiny!
Animal Farm
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine ― A Classic Jungian Psychology Guide to Shadow Work
Outliers: The Story of Success
Mastery
The 80/20 Principle: The Secret to Achieving More with Less
The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy
The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results
The Alchemist
Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money—That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!
Rich Dad's Cashflow Quadrant: Rich Dad's Guide to Financial Freedom
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis (Civilizations Rise and Fall, #3)
Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story
The Virgin Way: Everything I Know About Leadership
The McKinsey Edge: Success Principles from the WorldΓÇÖs Most Powerful Consulting Firm
The Firm: The Story of McKinsey and Its Secret Influence on American Business
The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon
The 5 Choices: The Path to Extraordinary Productivity
The Four: The Hidden DNA of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google
The 4-Hour Workweek
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character
Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies
Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It
Losing My Virginity: How I've Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way
Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow
Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
Becoming
Army of None: Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War
A Brief History of Time
The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking
Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon's Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart
Psycho-Cybernetics: A New Way to Get More Living Out of Life
On the list
80 books I want to get to.
- A God in Ruins (Todd Family, #2) · Kate Atkinson
- A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life · Donald Miller
- A World Without Work: Technology, Automation, and How We Should Respond · Daniel Susskind
- Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China · Evan Osnos
- Anthropic Bias (Studies in Philosophy) · Nick Bostrom
- Around the World in 60 Seconds: The Nas Daily Journey―1,000 Days. 64 Countries. 1 Beautiful Planet. – A Viral Travelogue of Human Connection Through Life-Affirming Stories and Photographs · Nuseir Yassin
- Beating the Street · Peter Lynch
- Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential · Tiago Forte
- Chance Developments: Unexpected Love Stories · Alexander McCall Smith
- Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Customers · Geoffrey A. Moore
- Crushing It!: How Great Entrepreneurs Build Their Business and Influence and How You Can Too – A State-of-the-Art Guide to Personal Branding and Social Media · Gary Vaynerchuk
- Dancing in the Glory of Monsters: The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa · Jason K. Stearns
- Daniel on McKinsey · Ron Daniel
- Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism · Anne Case
- Die with Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life · Bill Perkins
- DREAM BIG: How the Brazilian Trio behind 3G Capital - Jorge Paulo Lemann, Marcel Telles and Beto Sicupira - acquired Anheuser-Busch, Burger King and Heinz · Cristiane Correa
- Eat That Frog! 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time · Brian Tracy
- Ego Is the Enemy · Ryan Holiday
- Elon Musk · Walter Isaacson
- Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress · Steven Pinker
- Existential Psychotherapy · Irvin D. Yalom
- Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win · Jocko Willink
- Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway · Susan Jeffers
- How Asia Works: Success and Failure in the World's Most Dynamic Region · Joe Studwell
- How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics · Michael Pollan
- If Then: How the Simulmatics Corporation Invented the Future · Jill Lepore
- Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time · Dava Sobel
- Love's Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy · Irvin D. Yalom
- Mandela's Way: Lessons on Life, Love, and Courage · Richard Stengel
- Meditations · Marcus Aurelius
- Moral Mazes: The World of Corporate Managers · Robert Jackall
- Nine Pints: A Journey Through the Money, Medicine, and Mysteries of Blood · Rose George
- No Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram · Sarah Frier
- On Intelligence · Jeff Hawkins
- Peter L. Bernstein Classics Collection: Capital Ideas, Against the Gods, The Power of Gold and Capital Ideas Evolving · Peter L. Bernstein
- Refuse to Choose!: Use All of Your Interests, Passions, and Hobbies to Create the Life and Career of Your Dreams · Barbara Sher
- Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire · Rebecca Henderson
- Scaling Up: How a Few Companies Make It...and Why the Rest Don't (Rockefeller Habits 2.0 Revised Edition) · Verne Harnish
- Seeking Wisdom: From Darwin To Munger · Peter Bevelin
- Set for Life: Dominate Life, Money, and the American Dream · Scott Trench
- Siddhartha · Hermann Hesse
- Simplicity · Edward de Bono
- Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher · Richard P. Feynman
- Something Incredibly Wonderful Happens: Frank Oppenheimer and the world he made up · K.C. Cole
- Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters: 10 Secrets Every Father Should Know · Meg Meeker
- The Airbnb Story: How Three Ordinary Guys Disrupted an Industry, Made Billions . . . and Created Plenty of Controversy · Leigh Gallagher
- The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn · Richard Hamming
- The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms · Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World · David Deutsch
- The Book of Life: Daily Meditations with Krishnamurti · J. Krishnamurti
- The Book of Secrets: 112 Meditations to Discover the Mystery Within · Osho
- The Book Thief · Markus Zusak
- The Compleat Strategyst: Being a Primer on the Theory of Games of Strategy (Dover Books on Mathematics) · J.D. Williams
- The Dream Machine: J.C.R. Licklider and the Revolution That Made Computing Personal · M. Mitchell Waldrop
- The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson · Ralph Waldo Emerson
- The Five Temptations of a CEO: A Leadership Fable · Patrick Lencioni
- The Four Steps to the Epiphany: Successful Strategies for Products that Win · Steve Blank
- The Future of Capitalism: Facing the New Anxieties · Paul Collier
- The Globotics Upheaval: Globalisation, Robotics and the Future of Work · Richard Baldwin
- The Great CEO Within: The Tactical Guide to Company Building · Matt Mochary
- The Impossible Climb: Alex Honnold, El Capitan, and the Climbing Life · Mark Synnott
- The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book that Will Change the Way You Do Business · Clayton M. Christensen
- The Kite Runner · Khaled Hosseini
- The Lessons of History · Will Durant
- The Mind-Body Problem · Rebecca Goldstein
- The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York · Robert A. Caro
- The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, Is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal · Jim Loehr
- The Prophet · Kahlil Gibran
- The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness · Morgan Housel
- The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion · Jonathan Haidt
- The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The U.S. Standard of Living since the Civil War (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World) · Robert J. Gordon
- The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age · James Dale Davidson
- The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life · Mark Manson
- The Tao of Seneca: Practical Letters from a Stoic Master, Volume 1 · Timothy Ferriss
- The Worldly Philosophers · Robert L. Heilbroner
- Thick Face, Black Heart : The Asian Path to Thriving, Winning and Succeeding · Chu Chin-Ning
- To Kill a Mockingbird · Harper Lee
- What Got You Here Won't Get You There · Marshall Goldsmith
- When Nietzsche Wept · Irvin D. Yalom
- Will It Fly?: How to Test Your Next Business Idea So You Don't Waste Your Time and Money · Pat Flynn
What I watch
Movies
12 Angry Men
TV shows
Ted Lasso
Lupin
Anime
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Hunter × Hunter
One Piece
Attack on Titan
Vinland Saga
Cowboy Bebop
YouTube
Casey Neistat
Elliot Hulse
Best Ever Food Review Show
Documentaries
Sour Grapes
Dealt
RBG
Listening
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The Founders Podcast , Podcast
Biographies of obsessive builders, one episode at a time. Great gym company.