I love learning how things work because it gives me more options when solving problems.
- Learning new technologies means you can find the best tool for the job.
- Learning emotional intelligence and communication means better ability to read people and respond appropriately.
- Learning history and philosophy means I don't have to learn everything the hard way (just some things).
Here are the books that taught me the most, I hope they can help you too!
Effectiveness
- 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Stephen Covey
- Miracle Morning - Hal Elrod
- The Obstacle is the Way - Ryan Holiday
- Self Compassion: The proven power of being kind to yourself - Kristen Neff, PhD
- Who Moved My Cheese? - Spencer Johnson
- Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win - Jocko Willink and Leif Babin
- The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up - Marie Kondo
- Deep Work - Cal Newport
- Dopamine Nation - Dr. Anna Lembke
- The Enigma of Reason - Hugo Mercier, Dan Sperber
- Tribe of Mentors - Tim Ferriss
Communication/Interpersonal skills
- How to Win Friends and Influence People - Dale Carnegie
- Emotional Intelligence 2.0 - Daniel Goleman
- Elements of Eloquence - Mark Forsyth
- What Every BODY is saying - Joe Navarro
Philosophy
- Meditations - Marcus Aurelius
- Dahmapadda - Buddha
- As a Man Thinketh - James Allen
- Nicomachean Ethics - Aristotle
- The Book of Joy - Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu
- What the Buddha Taught - Walpola Rahula Thero
- The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life - David Brooks
- 101 Essays That Will Change the Way You Think - Brianna West
Relationships
- The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work - John Gottman
- The Five Love Languages - Gary Chapman
- Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus - John Gray
Economics/Finance
- Boglehead's Guide to Investing - Mel Lindauer, Michael LeBoeuf, and Taylor Larimore
- Freakononomics - Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
Biology/Health
- Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity - Bill Gifford and Peter Attia
- Why We Get Sick - Benjamin Bikman, PhD
- The Primal Blueprint - Mark Sisson
- Why We Sleep - Matthew Walker
- The Vital Question - Nick Lane
- The Origins of Virtue - Matt Ridley
History
- The Lessons of History - Will, Ariel Durant
- Dan Carlin's Hardcore History: Blueprint for Armageddon
- Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind - Yuval Noah Harari
- Seven Pillars of Wisdom - T.E. Lawrence
- Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies - Jared Diamond
Literature
- East of Eden - John Steinbeck
- The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
Tech
- The Phoenix Project - Gene Kim, Keven Behr, George Spafford
- The E-Myth Revisited - Michael E. Gerber