How to Engage and Write about Anything
Title: Analysis and Critique: How to Engage and Write about Anything
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2024
2023
The Servant- A Simple Story About the True Essence of Leadership
Title: The Servant: A Simple Story About the True Essence of Leadership By: James C. Hunter
2022
Lenny’s Newsletter
Podcast: Lenny’s Newsletter By: Lenny Rachitsky
Working Backwards
Title: Working Backwards : Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon By: Colin Bryar, Bill Carr
A Man for All Markets -
Title: A Man for All Markets - From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market By: Edward O. Thorp, Nassim Nicholas Taleb - foreword
Getting to Yes - Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In
Title: Getting to Yes - Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In By: Roger Fisher, William Ury
Talk Like TED -The 9 Public Speaking Secrets of the World’s Top Minds
Title: Talk Like TED -The 9 Public Speaking Secrets of the World’s Top Minds By: Carmine Gallo
Who Gets in and Why- A Year Inside College Admissions
Title: Who Gets in and Why: A Year Inside College Admissions By: Jeffrey J. Selingo
The 4 Disciplines of Execution
Title: The 4 Disciplines of Execution: Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals By: Sean Covey , Chris McChesney , Jim Huling
Capital in the 21st century
Title: Capital in the 21st century
2021
Fourteen Talks by Age Fourteen- The Essential Conversations You Need to Have with Your Kids Before They Start High School
Title: Fourteen Talks by Age Fourteen- The Essential Conversations You Need to Have with Your Kids Before They Start High School
What Do You Care What Other People Think?
What Do You Care What Other People Think? By: Richard P. Feynman, Ralph Leighton URL “Feynman’s last literary legacy, prepared with his friend and fel...
Predictably Irrational- The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
Title: Predictably Irrational- The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
Leadership U
Title: Leadership U- Accelerating Through the Crisis Curve Author: Gary Burnison
Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!
“Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!”: Adventures of a Curious Character by Richard P. Feynman
Goodbye, Things- The New Japanese Minimalism
Title: Goodbye, Things- The New Japanese Minimalism
Fiction - Animal Farm
Title: Animal Farm by George Orwell / one of England’s most famous writers and social commentators
Novel - Giver
Title: Giver by Lois Lowry one of the most influential novels URL
Novel - Educated
Title: Educated by Tara Westover
Rework
Title: Rework - by Jason Fried , David Heinemeier Hansson (founders of 37signals / technologies behind Ruby on Rails)
21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Title: 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari URL
The-First-20-Hours HOW TO LEARN ANYTHING… FAST!
Title: The-First-20-Hours- HOW TO LEARN ANYTHING… FAST! By: Josh-Kaufman
2020
Stanford 2014 Course- How to Start a Startup (Part B)
I find this series of lectures excellent in helping a faculty plan the team projects / manage group / and brand the team research.
Stanford 2014 Course- How to Start a Startup (Part A)
I find this series of lectures excellent in helping a faculty plan the team projects / manage group / and brand the team research.
What I Talk about When I Talk about Running - A Memoir
Title: What I Talk about When I Talk about Running: A Memoir By: Haruki Murakami
Essentialism The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
URL by Greg McKeown
Genetics
One online course: Applied Computational Genomics course web URL course video URL
Feakonomics
Title: Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything – August 25, 2009 URL good summary here URL
Albert-László Barabási - The Formula - The Universal Laws of Success
Title: The Formula: The Universal Laws of Success URL good review here URL and here URL2
Atomatic Habit
Title: Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones URL A good book summary here URL
Read Literature Like a Professor
Title: How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines, Revised Edition Paperback – February 25, 201...
Blink - The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
Title: Blink, Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell
2019
The Book of Why- The New Science of Cause and Effect
Title: The Book of Why- The New Science of Cause and Effect by Judea Pearl and Dana MacKenzie URL
Understanding the Mysteries of Human Behavior
Title: Understanding the Mysteries of Human Behavior By Professor Mark Leary, Ph.D. Duke University URL
Effective Research Methods for Any Project
Title: Effective Research Methods for Any Project By: Amanda M. Rosen, The Great Courses URL
Ego Is the Enemy
Title: Ego Is the Enemy URL by RYAN HOLIDAY 2016
Books for Writing well
Book Title: The-Elements-of-Style URL Best book to improve your writing
Moonwalking with Einstein- The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
Book title: Moonwalking with Einstein- The Art and Science of Remembering Everything URL
Peak- Secrets from the New Science of Expertise
Book title: Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise (2017)
Make It Stick- The Science of Successful Learning
Book title: Make It Stick- The Science of Successful Learning 1st Edition
Neanderthal Man- In Search of Lost Genomes
Book title: Neanderthal Man: In Search of Lost Genomes
On Writing by Stephen King
Book title: Stephen King On Writing
The Digital Doctor- Hope, Hype, and Harm at the Dawn of Medicine’s Computer Age
Book title: The Digital Doctor: Hope, Hype, and Harm at the Dawn of Medicine’s Computer Age
Deep Medicine- How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Healthcare Human Again
Book title: Deep Medicine: How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Healthcare Human Again by Eric Topol (Author)
Good to Great- Why Some Companies Make the Leap…And Others Don’t
Book title: Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…And Others Don’t
The Productivity Project- Accomplishing More by Managing Your Time, Attention, and Energy
Book title: The Productivity Project: Accomplishing More by Managing Your Time, Attention, and Energy
2018
Drive- The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
Book title: Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
A Mind for Numbers- How to Excel at Math and Science (Even If You Flunked Algebra)
Book title: A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science (Even If You Flunked Algebra)
Measure What Matters by John Doerr
Book title: Measure What Matters
Made to Stick- Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
Book title: Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die Book by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
Homo Deus- A Brief History of Tomorrow
Book title: Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow URL “Over the past century humankind has managed to do the impossible and rein in famine, plague, and...
Homo Sapiens- A Brief History of Humankind
Book title: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind URL Educational, Intuitive ” spans the whole of human history, from the very first humans to walk th...
Decisive- How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work
Book title: Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work Book by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
Switch- How to Change Things When Change Is Hard
Book title: Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard Book by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
2017
Zero to One- Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
URL Inspiring 0 to 1 vs. 1 to n
The Lean Startup- How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses
title: Lean Startup- How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses URL a great read, powerful, logical ...
2016
Thinking, Fast and Slow
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The Power of Habit- Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
URL a very powerful book to help you understand human behaviors. Habit = cue + reward + craving change of habit <= a replacement habit...
The 7 Habits of Effective People
URL practical, Effective and easy to follow
Succeed-How-We-Can-Reach-Our-Goals
URL practical, concrete
So Good They Cannot Ignore You- Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love
URL Intuitive, light-read, Interesting
Smarter-Faster-Better-The-Secrets-of-Being-Productive-in-Life-and-Business
URL powerful, Effective
Mindset
URL A great read, eye opener Growth mindset vs. fixed mindset
Lean In- Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
URL Inspiring, a life-changing book
Crucial Conversations- Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High
title: Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High URL Powerful, A must-read, Interesting
Useful Books about Family
The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts
2015
Useful Books about Finance
The millionaire next door
Other Useful Books
The Middle Passage: From Misery to Meaning in Midlife” by James Hollis
2014
How to Win Friends and Influence People
URL Eye opener, a life-changing book Fundamental Techniques in Handling People Don’t criticize, condemn, or complain. Give honest and...