Books

Here are some books that I've read or plan to read in some capacity. I read non-linearly, so "some capacity" can mean that I read a book cover to cover or that I only read a handful of chapters.

I flagged a few books that I thought were particularly great.

• The Courage to be Disliked
• Bhagavad Gita
• Autobiography of a Yogi
• Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China
• I particularly a quote from Deng along the lines of "I have never in my life attended University, but I have always considered life to be my University." This resonates with me because it's a mindset I try to embody, and also because I never graduated from high school or college."
• I've been trying to "finish" this book for 6 years...
• Only the Paranoid Survive
• Innovator's Dilemma
• Creative Selection
• Shoe Dog
• Made in America
• Dune
• A Tale of Two Cities
• Who Do You Want Your Customers to Become
• Creation
• Skin in the Game
• Measure What Matters
• The Score Takes Care of Itself
• Thinking In Systems
• Systems thinking is probably one of the most underutilized frameworks that can measurably improve everyone's lives, and even society.
• From Third World to First World
• Lots of good takeaways. Lee Kuan Yew was clearly a systems thinker.
• Why We Sleep
• Oglivy on Advertising
• Debt
• Sapiens
• The Book of Secrets
• High Output Management
• Chase, Chance, and Creativity
• Principals
• Antifragile
• Nonviolent Communication
• This book is useful even though I think it requires all parties in a conflict to read it to be helpful.
• Obviously Awesome
• Range
• Loonshots
• Alchemy of Finance
• Four Steps to the Epiphany
• This book changed how I thought about marketing/launching a new product.
• What You Do is Who You Are
• What You Do is Who You Are
• The Perfect Store
• The Everything Store