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Books and writings that provide insight or entertainment.

The Oxford Book of Aphorisms is an anthology of short pithy statements and maxims conveying a wealth of wit and insight to which neither the word nor a brief description can do justice. This...

11/30/2025

Dataclysm: Who We Are (When We Think No One's Looking is a nonfiction book written by Christian Rudder, co-founder of the dating platform OkCupid. Published in 2014, the book explores human behavior...

11/17/2025

Ishmael is a 1992 philosophical novel by Daniel Quinn. The novel examines the hidden cultural biases driving modern civilization and explores themes of ethics), sustainability, and global...

10/7/2025

The Captain Class: A New Theory of Leadershipby Sam Walker This book is on my reading-list as a result of Ryan Holiday's recommendation: This was definitely the best business/leadership book I read...

10/7/2025

A More Beautiful Question: The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas, a book Added to my reading-list because of Michael Jager. References A More Beautiful Question, by Warren Berger Tags...

10/7/2025

Exponential Organizations, a book that discusses, "why new organizations are ten times better, faster, and cheaper than yours (and what to do about it)" Frost & Sullivan’s 2014 Growth, Innovation,...

10/7/2025

We Are The Nerds is an engrossing look inside the birth and tumultuous life of Reddit—the internet's culture laboratory. Author, Christine Lagorio-Chafkin, explores the enterprise whose army of users...

10/7/2025

In Early Exits, author Basil Peters shares exit strategies for entrepreneurs and angel investors. Exits are the least understood part of investing and entrepreneurship. [1] This book is about the...

10/7/2025

'Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds' is a book by David Goggins. Recommended to me by Emily Schmidt References Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds, Amazon Can't Hurt Me:...

10/7/2025

'Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants' is a book. As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of...

10/7/2025

'Human + Machine: Reimagining Work in the Age of AI' is a book on my reading-list thanks to Lauren Kleinman. Tags

10/7/2025

'Humble Inquiry: The Gentle Art of Asking Instead of Telling' by Edgar Schein is on my reading-list. References Humble Inquiry: The Gentle Art of Asking Instead of Telling, Amazon Tags book

10/7/2025

'The Alchemist' is a book that combines magic, mysticism, wisdom and wonder into an inspiring tale of self-discovery, The Alchemist has become a modern classic, selling millions of copies around the...

10/7/2025

'Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries' is a book on my reading-list thanks to John Zdanowski. Tags

10/7/2025

'A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age' chronicles the life of the tinkerer, playful wunderkind, groundbreaking polymath, and digital pioneer whose insights made the...

10/7/2025

'Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness' by Richard H. Thaler was recommended to me by Reuben Metcalfe in the Journey To One: Chat. More soon. Contexts Nudge: Improving...

10/7/2025

A Field Guide to Fermentation is a practical and scientific exploration of how microbes transform food, authored by Arielle Johnson and Lars Williams of the Nordic Food Lab. The book functions as...

10/6/2025

7-Figure Formula is a book by Justin Michael that presents a structured approach to client acquisition for coaches, consultants, and solopreneurs. The book positions itself as a practical guide to...

10/2/2025