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Books and writings that provide insight or entertainment.

The Daily Stoic is a book by Ryan Holiday that presents 366 meditations on wisdom, perseverance, and the art of living, drawing from the teachings of ancient Stoic philosophers such as Marcus...

5/6/2025

The Lean Startup is a book by Eric Ries sharing methodology for developing businesses and products that aims to shorten product development cycles and rapidly discover if a proposed business model is...

4/29/2025

The Startup Way is abook by Eric Ries which shares how modern companies use entrepreneurial management to transform culture, and drive long-term growth. Contexts

4/23/2025

'The Meaning of Meaning: A Study of the Influence of Language upon Thought and of the Science of Symbolism' by C. K. Ogden and I. A. Richards, first published in 1923, has been used as a textbook in...

4/20/2025

The Meme Machine is a 1999 popular science book by Susan Blackmore, published by Oxford University Press, which explores the concept of memes as autonomous replicators. Building upon Richard Dawkins'...

4/8/2025

The Subtle Art of Not Giving A Fuck by Mark Manson posits that your fucks are currency, and the more you give, the less they're worth. [1] When Manson published the manifesto in his blog in 2015, it...

5/14/2023

'Losing My Virginity: How I Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way' by Richard Branson References Losing My Virginity: How I Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business...

1/17/2022

The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration is a book by Vera Nazarian which shares new bits of common sense, inspiration, and insight to jump-start your day. The book, like the inspired.us blog that...

11/25/2021

Perennial Seller is a book by Ryan Holiday. References d Creators ryanholiday Tags ryan-holiday (See: Ryan Holiday) book

10/28/2021

How to Win Friends and Influence People is a self-help book written by Dale Carnegie, first published in 1936. As of 2019 it is 19 on Time Magazine's list of the 100 Most Influential Books and has...

10/25/2021

Walter Isaacson’s “enthralling” (The New Yorker) worldwide bestselling biography of Apple cofounder Steve Jobs. Based on more than forty interviews with Steve Jobs conducted over two years—as well as...

10/25/2021

'Building a StoryBrand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen' References Creators citizensofone (See: Citizens of One) Tags book

10/23/2021

Articulating Design Decisions: Communicate with Stakeholders, Keep Your Sanity, and Deliver the Best User Experience Contexts book on my reading-list Recommended by alex-angel (See: Alex Angel)

9/28/2021

Joseph Bragdon dedicated Companies that Mimic Life to Donella (Dana) Meadows, who "[...] understood that transformative change—regenerating the Earth's over-stressed biosphere and reforming broken...

3/25/2021

'Profit for Life: How Capitalism Excels' by Joseph Bragdon. Two fundamentally different business models of capitalism are operating in the business world today. One is self-destructive and...

7/25/2020

The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business Habits consist of three parts: trigger, routine, reward. Once triggered, you can't just eliminate the routine because your brain expects...

6/19/2020

'Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind' by Yuval Noah Harari References Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, by Yuval Noah Harari Tags book

2/5/2020