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/ Books

This is a list of books I found especially useful to shape my thinking, feeling, and doing. They are structured loosely around keywords.

Name

Author

Year

Category

Marion Franklin

The HeART of Laser-Focused Coaching: A Revolutionary Approach to Masterful Coaching

2019

Coaching

Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg, Alan Eagle

Trillion Dollar Coach. The Leadership Playbook of Silicon Valley’s Bill Campbell

2019

Coaching

Bungay Stanier

The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever

2016

Coaching

Michael Neill

Supercoach 10th Anniversary Edition

2017

Coaching

Sir John Whitmore

Coaching for Performance: The Principles and Practice of Coaching and Leadership

2017

Coaching

S. N. Goenka

The Art Of Living: Vipassana Meditation

1987

Meditation

Daniel M. Ingram

Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha

2008

Meditation

John Yates

The Mind Illuminated: A Complete Meditation Guide Integrating Buddhist Wisdom and Brain Science for Greater Mindfulness

2017

Meditation

Szhinzen Young

The Science of Enlightment

2016

Meditation

Tim Ferriss

The 4-Hour Workweek

2007

Effective work

Jason Fried

Rework

2012

Effective work

Jason Fried

Remote

2013

Effective work

Cal Newport

So Good They Can’t Ignore

2012

Effective work

Cal Newport

Deep Work Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

2016

Effective work

Cal Newport

Digital Minimalism. Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World

2020

Effective work

Gary Keller

The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results

2014

Effective work

Robert K. Greenleaf

Servant Leadership [25th Anniversary Edition]: A Journey into the Nature of Legitimate Power and Greatness

1997

Leadership

Jocko Willink

Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win

2017

Leadership

Simon Sinek

Leaders Eat Last

2014

Leadership

Michael Gelb

How to Think Like Leonardo Da Vinci

1988

Creativity

Steven Johnson

Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation

2020

Creativity

Stephen Covey

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

1989

Thinking

Bernard Roth

The Achievement Habit. Stop Wishing, Start Doing, and Take Command of Your Life

2012

Thinking

George Lakoff, Mark Johnson

Metaphors We Live By

1980

Thinking

Simon Sinek

Start With Why

2009

Thinking

Douglas Hofstadter, Emmanuel Sander

Surfaces and Essences

2013

Thinking

Brian Christian, Tom Griffiths

Algorithms to Live By

2016

Thinking

Annie Duke

Thinking in Bets

2018

Thinking

Carol Tavris

Mistakes Were Made (but Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions and Hurtful Acts

2020

Thinking

Ray Dalio

Principles Life and Work

2017

Thinking

Lawrence Freedman

Strategy

2013

Thinking

Daniel Kahneman

Thinking, Fast and Slow

2011

Thinking

Shane Parrish

The Great Mental Models

2009

Mental models

Yuval Noah Harari

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

2015

History

Yuval Noah Harari

Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow

2017

History

Yuval Noah Harari

21 Lessons for the 21st Century

2019

History

Marshall B. Rosenberg

Nonviolent Communication — A Language of Life: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships

2015

Communication

Larry King

How to Talk to Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere

1996

Communication

Sidney Rosen

My Voice Will Go with You: The Teaching Tales of Milton H. Erickson

1982

Storytelling

Margaret Parkin

Tales for Trainers: Using Stories and Metaphors to Facilitate Learning

N/D

Storytelling

Annette Simmons

Whoever Tells the Best Story Wins: How to Use Your Own Stories to Communicate with Power and Impact

2015

Storytelling

Christopher Booker

The Seven Basic Plots

2004

Storytelling

Dale Carnegie

How to Develop Self-confidence and Influence People by Public Speaking

1990

Public speaking

Herbert Benson

The Relaxation Response

1975

Public speaking

Benjamin K. Bergen

Louder Than Words. The New Science of How the Mind Makes Meaning

2014

Public speaking

Nancy Duarte

Slide:ology: The Art and Science of Presentation Design

N/D

Presentations

Max Atkinson

Lend Me Your Ears: All You Need to Know About Making Speeches and Presentations

2004

Presentations

Seth Godin

Permission Marketing

1999

Marketing

Seth Godin

This is Marketing. You Can’t Be Seen Until You Learn To See

2018

Marketing

Daniel H. Pink

To Sell Is Human

2012

Marketing

Gary Vaynerchuk

Crush It! Why NOW is the Time to Cash in on Your Passion

2009

Marketing

Gary Vaynerchuk

Crushing It