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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

N/D

Marketing

John Carlton

Kick Ass Copywriting Secrets of a Marketing Rebel

2002

Marketing

Julia Cameron

The Artist’s Way

1992

Creative work/Writing

Steven Pressfield

The War of Art, Winning the Inner Creative Battle

2002

Creative work/Writing

Twyla Thar

The Creative Habit, Learn It and Use It for Life

2003

Creative work/Writing

Twyla Thar

The Creative Habit

2006

Creative work/Writing

Steven Pressfield

Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t: And Other Tough-Love Truths to Make You a Better Writer

2016

Creative work/Writing

Steven Pressfield

The Artist’s Journey: The Wake of the Hero’s Journey and the Lifelong Pursuit of Meaning

2018

Creative work/Writing

Mason Currey

Daily Rituals. How Artists Work

2013

Creative work/Writing

Johnny B. Truant, Sean Platt

Write. Publish. Repeat

2013

Creative work/Writing

George J. Thompson PhD

Verbal Judo, The Gentle Art of Persuasion

1983

Social Influence & Persuasion

Robert Cialdini

Influence

2006

Social Influence & Persuasion

Robert Cialdini

Pre-Suasion – A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade

2016

Social Influence & Persuasion

Jonah Berger

Contagious, Why Things Catch On

2013

Social Influence & Persuasion

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Skin in the Game Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life

2017

Social Influence & Persuasion

Kelly McGonigal

The Artist’s Way

2015

Stress

Sian Beilock

Choke: What the Secrets of the Brain Reveal about Getting It Right When You Have to

2011

Stress

Helen Fisher

Why Him Why Her Understanding Your Personality Type

2009

Personality

Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga

The Courage to Be Disliked. The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness

2013

Personality

Richard Wiseman

The As If Principle

2013

Character

David Brooks

The Road To Character

2015

Character

David Brooks

The Second Mountain

2019

Character

James E. Loehr

Leading with Character: 10 Minutes a Day to a Brilliant Legacy Set

2020

Character

Dan Ariely

Predictably Irrational

2008

Heuristics & Irrationality

Dan Ariely

The Upside to Irrationality

2010

Heuristics & Irrationality

Daniel Kahneman

Thinking, Fast and Slow

2011

Heuristics & Irrationality

Marcus Aurelius

The Meditations

N/D

Humility & Ego

Carol Tavris

Mistakes Were Made But Not By Me

2007

Humility & Ego

Dan Ariely

The Honest Truth About Dishonesty. How We Lie to Everyone. Especially Ourselves

2012

Humility & Ego

Ryan Holiday

Ego Is the Enemy

2016

Humility & Ego

Charles Duhigg

The Power of Habit. Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business

2012

Habit formation

James Clear

Atomic Habits

2018

Habit formation

Malcolm Gladwell

Outliers: The Story of Success

2008

Expertise & Deliberate Practice

Robert Greene

Mastery

2012

Expertise & Deliberate Practice

David Epstein

The Sports Gene. Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance

2013

Expertise & Deliberate Practice

David Epstein

Range. Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

2019

Expertise & Deliberate Practice

Anders Ericsson

Peak, Secrets from the New Science of Expertise

2019

Expertise & Deliberate Practice

Joseph Campbell

The Hero with a Thousand Faces

1949

Purpose

Joseph Campbell

Myths to Live By

1972

Purpose

Todd Henry

Die Empty. Unleash Your Best Work Every Day

2013

Purpose

Hector Garcia Puigcerver

Ikigai. The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life

2017

Purpose

Simon Sinek

Find Your Why

2017

Purpose

George Mumford, Phil Jackson

The Mindful Athlete Secrets to Pure Performance

2015

Perfomance

Brendon Burchard

High Performance Habits

2017

Perfomance

Windy Dryden

The Practice of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy: Second Edition

2007

Therapy

Albert Ellis

Overcoming Destructive Beliefs, Feelings, and Behaviors: New Directions for Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy

2001

Therapy

Albert Ellis

How To Stubbornly Refuse To Make Yourself Miserable About Anything-yes, Anything!

2019

Therapy

Daniel David, Steven Jay Lynn, Albert Ellis

Rational and Irrational Beliefs: Research, Theory, and Clinical Practice

2009

Therapy

Albert Ellis

Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy: It Works for Me — It Can Work for You

2004

Therapy

Dr. Steven Hayes

A Liberated Mind: The essential guide to ACT

2019

Therapy

Dan Ariely

Predictably Irrational

2008

Self-Compassion

Albert Ellis

Myth of Self-Esteem: How Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy Can Change Your Life Forever

2005

Self-Esteem

Matthew McKay, Patrick Fanning

Self-Esteem: A Proven Program of Cognitive Techniques for Assessing, Improving and Maintaining Your Self-esteem

2016

Self-Esteem

Matthew McKay

The Self-Esteem Companion: Simple Exercises to Help You Challenge Your Inner Critic and Celebrate Your Personal Strengths

2011

Self-Esteem

Nathaniel Branden

How to Raise Your Self-Esteem: The Proven Action-Oriented Approach to Greater Self-Respect and Self-Confidence

1988

Self-Esteem

Roy F. Baumeister, John Tierney

Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength

N/D

Motivation & Discipline

Heidi Grant Halvorson Ph.D., Carol S. Dweck

Succeed: How We Can Reach Our Goals

N/D

Motivation & Discipline

Daniel H. Pink

Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

2016

Motivation & Discipline

Carol Dweck

Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

2004

Mindset

Paul Watzlawick

The Situation Is Hopeless, But Not Serious: The Pursuit of Unhappiness

1993

Perspective

Darren Hardy

The Compound Effect

2010

Perspective

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Antifragile. Things That Gain From Disorder

2012

Perspective

Ryan Holiday

The Obstacle Is the Way

2014

Perspective

Tal Ben-Shahar

Happier. Learn the Secrets to Daily Joy and Lasting Fulfillment

2007