Iāve been sending this list out for some time now, so I figured Iāll just publish it. A belief Iāve been holding for a long time is that you can read something / talk to someone where you donāt agree with 95% of the content and still learn something extremely valuable. Itās up to you pick out valuable information. Focussing on whatās invaluable to you seems a little pointless.
Reflection Reading List
Thinking about work & life in general. Iām aware I live in a bubble š
- Markus MĆ¼ller - 4 self reflection loops (if youāre only going to read one of them)
- WaitButWhy - How to Pick a Career (great to start if you want to work through the whole list; worksheet)
- Mark Manson - The subtle art of not giving a fuck (one word summary: focus)
- Jocko Willink - Extreme Ownership (luckily most of us will not have to own anything remotely as difficult)
- Shane Parrish - Fatnam Street (start here: how to decide)
- Question regarding hiring I saw in some video of Elon Musk: "What did you do at key life transitions?"
- Notboring - Crypto Bezos (you can read this regardless of your feelings toward crypto)
- Eric Jorgenson/Naval Ravikant - Navalamanac (good heuristics, not so sure about the dietary advice)
- Tim Ferris - Fear Setting (good exercise if you have ~1h)
- Charlie Munger - Poor Charlie's Almanack
- Kurzgesagt - Optimistic Nihilism
Honorable Mentions
- Richard Feynman - The Feynman Lectures on Physics
- Matt Mochary - The Great CEO Within (very founder specific)
- Caroline Criado-Perez - Invisible Women (good read for male engineers)
- John Doerr - Speed & Scale (OKRs for fixing the climate crisis)