Books

I devour books – almost always non-fiction. I will list here selected books I’ve enjoyed that I would recommend. Some books I read in order to learn new or better ways of doing things. Some I read to understand myself and other humans better. Some I read for inspiration and awe.
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The Order of Time

Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day

Rosen’s Emergency Medicine – Concepts and Clinical Practice E-Book (Rosens Emergency Medicine Concepts and Clinical Practice)

Black Box Thinking: Why Most People Never Learn from Their Mistakes–But Some Do

How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life

The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe: How to Know What’s Really Real in a World Increasingly Full of Fake

I’m a Joke and So Are You: A Comedian’s Take on What Makes Us Human

21 Lessons for the 21st Century

Win Bigly: Persuasion in a World Where Facts Don’t Matter

Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups

Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance

Great at Work: How Top Performers Do Less, Work Better, and Achieve More

Our Mathematical Universe: My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality

The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life

The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself

The Leader’s Bookshelf

The Midnight Fox

The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It’s Broken

Principles: Life and Work

50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: Shattering Widespread Misconceptions about Human Behavior

Drop Dead Healthy: One Man’s Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection

The One-Minute Workout: Science Shows a Way to Get Fit That’s Smarter, Faster, Shorter

How to Drive: The Ultimate Guide, from the Man Who Was The Stig

Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual

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

Oxygen: The molecule that made the world (Popular Science)

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

The Sellout: A Novel

Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow

Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers

Seeing Further: The Story of Science, Discovery, and the Genius of the Royal Society

Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History

Seven Brief Lessons on Physics

Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles

Being Mortal Illness, Medicine, and What Matters in the End

How to Fly a Horse: The Secret History of Creation, Invention, and Discovery

The Rise of Superman: Decoding the Science of Ultimate Human Performance

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

The 4-Hour Chef: The Simple Path to Cooking Like a Pro, Learning Anything, and Living the Good Life

Trauma Team Dynamics: A Trauma Crisis Resource Management Manual

Resuscitation Medicine from Dr Cliff Reid