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