Books
Books
These are the books that shaped how I think, work, create, and live. Books I’ve highlighted and continue to reference over the years. This page is a living shelf of the very best.
Creativity
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The Creative Act
A Way of Being
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Steal Like An Artist
10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
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The War of Art
Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles
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Do The Work
Overcome Resistance and Get Out of Your Own Way
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Mastery
Learn the secrets of the field you have chosen.
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Damn Good Advice (For People with Talent!)
How To Unleash Your Creative Potential by America's Master Communicator
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The Practice
Shipping Creative Work
Lifestyle Design
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The 4-Hour Workweek
Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New
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Die With Zero
Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life
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The 5 Types of Wealth
A Transformative Guide to Design Your Dream Life
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Be Water, My Friend
The Teachings of Bruce Lee
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The Almanack of Naval Ravikant
A Guide to Wealth and Happiness
Productivity
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Atomic Habits
An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
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Essentialism
The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
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Deep Work
Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
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The 12 Week Year
Get More Done in 12 Weeks than Others Do in 12 Months
Travel + Adventure
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Vagabonding
An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World
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Kitchen Confidential
Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
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On The Road
Kerouac’s classic novel of freedom and longing.
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Barbarian Days
A Surfing Life
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A Cooks Tour
Global Adventures in Extreme Cuisines
Leadership
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How to Win Friends and Influence People
The Only Book You Need to Lead You To Success
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Make Your Bed
Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World
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The 48 Laws of Power
The history of power into 48 essential laws
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Extreme Ownership
How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
A principle-centered approach for problem solving
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The Decision Book
Fifty Models for Strategic Thinking
Memoirs
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Shoe Dog
A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
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Not Fade Away
A Short Life Well Lived
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Let My People Go Surfing
The Education of a Reluctant Businessman
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What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
Writing, running, and the incredible way they intersect
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Can't Hurt Me
Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds
Philosophy
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Ego Is The Enemy
The battle against ego
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Man's Search For Meaning
An exploration of the human will to find meaning
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
An Inquiry into Values
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Awareness
Conversations with the Masters