Books That Shaped Me

Books that have influenced how I think about business, character, habits, relationships, communication, leadership, and life.

Business & Leadership

• Made in America – Sam Walton
• Good to Great – Jim Collins
• Blue Ocean Strategy – W. Chan Kim & Renée Mauborgne
• Traction – Gino Wickman
• Rocket Fuel – Gino Wickman & Mark C. Winters
• The Great Mental Models – Shane Parrish & Rhiannon Beaubien
• The Art of War – Sun Tzu
• The Prince – Niccolò Machiavelli

Other books:

A Long Way Gone – Memoris of a Boy Solider – Ishmael Beah

Habits & Personal Growth

• Atomic Habits – James Clear
• Tiny Habits – BJ Fogg
• Hello, Habits – Fumio Sasaki
• The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fck* – Mark Manson
• Grow the Fck Up* – Sarah Knight

Communication, Relationships & Emotional Intelligence

• Supercommunicators – Charles Duhigg
• Crucial Conversations – Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan & Al Switzler
• Love Life – Matthew Hussey
• Treating Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents – Lindsay C. Gibson
• The Next Conversation – Jefferson Fisher
• The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work – John M Gottmann
• Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? – Dr. Julie Smith

Philosophy & Self-Knowledge

• Bhagavad Gita
• Who Am I? – Ramana Maharshi
• Bible
• Thus Spoke Zarathustra – Friedrich Nietzsche
• The Prophet – Kahlil Gibran
• Love Poems by Rumi

Others

Ideas and lessons I’ve explored from people who have influenced how I think about relationships, leadership, negotiation, conflict, money, and human behavior.

• Conversation Advantage – Dr. Allison Wood Brooks
• The Conflict Playbook – Amanda Ripley
• The Science of Connection – Dr. Amir Levine
• The Art of Negotiation – Chris Voss
• The Golden Equation of Love – Dr. Alexandra Solomon
• Dopamine – Dr. Anna Lembke
• Financial Wellness – Ramit Sethi
• Critical Leadership Training – Jocko Willink
• Values-Driven Leadership – Mike Krzyzewski (Coach K)
• The Science of Parenting

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