This list is not meant to be comprehensive on any particular subject.
It's just a list of books that I've been lucky enough to read;
books that have had an impact on my life!
If there is anything you feel is missing or would recommend,
drop me a line so I can read it.
“IN MY WHOLE LIFE, I HAVE KNOWN NO WISE PEOPLE WHO DIDN’T READ ALL THE TIME – NONE, ZERO.”
- CHARLIE MUNGER
BUSINESS INNOVATION
Competing Against Luck - Clayton Christensen
Running Lean: Iterate from Plan A to a Plan that Works - Ash Maurya
Ten Types of Innovation: The Discipline of Building Breakthroughs - Keeley, Walters, Pikkel, Quinn
The Innovators Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail - Clayton Christensen
The Innovators Solution: Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth - Clayton Christensen
Innovation and Entrepreneurship - Peter Drucker
Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers - Alexander Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur
The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses - Eric Ries
How to Fly a Horse: The Secret History of Creation, Invention, and Discovery - Kevin Ashton
Choosing College: How to Make Better Learning Decisions Throughout Your Life - Michael B. Horn, Bob Moesta, et al.
The Innovator's DNA: Mastering the Five Skills of Disruptive Innovators - Clayton Christensen, Jeff Dyer, Hal Gregersen, et al.
Psychology Related
When Nietzsche Wept - Irvin D. Yalom
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us - Daniel Pink
Mindwise: Why We Misunderstand What Others Think, Believe, Feel, and Want - Nicholas Epley
Predictably Irrational: The hidden forces that shape our decisions - Dan Ariely
Thinking, Fast and Slow - Daniel Kahneman
The 48 Laws of Power - Robert Greene
Sapiens: A brief history of humankind - Yuval Noah Harari
Find Out Anything from Anyone, Anytime: Secrets of Calculated Questioning from a Veteran Interrogator - Pyle & Karinch, et al.
Instant Influence: How to get anyone to do Anything - Fast - Michael Pantalon
Building a StoryBrand - Clarifying your Message So Customers will Listen - Donald Miller
Pitch Anything: An Innovative Method for Presenting, Persuading, and Winning the Deal
Positioning: The Battle for your Mind - Al Ries, Jack Trou, et al.
Contagious - Why things Catch On - Jonah Berger
The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand
Principles: Life and work - Ray Dalio
Good Habits, Bad Habits: The Science of Making Positive Changes That Stick
Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ - Daniel Goleman
How to Win Friends and Influence People - Dale Carnegie
The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You - Maxwell & Covey
OTHER
The End of Average: How We Succeed in a World That Values Sameness - Todd Rose
Dark Horse: Achieving Success Through the Pursuit of Fulfillment - Todd Rose
Reinventing Organizations: A Guide to Creating Organizations Inspired by the Next Stage of Human Consciousness - Frédéric Laloux
The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else In Business - Patrick Lencioni
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable - Patrick Lencioniership Fable
Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day - Jake Knapp, John Zeratsky
How Will You Measure Your Life - Clayton Christensen, James Allworth
Shape Up: Stop Running in Circles and Ship Work that Matters - Ryan Singer
Rework - Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson
The Amazon Way: 14 Leadership Principles Behind the World's Most Disruptive Company - John Rossman
The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future - Kevin Kelly, George Newbern, et al.
Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger - by Peter D. Kaufman, Ed Wexler, et al.
The Science of Success: How Market-Based Management Built the World's Largest Private Company - Charles G. Koch