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4.1. History
4.1.1. A Little History of the World
4.1.2. How Innovation Works by Matt Ridley
4.1.3. How We Got to Now by Steven Johnson
4.1.4. The Inevitable by Kevin Kelly
4.1.5. Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
4.1.6. Haven't Read
4.1.6.1. Writings from Ancient Egypt by Toby Wilkinson
4.1.6.2. A Short History of Everything by Bill Bryson
4.1.6.3. Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson
4.1.6.4. Before the Dawn by Nicholas Wade
4.1.6.5. At Home by Bill Bryson
4.1.6.6. The Lessons of History by Will and Ariel Durnant
4.1.6.7. Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
4.1.6.8. Atlantis and 2012 by Joseph
4.1.6.9. Wonder by Robert C Fuller
4.1.6.10. Empire of the Summer Moon by S. C. Gwynne
4.1.6.11. Rise of the Machine by Thomas Rid
4.1.6.12. The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell
4.1.6.13. The Grand Design by Stephen Hawking
4.1.6.14. The Moral Animal by Robert Wright
4.1.7. Lands and People IV by Grolier
4.1.8. The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene
4.2. Body Language
4.2.1. Captivate by Vanessa Van Edwards
4.2.2. You Say more than You think
4.2.3. What Every Body is Saying by Joe Navarro
4.2.4. Compelling People by John Neffinger and Matthew Kohut
4.2.5. The Dictionary of Body Language by Joe Navarro
4.2.6. The Definitive Book of Body Language by Allan Pease
4.2.7. Haven't Read
4.2.7.1. Reading People by Jo-Ellan Dimitrius, PhD. and Mark Mazzarella
4.2.7.2. Body Language by Julius Fast
4.2.7.3. Winning Body Language by Bowden
4.2.7.4. Emotions Revealed by Paul Ekman
4.2.7.5. Walking Your Talk by Lavinia Plonka
4.2.7.6. Slips, Stumbles, and Verbal Blunders and What They Mean by Michael Erard
4.2.8. You Say More than You Think by Janine Driver
4.3. Marketing
4.3.1. To Sell is Human by Daniel H. Pink
4.3.2. Start With Why by Simon Sinek
4.3.3. All Marketers are Liars by Seth Godin
4.3.4. Pre-suasion by Robert Cialdini
4.3.5. Influence by Robert B. Cialdini
4.3.6. Haven't Read
4.3.6.1. Monster Loyalty by Jackie Huba
4.3.6.2. Friend of a Friend... by David Burkus
4.3.6.3. The Thank You Economy by Gary Vaynerchuck
4.3.6.4. Persuasion by Tori Dasani
4.3.6.5. Perfecting your Pitch by Ronald M. Shapiro
4.3.6.6. Rules for Revolutionaries by Guy Kawasaki
4.3.6.7. The Darwin Economy: Liberty, Competition, and the Common Good Book by Robert H. Frank
4.3.6.8. The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves by Matt Ridley
4.3.6.9. Manufacturing Consent by Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky
4.3.7. Instant Influence by Michael V. Pantalon
4.4. About People (Being Human)
4.4.1. Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman
4.4.2. An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth by Col. Chris Hadfield
4.4.3. Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua
4.4.4. Tribe of Mentors by Timothy Ferriss
4.4.5. Onward by Howard Schultz
4.4.6. Moonwalking with Einstein by Joshua Foer
4.4.7. Better than Before by Gretchen Rubin
4.4.8. In Order to Live by Yeonmi Park
4.4.9. The Art of Learning by Josh Waitzkin
4.4.10. Tools of Titans by Tim Ferriss
4.4.11. Old Songs in a New Cafe by Robert James Waller
4.4.12. Escape from Camp 14 by Blaine Harden
4.4.13. Jack Kennedy Elusive Hero by Chris Matthews
4.4.14. Haven't Read
4.4.14.1. How Starbucks Saved My Life by Michael Gates Gill
4.4.14.2. Becoming by Michelle Obama
4.4.14.3. Avoid Boring People by James D. Watson
4.4.14.4. The Narnian by Jacobs
4.4.14.5. I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
4.4.14.6. If Kennedy Lived by Jeff Greenfield
4.4.14.7. River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey by Candice Millard
4.4.14.8. A Man Called Intrepid by William Stevenson
4.4.14.9. The Blue Between Sky and Water by Susan Abulhawa
4.4.14.10. Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson
4.4.14.11. All I Want to Know is Where I'm Going to Die So I'll Never Go There by Peter Bevelin
4.4.14.12. JFK in Ireland: Four Days That Changed a Presidency by Ryan Turbridy
4.4.14.13. Soldiers of Reason by Alex Abella
4.4.14.14. Rising Water by Marc Aronson
4.4.14.15. Winterdance by Gary Paulson
4.4.14.16. Stealing Fire by Steven Kotler and James Wheal
4.4.14.17. It Worked for Me by Colin Powell
4.4.14.18. Price of Honor: Muslim Women Lift the Veil of Silence on the Islamic World by Jan Goodwin
4.4.14.19. Children of the New World by Assia Diebar
4.4.14.20. Being Mortal by Atul Gawande
4.4.14.21. The 100 Most Influential Women of All Time by Deborah G Felder
4.4.14.22. Bobby Kennedy bu Chris Matthews
4.4.14.23. The Theft of Memory by Jonathan Kozol
4.4.14.24. What Do You Care What Other People Think? by Feynman
4.4.14.25. Six Easy Pieces by Richard D Feynman
4.4.14.26. When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
4.4.14.27. Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
4.4.14.28. The Attack by Yasmina Khadra
4.4.14.29. Trump: Surviving at the Top by Donald Trump with Charles Leerhsen
4.4.14.30. When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
4.4.14.31. Lit by Mary Karr
4.4.15. Isaac Newton by James Gleick
4.4.16. Love Yourself Like your Life Depends on It by Ravikant
4.4.17. The Letters of John F. Kennedy by Martin W. Sandler
4.4.18. The Way to Wealth by Benjamin Franklin
4.4.19. The Swallows of Kabul by Yasmina Khadra
4.4.20. A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
4.4.21. Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart by Gordon Livingston
4.5. Work
4.5.1. It Doesn't Have to be Crazy at Work by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson
4.5.2. Remote by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson
4.5.3. The First 90 Days: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at All Levels by Michael Watkins
4.5.4. Lean in by Sheryl Sandberg
4.5.5. Zero to One by Peter Thiel
4.5.6. Deep Work by Cal Newport
4.5.7. The Phoenix Project by Gene Kim, George Spafford, and Kevin Behr
4.5.8. The One Thing by Keller
4.5.9. Linchpin by Seth Godin
4.5.10. Great by Choice by Collins and Hansen
4.5.11. Rising Above a Toxic Workplace by Gary Chapman and Paul White
4.5.12. Never Eat Alone by Keith Ferrazzi
4.5.13. Made to Stick by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
4.5.14. The Power of Moments by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
4.5.15. Hooked by Nir Eyal
4.5.16. Leadership and Self-Deception by Arbinger Institute
4.5.17. Bold by Peter H Diamandis
4.5.18. Good to Great by Jim Collins
4.5.19. Decisive by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
4.5.20. Switch by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
4.5.21. My Rich Uncle by A. J. Kehl
4.5.22. The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande
4.5.23. The Talent Code by Daniel Coyle
4.5.24. Originals by Adam Grant
4.5.25. The One Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson
4.5.26. 59 Seconds by Richard Wiseman
4.5.27. Haven't read
4.5.27.1. Sprint When to Solve Test New Ideas in Just Five Days
4.5.27.2. Strengths Based Leadership by Tom Rath and Barry Conchie
4.5.27.3. Quantum Leadership by Frederick Tsao and Chris Laszlo
4.5.27.4. The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive by Patrick Lencioni
4.5.27.5. The Power of a Positive No by William Ury
4.5.27.6. The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
4.5.27.7. The Levity Effect by Gostick Christopher
4.5.27.8. Generations, Inc. by Johnson and Johnson
4.5.27.9. Coaching for Improved Work Performance by Ferdinand F. Fournies
4.5.27.10. The Oz Principle by Roger Connors, Tom Smith, and Craig Hickman
4.5.27.11. The 4 Disciplines of Execution by Chris McChesney, Sean Covey, and Jim Huling
4.5.27.12. Hundred Percenters by Mark Murphy
4.5.27.13. Shift by Peter Arnell
4.5.27.14. Grit by Angela Duckworth
4.5.27.15. The Elegant Solution by Matthew E May
4.5.27.16. We Need to Talk by Celeste Headlee
4.5.27.17. The Ten Faces of Innovation by Tom Kelley
4.5.27.18. How to Work a Room by Susan Roani
4.5.28. How Innovation Works by Matt Ridley
4.5.29. Inventology by Pagan Kennedy
4.5.30. Making Ideas Happen by Scott Belsky
4.5.31. Drive by Daniel H. Pink
4.5.32. The Confidence Code by Katty Kay and Claire Shipman
4.5.33. How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
4.5.34. The Book of Beautiful Questions by Warren Berger
4.5.34.1. A More Beautiful Question by Warren Berger
4.5.35. How to Measure Anything by Hubbard
4.5.36. In the Plex by Steven Levy
4.5.37. Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell
4.5.38. The Art of Public Speaking by Dale Carnegie
4.5.39. Quiet by Susan Cain
4.6. Misc
4.6.1. Change by Design by Tim Brown
4.6.2. Where is Everybody by Stephen Webb
4.6.3. Daily Rituals by Mason Currey
4.6.4. Havent read
4.6.4.1. Formulas for Now by Hans Ulrich Obrist
4.6.4.2. Total Immersion by Terry Laughlin
4.6.4.3. Daily Rituals Women at Work by Mason Currey
4.6.4.4. A Theory of Conceptual Intelligence by Rex Li
4.6.4.5. The Worst-Case Scenario by Joshua Piven and David Borgenicht
4.6.4.6. High Performance Habits by Brendan Burchard
4.6.4.7. The Leap by Ulrich Boser
4.6.4.8. Sway by Ori Brafman and Rom Brafman
4.6.4.9. The Substance of Style by Virginia Postrel
4.6.4.10. Vagabonding by Rolf Potts
4.6.4.11. A Good Talk by Daniel Menaker
4.6.4.12. The New Human Rights Movement by Peter Joseph
4.6.4.13. Happiness by Darren M. McMahon
4.6.4.14. Now You See It by Cathy M. Davidson
4.6.4.15. Lying by Sam Harris
4.6.4.16. God's Debris by Adams
4.6.4.17. Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner
4.6.4.18. The Dilbert Principle by Scott Adams
4.6.4.19. The Joy of Work by Scott Adams
4.6.4.20. The Dilbert Future by Scott Adams
4.6.4.21. The Speed of Trust by Stephen Covey
4.6.4.22. Eating the Dinosaur by Chuck Klosterman
4.6.4.23. The Forever Portfolio by James Altucher
4.6.4.24. Winners Take All by Anand Giriharandas
4.6.4.25. Aquarius by Taylor Moon
4.6.4.26. Boys and Sex by Peggy Orenstein
4.6.4.27. How to Invent Everything by Ryan North
4.6.4.28. Dealstorming by Tim Sanders
4.6.4.29. Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert
4.6.4.30. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
4.6.4.31. The Essential Laws of Fearless Living by Finley
4.6.4.32. The Formula by Albert-Laszlo Barabasi
4.6.4.33. The Road to Character by David Brooks
4.6.4.34. The Second Mountain by David Brooks
4.6.4.35. The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
4.6.4.36. Focus by Daniel Goleman
4.6.4.37. The Chimp Paradox by Steve Peters
4.6.4.38. Super Freakonomics by Stephen J. Dubner and Steven Levitt
4.6.4.39. Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar by Daniel B. Klein
4.6.4.40. Do Elephants Jump? by David Feldman
4.6.4.41. Merchants of Doubt by Erik Conway and Naomi Oreskes
4.6.4.42. Spark Joy by Marie Kondo
4.6.4.43. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo
4.6.4.44. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein
4.6.4.45. What If? by Randall Munroe
4.6.4.46. The Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimon
4.6.4.47. The Force of Character by James Hillman
4.6.4.48. Mr. Eternity by Aaron Thier
4.6.4.49. The Anatomy of Story by John Truby
4.6.4.50. The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul by Douglas Adams
4.6.4.51. The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
4.6.4.52. The Blank Slate by Steven Pinker
4.6.4.53. How Google Works by Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg
4.6.4.54. Total Recall: How to Boost Your Memory Power by Joan Minninger
4.6.4.55. Structures by J. E. Gordon
4.6.4.56. Barbarian Days a Surfing Life by William Finnegan
4.6.4.57. The 50th Law by Robert Greene
4.6.4.58. But What If We're Wrong? by Chuck Kloselerman
4.6.4.59. I'm a Stranger Here Myself by Bill Bryson
4.6.4.60. The 33 Strategies of War by Robert Greene
4.6.4.61. The Choose Yourself Guide to Wealth by James Altucher
4.6.4.62. Coruscant Nights I: Jedi Twilight by Michael Reeves
4.6.5. Health
4.6.5.1. Born to Run by Christopher McDougall
4.6.5.2. What Doesn't Kill Us by Scott Carney
4.6.5.3. Haven't Read
4.6.5.3.1. The Bulletproof Diet by Dave Asprey
4.6.5.3.2. Slim by Design by Brian Wansink
4.6.5.3.3. Salt Fat Acid Heat by Samin Nosrat
4.6.5.3.4. The Good Gut by Justin Sonnenburg and Erica Sonnenburg
4.6.5.3.5. Spark by John J. Ratey
4.6.5.3.6. The Rise of Superman by Steven Kotler
4.6.6. The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
4.6.7. Do the Work by Steven Pressfield
4.6.8. The Bed of Procrustes by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
4.6.9. Side Hustle Bible by James Altucher
4.6.10. Incognito by David Eagleman
4.6.11. Thought Revolution by William A. Donius
4.6.12. Words I Wish I Wrote by Robert Fulghum
4.6.13. The Pentagon's Brain by Annie Jacobson
4.6.14. The Meaning of It All by Feynman
4.6.15. The HItchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
4.6.16. Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
4.6.17. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
4.6.18. Johnny Bunko by Daniel H. Pink
4.6.19. The Game by Neil Strauss
4.6.20. The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
4.7. The Mind
4.7.1. Thinking Clearly (My top 3)
4.7.1.1. Principles by Ray Dalio
4.7.1.2. The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson
4.7.1.3. Switch by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
4.7.2. Havent read
4.7.2.1. Limitless by Jim Kwik
4.7.2.2. Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Suzuki
4.7.2.3. Deviate by Beau Lotto
4.7.2.4. Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
4.7.2.5. The Making of Intelligence by Ken Richardson
4.7.2.6. Rapt by Winifred Gallagher
4.7.2.7. Superforecasting by Philip Tetlock
4.7.2.8. A Better Brain at Any Age by Kornblatt
4.7.2.9. Brain Bugs by Dean Buonomano
4.7.2.10. Nudge by Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein
4.7.2.11. Your Creative Brain by Carson
4.7.2.12. Reading in the Brain by Stanislas Dehaene
4.7.2.13. Tripping the Prom Queen by Susan R. Shapiro
4.7.2.14. You Are Not So Smart by David Mcraney
4.7.2.15. Friendfluence by Carlin Flora
4.7.2.16. Maps of the Mind by Charles Hampden-Turner
4.7.3. Memorization/Hacks
4.7.3.1. Remember It by Nelson Dellis
4.7.3.2. How to Learn Almost Anything in 48 Hours
4.7.3.3. How to Remember Anything by Dean Vaughn
4.7.3.4. The Einstein Factor by Wenger and Poe
4.7.3.5. Mental Models
4.7.3.5.1. Algorithms to Live By by Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths
4.7.3.5.2. Mental Models by Peter Hollins
4.7.3.5.3. The Great Mental Models Volume 1 by Shane Parrish
4.7.3.5.4. The Great Mental Models Volume 2 by Shane Parrish
4.7.3.5.5. The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek
4.7.3.5.6. The Model Thinker by Scott E. Page
4.7.3.5.7. SuperThinking by Gabriel Weinberg and Lauren McCann
4.7.3.5.8. The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
4.7.3.5.9. Upstream by Dan Heath
4.7.4. Learning
4.7.4.1. Learn Better by Ulrich Boser
4.7.4.2. A Whole New Mind by Daniel H. Pink
4.7.4.3. How to Think Like Sherlock by Daniel Smith
4.7.4.4. Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker
4.7.4.5. Day-To-Day
4.7.4.5.1. Atomic Habits by James Clear
4.7.4.5.2. Stick With It by Sean Young
4.7.4.5.3. Willpower Doesn't Work by Benjamin Hardy
4.7.4.5.4. Indistractable by Nir Eyal
4.7.4.5.5. Organize Tomorrow Today by Jason Selk and Tom Bartow
4.7.4.6. Finishing/Performance
4.7.4.6.1. Range by David Epstein
4.7.4.6.2. Psyched Up by Daniel McGinn
4.7.4.6.3. Finish by Jon Acuff
4.7.4.6.4. The Alter Ego Effect by Herman
4.7.5. Bugs/Psych
4.7.5.1. Mistakes Were Made (but not by me) by Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson
4.7.5.2. Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely
4.7.5.3. Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
4.7.6. Historical
4.7.6.1. Tao Te Ching by Lao-Tzu
4.7.6.2. Discourses of Epictetus
4.8. Other Countries
4.8.1. Asia
4.8.1.1. China
4.8.1.1.1. Best Chinese Idioms by Situ Tan
4.8.1.1.2. Proverbs and Common Sayings from the Chinese
4.8.1.1.3. The Elephant and the Dragon by Robyn Meredith
4.8.1.2. Korea
4.8.1.2.1. The Korean Mind: Understanding Contemporary Korean Culture by Boye Lafayette de Mente
4.8.1.2.2. Modern Transformation of Korea by Kyu-tau Yi
4.8.1.2.3. Traditional Performing Arts of Korea by Jeon Kyung-wook
4.8.1.3. Japan
4.8.1.3.1. Be More Japan: The Art of Japanese Living by DK
4.8.1.3.2. Good-Bye by Yoshimiro Tatsumi
4.8.2. Scandinavia
4.8.2.1. Finland
4.8.2.1.1. The Finnish Art of Courage by Sisu
4.8.3. Africa
4.8.3.1. Tunisia
4.8.3.2. Algeria
4.8.3.2.1. Children of the New World by Assia Djebar
4.8.3.3. Egypt
4.8.3.3.1. The Hidden Face of Eve by Nawal El Saadawi
4.9. Tech
4.9.1. Superintelligence by Bostrom
4.9.2. AI Superpowers by Kai-Fu Lee
4.9.3. Haven't Read
4.9.3.1. Life 3.0 by Max Tegmark
4.9.3.2. Dataclysm by Christian Rudder
4.9.3.3. The Cuckoo's Egg by Clifford Stoll
4.9.4. The Future of the Mind by Michio Kaku
5. My Work
5.1. Technology
5.2. Writing
5.2.1. Questions for every situation