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The Identity TrapBook Yascha Mounk
It's a masterclass in making a logical argument on the page, and also very timely.
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2023-11-29·thegrowtheq.com ↗
Same As EverBook Morgan Housel
He is the best there is when it comes to simple (but not always easy) ideas for working with money and building wealth.
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2023-11-29·thegrowtheq.com ↗
Going InfiniteBook Michael Lewis
Michael Lewis is one of the best living nonfiction storytellers, and this is my favorite of his books yet. It's a page-turner filled with countless memorable scenes and stories from the rise and fall of Sam Bankman Fried (SBF).
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2023-11-29·thegrowtheq.com ↗
Act Like a Leader, Think Like a LeaderBook Herminia Ibarra
Ibarra is a business and management professor who draws from a deep wellspring of research, including her own. The parts about identity are especially outstanding.
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2023-11-29·thegrowtheq.com ↗
On WorkBook Derek Thompson
Derek is one of my favorite writers on contemporary issues. This book is an anthology of his writing over the last five years on the topic of work.
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2023-11-29·thegrowtheq.com ↗
The Hungry BrainBook Stephen Guyenet
To me, this is the definitive book on nutrition, and at the same time, it's about so much more.
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2023-11-29·thegrowtheq.com ↗
Of Boys and MenBook Richard Reeves
A perspective altering look at the modern state of masculinity in America.
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2023-11-29·thegrowtheq.com ↗
Demon CopperheadBook Barbara Kingsolver
I read some great novels this year. My six favorites: Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver, Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus, The Dog Stars by Peter Heller,
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Lessons in ChemistryBook Bonnie Garmus
I read some great novels this year. My six favorites: Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver, Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus,
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2023-11-29·thegrowtheq.com ↗
The Dog StarsBook Peter Heller
My six favorites: Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver, Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus, The Dog Stars by Peter Heller,
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2023-11-29·thegrowtheq.com ↗
A Gentleman in MoscowBook Amor Towles
My six favorites: Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver, Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus, The Dog Stars by Peter Heller, A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles,
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2023-11-29·thegrowtheq.com ↗
The Brothers KaramazovBook Fyodor Dostoevsky
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles, Home by Toni Morrison, and The Brothers Karamazov by Fydor Dostoevsky.
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2023-11-29·thegrowtheq.com ↗
Life is HardBook Kieran Setiya
In this book, Setiya, a philosopher at MIT, consoles us by helping us to realize that we are not alone in our struggles—many of them are perennial.
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2022-11-23·thegrowtheq.com ↗
The Chaos MachineBook Max Fisher
The best book on the perils of social media I've yet to read.
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2022-11-23·thegrowtheq.com ↗
On QualityBook Robert Pirsig
He died in 2017, but this book of unpublished essays, speeches, letters, and other notes was just released this past year. I couldn't wait to read it, and it didn't disappoint.
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2022-11-23·thegrowtheq.com ↗
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle MaintenanceBook Robert M. Pirsig
If you pinned me on my two favorite books I'd probably say Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance and Lila , both by Robert Pirsig.
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2022-11-23·thegrowtheq.com ↗
LilaBook Robert Pirsig
If you pinned me on my two favorite books I'd probably say Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance and Lila , both by Robert Pirsig. Pirsig's work jumpstarted my own intellectual life, and for that I am forever grateful .
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2022-11-23·thegrowtheq.com ↗
QuitBook Annie Duke
Duke examines why knowing when to quit is every bit as important a skill as knowing when to grit, even though the former is hardly every discussed, let alone taught. This book serves as a much-needed correction.
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2022-11-23·thegrowtheq.com ↗
Work, Parent, ThriveBook Yael Schonbrun
his is a great book for people who care deeply about their parenting and their craft.
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2022-11-23·thegrowtheq.com ↗
BittersweetBook Susan Cain
In this fascinating book, Cain names this emotion bittersweet and details its rich history and usefulness for living a full, meaningful, and textured life, and she does so by deploying a stunning mix of art and science.
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2022-11-23·thegrowtheq.com ↗
Stolen FocusBook Johann Hari
In this book, Hari uncovers the many forces that are preying on our ability to pay attention and focus, and he offers tools, both individual and collective, that can help us to reclaim it.
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2022-11-23·thegrowtheq.com ↗
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and TomorrowBook Gabrielle Zevin
I read some great novels this year! My six favorites: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin,
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2022-11-23·thegrowtheq.com ↗
The SympathizerBook Viet Thanh Nguyen
My six favorites: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin, The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen,
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2022-11-23·thegrowtheq.com ↗
Harlem ShuffleBook Colson Whitehead
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen, Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead, Liberation Day by George Saunders,
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2022-11-23·thegrowtheq.com ↗
Amusing Ourselves to DeathBook Neil Postman
An underground classic first published in 1985, Amusing Ourselves to Death predicts a world in which, fueled by cable-news, society loses the ability to separate serious issues from entertainment, and fact from fiction. A prescient book, to say the least.
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2020-12-02·thegrowtheq.com ↗
The Biggest BluffBook Maria Konnikova
On its face a book about poker, The Biggest Bluff is really about how to make decisions amdist uncertainty, and focus on the process not results, in all of life.
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2020-12-02·thegrowtheq.com ↗
EducatedBook Tara Westover
A remarkable story of someone overcoming seemingly every single obstacle and challenge that life can throw at you.
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2020-12-02·thegrowtheq.com ↗
Escape from FreedomBook Erich Fromm
I read my way into somewhat of a Fromm rabbit hole this year, ripping through six of his works in a little over three weeks. I've decided to list my two favorites together, in the order which I read them.
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The Sane SocietyBook Erich Fromm
A Sane Society is Fromm's critique of the then (he wrote this book in 1955) increasing consumer culture and it's ramifications. Everything is still true today.
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A Promised LandBook Barack Obama
But after checking out a few reviews, I knew I had to bump this up to the top of my ever-growing reading list. It did not disappoint.
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2020-12-02·thegrowtheq.com ↗
Going to Pieces Without Falling ApartBook Mark Epstein
It was a godsend then, and I wanted to re-read it now, with a bit of distance between my now-self and then-self. It was every bit as good.
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RangeBook David Epstein
Given what we wrote in opening about our method of integrating ideas from different domains it's not surprising that we loved this book.
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2019-12-03·thegrowtheq.com ↗
Stillness Is the KeyBook Ryan Holiday
I've always loved Holiday's writing, and this is my favorite work yet. It reads more like a history book than anything. The chapter on Churchill is dynamite.
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2019-12-03·thegrowtheq.com ↗
How to Do NothingBook Jenny Odell
Another thing I loved about this book: I really had to wrestle with it.
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2019-12-03·thegrowtheq.com ↗
The Wisdom of InsecurityBook Alan Watts
This book in particular captivated me because it was so true. Watts puts into words things I've felt strongly forever but could never describe.
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2019-12-03·thegrowtheq.com ↗
DevotionsBook Mary Oliver
I don't normally love poetry but I love Mary Oliver and this collection of her best works is something to keep on your desk (or anywhere, really).
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2019-12-03·thegrowtheq.com ↗
War and PeaceBook Leo Tolstoy
My top five were War and Peace (huge book; but actually that good), Middlemarch (also a huge book; perhaps even better)
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MiddlemarchBook George Eliot
My top five were War and Peace (huge book; but actually that good), Middlemarch (also a huge book; perhaps even better)
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2019-12-03·thegrowtheq.com ↗
Full CircleBook Andrea Barber
Barber played Gibbler, and while she was always confident and cheerful on screen, off-screen she suffered from serious anxiety and depression. This is her story of working through that, and falling in love with running
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2020-12-02·thegrowtheq.com ↗
Voicing ChangeBook Rich Roll
Aesthetically pleasing, it's every bit as much a piece coffee table art as it is a good read.
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2020-12-02·thegrowtheq.com ↗
The Second MountainBook David Brooks
But this book was different. Humbled by a divorce and a change in his political identity, Brooks wrote more from a place of grace than he has in the past.
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2019-12-03·thegrowtheq.com ↗
After the Ecstasy, the LaundryBook Jack Kornfield
This book points toward a way of integrating the holy with the daily.
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2019-12-03·thegrowtheq.com ↗
Sounds Like MeBook Sara Bareilles
I dug her autobiography, which was published in 2015.
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2019-12-03·thegrowtheq.com ↗
Three Ring CircusBook Jeff Pearlman
I recommend this book to all my executive and entrepreneur coaching clients in tough team situations.
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2020-12-02·thegrowtheq.com ↗
Digital MinimalismBook Cal Newport
Yet, there was something about how Newport wrote this book that actually led me to change my behavior in positive ways. I'm a much better person for it. I recommend this book to all my coaching clients.
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2019-12-03·thegrowtheq.com ↗
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