“Leaders are readers”. Here are my favorite books on entrepreneurship, tech and society, startups, meditation, and philosophy.
Entrepreneurship
- Guy Kawasaki: The Art of The Start
- Peter Thiel: Zero to One
- Brad Feld: Startup Life | Startup Communities
- Steve Blank: The Startup Owner’s Manual
- Eric Ries: Lean Startup
- Ash Maurya: Running Lean
- Jessica Livingston: Founders at Work
- Pedro Gairifo Santos: European Founders at Work
- Ben Horowitz: The Hard Thing About Hard Things
- David Cummings: Startup Upstart
- Reid Hoffmann: The Start-up of You
- Chris Guillebeau: The $100 Startup
- 37Signals Team: Getting Real
- David Cohen: Do more. Faster.
- Derek Sivers: Anything You Want
Innovation & Tech
- Simon Sinek: Start With Why
- Clayton M. Christensen: The Innovators Dilemma
- Geoffrey A. Moore: Crossing The Chasm
- Tom Kelley: The Art of Innovation
- Kevin Kelly: What Technology Wants (Video-Link)
- Nicholas Carr: The Big Switch
- Jaron Lanier: Dawn of the New Everything
- Ray Kurzweil: The Singularity Is Near
- Stewart Brand: The Clock of the Long Now
- Greg McKeown: Essentialism
- Max Tegmark: Life 3.0
Economy & Society
- Yuval Noah Harari: Sapiens | Homo Deus | 21 Lessons
- Malcolm Gladwell: Tipping Point | Blink
- Richard Florida: The Rise of the Creative Class
- Nassim Nicholas Taleb: Black Swan
- Thomas Piketty: Capital in the Twenty-First Century
- Chris Anderson: The Long Tail
- Clay Shirky: Cognitive Surplus (Video-Link)
- Sir Ken Robinson über ‘Changing Education Paradigms’
Purpose
- Tim Ferriss: The 4-Hour Work Week
- Tina Seelig: What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20
- Seth Godin: What to Do When it’s Your Turn
- Josh Waitzkin: The Art of Learning
- Gregg Krech: The Art of Taking Action
- Dr. Michael Breus: The Power of When
- Dale Carnegie: How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
- Ryan Holiday: The Obstacle Is the Way | The Daily Stoic
- [Video] Steve Jobs: “Stay foolish. Stay hungry!”
- [Video] Simon Sinek: “How great leaders inspire actions“
- [Video] Daniel Pink: “Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us”
Management
- Peter Drucker: Managing Oneself | The Effective Executive
- Patrick Lencioni: Die 5 Dysfunktionen eines Teams
- Dale Carnegie: How To Win Friends and Influence People
- Bill Walsh: The Score Takes Care of Itself
- Samuel Barondes: Making Sense of People
- Kim Scott: Radical Candor
- Kathleen Eisenhardt & Donald Sull: Simple Rules
- Michael Bungay-Stanier: Coaching Habit
- Ray Dalio: Principles
Product
- Robert B. Cialdini: Influence
- Chip Heath: Made to Stick | The Power of Moments
- Alexander Osterwalder: Business Model Generation
- Nir Eyal: Hooked
- Laura Klein: UX for Lean Startups
- Jeff Gothelf: The Messy Middle
- David Kelley & Tom Kelley: Creative Confidence
- Jason Fried: Rework
- Jake Knapp: Sprint
Sales & Marketing
- Seth Godin: Tribes | This is Marketing | The Practice
- Al Ries & Jack Trout: The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing
- Gary Vaynerchuk: Crushing It!
- Joe Pulizzi: Content Inc.
- James Altucher: Choose Yourself
- Gabriel Steinberg: Traction
- Daniel H/ Pink: To Sell Is Human
- Perry Marshall: 80/20 Sales and Marketing
- Aaron Ross: Predictable Revenue
Productivity
- David Allen: Getting Things Done
- James Clear: Atomic Habits
- Charles Duhigg: Smarter. Faster. Better.
- Carl Newport: Deep Work
- Gary Keller & Jay Papasan: The One Thing
- Hal Elrod: The Miracle Morning
- Brian Tracy: Eat The Frog
- Steven Pressfield: Do the Work | The War of Art
Growth
- Carol S. Dweck: Mindset
- Daniel Kahneman: Thinking, Fast…Slow
- Daniel Goleman: EQ- Emotionale Intelligenz
- Stephen R. Covey: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
- Napoleon Hill: Think and Grow Rich
- Tony Robbins: Awaken the Giant Within
- Lewis Howes: The School Of Greatness
- Elaine N. Aron: The Highly Sensitive Person
- Amanda Palmer: The Art of Asking
Happiness
- Mo Gawdat: Solve for Happy
- Dan Harriss: 10% Happier
- Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: Flow
- William Irvine: The Guide To The Good Life
- Oliver Burkeman: The Antidote
- Daniel Gilbert: Stumbling on Happiness
Health
- Shawn Stevenson: Sleep Smarter
- Jim Loehr & Tony Schwartz: The Power of Full Engagement
Meditation
- William Hart: The Art of Living: Vipassana Meditation
- Sam Harriss: Waking Up
- Daniel Goleman: Altered Traits
- Doc Childre: Heart Intelligence
Mindfulness
- Thich Nhat Hanh: Peace Is Every Step
- Shunryu Suzuki: Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind
- Jon Kabat-Zinn: Wherever You Go, There You Are
- Gordon Livingston: Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart
- Michael Neill: The Inside-Out Revolution | The Space Within
Spirituality
- Michael Singer: The Untethered Soul
- Eckhart Tolle: The Power Of Now
- Charles Whitfield: Healing The Cild Within
- Lewis Howes: The Mask of Masculinity
- David Deida: The Way of The Superior Man
- Dr. Joe Dispenza: Becoming Supernatural
- Eli Jaxon-Bear: Sudden Awakening (Enneagramm)
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca: On the Shortness of Life
Love
- Family Hendrick: Conscious Loving
- Erich Fromm: Die Kunst Des Liebens
- Daniel Bergner: What Do Women Want
- Franklin Veaux & AV Flox: The Game Changer
- Neil Strauss: The Truth
- Janet W. Hardy & Dossie Easton: The Ethical Slut
- Christopher Ryan & Cacilda Jetha: Sex At Dawn
- David Deida: The Way of the Superior Man
Finances
- T. Harv Eker: Secrets of the Millionaire Mind
- Stanley & Danko: The Millionaire Next Door
- Robert T. Kiyosaki: Rich Dad Poor Dad
- Chris Voss: Never Split The Difference
- Andre Kostolany: Die Kunst, über Geld nachzudenken
- Jason Calacanis: Angel
- Tony Robbins: Unshakeable
- Brandon Moynihan: What I Learned Losing A Million Dollar
Biographies
- The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon
- Einstein: His Life and Universe
- Gandhi: An Autobiography – The Story of My Experiments With Truth
- Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
- Freedom in Exile: The Autobiography of The Dalai Lama
- Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
- Michael Jordan: The Life
- Richard Branson: Losing My Virginity
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I look forward to your inspirations!