Recommendations
What I read, and why it's worth your time.
A running library of the books and courses I come back to and point clients toward — on communicating, leading, building relationships, and becoming someone who follows through. Grouped by what you're trying to get better at.
110 books, across the themes below. Pick a starting point.
Communicate so people listen
Persuade and influence with integrity
Lead and build organizations
- Principles
- The Essential Drucker
- Conscious Business Long story short →
- The Leadership Pipeline
- High Output Management
- The First 90 Days
- The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership
- The Personal MBA
- What Got You Here Won't Get You There
- Thanks for the Feedback
- Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader
- Built to Last
- Good to Great
- How to Make a Few Billion Dollars
Execute and follow through
Grow your habits, mindset, and character
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
- Mindset Long story short →
- Immunity to Change
- The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth Long story short →
- Personal Development for Smart People
- The Success Principles
- Think and Grow Rich
- No Excuse!
- Aspire
- The Dreams to Reality Fieldbook
- Tools of Titans
- Poor Charlie's Almanack
Find your path and meaningful work
Cultivate stillness and presence
Master your inner life
Strengthen your health and finances
Beyond Books
A few courses worth your time.
Free and low-cost courses I recommend for going deeper — on resilience, well-being, success, and thinking clearly.
Positive Psychology: Resilience Skills
Bounce back better.
Yale: Listening to Music
Appreciate music more.
A Brief History of Humankind (Yuval Noah Harari)
Understand why we do what we do.
The Science of Well-Being
Learn to be happy.
Success (Richard Shell, Wharton)
Define success for yourself.
How to Start a Startup (Y Combinator)
Bring your vision to life.
Duolingo Language Lessons
Connect through languages.
Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
Understand your choices.
Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth
Go on your hero's journey.
Calling Bullsh*t
Learn to think for yourself.
Inspiring Quotes
Ideas worth keeping close.
A rotating collection of quotes and short reflections I return to — on character, performance, and how to carry yourself.
25 Rules for Work and LifeStephen Schwarzman, Blackstone
Today I am wise, so I am changing myselfRumi
Take responsibility for tomorrow, todayAbraham Lincoln
Do what others won't to become who others can'tJerry Rice
No shortcuts to any place worth goingBeverly Sills
Knowledge helps you recognize your own ignoranceJohn Archibald Wheeler
Character = choices, thoughts, and actionsafter Heraclitus
The next time you feel like complaining…Stephen Hawking
More where this came from.
I write regularly about communication, growth, and leading with intention — and I work with people one-on-one.