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Recommended Reading

Life is too short to read a bad book. This page includes a brief list of my recommendations sorted by category.

Influence / Persuasion

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Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini

 

Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Chip Heath and Dan Heath

 

Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It by Chris Voss and Tahl Raz

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Interpersonal Communication

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Crucial Conversations Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High by Joseph Grenny, Kerry Patterson, Al Switzler, and Ron McMillan

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Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, and Sheila Heen

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How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen by David Brooks

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How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

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Working with Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman.

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Entrepreneurship/Innovation
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Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers by Alexander Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur

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Diffusion of Innovations by Everett Rogers

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Good to Great by James C. Collins

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The Lean Startup by Eric Ries

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The Startup Owner’s Manual: The Step-by-Step Guide for Building a Great Company by Steve Blank

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Talking to Humans by Frank Rimalovski and Giff Constable

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Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World by Adam Grant

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Goals / Decision Making / Habits 
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Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear

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Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work by Chip Heath and Dan Heath

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Switch: How to Change when Change is Hard by Chip Heath and Dan Heath

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Write it Down Make it Happen by Henriette Klauser

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Leadership

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15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership by Chapman, Jim Dethmer, and Kaley Klemp

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Discover Your True North by Bill George

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The Five Dysfunctions of a Team​ by Patrick Lencioni​

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Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity by Kim Scott

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Living
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Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom

 

Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl

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Meditations: A New Translation by Marcus Aurelius (Gregory Hays translation)

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The Road to Character by David Brooks

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Relationships
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The All-or-Nothing Marriage: How the Best Marriages Work by Eli J. Finkel

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Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman

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The Hard Questions by Susan Piver

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Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids by Laura Markham

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Teaching
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Courage to Teach by Parker Palmer

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The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch

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Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning by Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III, Mark A. McDaniel

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What the Best College Teachers Do by Ken Bain

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