Recommended Reading
Life is too short to read a bad book. This page includes a brief list of my recommendations sorted by category.
Slide Decks
Build Better Slide Decks by Andrew B. Quagliata
Influence / Persuasion
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
Interpersonal Communication
Crucial Conversations Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High by Joseph Grenny, Kerry Patterson, Al Switzler, and Ron McMillan
Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, and Sheila Heen
How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen by David Brooks
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
Working with Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman.
Entrepreneurship/Innovation
Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers by Alexander Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur
Diffusion of Innovations by Everett Rogers
Good to Great by James C. Collins
The Lean Startup by Eric Ries
The Startup Owner’s Manual: The Step-by-Step Guide for Building a Great Company by Steve Blank
Talking to Humans by Frank Rimalovski and Giff Constable
Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World by Adam Grant
Goals / Decision Making / Habits
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear
Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
Switch: How to Change when Change is Hard by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
Write it Down Make it Happen by Henriette Klauser
Leadership
15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership by Chapman, Jim Dethmer, and Kaley Klemp
Discover Your True North by Bill George
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni
Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity by Kim Scott
Living
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
Meditations: A New Translation by Marcus Aurelius (Gregory Hays translation)
The Road to Character by David Brooks
Relationships
The All-or-Nothing Marriage: How the Best Marriages Work by Eli J. Finkel
Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman
The Hard Questions by Susan Piver
Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids by Laura Markham
Teaching
Courage to Teach by Parker Palmer
The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning by Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III, Mark A. McDaniel
What the Best College Teachers Do by Ken Bain