Books & Concepts for the Formative Years
Updated May 10, 2023, from Australia
Books (16-20):
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Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff, Richard Carlson
- Awaken the Giant Within, Tony Robbins
- Rich Dad Poor Dad, Robert Kyabashi
- The Richest Man in Babylon, George Clason
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey
- Sapiens, Yuval Hararri
- On the Origins of the Species, Charles Darwin
- On Writing Well, William Zinsser
- The Art of Living, Epictetus
- Six Easy Pieces, Richard Feynman
- Greenlights, Matthew McConaughey
- The Almanack of Naval Ravikant, Eric Jorgenson
Books (20-26):
- Poor’s Charlie Almanack, Charlie Munger
- Meditations, Marcus Aurelius
- Living Untethered, Michael Singer
- Lessons of History, Will Durant
- The Hero with 1000 Faces, Joseph Campbell
- Influence, Robert Cialdini
- Hamlet, Shakespeare
- The Prince, Nicholo Machievalli
- The Symposium, Plato
- On the Shortness of Life, Seneca
- Six Not So Easy Pieces, Richard Feynman
Books (when ready for parenting):
Concepts/skills to learn and understand:
- Meditation
- Compounding effect
- Paretto distribution
- Leverage
- Persuasion
- Human Psychology
- Microeconomics
- Macro economics
- Game theory
- Mental models
- Public speaking
- Business writing
People to study and find out more:
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Benjamin Franklin
- Winston Churchill
- Abraham Lincoln
- Charlie Munger
- Steve Jobs
- Richard Feynman