Books

I enjoy reading books and often recommend some of my favorite books to students taking my courses. Some students suggested that I make a list somewhere, and here’s the list. If you have any book recommendations, please send me an email!

 

Productivity

Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day (John Zeratsky, Jake Knapp)

Deep Work (Cal Newport)

Atomic habits (James Clear)

Digital Minimalism (Cal Newport)

 

Building a great team

Permission to screw up (Kristen Hadeed)

Good to great (James C. Collins)

The fearless organization (Amy Edmondson)

The lean startup (Eric Ries)

 

Innovation

Loon shots (Safi Bahcall)

Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World (Adam Grant)

 

Anxiety

How to stop worrying and start living (Dale Carnegie)

Unwinding anxiety (Judson A. Brewer)

Think like a monk (Jay Shetty)

The Chimp Paradox (Steve Peters)

The subtle art of not giving a f*ck (Mark Manson)

Mindset (Carol Dweck)

 

History

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Yuval Noah Harari)

Homo Deus (Yuval Noah Harari)

Turning Points in American History (Edward T. O’Donnell)

 

Novels

Project Hail Mary (Andy Weir)