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(Total = 250 Since 1/2010)
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/// End 2020 (250 books total)
20. The Success Equation by Michael Mauboussin
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17. The Wisdom of Insecurity by Alan Watts
16. Built to Sell by John Warrillow
15. The Almanack of Naval Ravikant by Eric Jorgenson
14. Power vs Force
13. …..
12. Outwitting the Devil by Napoleon Hill
11. How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World by Harry Browne
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9. *The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz (6.29.20)
8. … (6.12.20)
7. …….. (5.31.20)
6. *Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill (5.20.20)
5. What Your Do Is Who You Are by Ben Horowitz (4.27.20)
4. How to Castrate a Bull by Dave Hitz (4.12.20)
3. … (3.27.20)
2. Crossing the Chasm by Geoffrey Moore (2.24.20)
1. The Goal by Eliyahu M. Goldratt (1.18.20)
/// End 2019 (230 books total)
21. How To Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie (12.31.19)
20. ……. (12.27.19)
19. Permanent Record by Edward Snowden (11.30.19)
18. The Messy Middle by Scott Belsky (11.14.19)
17. … (10.30.19)
16. Alchemy by Rory Sutherland (9.20.19)
15. … (8.30.19)
14. When Coffee Competes with Kale by Alan Klement (8.16.19)
13. Obviously Awesome by April Dunford (7.31.19)
12. Reboot:Leadership & the Art of Growing Up by Jerry Colonna (7.19.19)
11. The 7 Powers: The Foundations of Business Strategy by Hamilton Helmer (7.9.19)
10. The Relaxation Revolution: The Science & Genetics of Mind Body Healing by Benson & Proctor (6.23.19)
9. .. (6.13.19)
8. Trillion Dollar Coach by Eric Schmidt, et al (5.15.19)
7. Not Caring What Other People Think is a SuperPower by Ed Latimore (4.28.19)
6. … (4.20.19)
5. The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie (4.10.19)
4. . (3.30.19)
3. … (2.20.19)
2. Atomic Habits by James Clear (1.28.19)
1. Creative Selection: Inside Apple’s Design Process by Ken Kocienda (1.5.18)
/// End 2018 (209 books total)
26. High Growth Handbook by Elad Gil (12.18.18)
25. … (11.30.18)
24. … (11.20.18)
23. … (10.21.18)
22. Lincoln the Unknown by Dale Carnegie (9.30.18)
21. The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale (9.10.18)
20. … (8.31.18)
19. The Upside of Stress by Kelly McGonigal (8.18.18)
18. …. (7.22.18)
17. … (7.19.18)
16. The Systems Bible by John Gall (7.18.18)
15. On Tyranny: 20 Lessons from the 20th Century by Timothy Snyder (6.30.18)
14. Non Violent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg (6.22.18)
13. The Collection by Florence Scovel Shinn (6.16.18)
12. Skin in the Game by Nassim Taleb (6.3.18)
11. Powerful: Building a culture of freedom & responsibility by Patty McCord (5.4.18)
10. ….. (4.22.18)
9. *The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz (4.13.18)
8. *How To Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie (4.3.18)
7. On the Shortness of Life by Seneca (3.13.18)
6. 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos by Jordan Peterson (3.11.18)
5. ….. (3.11.18)
4. Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike by Phil Knight (2.16.18)
3. ….. (1.30.18)
2. ……… (1.19.18)
1. Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature by Janine Benyus (1.5.18)
/// End 2017 (183 books total)
24. … (12.27.17)
23. Win Bigly by Scott Adams (11.26.17)
22. … (11.14.17)
21. The Captain Class by Sam Walker (11.10.17)
20. Deep Work by Cal Newport (10.19.17)
19. The Obstacle is the Way by Ryan Holiday (9.28.17)
18. How to Become a Rainmaker by Jeffrey Fox (9.15.17)
17. Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss (9.5.17)
16. The Manager’s Path by Camille Fournier (8.13.17)
15. Wooden: A lifetime of reflections on and off the court by Wooden & Jamison (7.28.17)
14. Grit by Angela Duckworth (7.15.17)
13. *Pitch Anything by Oren Klaff (6.23.17)
12. .. (6.15.17)
11. Team of Teams by Ret General Stanley McChrystal (5.31.17)
10. Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss (5.11.17)
9. *The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz (4.27.17)
8. Essentialism: the disciplined pursuit of less by Greg McKeown (4.12.17)
7. Play Bigger by Peterson, et al (4.1.17)
6. The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman (3.25.17)
5. The Knack: How Street-Smart Entrepreneurs Learn to Handle Whatever Comes Up by Burlingham & Brodsky (3.19.17)
4. The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz (2.28.17)
3. The Advantage: Why Organizational Help Trumps Everything Else by Patrick Lencioni (2.20.17)
2. Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt (1.29.17)
1. *How To Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie (1.21.17)
//// end 2016 -> 159 Total
15. Pre-suasion by Robert Cialdini (12.21.16)
14. Pitch Anything by Oren Klaff (11.15.16)
13. You can’t teach a kid to ride a bicycle at a seminar by David Sandler (10.8.16)
12. First, break all the rules: What the world’s best managers do differently by Gallup & Marcus Buckingham (9.17.16)
11. Emotional Intelligence 2.0 by Travis Bradberry (8.29.16)
10. Only the Paranoid Survive by Andy Grove (8.14.16)
9. Second Wind: Memoirs of an Opinionated Man by Bill Russell (7.31.16)
8. Impossible to Ignore by Carmen Simon (7.23.16)
7. Sam Walton: Made in America by Sam Walton (6.17.16)
6. From Impossible to Inevitable by Aaron Ross and Jason Lemkin (5.19.16)
5. The Last Word on Power by Tracy Goss (4.29.16)
4. Lead from the Heart by Mark C Crowley (4.10.16)
3. Drive by Dan Pink (3.21.16)
2. The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L’Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution by C.L.R. James (2.15.16)
1. The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing by Ries & Trout (1.5.16)
//// end 2015 -> 144 Total
20. Selling to Big Companies by Jill Konrath (12.31.15)
19. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Harari (12.31.15)
18. Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders by Ret. Capt. L. David Marquet (11.27.15)
17. Pitching Hacks by Venture Hacks (11.3.15)
16. How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big By Scott Adams (10.30.15)
15. Principles by Ray Dalio (10.25.15)
14. The Sales Acceleration Formula: Using Data, Technology, and Inbound Selling to go from $0 to $100 Million by Mark Roberge (9.26.15)
13. Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist by Feld & Mendelson (9.16.15)
12. Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In by Fisher & Ury (9.5.15)
11. A Curious Mind: The Secret to a Bigger Life by Brian Grazer (8.25.15)
10. *The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership by Bill Walsh (8.14.15)
9. Work Rules!: Insights from Inside Googleby Laszlo Bock (7.19.15)
8. Different: Escaping the Competitive Herd by YoungMe Moon (7.4.15)
7. The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership by John C Maxwell (6.21.15)
6. It’s All About Who You Hire, How They Lead by Mort Mandel (5.24.15)
5. Good Strategy, Bad Strategyby Richard Rumelt (5.9.15)
4. How To Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie (4.19.15)
3. Hacking Leadership by Mike Myatt (3.20.15)
2. The Challenger Sale: Taking Control of the Customer Conversation by Dixon & Adamson (2.20.15)
1. Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall Street by John Brooks (1.16.15)
//// end 2014 -> 124 Total
24. The No Asshole Rule by Robert Sutton (12.31.14)
23. Behind the Cloud: The Untold Story of Salesforce.com by Marc Benioff (12.16.14)
22. Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration by Ed Catmull (12.6.14)
21. High Output Management by Andy Grove (11.14.14)
20. To Sell Is Human by Dan Pink (10.19.14)
19. SPIN Selling by Neil Rackham (10.10.14)
18. Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill (9.27.14)
17. Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel (9.22.14)
16. The Ultimate Sales Machine by Chet Holmes (8.31.14)
15. The Charisma Myth: How Anyone Can Master the Art and Science of Personal Magnetism by Olivia Cabane (8.9.14)
14. Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story by Arnold Schwarzenegger (7.11.14)
13. The Alliance: Managing Talent in the Networked Age by Hoffman, Yeh, & Casnocha (7.3.14)
12. The Effective Executive by Peter Drucker (6.14.14)
11. Own the Room: Business Presentations that Persuade, Engage, and Get Results by Booth, Shames, & Desberg (5.31.14)
10. The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz (5.18.14)
9. The Founder’s Dilemmas by Noam Wasserman (5.11.14)
8. The 12 Week Year: Get More Done in 12 Weeks than Others Do in 12 Months by Moran & Lennington (4.12.14)
7. Our Thoughts Determine Our Lives: The Life and Teachings of Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica by Ana Smiljanic (3.30.14)
6. Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl (3.17.14)
5. The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking by Burger & Starbird (3.12.14)
4. Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson (2.28.14)
3. How To Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie (2.12.14)
2. So Good They Can’t Ignore You by Cal Newport (2.8.14)
1. Tested Advertising Methods by Caples & Hahn (1.20.14)
//// end 2013 -> 100 Total
25. Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind by Ries & Trout (12.27.13)
24. Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder by Nicholas Taleb (12.19.13)
23. Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck (12.19.13)
22. Rework* by Jason Fried & DHH (11.17.13)
21. The Innovator’s Solution: Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth by Clayton Christensen (11.12.13)
20. How Will You Measure Your Life? by Clayton Christensen (11.4.13)
19. Crossing the Chasm by Geoffrey Moore (10.13.13)
18. Fire in the Valley: The Making of The Personal Computer by Freiberger & Swaine (10.5.13)
17. Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire by Wallace & Erickson (9.8.13)
16. The Innovator’s Dilemma by Clayton Christensen (9.2.13)
15. Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson (8.18.13)
14. The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand (7.26.13)
13. Decoded by Jay-Z (7.26.13)
12. Bossypants by Tina Fey (6.10.13)
11. Lean Startup Marketing by Sean Ellis (5.29.13)
10. Who: The A Method for Hiring by Smart and Street (5.20.13)
9. The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles by Pressfield & Coyne (5.7.13)
8. Predictable Revenue: The $100 Million Best Practices of Salesforce by Ross & Tyler (4.30.13)
7. What Got You Here Won’t Get You Thereby Marshall Goldsmith (4.6.13)
6. Mindfire: Big Ideas for Curious Minds by Scott Berkun (4.3.13)
5. Sweet Potato Power by Tudor (3.18.13)
4. The Lean Entrepreneur by Brant Cooper & Patrick Vlaskovits (2.26.13)
3. Fierce Conversations by Susan Scott (2.8.13)
2. How To Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie (1.14.13)
1. The 7 Deadly Sins of Style by Antonio Centeno (1.9.13)
//// end 2012 -> 75 Total
28. “Blue Ocean Strategy” by Kim & Mauborgne (12.21.12)
27. “Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind” by Shunryu Suzuki (12.8.12)
26. “The Happiness Hypothesis” Haidt (11.21.12)
25. “The Power of Full Engagement” by Loehr and Schwartz (11.2.12)
24. “Thinking in Systems: A Primer” by Donella Meadows (10.13.12)
23. “The Defining Decade” by Mel Jay (9.15.12)
22. “Main Message” by Stephen Young (9.14.12)
21. “The Creative Habit” by Twylah Tharp (8.23.12)
20. “The Non-Designers Design Book” by Robin Williams (7.26.12)
19. “Simple and Usable” by Giles Colborne (7.14.12)
18. “The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership” by Bill Walsh (6.30.12)
17. “Crucial Conversations Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High” by Kerry Patterson (6.20.12)
16. “Buy This Book Before You Buy Facebook: A PandoDaily Expert Guide To The Internet’s Biggest IPO” by Pando Daily writers (5.26.12)
15. “The Art of War” by Sun Tzu (5.10.12)
14. “The Alchemist” by Paolo Coelho (5.1.12)
13. “Competing on Analytics” (4.29.12)
12. “Switch” by Chip & Dan Heath (4.14.12)
11. “Inspired” by Marty Cagan (3.31.12)
10. “The Art of Getting Money” by P.T. Barnum (3.25.12)
9. “How to Win at the Sport of Business” by Mark Cuban (3.19.12)
8. “How to Win Friends & Influence People” by Dale Carnegie (3.13.12)*
7. “Anything You Want” by Derek Sivers (3.11.12)
6. “The Starfish and the Spider” by Brafman & Beckstrom (2.29.12)
5. “Design of Every Day Things” by Donald Norman (2.21.12)
4. “The Thank You Economy” by Gary V. (2.7.12)
3. “Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion” by Robert Cialdini (1.28.12)
2. “Great by Choice” by John Collins (1.8.12)
1. “The Four Steps to the Epiphany”* by Steve Blank (1.4.12)
//// end 2011 -> 47 Total
22. “The Flinch” by Julien Smith (12.26.11)
21. “A Way to Wealth” by Benjamin Franklin (12.25.11)
20. “The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development” by Cooper & Vlaskovits (12.24.11)*
19. “Tribal Leadership” by Logan, King & Fischer-Wright (12.22.11)
18. “The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin” (12.11.11)
17. “Iconoclasts” by Gregory Berns (11.23.11)
16. “The Lean Startup” By Eric Ries (11.9.11)
15. “Brainsteering” by Kevin & Shawn Coyne (10.23.11)
14. “How to win friends and influence people” by Dale Carnegie (9.23.11)
13. “Predictably Irrational” by Dan Ariely (9.9.11)
12. “The Paradox of Choice” by Barry Schwartz (8.19.11)
11. “PayPal Wars” by Eric Jackson (7.27.11)
10. “The Mating Mind” by Geoffrey Miller (6.29.11)
9. “Little Bets: How breakthrough ideas emerge from small discoveries” by Peter Sims (5.13.11)
8. “Where Good Ideas Come From” by Steven Johnson (5.2.11)
7. “Enchantment” by Guy Kawasaki (4.18.11)
6. “The Master Switch” by Tim Wu (4.6.11)
5. “The Mesh” by Lisa Gansky (3.8.11)
4. “Practically Radical” by William C. Taylor (3.3.11)
3. “Never Eat Alone” by Keith Ferrazzi (2.11.11)
2. “Getting to Plan B” by Mullins & Komisar (1.24.11)
1. “What Every Body is Saying” by Joe Navarro (1.6.11)
//// end 2010 -> 25 Total
25. “The Five Dysfunctions of a Team” by Patrick Lencioni (12.24.10)
24. “How We Decide” by Jonah Lehrer (12.14.10)
23. “The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership” by John C Maxwell (11.27.10)
22. “Do More Faster” by many TechStars mentors & alums (11.10.10)
21. “Community Building on the Web” by Amy Jo Kim (10.29.10)
20. “The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development” by Cooper &; Vlaskovits (10.15.10)
19. “Startup Lessons Learned” by Eric Ries (10.12.10)
18. “The Cycle of Leadership: How Great Leaders Teach Their Companies to Win” by Tichy and Cardwell (9.13.10)
17. “The One Minute Manager Meets the Monkey” (8.28.10)
16. “Made to Stick” by Chip & Dan Heath (8.14.10)
15. “The Art of the Start” by Guy Kawasaki (8.2.10)
14. “What Customers Want” by Anthony Ulwick (7.19.10)
13. “The Dip” by Seth Godin (6.23.10)
12. “Tipping Point” By Malcolm Gladwell (6.20.10)
11. “Yes! 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive” by Goldstein, Martin and Cialdini (6.10.10)
10. “Rocket Surgery Made Easy” by Steve Krug (6.2.10)
9. “Twitter API Dev for Dummies” by Dusty Reagan (5.25.10)
8. “10 Powerful Personas” by Kevin Vogelsang (5.21.10)
7. “Delivering Happiness” by Tony Hsieh (5.7.10)
6. “Don’t Make me Think” by Steve Krug (4.19.10)
5. “ReWork” by Jason Fried and DHH (4.2.10)
4. “Mastering the VC Game” by Jeff Bussgang (3.19.10)
3. “Founders at Work” by Jessica Livingston (3.12.10)
2. “Crush It” by Gary Vaynerchuk (1.13.10)
1. “Trust Agents” by Chris Brogan (1.9.10)
I totally agree.