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What I’ve learned from books

I know there’s a certain amount of lessons I can learn from others. Of course, you always need the real-world experience. So seems the best of both worlds to gain traction in the two at once.

Some of the books listed here link into more detail about summaries of what I’ve learned so far. Open to discussion and insights that point in other directions too.

Books I’ve enjoyed overall

  • I love reading books.
  • Here’s a list of books I’ve enjoyed recently.

Favorite books in 2025

  • Project Hail Mary. By Andy Weir
  • Player Piano. By Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
  • UX for Beginners: A Crash Course in 100 Short Lessons. By Joel Marsh
  • The 4 Pillar Plan: How to Relax, Eat, Move, Sleep Your Way to a Longer, Healthier Life. By Dr Rangan Chatterjee
  • Help Thanks Wow: The Three Essential Prayers. by Anne Lamott
  • Six Memos for the Next Millennium. By Italo Calvino
  • The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company. By Robert Iger
  • The Music Lesson: A Spiritual Search for Growth Through Music. By Victor L. Wooten
  • Breathe: A Life in Flow. By Rickson Gracie
  • The Creative Act: A Way of Being. By Rick Rubin
  • Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal. By Nick Bilton

Favorite books in 2024

  • Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect. By Will Guidara
  • The Lessons of History. By Will Durant and Ariel Durant
  • How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question. By Michael Schur
  • The Manual: A Philosopher’s Guide to Life. By Epictetus
  • How to Write One Song: Loving the Things We Create and How They Love Us Back. By Jeff Tweedy
  • It’s So Easy: And Other Lies. By Duff McKagan
  • Never Finished: Unshackle Your Mind and Win the War Within. By David Goggins
  • The New One Minute Manager. By Kenneth H. Blanchard and Spencer Johnson
  • Field Trip to the Moon. By John L. Hare

Favorite books in 2023

  • The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet. By John Green

Favorite books in 2022

  • The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups. By Daniel Coyle
  • I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf. By Grant Snider
  • Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture. By David Kushner
  • No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention. By Reed Hastings and Erin Meyer
  • An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness. By Kay Redfield Jamison

Favorite books in 2021

  • Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity. By David Allen
  • The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business. By Erin Meyer
  • Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood. By Trevor Noah
  • In the Name of Wild: One Family, Five Years, Ten Countries, and a New Vision of Wildness. By Phillip Vannini, April Vannini, Autumn Vannini

Project Inception: Favorite Book Sharing

Imagine that you drop your 3 favorite books in exchange for my top 3. And so on.

  • Could that work?

Of course I´ve already shared them, but still a neat idea for a digital app. I saw it in person at a physical book store with pen and paper to exchange with people you don´t meet: a bit of a anonymous pen pal kind of thing. Mysterious, random and fun.

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