My Younger Self
Curated curriculum on topics of timeless human importance
- Judging Risk
- Mental Calm
- Cognitive Bias
- Habits
- Power
- Self-Awareness
- Ethics
- Fraud
- Business
- Startups
- Investing
- Government
- Capitalism
- Creativity
- Fiction
- Financial Fiction
- Non Fiction
- History
- Economics
- Career
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External: What do other people I respect recommend?
Ethics: How do I build my own ethical code?
Recommended reading:
Man's Search for Meaning: by Viktor Frankl
Principles: Life and Work by Ray Dalio
Silicon Valley Porn Star:A Memoir of Redemption and Rediscovering the Self by Jason Portnoy
Review of Silicon Valley Porn Star
Keep Calm: How do I clear my mind?
Recommended reading:
Awareness: The Perils and Opportunities of Reality by Anthony de Mello
Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon's Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart by James Doty
The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance by W. Timothy Gallwey
The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living by Ryan Holiday
The Wisdom of Psychopaths: What Saints, Spies, and Serial Killers Can Teach Us About Success by Kevin Dutton
Cognitive Bias: How do I control my behavior?
Recommended reading:
Thinking, Fast and Slow: by Daniel Kahneman
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Alchemy: The Dark Art and Curious Science of Creating Magic in Brands, Business, and Life by Rory Sutherland
But What If We're Wrong? : Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past by Chuck Klosterman
Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life by Luke Burgis
Power: How do I interact with the world?
Recommended reading:
Why Are We Yelling?: The Art of Productive Disagreement by Buster Benson
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt
The 48 Laws Of Power by Robert Greene
7 Rules of Power: Surprising--but True--Advice on How to Get Things Done and Advance Your Career by Jeffrey Pfeffer
Review of Why Are We Yelling?
Capitalism: What is Capitalism? What is the future of it?
Recommended reading:
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power by Shoshana Zuboff
What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets by Michael Sandel
Who Owns the Future? by Jaron Lanier
Review of What Money Can't Buy
Investing: How do I make good investment choices?
Recommended reading:
One Up On Wall Street: How To Use What You Already Know To Make Money In The Market by Peter Lynch
The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success by William Thorndike Jr
The Man Who Solved The Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution by Gregory Zuckerman
Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
The Psychology of Money: Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness by Morgan Housel
Review of One Up on Wall Street
Review of The Man Who Solved the Market
Self Awareness: Who am I?
Recommended reading:
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos by Jordan Peterson
The Charisma Myth: How Anyone Can Master the Art and Science of Personal Magnetism by Olivia Fox Cabane
On Being Awesome: A Unified Theory of How Not to Suck by Nick Riggle
Review of The Charisma Myth
Creativity: How do I produce original work?
Recommended reading:
The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path To Higher Creativity by Julia Cameron
The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles by Steven Pressfield
Government: How does the political system work? How are public services delivered?
Recommended reading:
How to Run a Government: So that Citizens Benefit and Taxpayers Don't Go Crazy by Sir Michael Barber
Habits: How do I develop and maintain desired habits?
Recommended reading:
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport
Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life by Nir Eyal
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker
The Upside of Stress: Why Stress is Good for You, and How to Get Good at It. by Kelly McGonigal
Review of Atomic Habits
Review of Indistractable
Review of Why We Sleep
Review of The Upside of Stress
Risk and Judgement: How do I make decisions?
Recommended reading:
Thinking in Bets by Annie Duke
Superforecasting by Philip Tetlock and Dan Gardner
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable By Nassim Taleb
Review of Thinking in Bets
Business: How do I build an enduring business?
Recommended reading:
The Fish That Ate The Whale The Life and Times of America's Banana King by Rich Cohen
Let My People Go Surfing The Education of a Reluctant Businessman--Including 10 More Years of Business Unusual by Yvon Choulnard
Mission in a Bottle: The Honest Guide to Doing Business Differently--and Succeeding by Seth Goldman and Barry Nalebuff
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike by Phil Knight
Review of Let My People Go Surfing
Fraud: How do I spot misrepresentation?
Recommended reading:
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou
Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World by Tom Wright and Bradly Hope
Dark Towers: Deutsche Bank, Donald Trump, and an Epic Trail of Destruction by David Enrich
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Fiction: Just some good reads
Recommended reading:
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
Dune by Frank Herbert
The Sympathizer: A Novel by Viet Thanh Nguyen
The Power by Naomi Alderman
The Overstory by Richard Powers
The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
Non Fiction: Just some great reads
Recommended reading:
Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations by Georgina Howell
Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II by Robert Kushan
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
Review of Shadow Divers
Startups: How do I build a fast-growing venture?
Recommended reading:
Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel and Blake Masters
The Messy Middle: Finding Your Way Through the Hardest and Most Crucial Part of Any Bold Venture by Scott Belsky
The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers by Ben Horowitz
How to Get Rich: One of the World's Greatest Entrepreneurs Shares His Secrets by Felix Dennis
History: How do I understand the past?
Recommended reading:
The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt and the Golden Age of Journalism by Doris Kearns Goodwin
The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America by Margaret O'Mara
Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman
Review of Humankind
Economics: How do I understand the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services?
Recommended reading:
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty by Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson
The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else by Hernando de Soto
The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization by Peter Zeihan
Review of The End of the World is Just the Beginning
Financial Fiction: What are great novels set in the finance industry?
Recommended reading:
Lake Success by Gary Shteyngart
The Glass Hotel by Emily St John Mandel
TRUST by Hernan Diaz
Career: How do I have a lifetime of meaningful work?
Recommended reading:
The Startup of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career by Reid Hoffman and Ben Casnocha
Working Identity: Unconventional Strategies for Reinventing Your Career by Herminia Ibarra
The Long Game: How to be a long-term thinker in a short-term world by Dorie Clark
The 2-Hour Cocktail Party: How to Build Big Relationships with Small Gatherings by Nick Gray
All: What books do you recommend to your younger self?
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport
Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life by Nir Eyal
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker
The Upside of Stress: Why Stress is Good for You, and How to Get Good at It. by Kelly McGonigal
Why Are We Yelling?: The Art of Productive Disagreement by Buster Benson
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt
The 48 Laws Of Power by Robert Greene
7 Rules of Power: Surprising--but True--Advice on How to Get Things Done and Advance Your Career by Jeffrey Pfeffer
Thinking, Fast and Slow: by Daniel Kahneman
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Alchemy: The Dark Art and Curious Science of Creating Magic in Brands, Business, and Life by Rory Sutherland
But What If We're Wrong? : Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past by Chuck Klosterman
Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life by Luke Burgis
Awareness: The Perils and Opportunities of Reality by Anthony de Mello
Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon's Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart by James Doty
The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance by W. Timothy Gallwey
The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living by Ryan Holiday
The Wisdom of Psychopaths: What Saints, Spies, and Serial Killers Can Teach Us About Success by Kevin Dutton
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos by Jordan Peterson
The Charisma Myth: How Anyone Can Master the Art and Science of Personal Magnetism by Olivia Fox Cabane
On Being Awesome: A Unified Theory of How Not to Suck by Nick Riggle
Thinking in Bets by Annie Duke
Superforecasting by Philip Tetlock and Dan Gardner
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable By Nassim Taleb
One Up On Wall Street: How To Use What You Already Know To Make Money In The Market by Peter Lynch
The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success by William Thorndike Jr
The Man Who Solved The Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution by Gregory Zuckerman
Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
The Fish That Ate The Whale The Life and Times of America's Banana King by Rich Cohen
Let My People Go Surfing The Education of a Reluctant Businessman--Including 10 More Years of Business Unusual by Yvon Choulnard
Mission in a Bottle: The Honest Guide to Doing Business Differently--and Succeeding by Seth Goldman and Barry Nalebuff
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike by Phil Knight
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou
Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World by Tom Wright and Bradly Hope
Dark Towers: Deutsche Bank, Donald Trump, and an Epic Trail of Destruction by David Enrich
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
Principles: Life and Work by Ray Dalio
Silicon Valley Porn Star: A Memoir of Redemption and Rediscovering the Self by Jason Portnoy
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
Dune by Frank Herbert
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
The Power by Naomi Alderman
TRUST by Hernan Diaz
Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations by Georgina Howell
Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II by Robert Kushan
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path To Higher Creativity by Julia Cameron
The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles by Steven Pressfield
Startups
Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel and Blake Masters
The Messy Middle: Finding Your Way Through the Hardest and Most Crucial Part of Any Bold Venture by Scott Belsky
The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers by Ben Horowitz
How to Get Rich: One of the World's Greatest Entrepreneurs Shares His Secrets by Felix Dennis
The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt and the Golden Age of Journalism by Doris Kearns Goodwin
The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America by Margaret O'Mara
Human Kind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty by Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson
The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else by Hernando de Soto
The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization by Peter Zeihan
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power by Shoshana Zuboff
What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets by Michael Sandel
Who Owns the Future? by Jaron Lanier
The Startup of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career by Reid Hoffman and Ben Casnocha
Working Identity: Unconventional Strategies for Reinventing Your Career by Herminia Ibarra
The Long Game: How to be a long-term thinker in a short-term world by Dorie Clark
The 2-Hour Cocktail Party: How to Build Big Relationships with Small Gatherings by Nick Gray
How to Run a Government: So that Citizens Benefit and Taxpayers Don't Go Crazy by Sir Michael Barber