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== Physical health & energy ==
== Well-being & inner foundation ==
<!-- Sleep, movement, nutrition, breathing and other practices that build baseline capacity and prevent disease.-->
{{Why We Sleep/thumbnail}}
{{Why We Sleep/thumbnail}}
{{Breath/thumbnail}}
{{Outlive/thumbnail}}
{{Outlive/thumbnail}}
{{Come as You Are/thumbnail}}
{{Breath/thumbnail}}
{{Burnout/thumbnail}}


== Mental health & emotional fitness ==
<!-- Stress, anxiety, trauma recovery, resilience, and emotion regulation skills.-->
{{Daring Greatly/thumbnail}}
{{Daring Greatly/thumbnail}}
{{Quiet/thumbnail}}
{{The Power of Now/thumbnail}}
{{Man's Search for Meaning/thumbnail}}
{{Meditations/thumbnail}}
{{The Obstacle Is the Way/thumbnail}}
{{Ego Is the Enemy/thumbnail}}
{{Set Boundaries, Find Peace/thumbnail}}
{{Can't Hurt Me/thumbnail}}
{{Can't Hurt Me/thumbnail}}
{{The Gifts of Imperfection/thumbnail}}
{{The Mountain Is You/thumbnail}}
{{The Mountain Is You/thumbnail}}
{{The Body Keeps the Score/thumbnail}}
{{Quiet/thumbnail}}
{{How to Stop Worrying and Start Living/thumbnail}}
{{The Untethered Soul/thumbnail}}
{{Emotional Intelligence/thumbnail}}
{{Rising Strong/thumbnail}}
{{Braving the Wilderness/thumbnail}}
{{The Let Them Theory/thumbnail}}
{{Maybe You Should Talk to Someone/thumbnail}}
{{Atlas of the Heart/thumbnail}}
{{What Happened To You?/thumbnail}}
{{How to Keep House While Drowning/thumbnail}}
{{The Gift of Fear/thumbnail}}
{{The Comfort Book/thumbnail}}
{{Reasons to Stay Alive/thumbnail}}


== Personal effectiveness & high performance ==

== Habits & productivity ==
<!-- Behavior change, time systems, and routines that translate goals into action.-->
{{Atomic Habits/thumbnail}}
{{Atomic Habits/thumbnail}}
{{Deep Work/thumbnail}}
{{Thinking, Fast and Slow/thumbnail}}
{{The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People/thumbnail}}
{{The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People/thumbnail}}
{{The Power of Habit/thumbnail}}
{{Deep Work/thumbnail}}
{{Essentialism/thumbnail}}
{{Essentialism/thumbnail}}
{{Mindset/thumbnail}}
{{Think Again/thumbnail}}
{{On Writing/thumbnail}}
{{Show Your Work!/thumbnail}}
{{The Defining Decade/thumbnail}}
{{Grit/thumbnail}}
{{Grit/thumbnail}}
{{Digital Minimalism/thumbnail}}
{{Four Thousand Weeks/thumbnail}}
{{The One Thing/thumbnail}}
{{Make Your Bed/thumbnail}}
{{The Magic of Thinking Big/thumbnail}}
{{The Compound Effect/thumbnail}}
{{Awaken the Giant Within/thumbnail}}
{{Stolen Focus/thumbnail}}
{{The Greatest Salesman in the World/thumbnail}}


== Thinking, learning & creativity ==
<!-- Metacognition, critical thinking, behavioral science, and creative problem-solving.-->
{{Thinking, Fast and Slow/thumbnail}}
{{Mindset/thumbnail}}
{{Outliers/thumbnail}}
{{Outliers/thumbnail}}
{{Flow/thumbnail}}
{{Think Again/thumbnail}}
{{Range/thumbnail}}
{{Range/thumbnail}}
{{Predictably Irrational/thumbnail}}
{{Four Thousand Weeks/thumbnail}}


== Work & career growth ==
<!-- Skill-building, craft mastery, job search, and navigating roles and workplaces.-->
{{The Defining Decade/thumbnail}}
{{Show Your Work!/thumbnail}}
{{On Writing/thumbnail}}
{{The Elements of Style/thumbnail}}
{{The Elements of Style/thumbnail}}
{{Bird by Bird/thumbnail}}


== Financial foundations ==
<!-- Budgeting, debt, saving, emergency funds; creating present/future security and freedom of choice.-->
{{Rich Dad, Poor Dad/thumbnail}}
{{The Richest Man in Babylon/thumbnail}}
{{I Will Teach You to Be Rich/thumbnail}}
{{The Total Money Makeover/thumbnail}}
{{The Millionaire Next Door/thumbnail}}


== Investing & wealth building ==
<!-- Long-term capital growth, asset allocation, risk management, and retirement planning beyond day-to-day money skills.-->
{{Think and Grow Rich/thumbnail}}
{{The Psychology of Money/thumbnail}}
{{The Almanack of Naval Ravikant/thumbnail}}
{{The Intelligent Investor/thumbnail}}
{{Secrets of the Millionaire Mind/thumbnail}}


== Entrepreneurship & business building ==
<!-- Starting and scaling ventures, product/market fit, and owner mindset.-->
{{Zero to One/thumbnail}}
{{The Lean Startup/thumbnail}}
{{The Hard Thing About Hard Things/thumbnail}}
{{Shoe Dog/thumbnail}}
{{The E-myth Revisited/thumbnail}}


== Leadership & management ==
<!-- Leading teams and organizations; culture, execution, decision making, and people management.-->
{{The 48 Laws of Power/thumbnail}}
{{Start with Why/thumbnail}}
{{Extreme Ownership/thumbnail}}
{{Dare to Lead/thumbnail}}
{{Principles/thumbnail}}
{{The Checklist Manifesto/thumbnail}}
{{Switch/thumbnail}}
{{Good to Great/thumbnail}}
{{Radical Candor/thumbnail}}
{{Leaders Eat Last/thumbnail}}
{{The Five Dysfunctions of a Team/thumbnail}}
{{The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership/thumbnail}}
{{Creativity, Inc./thumbnail}}
{{The Goal/thumbnail}}



== Communication, persuasion & social intelligence ==
== Leadership, influence & people dynamics ==
<!-- Interpersonal skills, negotiation, influence, and public speaking (supports “relatedness” in motivation).-->
{{How to Win Friends & Influence People/thumbnail}}
{{How to Win Friends & Influence People/thumbnail}}
{{Never Split the Difference/thumbnail}}
{{Never Split the Difference/thumbnail}}
{{Radical Candor/thumbnail}}
{{Dare to Lead/thumbnail}}
{{Extreme Ownership/thumbnail}}
{{Start with Why/thumbnail}}
{{The 48 Laws of Power/thumbnail}}
{{Influence/thumbnail}}
{{Influence/thumbnail}}
{{Crucial Conversations/thumbnail}}
{{Crucial Conversations/thumbnail}}
{{The Five Dysfunctions of a Team/thumbnail}}

{{The Goal/thumbnail}}

{{Leaders Eat Last/thumbnail}}
== Relationships, love & family ==
<!-- Attachment, intimacy, friendship, and family systems (incl. parenting).-->
{{The 5 Love Languages/thumbnail}}
{{The 5 Love Languages/thumbnail}}
{{Boundaries/thumbnail}}
{{Boundaries/thumbnail}}
{{Attached/thumbnail}}
{{Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents/thumbnail}}
{{The Road Less Traveled/thumbnail}}
{{Tiny Beautiful Things/thumbnail}}
{{The Mastery of Love/thumbnail}}
{{The Road Back to You/thumbnail}}
{{All About Love/thumbnail}}


== Business strategy, innovation & worldview ==

{{Zero to One/thumbnail}}
== Purpose, values & life design ==
{{The Lean Startup/thumbnail}}
<!-- Clarifying values, meaning, and long-term direction (PERMA “Meaning”).-->
{{Man's Search for Meaning/thumbnail}}
{{Good to Great/thumbnail}}
{{The Last Lecture/thumbnail}}
{{The Hard Thing About Hard Things/thumbnail}}
{{Year of Yes/thumbnail}}
{{Shoe Dog/thumbnail}}
{{Tuesdays with Morrie/thumbnail}}
{{Creativity, Inc./thumbnail}}
{{When Breath Becomes Air/thumbnail}}
{{Principles/thumbnail}}
{{Educated/thumbnail}}
{{Antifragile/thumbnail}}
{{Greenlights/thumbnail}}
{{Sapiens/thumbnail}}
{{The Five People You Meet in Heaven/thumbnail}}


== Mindfulness, spirituality & wisdom traditions ==
<!-- Contemplative practice and philosophies that cultivate awareness and equanimity.-->
{{The Four Agreements/thumbnail}}
{{The Power of Now/thumbnail}}
{{The Obstacle Is the Way/thumbnail}}
{{Meditations/thumbnail}}
{{Ego Is the Enemy/thumbnail}}
{{The Untethered Soul/thumbnail}}
{{A New Earth/thumbnail}}
{{As a Man Thinketh/thumbnail}}
{{The Power of Positive Thinking/thumbnail}}
{{The Power of Your Subconscious Mind/thumbnail}}
{{The Art of Happiness/thumbnail}}
{{Think Like a Monk/thumbnail}}
{{Wherever You Go, There You Are/thumbnail}}
{{The Book of Joy/thumbnail}}
{{Letters from a Stoic/thumbnail}}
{{You Can Heal Your Life/thumbnail}}
{{When Things Fall Apart/thumbnail}}
{{Tao Te Ching/thumbnail}}
{{How to Change Your Mind/thumbnail}}
{{The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success/thumbnail}}
{{The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry/thumbnail}}
{{Way of the Peaceful Warrior/thumbnail}}
{{Siddhartha/thumbnail}}
{{Women Who Run With the Wolves/thumbnail}}
{{The Tao of Pooh/thumbnail}}
{{Practicing the Power of Now/thumbnail}}


== Society, culture & big ideas ==
<!-- Systems thinking and worldviews that broaden perspective (positive psychology/“big ideas” frames for flourishing).-->
{{The Tipping Point/thumbnail}}
{{The Tipping Point/thumbnail}}
{{Factfulness/thumbnail}}
{{Factfulness/thumbnail}}
{{Antifragile/thumbnail}}
{{Sapiens/thumbnail}}
{{White Fragility/thumbnail}}
{{Freakonomics/thumbnail}}
{{Freakonomics/thumbnail}}

{{The Anxious Generation/thumbnail}}
== Financial intelligence & wealth ==
{{21 Lessons for the 21st Century/thumbnail}}
{{How to Be an Antiracist/thumbnail}}
{{The Psychology of Money/thumbnail}}
{{The Simple Path to Wealth/thumbnail}}
{{I Will Teach You to Be Rich/thumbnail}}
{{The Intelligent Investor/thumbnail}}
{{The Almanack of Naval Ravikant/thumbnail}}
{{The Millionaire Next Door/thumbnail}}

Revision as of 22:55, 30 November 2025

"The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries."

— René Descartes

Well-being & inner foundation

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Breath

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Daring Greatly

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Ego Is the Enemy

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Can't Hurt Me

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Personal effectiveness & high performance

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Atomic Habits

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Deep Work

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Essentialism

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Grit

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Cover of 'Four Thousand Weeks' by Oliver Burkeman

Four Thousand Weeks

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Leadership, influence & people dynamics

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How to Win Friends & Influence People

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Cover of 'Dare to Lead' by Brené Brown

Dare to Lead

Cover of 'Extreme Ownership' by Jocko Willink

Extreme Ownership

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Cover of 'Influence' by Robert B. Cialdini

Influence

Cover of 'Crucial Conversations' by Kerry Patterson

Crucial Conversations

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Cover of 'Leaders Eat Last' by Simon Sinek

Leaders Eat Last

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Cover of 'Boundaries' by Henry Cloud

Boundaries

Business strategy, innovation & worldview

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Cover of 'Good to Great' by Jim Collins

Good to Great

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Cover of 'Creativity, Inc.' by Ed Catmull

Creativity, Inc.

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Cover of 'Factfulness' by Hans Rosling

Factfulness

Cover of 'Freakonomics' by Steven D. Levitt

Freakonomics

Financial intelligence & wealth

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Cover of 'I Will Teach You to Be Rich' by Ramit Sethi

I Will Teach You to Be Rich

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