Why didn’t anyone tell me I was knocking out 26 books in 2022? That’s too much for how busy my life is. But hey, I read em, I dig em, and I’m stoked on em.
And guess what all that reading means? Drumroll please…..
And guess what all that reading means? Drumroll please…..
It’s time for an annual reading list blog!
I went through a range of topics this year – from self-help and minimalism, to investing and startups.
Maybe a few of these will land on your reading list soon. Let me know if you check any of them out!
- Twelve and a Half: Leveraging the Emotional Ingredients Necessary for Business Success by Gary Vaynerchuk
- No Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram by Sarah Frier
- The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness by Eric Jorgenson
- The Bullish Case for Bitcoin by Vijay Boyapati
- Recovery: Freedom from Our Addictions by Russell Brand
- Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products by Eyal Nir
- Surf Is Where You Find It: The Wisdom of Waves, Any Time, Anywhere, Any Way by Gerry Lopez
- Cypherpunks by Julian Assange
- Make No Small Plans: Lessons on Thinking Big, Chasing Dreams, and Building Community by Elliot Bisnow
- Coffeehouse Investor by Bill Schultheis
- 12 Notes on Life and Creativity by Quincy Jones
- Cocaine + Surfing by Chas Smith
- The Surfer and The Sage by Noah benShea and Shaun Tomson
- Build by Tony Fadell
- Sprint by Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky
- Essentialism (Re-read) by Greg McKeown
- Effortless by Greg McKeown
- It Doesn’t Have To Be Crazy At Work (re-read) by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson
- The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future by Sebastian Mallaby
- Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us by Seth Godin
- The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson
- Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life by Luke Burgis
- Love People, Use Things: Because the Opposite Never Works by Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus
- The Art of Community: Seven Principles for Belonging by Charles Vogl
- Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day by Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky
- The Great CEO Within: The Tactical Guide to Company Building by Matt Mochary
Now that you’ve gone through that list, you’re probably asking “where’s the blurb on each one?”
To that, I say, essentialism baby — you have the info you need to dive deeper.