Here is a list of books I read this year...and liked, in no particular order...

David J.  Epstein

-- Very similar to Medici Effect, explains why early specialization is not good, and better to dabble in multiple disciplines before specializing

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

-- Liked this book, explains causes for split between elites and regular folks

Amishi P. Jha 

-- Evidence based benefits of mindfulness, good read if you are interested in scientific reasons for trying out mindfulness practices

UG Krishnamurti, Sunita Pant Bansal, ANTONY  PAUL , FRANK  NORONHA, NARAYANA  MOORTY

-- One of my favorite books of all time, reread every year

Lisa Feldman Barrett

-- One of my favorite books, reread from last year

Gay Hendricks

--Good easy read on reasons/methods for focusing on one's  core interests and talents..whole book is summed up in one of the quotes in the book: If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you.

Jim Dethmer, Diana Chapman, Kaley Klemp

-- Different kind of executive coaching book, interesting concept of above and below the line for a leader

Edward Slingerland

Barbara Annis, Ph.D. Gray, John

-- We read this as part of  book club

Adam Grant

-- We read this as part of book club, very relevant for the current times

Niall Richard Murphy, Betsy Beyer, Chris Jones, Jennifer Petoff

-- We read this as part of Team book club

The Medici Effect, With a New Preface and Discussion Guide: What Elephants and Epidemics Can Teach Us About Innovation

Frans Johansson

-- We read this as part of book club

Sam Ruby, David B. Copeland, Dave Thomas

--Reread from last year, used for building full stack app solo,  which is used by the team frequently

Here are Tim Ferris podcasts I liked this year in no particular order:

-- Fascinating to see how his creative process works, not just how he came up with bagless vacuum cleaner but his failure with electric car

Dr. Andrew Huberman — A Neurobiologist on Optimizing Sleep, Enhancing Performance, Reducing Anxiety, Increasing Testosterone, and Using the Body to Control the Mind
-- One of the best explanations for mechanism of sleep

Harvard Polymath Noah Feldman — Deep Focus for Hyper-Productivity, Learning 10+ Languages, Predicting the Future with History, the Possibilities (and Limitations) of DAOs, Lessons from the Iraq Invasion, Designing the Supreme Court of Facebook, the Virtue of Scholarship, and the Wild Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

-- One thing I learned you can have an app which displays sentences on screen as you dictate to speech recognition tool to help with your writing

Ramit Sethi — How to Play Offense with Money, Plan Bucket Lists, Build a Rich Life with Your Partner, and Take a Powerful $100 Challenge
-- Tip generously please.. and yourself too

-- Whatever he says may or not come true but just it's a great history lesson always with Balaji, actually crypto is the least interesting part of the conversation with him

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These were my favorite Joe Rogan podcasts this year in no particular order:

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I picked up Golf last year, as this was the only sport open during pandemic.. and have handicap 15 currently. Learned pretty much everything golf using books.. Here are some Golf books I read and liked:

Ben Hogan, Herbert Warren Wind

--Best book for a beginner

Pia Nilsson, Lynn Marriott, Ron Sirak

-- Mental side of the game

Pia Nilsson, Lynn Marriott

-- Mental side of the game

Jack Nicklaus

Thomas Pranio, Amanda  Miller

-- Mental side of the game

Dave Stockton, Matthew Rudy

Timothy Gallwey

-- Mental side of the game