ReadingBooks you can't unread.
I wish I'd discovered these earlier, and think they're worth re-reading. Each was a one-way door for me.
- Mental models and investingPoor Charlie's AlmanackThe latticework of mental models, from the source.
- Judgment and psychologySeeking Wisdom: From Darwin to MungerWhy we misjudge, and how the best thinkers guard against it.
- JudgmentThinking, Fast and SlowThe map of how judgment goes wrong, and when to trust your gut.
- Brain and mindHow the Mind WorksHow evolution built the mind, and why it works the way it does.
- SystemsThinking in SystemsWhy problems keep coming back, and where to push.
- Risk and uncertaintyAntifragileWhy some things get stronger from shocks, and how to be one of them.
- Knowledge and progressThe Beginning of InfinityWhy good explanations drive all progress, and why it need never end.
- InsightSeeing What Others Don'tWhere breakthrough insights actually come from, and what blocks them.
- Skill and expertiseMasteryThe long road to skill, through the lives of masters.
- Decision-making and operatingPrinciplesTurning hard lessons into rules you can reuse.
- Business surveyThe Personal MBAA business education in one volume.
- Time and meaningFour Thousand WeeksWhy time management fails, and what to do with the time you have.
- HistoryThe Lessons of HistoryFive thousand years in a hundred pages.
- Philosophy and StoicismMeditationsA leader's private notes on staying steady.
- Eastern philosophyThe Way of ZenAttention, effort, and letting go.
- Meaning and psychologyMan's Search for MeaningMeaning as the foundation of resilience.
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