Recommended reading
Books that changed how I think.
Not a complete list. The ones I keep returning to, and the ones I hand to people who ask where to start. If you read a few of these, you will understand most of my work faster.
Leadership
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Servant Leadership
The clearest case that leading well means serving first.
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The Effective Executive
Taught me that effectiveness is a habit you build, not a talent you are born with.
History
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The Origins of Totalitarianism
A hard, necessary look at how freedom is lost. Worth the difficulty.
Business
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Competitive Strategy
Where strategy stopped being a slogan and started being a discipline.
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Good to Great
Made the case that great companies are built by quiet, disciplined leaders.
Finance
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The Intelligent Investor
Taught me that temperament beats cleverness with money.
Philosophy
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Meditations
A powerful man writing to himself about duty and restraint. It still holds up.
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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
How knowledge actually changes. Slower and messier than anyone admits.
Artificial Intelligence
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Life 3.0
A sober look at what Ai could mean for people, without the hype.
Human Behavior
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Thinking, Fast and Slow
Changed how I read my own judgment, and everyone else's.