This results in instant status games in every social situation. Including those that shun the game.
One way to use the comparison positively is to always look to surround yourself with people you admire, people who are better than you in the dimension you care about.
Hang out with runners and you will be running a marathon too. Hang out with weight lifters and you will be adding plates to the barbell.
Today, you can surround yourself virtually with the best of the best. YouTube is a wonderful place to listen and watch your chosen role models. Choose them wisely.
Books continue to be the most dense form of insights. And you can take your own notes and insights as you go.
Here are some of my favorite books that helped me model myself after the heroes I chose for myself.
I categorized them into the following
The basics of how to think about long term asset allocation
Date Read: 2018 Recommendation: 10/10
If you see the world through the lens of power, this is for you
Date Read: 2019 Recommendation: 10/10
Learn business concepts through an engaging story
Date Read: 2018 Recommendation: 10/10
If you are selling your time its an eye opening read.
Date Read: 2017 Recommendation: 8/10
Learn pricing from the master
Date Read: 2018 Recommendation: 10/10
Honest, unexpected, and useful
Date Read: 2024 Recommendation: 10/10
Basics of finance via psycology
Discover your own hidden drives in a way that you can do something about it
Discover the Work, a simple tool to discover reality
The book is just ok, the system is delightful to understand how to fit people together
A key to unlock how to show appreciation and love
Read this one out loud. Its Tough. But its so good.
Fundamentals for organizing a todo list. Use only what works.
Back to paper and repetition. But it feels so good.
Can't argue with success. Calendaring for the win.
Simple and to the point.
A daily reader of good habits
Understand how to trigger your own
Advanced tools for making change
This really taught me how to tell a story.
Come at any negotiation from a new frame.
Ryan makes the Stoics feel relatable
Great intro for understanding the depth of the Torah from the beginning - it might actually
help you build a relationship with G-d.
We often hide the most important parts. How to create space for them in conversation.
Lovely approach to how adhering to principled values unlocks freedom.
Practical examples of how using the right conversations unlocks performance.
Deep math book that is so useful when attempting to communicate about mushy numbers. Like sales projections.
Biological answers to how emotions actually work.
Loved the Ted talk. Now read the book.
Great counter to today's fast, reactionary life.
Long Book. Amazing unconventional insights. The first time I realized how where
you were born determined your destiny.
Learn the triangle of trade driven by demand for cotton as raw material for clothes
and drove the slave trade.
The richest don't win. The story of innovation in the creation of flight. You can
read this to your kids. I did.
Full of insights. Pairs well with Pitch Anything. I also read this to my kids.
The origins of religon. Insights on the innovations of our religon.
A must read to understand the history of microchips. Easy and exciting read.
Make sense of what's happening in the early 2020s
Kevin Kelly is an awesome thiner. He talks a step back and gives amazing perspective.
The result is a touchstone that gives me perspective.
WHAT a story! This guy challenges the status quo and created a new fighter jet
Classic NBA story of timeless coach with timeless principles
So much to learn here. One of my favorite learning is how to get more done with less.
What a story of a Jewish banker that takes care of the family and community
Quotes inheritors directly, very practical advice.
Allow your children to struggle so that they develop the required personal attributes that are the base for satisfaction.
Frameworks for Living
Date Read: 2017 Recommendation: 11/10
Date Read: 2022 Recommendation: 10/10
Date Read: 2019 Recommendation: 8/10
Date Read: 2020 Recommendation: 10/10
Date Read: 2021 Recommendation: 9/10
Date Read: 2019 Recommendation: 8/10
Date Read: 2024 Recommendation: 10/10
Personal & Business Development - Tactics
Date Read: 2024 Recommendation: 10/10
Date Read: 2019 Recommendation: 9/10
Date Read: 2018 Recommendation: 10/10
Date Read: 2021 Recommendation: 10/10
Date Read: 2023 Recommendation: 9/10
Personal & Business Development - Wow
These books blew my mind and showed me a whole new way of looking at the world.
Date Read: 2022 Recommendation: 10/10
Date Read: 2012 Recommendation: 10/10
Date Read: 2014 Recommendation: 10/10
Date Read: 3/21/2021 Recommendation: 10/10
Personal & Business Development - Thinking
This group of books explore how we develop ourselves.
Date Read: 2023 Recommendation: 9/10
Date Read: 2017 Recommendation: 10/10
Date Read: 3/19/2024 Recommendation: 10/10
Date Read: 3/19/2024 Recommendation: 10/10
Date Read: 3/19/2024 Recommendation: 10/10
Date Read: 3/19/2024 Recommendation: 10/10
Date Read: 3/19/2024 Recommendation: 10/10
History Comes Alive
Learning from the lives of others is so rich in detail. I've discovered insights from
the most unlikely of places. And I limited this list to the best of the best.
Date Read: 2019 Recommendation: 10/10
Date Read: 2022 Recommendation: 10/10
Date Read: 2023 Recommendation: 10/10
Date Read: 2024 Recommendation: 10/10
Date Read: 2023 Recommendation: 10/10
Date Read: 2022 Recommendation: 10/10
Date Read: 2023 Recommendation: 10/10
Date Read: 2022 Recommendation: 10/10
Learn Through Sports & Biographies>
Date Read: 2023 Recommendation: 10/10
Date Read: 2024 Recommendation: 10/10
Date Read: 2024 Recommendation: 10/10
Date Read: 2022 Recommendation: 10/10
Date Read: 3/19/2024 Recommendation: 10/10