Books, Articles, and Podcast Notes
Reading Quotes
“Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers.” - President Harry Truman
“I have known no wise people who didn’t read all the time. None. Zero. You’d be surprised how much Warren reads, at how much I read.” - Charlie Munger
“The man who does not read has no advantage over a man who cannot read” – Mark Twain
“Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world.” - Napoleon Bonaparte
“There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate’s loot on Treasure Island.” - Walt Disney
“My best friend is a person who will give me a book I have not read.” - Abraham Lincoln
“I read and read and read. I probably read 5 to 6 hours per day.” - Warren Buffett
“Most people won’t put in the time to get a knowledge advantage… I read more than three hours almost every day, but it gives me a level of comfort and confidence in my businesses.” - Mark Cuban
Recommended Articles
No summaries in this section. Just links to articles I recommend:
Technical Articles
- Composing Software series by Eric Elliott. This series should be required reading for all frontend developers. It starts with a beginner-friendly introduction to functional programming and then gets to real world application.
Article, Podcast, & YouTube Summaries
Book Notes
I have over 200 books on my to-read list. As a result, I generally start by reading book summaries and then read the full book if I find the summary useful. I read slowly because I generally make notes as I read. My goal is to never have to read the same book twice; however, I read some of my book notes dozens of times. By sharing my notes below, I hope these will introduce you to useful concepts and encourage you to read the full book.
Here is an incomplete list of the books I’ve read in recent years. While I haven’t finished them all, I have extensive book notes for most of these, although they need cleanup before sharing. Over time, I plan to share my book notes here as a resource for others. If you would like me to escalate a particular book, please open a GitHub issue.
- Bringing Out the Best in People by Aubrey C. Daniels
- Changing World Order by Ray Dalio
- Mastering the Market Cycle by Howard Marks
- Irrational Exuberance by Robert J. Shiller
- Making Work Visible
- Zero to One Hundred Deploys a Day
- The Little Book that Beats the Market by Joel Greenblatt
- The Mythical Man Month
- Clean Code
- High Output Management by Andrew Grove
- The Most Important Thing by Howard Marks
- How Bubbles Work by Howard Marks
- Learn or Die: Building a High Performance Learning Organization
- Book of Value
- The Righteous Mind
- Hard Thing about Hard Things by Ben Horowitz
- The Shallows by Nicholas Carr
- 5 Mistakes Every Investor Makes
- Thinking in Systems by Donella Meadows
- The Death of Expertise by Tom Nichols
- Random Walk Down Wall Street
- Value Investing
- Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence by Daniel Goleman
- The Goal
- Nine Lies about Work
- Article: Reinventing Performance Management
- The Happiness Equation
- Principles by Ray Dalio
- Building Microservices with Nginx by Sam Newman
- How to Win Friends & Influence Enemies
- Turn the Ship Around by David Marquet
- Getting Past No: Negotiating in Difficult Situations by William Ury
- High Growth Handbook by Lead Gil (Stripe)
- Crucial Conversations
- Atomic Habits
- Brave New Work
- Team Topologies
- The Warren Buffet Way
- Anatomy of Peace by Arbinger Institute
- Domain Drive Design
- Making Work Optional
- 10 Paths to Riches
- Outliers
- No More Mr. Nice Guy
- Attached
- Maps of Meaning
- Shmooze
- Charlie Munger: The Complete Investor
- Thinking Fast & Slow by Daniel Kahneman
- Managing the Unmanageable by Mickey Mantle and Ron Lichty
- Executive Presence by Sylvia Ann Hewlett
- Start with Why by Simon Sinek
- The Lean Startup by Eric Ries
- The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
- Crucial Accountability
- The Ideal Team Player by Patrick Lencioni
- Drive by Daniel H. Pink