Personal notes from books that have shaped my thinking - built so a two-minute read brings the whole book back. Every page opens with three things to remember, then the big idea, the key mental models, how to use them, and a few lines worth keeping. They’re grouped into four themes below (and in the sidebar).
How new things get built and how technology is reshaping business and the future.
Foundations & building
Build, Don’t Talk - Shamani · What’s Your Dream? - Squibb · The Lean Startup - Ries · The E-Myth Revisited - Gerber · Hooked - Eyal · Crossing the Chasm - Moore · Monetizing Innovation - Ramanujam & Tacke · Platform Revolution - Parker et al. · Jugaad Innovation - Radjou et al. · How Big Things Get Done - Flyvbjerg & Gardner
Technology & the future
WTF? - O’Reilly · AI Superpowers - Lee · The Rise of the Robots - Ford · Blockchain Revolution - Tapscott · This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends - Perlroth · The Signals Are Talking - Webb · Transforming the IT Services Lifecycle with AI - Kloeckner et al. · Data Science for Wind Energy - Ding · Making the World Work Better - Maney et al.
Money, trade, institutions and the long arc of human history.
Economics, trade & finance
Society & big history
Getting your idea across, negotiating, and moving people to act.
Speak, sell, negotiate
How the mind really works, and how to build skill, focus and good habits.
How the mind works
Focus, habits & career
Atomic Habits - Clear · Do It Today - Foroux · Talent is Overrated - Colvin · Bounce - Syed · Range - Epstein · So Good They Can’t Ignore You - Newport · Deep Work - Newport · Indistractable - Eyal · Rest - Pang · The Effective Executive - Drucker · The Unspoken Rules - Ng · The 2-Hour Job Search - Dalton · The Job Closer - Dalton · Tools of Titans - Ferriss