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audioAutobiography

Matthew Perry

Matthew Perry gets very vulnerable and leaves no personal stone unturned. I was captivated by his story. He is such a strong human yet his addictions continue to be an ever present thorn in his side.

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audioCulturalHumanity

Nicholas Carr

Confirms that convenience and tech which is meant to improve our lives may be the thing that destroys it.

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audioBusiness

Yvan Choulnard

Yvan has such a refreshing approach to business. Inspired by his principles to build humanely and in a sustainable way. An example of how principles can guide us to better solutions.

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audioMindStrategy

Adam Grant

Adam does a great job building the case for the value of rethinking. He does a great job of providing examples across different area where those who rethought their assumptions or answers found greater success and learned better.

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audioBusinessProductStrategy

Marty Cagan

Great all around book about product teams. Covers a lot of ground and provides good insights to approaches and strategies.

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audioAutobiographySpiritual

Edgar Allen Poe

What gift it was to have taken time to live life like Edgar.

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ProductBusinessPaper BackHumanity

Louise Downe

Simple straightforward book that does a great job breaking down what a service is and the ingredients of a service that is human focused in the way it’s designed.

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Spiritualaudio

Julian Rhind-Tutt, C. S. Lewis

Lewis has an interesting allegorical take on the after life. Makes one think a bit more deeply about the choices we make in our lives.

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HumanityCulturalaudio

Michael Shellenberger, Jonathan Todd Ross

Interesting read. A bit dry. But the content is really thought provoking.

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audioBusiness

Ellen Bennet

Loved learning about Ellen's story. It's inspirational!

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audioBusinessAutobiographyCulturalMindEmotionsRelationalSpiritual

Will Smith, Mark Manson

A fascinating self narrated Journey. Lots of life lessons. Will does a great job not only making it a great listen, but the way he is able to articulate his life scenes and help make them relatable and translate the learns is amazing. Lot's said, Lot's learned.

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MindAutobiographyaudioEmotionsSpiritual

Donald Robertson

Learned abit about stoicism. It was a reflective listen. May become a book I listen once a year.

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audioMindSpiritualHumanity

Celeste Headlee

This book came at the right time for me. It’s important to remove ourselves from the glossiness of the modern day and find ways to do nothing.

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audioCulturalStrategyHumanity

William Strauss, Neil Howe

Glad I took the time to listen. It’s important to learn from history. This book puts a lot into context.

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Paper BackMindStrategy

Gary Keller, Jay Papasan

Lovely approach to gaining focus.

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audioLeadershipProduct

Melissa Perri

Good perspective on the pitfalls of product management.

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audioMindEmotionsRelational

Marshall Rosenberg PhD

Life saving book. The narrative is very calm and chill so it can be a slow start but worth the investment. The delivery though slow at first is a helpful way to deliver the content.

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audioAutobiographyCultural

Dan Rather , Elliot Kirschner

Dan's authentic and personal perspective is refreshing. A bit of optimism that we all need for today.

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audioBusinessCultural

Reed Hastings, Erin Meyer, narrated by Jason Culp, Allyson Ryan

Great takeaways. A must read for anyone in leadership over product teams. Not saying Netlix has the best process, but they their clearly defined principles and values are inspiring.

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audioCommunicationLeadership

Kim Scott

Really enjoyed this one. Kim has a unique background and uses that to provide really specific and good examples.

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Paper BackBusinessLeadershipCommunicationCultural

Jason Fried & David Hansson

Back with good examples and well articulated cases. An inspiring read to do better.

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CulturalMindSpiritual

John Comer

A much needed read to become more aware of the hurry culture. Very impactful.

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AutobiographyLeadership

Barrack Obama

Fascinating behind the scenes look into his presidency.

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audioAutobiography

Matthew McConaughey

A lovely narrative of his life. He openly shares nuggets of wisdom and profound experiences. Couldn’t put this down.

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Paper BackLeadership

Henry Cloud

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Paper BackMindAutobiography

Viktor E. Frankl

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audioBusinessStrategy

Daniel Pecaut, Corey Wrenn - contributor

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audioCommunicationEmotionsRelational

Susan Gillis Chapman

I randomly selected this book. I'm very curious about communication. It's so complex and it's so personal. Susan does a great job bring a new context to a We over Me mindset when it comes to conversations. She brought some helpful triggers I can use to help me focus in my conversations and keep them open when I find myself closing myself up.

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audioLeadershipCultural

William Vanderbloemen

William brings some practical advice and insights from his experience of building his own company. It's a good listen and is helpful for learning key cultural concepts

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audioProductCultural

Ken Kocienda

Interesting look through an engineers eyes about the beginnings of Apple. There is a lot of technical jargon here, but Ken finds a way to make it relatable.

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Paper BackCommunicationProductStrategy

Tom Greever

Tom has done a great job articulating the role and function of not only the designer but all the roles that are part of building great solutions. A great get back to the basics read.

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audioBusinessProductStrategy

Peter Thiel, Black Masters

This has provided me with missing context about the dot com era, globalization, economy, and much more.

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BusinessLeadershipStrategy

Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson

Quintessential book for working remotely.

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Paper BackEmotionsRelationalLeadershipBusinessCommunication

Multiple authors

This has become a staple. It's a series of articles put together. Each provide insights on the topic of leading with empathy. Provides tables and charts to further communicate ideas. Very practical.

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MindPaper Back

Daniel Kahneman

This book is a mind trip. It took me a long time to get through this one. It's written with an academic tone, so it's a bit tough to get through end to end. But well worth the investment.

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Paper BackLeadershipCommunicationProduct

Richard Banfield, Martin Eriksson, Nate Walkingshaw

A staple at my work desk. It's been a foundational read. I'm constantly referring back to it as I run into ambiguity or challenges.

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audioCultural

Malcom Gladwell

An eye opening experience to the racial tensions in America.

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audioCommunication

Dale Carnegie

Filled with practical take aways in improving how we connect with people.

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audioLeadership

Julie Zhuo

Julie provides a unique point of view and provides great advice for those who are wanting to be more than an individual contributor.

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audioBusinessLeadershipAutobiography

Robert Iger

Bob has lead one interesting life. His accounts of his time at Disney are memorable. The end of this book has valuable advice.

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audioBusinessLeadership

Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg, Alan Eagle

This book attempts to put into words principles that people learned through their relationship with Bill Campbell. Lots of great learns.

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audioBusinessAutobiography

Phil Knight

A beautifully narrated and written book. Phil Knight recounts his endeavor in turning his start up shoe company into a global icon.

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audioAutobiography

David Grohl

Fascinating account of David’s journey into music.

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audioBusinessLeadership

Lee Cockerell

Lee sounds like an incredible human. He does a fantastic job communicating leadership principles and having real life scenarios as examples.

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audioAutobiography

Quincy Jones

Incredible life Quincy has lived. From rat ridden one bedroom apartments as a child to mansion on Beverly Hills. Playing and working with so many musical legends. It’s all incredible that this was one man’s life.

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audioMindSpiritualAutobiography

Rick Rubin

Good principles. Rick does a stellar job keeping things simple. Feels like small proverbs.

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audioHumanityCulturalAutobiography

Bono

Loved hearing the music in the audio version.

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