What I'm reading...
I've been a book worm since a young age. From Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys to Encyclopedia Brittanica, I've always had a book in my bag or on my nightstand. I have found reading to be one of the cheapest and most worthwhile investments you can make in yourself. #librarycard
2025
Welp. Looking forward to another year of reading books. Maybe not buying any books... just reading the ones that have stacked up.
Proverbs for the soul.
Started in 2022. Text book. I may have found my tribe... the other readers of this book!
Camus - working through his fiction, to understand his philosophy a bit more.
Started in 2021. Text book. Slow going, need to be caffeinated with highlighter in hand.
Historical: 3 of 3 of Yuval's I'm trying to get through this year.
Historical: 1 of 3 of Yuval's I'm trying to get through this year.
Historical: 2 of 3 of Yuval's I'm trying to get through this year.
EOS - Recommended by Tony Steward
EOS - Recommended by Tony Steward
Recommended.
Coffee Adjacent
Chronic Pain... from stress?
In my ongoing pursuit of understanding, from some early childhood trauma.
Marty's first book on Product Management, "Inspired" has been required reading, we'll see how this lands.
Text book... not peer reviewed.
Looking forward to this one.
Stripe Connect Conference Giveaway
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Stripe Press
Stripe Press
2024
Ok, finished the year behind my goal. 17 finished, 4 carried over to 2025 as in-progress, and 5 abandoned.
Great motivation to get up and move!
Cookbook! I've begun eating some vegetarian meals.
If you've struggled with Chronic Pain, this book is for you.
Love the visuals and aesthetics of cabins... added this to my cabin collection, alongside Cabin Porn.
Product Management focused... practical advise.fir
I've enjoyed Derek's writing and perspective, this is another practical yet challenging book on prioritization of your time and attention.
Great collection of short essay acting as prompts for the reader to say no more, so you can say yes to the right things.
I gave up on this one... listen to his podcast, he is a better verbal communicator than writer.
Good overview of the dangers of AI, and the risk of ignoring the consequences (good or bad).
Fantastic! Can't wait to reed book 2 in the Cantos.
As good as the first, maybe better in parts. Wrapped up the story introduced in Hyperion very, very well.
Camus - working through his fiction, to understand his philosophy a bit more.
Humanities and Finance... what could go wrong.
Started in 2021. Text book. Slow going, need to be caffeinated with highlighter in hand.
Proverbs for the soul.
Started in 2022. Text book. I may have found my tribe... the other readers of this book!
Weird twist -- A bit patriarchal and is more a critique on religion, then a commentary interplanetary communication.
Sentient AI, on the moon, with a convict population... What could go wrong!?!
Great book, quick read, finished it in one day #MemorialDay!
meh... read the originals he sites and you'll get more out of it.
meh... read the originals he sites and you'll get more out of it.
meh... read the originals he sites and you'll get more out of it.
I abandoned this one... very hard to get into.
2023
Let's go!! 18 Done. 3 In-progress moved to 2024.
Just started... slow start.
Recommended by Jordan Peterson on his Biblical Series Podcasts
Short-read, succinct chapters.
On a mushroom kick, apparently.
Great read on resilience and training/performance.
As good, maybe better than anticipated.
Books are great... Apple TV Series is very different.
Books are great... Apple TV Series is very different.
Books are great... Apple TV Series is very different.
I'm a sucker for 'how to write better' books.
Very easy read... 30min. Sticks with you, gives you something to ponder, no answers, just allegory.
Recommended by Bradford Ulrich
Loved Born to Run! This is helping me see running as more a lifestyle than something to do to be fit/lose weight. Working on core and form.
Slogged through it... starts off hot, and gets bogged down in research and examples. Could have been half the pages.
Really fascinating read on our instinct for dragons. It unpacks the “three prey theory,” which is that evolutionary hardwiring on our DNA of predatory recognition and response to: Birds of Prey, Snakes, and Large Cats.
Started in 2021. Text book. Very thick, slow going, but great information and research oriented view on Digital Technology and Social Media.
Introduction had me humming!! Fantastic read for any manager, leader, and team member.
Managing innovation is about organizational structure and managing the communication phases between operations and innovation teams.
2022
Not the year I had hoped, as far as 📚 goes! Was able to get few new ideas and concepts stuffed in my 🧠!
For those interested in the psychology around performance in athletics or your career, Do Hard Things by Steve Magness is a refreshing course on not grit, but observation and selective decisioning. Knowing your body, your motivations, and your goals... being able to navigate between the nuance and the big picture to get through the toughest race, project or season of life. Great insights, I highly recommend.
Quick read, good things to think on... how do we invest in and launch our employees into their dreams?
Good research and historical biographies of Originals and how they create change (and fail at creating change).
Heavy research oriented, many research pieces I had read in other more books, seemed like a rehashing of data that has been around a while. A bit disappointing, IMO.
Great resource for designers and product managers to work through and understand.
I may have found my tribe... other readers of this book.
The opposite of the Malcom Gladwell 10,000 hours concept.
Introduction by David James Duncan, one of my favorite authors. Collection of essays.
Almost a research paper in its depth and sources.
Thick text book on Gamification strategy. Using it for work on Monifi app and gamification of goals.
Using this as a foundation for spurring savings in Monifi users via the Monifi app. It will feed into how we talk about save to save and save to spend goals.
Trying to build morning habits... I'm kinda 😑 about this book. I finished it, but definitely skimmed parts. A lot of quotes. A lot. Story form with some good habit building takeaways.
Started in 2021. Text book. Slow going, need to be caffeinated with highlighter in hand.
Started in 2021. Good, not as great as Dune and Dune Messiah. Interesting last quarter of the book... did not see that coming.
Started in 2021. Text book. Very thick, slow going, but great information and research oriented view on Digital Technology and Social Media.
Started in 2021. Really interesting book on managing anxiety in a digital world.
Started in 2021. On my brother's recommendation, interesting take on the failings of dogma and doctrine for an learned culture, written over 50 years ago.
Started in 2021. Great chapter on caffeine!
Started in 2021. Ugh, as a dad of four daughters, this one is hitting too close to home. #girldad #technology READ CHAPTER 17
2021
Build mode at work... lots of coaching and hiring new team members, left little time in the margins to read.
Re-reading Dune to get a kick into the remaining series.
Such a good story and amazingly introduced characters. Loved it.
I read this one every year or so, as I take new Product Owners through the book.
Collection of Product oriented essays, good for teams beginning their agile journey.
What are your convictions? If you have none, what could you be capable of?
"One can imagine Sisyphus happy." is one of my favorite quotes to end a book.
"A poetic call for the heart of Corporate America.
"Collection of speeches, songs and transcribed conversations between Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen.
Loved the first book! Ready Player Two takes a more dire course but if your an 80's baby the references kill.
I'm not one for biographies, per se, but this 700+ page book had me hooked, so much to learn from in the subtle wisdom of a self-taught lawyer.
Having worked under Cliff, I can attest to his dedication to hiring entrepreneurial minded leaders and empowering them towards collaborative success.
Catching up on the evolution of Banking technology and experience. #dayjob
2020
The year of Isaac Asimov and Pierce Brown!! Lot's of fiction to get me through the stress of the pandemic!!
2019
Solid year... caught up on some authors, whose sentiments and philosophy I've found to be sticky! #Ogilvy #Lanier
Recommendations
Books I've read through the years, that have had an impact.
