Reading List
What the room recommends.
Every item here was vouched for by a past speaker or an exec member, with a reason why it earned the spot.
Your Money or Your Life
Vicki Robin & Joe Dominguez
A classic framework for rethinking the relationship between your time, your money, and what you actually want out of both.
Recommended by Fletcher Boyd
How to Win Friends & Influence People
Dale Carnegie
The original playbook on dealing with people. It is old, but it is still the standard everyone else is copying.
Recommended by Fletcher Boyd
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a #@%!
Mark Manson
A blunt, funny argument for being deliberate about the few things that actually deserve your attention.
Recommended by Fletcher Boyd
Atomic Habits
James Clear
The most practical book on building systems and habits that actually stick, one small change at a time.
Recommended by Fletcher Boyd
The 4-Hour Workweek
Timothy Ferriss
The book that launched a thousand side projects. Worth reading for the mindset shifts even if you never automate a thing.
Recommended by Fletcher Boyd
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
Robert B. Cialdini, PhD
Cialdini’s six principles of persuasion. Required reading before any pitch, fundraise, or negotiation.
Recommended by Fletcher Boyd
Titans of Nuclear
Bret Kugelmass · Energy Impact Center
Deep interviews with the experts and operators building the future of nuclear energy.
Recommended by Fletcher Boyd
Wisdom From The Top
Guy Raz · Luminary
Guy Raz interviews legendary leaders on how they actually lead, including the failures they learned from.
Recommended by Fletcher Boyd
How I Built This
Guy Raz · Wondery
The origin stories behind some of the world’s best-known companies, told by the founders who built them.
Recommended by Fletcher Boyd
Revisionist History: The Staten Island Problem
Pushkin Industries
Malcolm Gladwell reexamines something we all thought we understood. A great entry point into the whole series.
Recommended by Fletcher Boyd
Freakonomics Radio
Freakonomics Radio & Stitcher
Economics applied to absolutely everything, told through great stories and unexpected data.
Recommended by Fletcher Boyd
Build, Borrow, Buy
Laurence Capron & Will Mitchell
A great overview of sustainable business growth, and how to choose between building, partnering, or acquiring.
Recommended by Benjamin Hamp
Birth of the Chaordic Age
Dee Hock
An older, out-of-print book that is often hard to find. Nicole said her mind was blown after reading it.
Recommended by Nicole Glaros
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman
A classic. We are slaves to our own subconscious tendencies, so you have to work hard to be intentional about where you end up.
Recommended by Nicole Glaros
Range
David Epstein
On why generalists tend to thrive in a specialized world. Nicole mentioned it in her talk and loved it.
Recommended by Nicole Glaros
Think Again
Adam Grant
On the underrated skill of rethinking what you believe. Nicole says pretty much all of Grant’s writing is killer.
Recommended by Nicole Glaros
Let Your Life Speak
Parker Palmer
A short, beautifully written book on vocation and listening to where your life is actually trying to go.
Recommended by Nicole Glaros
Big Magic
Elizabeth Gilbert
About living a creative life, which applies to you more than you think. Nicole gives it to all her friends. Listen to the audio version, the author reads it.
Recommended by Nicole Glaros
The Soul of Money
Lynne Twist
On the relationship between money and meaning. Nicole calls it the best book ever, and maybe the most important on her list.
Recommended by Nicole Glaros