Interesting Reads

Recommended Reading:

Weekly Newsletters: Below are the Weekly newsletters I currently subscribe to and find of interest.

Books:  Below are the books I have enjoyed reading and found to be of value in my life
(in no particular order)

  • Think and Grow Rich – Napoleon Hill
  • How to Win Friends and Influence People – Dale Carnegie
  • Poor Charlie’s Almanack – Charlie Munger
  • Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie – Andrew Carnegie
  • Only the Paranoid Survive – Andrew S. Grove
  • The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life – Alice Schroeder
  • The Intelligent Investor – Benjamin Graham
  • James J. Hill: Empire Builder of the Northwest – Michael P. Malone
  • The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance- Ron Chernow
  • One Up on Wall Street – John Rothchild and Peter Lynch
  • Beating the Street – Peter Lynch
  • The Dhandho Investor: The Low-Risk Value Method to High Returns – Mohnish Pabrai
  • The Science of Getting Rich – Wallace D. Wattles
  • The Alchemist – Paulo Coelho
  • Sam Walton: Made in America – Sam Walton
  • The Most Important Thing: Uncommon Sense for the Thoughtful Investor – Howard S. Marks
  • The Secret – Rhonda Byrne
  • The Maverick and His Machine: Thomas Watson, Sr. and the Making of IBM – Kevin Maney
  • Benjamin Franklin: An American Life – Walter Isaacson
  • The Pilgrimage – Paulo Coelho
  • Manual of the Warrior of Light – Paulo Coelho
  • Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends on It – Kamal Ravikant
  • Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike – Phil Knight
  • Germany: Memories of a Nation – Neil MacGregor
  • Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself – Joe Dispenza
  • Damn Right! Behind the Scenes with Berkshire Hathaway Billionaire – Janet Lowe
  • Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion – Robert B. Cialdini
  • DREAM BIG: How the Brazilian Trio behind 3G Capital – Jorge Paulo Lemann, Marcel Telles and Beto Sicupira – acquired Anheuser-Busch, Burger King and Heinz – Cristiane Correa
  • Silent Power – Stuart Wilde
  • The Indomitable Investor: Why a Few Succeed in the Stock Market When Everyone Else Fails – Steven M. Sears
  • TED Talks: The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking – Chris Anderson
  • Ataturk: The Rebirth of a Nation – Patrick Kinross
  • The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari – Robin Sharma
  • The Alpha Masters: Unlocking the Genius of the World’s Top Hedge Funds – Maneet Ahuja
  • The Richest Man in Babylon – George Samuel Clason
  • The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon – Brad Stone
  • Sons of Wichita: How the Koch Brothers Became America’s Most Powerful and Private Dynasty – Daniel Schulman
  • The Little Prince – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
  • Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman! – Richard Feynman
  • King Icahn: The Biography of a Renegade Capitalist – Mark Stevens
  • Onassis, an Extravagant Life – Frank Brady
  • Cable cowboy – Mark Robichaux
  • The Barefoot Investor: The Only Money Guide You’ll Ever Need – Scott Pape
  • The Richest Man in Town – V. J. Smith
  • Screw It, Let’s Do It – Richard Branson
  • Where Are the Customers’ Yachts? Or a Good Hard Look at Wall Street – Fred Schwed
  • Meditation Made Easy – Preston Bentley
  • The Education of a Value Investor – Guy Spier
  • Rich Dad Poor Dad – Robert Kiyosak
  • Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future – Ashlee Vance
  • Billions to Bust and Back: How I Made, Lost and Rebuilt a Fortune – Thor Bjorgolfsson
  • Brilliant NLP: What the Most Successful People Know, Do and Say – David Molden and Pat Hutchinson
  • The Wisdom of Your Cells: How Your Beliefs Control Your Biology – Bruce Lipton
  • Mondo Agnelli: Fiat, Chrysler, and the Power of a Dynasty – Jennifer Clark
  • The King of Oil: The Secret Lives of Marc Rich – Daniel Ammann
  • How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big – Scott Adams
  • The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional Ceos and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success – William Thorndike
  • Different: Escaping the Competitive Herd – Youngme Moon
  • Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind – Yuval Noah Harari
  • The Manual of Ideas: The Proven Framework for Finding the Best Value Investments – John Mihaljevic
  • The Great Minds of Investing – William Green
  • Steve Jobs – Walter Isaacson
  • The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom – Don Miguel Ruiz
  • The difference between God and Larry Ellison – Mike Wilson
  • You Can Be a Stock Market Genius – Joel Greenblatt
  • Be my Guest – Conrad Hilton
  • Alibaba: The house that Jack Ma Built – Duncan Clark
  • The JD.com Story – Zhigang Li
  • The Power of Moments: Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact – Chip Heath and Dan Heath
  • Lee Kuan Yew: The Grand Masters Insights on China, The United States, and the World – Graham Allison, Robert D.Blackwill, Ali Wyne
  • Digital Gold: Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money – Nathaniel Popper
  • Manlobbi’s Descent – Julian Cochran
  • Driven to Succeed: How Frank Hasenfratz Grew Linamar from Guelph to Global – Rob McQueen and Susan M. Papp
  • The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America’s Banana King – Rich Cohen
  • Mastering the Market Cycle: Getting the Odds on Your Side – Howard Marks
  • Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don’t Have All the Facts – Annie Duke
  • Autobiography of a Yogi – Paramahansa Yogananda
  • The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company – Robert Iger
  • What It Takes: Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence – Stephen A. Schwarzman
  • The Psychology of Money: Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness – Morgan Housel
  • Zero to One: Notes on Start Ups, or How to Build the Future – Peter Thiel
  • The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness – Eric Jorgenson
  • The Surrender Experiment: My Journey into Life’s Perfection – Michael A. Singer
  • Daring to Succeed: How Alain Bouchard Built the Couche-Tard & Circle K Convenience Store Empire – Guy Gendron
  • Junk to Gold: From Salvage to the World’s Largest Online Auto Auction – Willis Johnson
  • Michael O’leary: A Life In Full Flight – Alan Ruddock
  • A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose – Eckhart Tolle
  • Play Nice but Win – Michael Dell
  • Main Street Millionaire – Codie Sanchez
  • Atlas Shrugged – Ayn Rand
  • The Fountainhead – Ayn Rand
  • Built from Scratch – Bernie Marcus, Aurthur Blank and Bob Andelman 
  • How to Make a Few Billion Dollars – Brad Jacobs
  • The Art of the Deal – Donald J. Trump
  • The World for Sale –  Javier Blas and Jack Farchy
  • The Philosopher in the Valley – Michael Steinberger