I like books, especially audiobooks. Over the past ten years, I have read about 300 of them as I improved myself and my communication while working towards my dream of becoming self-employed. The links I provide for the books on this page are affiliated links from Amazon. The price for you remains the same, but Amazon shares part of its earnings with me.
I’ve built this page in order of influence. The books at the top are the books I have found most helpful, inspiring, or interesting.
Do Something That Matters – Michael Bungay Stanier
When I cut my ties to a steady income, I hired two coaches to help me get started. They had a lot of great ideas, but I needed space to develop my own. The questions Michael asks in this prompted journal have honed what I want to do from “help people” to “Help founders take control of their time by getting them to focus on what will lead to their success.
The Myths of Happiness – Sonja Lyubomirsky
Adulting is hard. We spend all this time thinking we know what we want and what will make us happy. In this book, Sonja breaks the myths we’ve all come to believe about happiness and explains how we can live a more fulfilling, joyful life.
Humankind: A Hopeful History – Rutger Bregman
While we are on the topic of breaking myths, Humankind illustrates what actually happens when you leave people to their own devices. This book helped me understand that when we respect each other, everybody wins.