Books

Books I am reading or have read, along with my highlights and thoughts.

Il Conte Di Montecristo cover

Il Conte Di Montecristo

Alexandre Dumas and Gaia Panfili
Madame Bovary cover

Madame Bovary

Gustave Flaubert
Managing the Professional Service Firm cover

Managing the Professional Service Firm

David H. Maister
The New Strategic Brand Management cover

The New Strategic Brand Management

Jean-Noël Kapferer
Alchemy cover

Alchemy

Rory Sutherland
Everybody’s Normal Till You Get to Know Them cover

Everybody’s Normal Till You Get to Know Them

John Ortberg
Get Together cover

Get Together

Bailey Richardson, Kevin Huynh, and Kai Elmer Sotto
The Art of Gathering cover

The Art of Gathering

Priya Parker
Love All the People cover

Love All the People

Bill Hicks
How to Take Smart Notes cover

How to Take Smart Notes

Sönke Ahrens
The Trusted Advisor cover

The Trusted Advisor

David H. Maister, Charles H. Green, Robert M. Galford
Building a Second Brain cover

Building a Second Brain

Tiago Forte
Crucial Conversations Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High cover

Crucial Conversations Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High

Kerry Patterson, Ron McMillan, Joseph Grenny, Al Switzler
Ma Chi Me Lo Fa Fare? Come Il Lavoro Ci Ha Illuso cover

Ma Chi Me Lo Fa Fare? Come Il Lavoro Ci Ha Illuso

Maura Gancitano and Andrea Colamedici
People, Power, and Profits cover

People, Power, and Profits

Joseph Stiglitz
The Charisma Myth cover

The Charisma Myth

Olivia Fox Cabane
Ave Mary cover

Ave Mary

Michela Murgia
Dare La Vita cover

Dare La Vita

Michela Murgia
Sorry I’m Late, I Didn’t Want to Come cover

Sorry I’m Late, I Didn’t Want to Come

Jessica Pan
Improve Your Social Skills cover

Improve Your Social Skills

Daniel Wendler
How to Talk to Anyone cover

How to Talk to Anyone

Leil Lowndes
Creative Dysregulation cover

Creative Dysregulation

Kelly Wilde Miller
How to Work a Room cover

How to Work a Room

Susan RoAne
Marketers Are From Mars, Consumers Are From New Jersey cover

Marketers Are From Mars, Consumers Are From New Jersey

Bob Hoffman
Obsessed cover

Obsessed

Emily Heyward
How Brands Grow cover

How Brands Grow

Byron Sharp
Il Regno cover

Il Regno

Emmanuel Carrère and F. Bergamasco
eCommerce Engine - Roadmap on How to Transform Your DTC Brand Into an 8-Figure Powerhouse cover

eCommerce Engine - Roadmap on How to Transform Your DTC Brand Into an 8-Figure Powerhouse

Justin Gecevicius and Darius Kunca
The Crux cover

The Crux

Richard Rumelt
Good Strategy/Bad Strategy cover

Good Strategy/Bad Strategy

Richard Rumelt
Io Sono Vivo Voi Siete Morti cover

Io Sono Vivo Voi Siete Morti

Emmanuel Carrère
The Business of Aspiration cover

The Business of Aspiration

Ana Andjelic
Thinking in Systems cover

Thinking in Systems

Donella H. Meadows
Clear Thinking cover

Clear Thinking

Shane Parrish
12 Rules for Life cover

12 Rules for Life

Jordan B. Peterson
Ego Is the Enemy cover

Ego Is the Enemy

Ryan Holiday
$100M Leads cover

$100M Leads

Alex Hormozi
Rainmaking Conversations cover

Rainmaking Conversations

Mike Schultz and John E. Doerr
Professional Services Marketing cover

Professional Services Marketing

Mike Schultz, John E. Doerr, Lee Frederiksen
L’insostenibile Leggerezza Dell’essere cover

L’insostenibile Leggerezza Dell’essere

Milan Kundera
The Boutique cover

The Boutique

Greg Alexander
Flawless Consulting cover

Flawless Consulting

Peter Block
The McKinsey Way cover

The McKinsey Way

Ethan M. Rasiel
The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership cover

The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership

Jim Dethmer, Diana Chapman, and Kaley Klemp
Tranquility by Tuesday cover

Tranquility by Tuesday

Laura Vanderkam
Exhalation cover

Exhalation

Ted Chiang
Finite and Infinite Games cover

Finite and Infinite Games

James Carse
Noi, Bambine Ad Auschwitz cover

Noi, Bambine Ad Auschwitz

Andra Bucci and Tatiana Bucci
Continuous Discovery Habits cover

Continuous Discovery Habits

Teresa Torres
Il Bambino Scomparso cover

Il Bambino Scomparso

Frediano Sessi
To Sell Is Human cover

To Sell Is Human

Daniel H Pink
The Challenger Sale cover

The Challenger Sale

Matthew Dixon and Brent Adamson
From Impossible to Inevitable cover

From Impossible to Inevitable

Aaron Ross and Jason Lemkin
L’Avvocato Dell’Atomo cover

L’Avvocato Dell’Atomo

Luca Romano
Predictable Prospecting cover

Predictable Prospecting

Marylou Tyler, Jeremey Donovan
Empowered cover

Empowered

Marty Cagan and Chris Jones
High Output Management cover

High Output Management

Andrew S. Grove
Measure What Matters cover

Measure What Matters

John Doerr
Inspired cover

Inspired

Marty Cagan
Escaping the Build Trap cover

Escaping the Build Trap

Melissa Perri
Switch cover

Switch

Chip Heath und Dan Heath
From Start-Up to Grown-Up cover

From Start-Up to Grown-Up

Alisa Cohn
Trillion Dollar Coach cover

Trillion Dollar Coach

Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg, and Alan Eagle
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat cover

Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat

Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton, and Michael Pollan
Scaling Up Excellence cover

Scaling Up Excellence

Hayagreeva Rao and Robert I. Sutton
The Coaching Habit cover

The Coaching Habit

Michael Bungay Stanier
100 Truths You Will Learn Too Late cover

100 Truths You Will Learn Too Late

Luca Dellanna
The Fifth Discipline cover

The Fifth Discipline

Peter M. Senge
Gravitas cover

Gravitas

Caroline Goyder
The Fearless Organization cover

The Fearless Organization

Amy C. Edmondson
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