Books

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

Secret Tradecraft of Elite Advisors cover

Secret Tradecraft of Elite Advisors

By David C. Baker, Emily Mills, and Bryn Mooth • Revisited May 4, 2025 at 4:56 AM
The Win Without Pitching Manifesto cover

The Win Without Pitching Manifesto

By Blair Enns • Revisited May 3, 2025 at 4:56 AM
The Secrets of Consulting cover

The Secrets of Consulting

By Gerald Weinberg • Revisited April 20, 2025 at 4:56 AM
La Strega Di Portobello cover

La Strega Di Portobello

By Paulo Coelho • Revisited April 6, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Il Conte Di Montecristo cover

Il Conte Di Montecristo

By Alexandre Dumas and Gaia Panfili • Revisited January 23, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Madame Bovary cover

Madame Bovary

By Gustave Flaubert • Revisited January 11, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Managing the Professional Service Firm cover

Managing the Professional Service Firm

By David H. Maister • Revisited January 9, 2025 at 4:56 AM
The New Strategic Brand Management cover

The New Strategic Brand Management

By Jean-Noël Kapferer • Revisited December 23, 2024 at 4:56 AM
Alchemy cover

Alchemy

By Rory Sutherland • Revisited December 14, 2024 at 4:56 AM
Everybody’s Normal Till You Get to Know Them cover

Everybody’s Normal Till You Get to Know Them

By John Ortberg • Revisited December 14, 2024 at 4:56 AM
Get Together cover

Get Together

By Bailey Richardson, Kevin Huynh, and Kai Elmer Sotto • Revisited November 25, 2024 at 4:56 AM
The Art of Gathering cover

The Art of Gathering

By Priya Parker • Revisited November 23, 2024 at 4:56 AM
Love All the People cover

Love All the People

By Bill Hicks • Revisited November 10, 2024 at 4:56 AM
How to Take Smart Notes cover

How to Take Smart Notes

By Sönke Ahrens • Revisited November 7, 2024 at 4:56 AM
The Trusted Advisor cover

The Trusted Advisor

By David H. Maister, Charles H. Green, Robert M. Galford • Revisited November 3, 2024 at 4:56 AM
Building a Second Brain cover

Building a Second Brain

By Tiago Forte • Revisited October 27, 2024 at 4:56 AM
Crucial Conversations Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High cover

Crucial Conversations Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High

By Kerry Patterson, Ron McMillan, Joseph Grenny, Al Switzler • Revisited October 14, 2024 at 4:56 AM
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

By Maura Gancitano and Andrea Colamedici • Revisited September 16, 2024 at 4:56 AM
People, Power, and Profits cover

People, Power, and Profits

By Joseph Stiglitz • Revisited September 14, 2024 at 4:56 AM
The Charisma Myth cover

The Charisma Myth

By Olivia Fox Cabane • Revisited September 14, 2024 at 4:56 AM
Ave Mary cover

Ave Mary

By Michela Murgia • Revisited July 21, 2024 at 4:56 AM
Dare La Vita cover

Dare La Vita

By Michela Murgia • Revisited July 20, 2024 at 4:56 AM
Sorry I’m Late, I Didn’t Want to Come cover

Sorry I’m Late, I Didn’t Want to Come

By Jessica Pan • Revisited July 16, 2024 at 4:56 AM
Improve Your Social Skills cover

Improve Your Social Skills

By Daniel Wendler • Revisited July 12, 2024 at 4:56 AM
How to Talk to Anyone cover

How to Talk to Anyone

By Leil Lowndes • Revisited July 8, 2024 at 4:56 AM
Creative Dysregulation cover

Creative Dysregulation

By Kelly Wilde Miller • Revisited July 7, 2024 at 4:37 PM
How to Work a Room cover

How to Work a Room

By Susan RoAne • Revisited June 27, 2024 at 4:56 AM
Marketers Are From Mars, Consumers Are From New Jersey cover

Marketers Are From Mars, Consumers Are From New Jersey

By Bob Hoffman • Revisited April 1, 2024 at 4:56 AM
Obsessed cover

Obsessed

By Emily Heyward • Revisited March 31, 2024 at 4:56 AM
How Brands Grow cover

How Brands Grow

By Byron Sharp • Revisited March 25, 2024 at 4:56 AM
Il Regno cover

Il Regno

By Emmanuel Carrère and F. Bergamasco • Revisited March 9, 2024 at 4:56 AM
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

By Justin Gecevicius and Darius Kunca • Revisited March 4, 2024 at 4:56 AM
The Crux cover

The Crux

By Richard Rumelt • Revisited February 27, 2024 at 4:56 AM
Good Strategy/Bad Strategy cover

Good Strategy/Bad Strategy

By Richard Rumelt • Revisited January 25, 2024 at 4:56 AM
Io Sono Vivo Voi Siete Morti cover

Io Sono Vivo Voi Siete Morti

By Emmanuel Carrère • Revisited December 30, 2023 at 4:56 AM
The Business of Aspiration cover

The Business of Aspiration

By Ana Andjelic • Revisited December 5, 2023 at 4:56 AM
Thinking in Systems cover

Thinking in Systems

By Donella H. Meadows • Revisited November 29, 2023 at 4:56 AM
Clear Thinking cover

Clear Thinking

By Shane Parrish • Revisited November 9, 2023 at 4:56 AM
12 Rules for Life cover

12 Rules for Life

By Jordan B. Peterson • Revisited October 29, 2023 at 4:56 AM
Ego Is the Enemy cover

Ego Is the Enemy

By Ryan Holiday • Revisited October 24, 2023 at 4:56 AM
$100M Leads cover

$100M Leads

By Alex Hormozi • Revisited October 9, 2023 at 4:56 AM
Rainmaking Conversations cover

Rainmaking Conversations

By Mike Schultz and John E. Doerr • Revisited October 2, 2023 at 4:56 AM
Professional Services Marketing cover

Professional Services Marketing

By Mike Schultz, John E. Doerr, Lee Frederiksen • Revisited August 20, 2023 at 4:56 AM
L’insostenibile Leggerezza Dell’essere cover

L’insostenibile Leggerezza Dell’essere

By Milan Kundera • Revisited August 19, 2023 at 4:56 AM
The Boutique cover

The Boutique

By Greg Alexander • Revisited July 3, 2023 at 4:56 AM
Flawless Consulting cover

Flawless Consulting

By Peter Block • Revisited June 19, 2023 at 4:56 AM
The McKinsey Way cover

The McKinsey Way

By Ethan M. Rasiel • Revisited May 31, 2023 at 4:56 AM
The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership cover

The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership

By Jim Dethmer, Diana Chapman, and Kaley Klemp • Revisited May 14, 2023 at 4:56 AM
Tranquility by Tuesday cover

Tranquility by Tuesday

By Laura Vanderkam • Revisited May 14, 2023 at 4:56 AM
Exhalation cover

Exhalation

By Ted Chiang • Revisited April 16, 2023 at 4:56 AM
Finite and Infinite Games cover

Finite and Infinite Games

By James Carse • Revisited March 24, 2023 at 4:56 AM
Noi, Bambine Ad Auschwitz cover

Noi, Bambine Ad Auschwitz

By Andra Bucci and Tatiana Bucci • Revisited January 2, 2023 at 4:56 AM
Continuous Discovery Habits cover

Continuous Discovery Habits

By Teresa Torres • Revisited December 28, 2022 at 4:56 AM
Il Bambino Scomparso cover

Il Bambino Scomparso

By Frediano Sessi • Revisited December 28, 2022 at 4:56 AM
To Sell Is Human cover

To Sell Is Human

By Daniel H Pink • Revisited December 5, 2022 at 4:56 AM
The Challenger Sale cover

The Challenger Sale

By Matthew Dixon and Brent Adamson • Revisited October 17, 2022 at 4:56 AM
From Impossible to Inevitable cover

From Impossible to Inevitable

By Aaron Ross and Jason Lemkin • Revisited September 17, 2022 at 4:56 AM
L’Avvocato Dell’Atomo cover

L’Avvocato Dell’Atomo

By Luca Romano • Revisited July 12, 2022 at 4:56 AM
Predictable Prospecting cover

Predictable Prospecting

By Marylou Tyler, Jeremey Donovan • Revisited July 12, 2022 at 4:56 AM
Empowered cover

Empowered

By Marty Cagan and Chris Jones • Revisited June 21, 2022 at 4:56 AM
High Output Management cover

High Output Management

By Andrew S. Grove • Revisited April 26, 2022 at 4:56 AM
Measure What Matters cover

Measure What Matters

By John Doerr • Revisited April 4, 2022 at 4:56 AM
Inspired cover

Inspired

By Marty Cagan • Revisited March 7, 2022 at 4:56 AM
Escaping the Build Trap cover

Escaping the Build Trap

By Melissa Perri • Revisited February 23, 2022 at 4:56 AM
Switch cover

Switch

By Chip Heath und Dan Heath • Revisited February 10, 2022 at 4:56 AM
From Start-Up to Grown-Up cover

From Start-Up to Grown-Up

By Alisa Cohn • Revisited February 1, 2022 at 4:56 AM
Trillion Dollar Coach cover

Trillion Dollar Coach

By Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg, and Alan Eagle • Revisited January 22, 2022 at 4:56 AM
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat cover

Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat

By Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton, and Michael Pollan • Revisited January 17, 2022 at 4:56 AM
Scaling Up Excellence cover

Scaling Up Excellence

By Hayagreeva Rao and Robert I. Sutton • Revisited January 13, 2022 at 4:56 AM
The Coaching Habit cover

The Coaching Habit

By Michael Bungay Stanier • Revisited January 4, 2022 at 4:56 AM
100 Truths You Will Learn Too Late cover

100 Truths You Will Learn Too Late

By Luca Dellanna • Revisited December 30, 2021 at 4:56 AM
The Fifth Discipline cover

The Fifth Discipline

By Peter M. Senge • Revisited December 27, 2021 at 4:56 AM
Gravitas cover

Gravitas

By Caroline Goyder • Revisited December 15, 2021 at 4:56 AM
The Fearless Organization cover

The Fearless Organization

By Amy C. Edmondson • Revisited December 14, 2021 at 4:56 AM
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