BOOKS! BOOKS! and more Books! Read these in this order below to improve mastery of yourself and improve your ability to build/do great things. Tried something different today. Let me know if you like it.







Master List. Read in this order and let me know what you think!




* Franklin and then Washington



* Never split the difference, how to win friends and people, and then Hamilton and losing my virginity



* Then mastery, mans search for meaning, habits, and extreme ownership




Books covered in this talk




https://www.amazon.com/Benjamin-Franklin-American-Walter-Isaacson/dp/074325807X




Washington and Hamilton by Chernow




https://www.amazon.com/Washington-Life-Ron-Chernow/dp/0143119966





https://www.amazon.com/Alexander-Hamilton-Ron-Chernow/dp/0143034758





https://www.amazon.com/Losing-My-Virginity-Survived-Business/dp/0307720748




“It is only by being bold that you get anywhere. If you are a risk-taker, then the art is to protect the downside.”




https://www.amazon.com/Extreme-Ownership-Jocko-Willink/dp/1250270960/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1631647819&sr=1-1




“Implementing Extreme Ownership requires checking your ego and operating with a high degree of humility. Admitting mistakes, taking ownership, and developing a plan to overcome challenges are integral to any successful team.”




https://www.amazon.com/Mans-Search-Meaning-Viktor-Frankl/dp/0807014273/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Mans+search+for+meaning&qid=1631647850&s=books&sr=1-1




 “Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather he must recognize that it is he who is asked. In a word, each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible.”




https://www.amazon.com/How-win-Friends-Influence-People/dp/8189297813/ref=sr_1_7?dchild=1&keywords=How+to+win+friends+and+influence+others&qid=1631647867&s=books&sr=1-7




“You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.”



― Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends and Influence People




https://www.amazon.com/Never-Split-Difference-Negotiating-Depended/dp/1847941494/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1631647893&sr=1-1




“Great negotiators are able to question the assumptions that the rest of the involved players accept on faith or in arrogance, and thus remain more emotionally open to all possibilities, and more intellectually agile to a fluid situation.”



― Chris Voss,




https://www.amazon.com/Mastery-Robert-Greene/dp/014312417X/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1631647917&sr=1-2




“The future belongs to those who learn more skills and combine them in creative ways.”



― Robert Greene, Mastery




https://www.amazon.com/4-Hour-Work-Week-Escape-Anywhere/dp/0091929113/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1631647985&sr=1-2




“But you are the average of the five people you associate with most, so do not underestimate the effects of your pessimistic, unambitious, or disorganized friends.