I’m most inspired by people who greatly overachieve in their life circumstances, people who go out of their way to help people, and people who search for true satisfaction in their lives.
If anyone was ever so bored as to try to understand why I am the way I am, consume everything on this list to find out.
Online Reading Recommendations
The Easiest Way to Live a Short, Unimportant Life
Sam Altman – The days are long but the decades are short
Sam Altman – How To Be Succesful
Naval – Finding Time to Invest in Yourself
Words of Wisdom
Crocker’s Law. Crocker is a famous Wikipedia editor who asked people to NEVER apologize for editing his pages. He just wanted them to focus on making his pages BETTER. He took 100% responsibility for his mental state. If he was offended, it’s his fault.
Book Recommendations
The Gift
On Writing
The Wisdom of Insecurity Alan Watts
Super Founders Ali Tamaseb
Resisting Happiness Matthew Kelly
Hatching Twitter Nick Bilton
Meditations
Designing Your Life
Talent is Overrated
Deep Work Cal Newport
Elements of Style (Writing)
Shoe Dog Nike
Mind Over Mood (Mental Health)
Man’s Search for Meaning (Life)
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (Psychology)
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (History & Culture)
The Rational Optimist (Culture, History & Economics)
The Hard Thing About Hard Things (Tech)
Zero to One (Tech)
Difficult Conversations (Business)
Skin in the Game (Business)
Driven (Biography)
How to Win at the Sport of Business (The first business book I ever read)
Movie Recommendations
The Blind Side (2009)
The Theory of Everything (2014)
United 93 (2006)
The Founder (2016)
Joy (2015)
1917 (2019)
Children of Men (2006)
About Time (2013)
Klaus (2019)
Love Actually (2003)
Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
The Holdovers (2023)
Good Will Hunting (1997)
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019)
Arrival (2016)
Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)
TV Recommendations
When They See Us (Netflix 2019)
Video Recommendations
Short Film
Emotional
Misc
Funny