Recommended Reading

Here is a list of books that I've read that I think are worth owning. By owning I mean that there is enough value in the book to merit a second (or third) reading.

Personal Development, Productivity and Peak Performance

  • Getting Things Done by David Allen
  • Eat That Frog! by Brian Tracy
  • The Power of Full Engagement by Jim Loehr 
  • 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey 
  • The Now Habit by Neil Fiore, Ph.D  
  • The Voice of Knowledge by Don Miguel Ruiz     
  • Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson 
  • Personal Development for Smart People by Steve Pavlina  
  • A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle 
  • The Dip by Seth Godin    
  • Think and Grow Rich by Napolean Hill  
  • The Power of Less by Leo Babauta (my takeaways here)
  • Drive by Daniel H. Pink
  • The 80/20 Principle by Richard Koch

Entrepreneurship  

  • Innovation and Entrepreneurship by Peter Drucker
  • Four Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss  
  • My Start-Up Life by Ben Casnocha  
  • Growing a Business by Paul Hawken  
  • Crush It! by Gary Vaynerchuk
  • Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh

Personal Finance & Investing

  • I Will Teach You to be Rich by Ramit Sethi
  • Your Money or Your Life by Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin  
  • Why Smart People Make Big Money Mistakes by Gary Belsky & Thomas Gilovich
  • The Behavior Gap by Carl Richards 

Job, Career & Calling

  • How to Find the Work You Love by Laurence G. Boldt (my takeaways here)
  • What Color is Your Parachute by Richard Bolles
  • Working Identity by Herminia Ibarra  
  • The Leap by Rick Smith
  • The 5 Patterns of Extraordinary Careers by James M. Citrin & Richard Smith
  • Linchpin by Seth Godin
  • Evil Plans by Hugh MacLeod 

Sales & Marketing

  • Purple Cow by Seth Godin
  • Unleashing the Ideavirus by Seth Godin   
  • Made to Stick by Dan Heath and Chip Heath 
  • The Great Formula by Mark Joyner  
  • The New Rules of Marketing and PR by David Meerman Scott

Psychology

  • Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely
  • The Paradox of Choice by Barry Schwartz
  • Reading People by Jo-Ellan Dimitrius and Mark Mazzarella     

Changing the World

  • The Blue Sweater by Jacqueline Novogratz
  • Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin  

Business, Management & Leadership

  • Never Eat Alone by Keith Ferrazzi
  • Love is the Killer App by Tim Sanders  
  • Tribes by Seth Godin
  • The Personal MBA by Josh Kaufman 

Web 2.0

  • Trust Agents by Chris Brogan and Julien Smith
  • World Wide Rave by David Meerman Scott

Writing, Creativity & Life

  • Bird by Bird by Annne Lamott 
  • Ignore Everybody by Hugh Macleod

Running