# reading
Books that shaped how I think about products, leadership, and life.
35 books · tracking since 2023
> currently reading
> books that changed me
"The only way to win is to learn faster than anyone else."
"Discovery isn't a phase, it's a continuous habit."
"Don't move information to authority, move authority to information."
"The most important thing leaders do is hire and develop great people."
"People say yes to those they owe, like, and trust — in that order."
"Most people focus on urgent, not important. Excellence lives in the important-but-not-urgent quadrant."
"The Hook Model: Trigger → Action → Variable Reward → Investment."
"The universe is harsh, but humans are endlessly resourceful."
"Survival is the most fundamental drive. Everything else is secondary."
"The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way."
> library
product management & tech
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leadership & management
psychology & decision making
productivity & focus
fiction & philosophy
> recommendations
For New Product Managers
- Continuous Discovery Habits — Teresa Torres
- Hooked — Nir Eyal
- The Lean Startup — Eric Ries
For Aspiring Leaders
- Turn the Ship Around — David Marquet
- Radical Candor — Kim Scott
- High Output Management — Andy Grove
For People Feeling Stuck
- Essentialism — Greg McKeown
- Atomic Habits — James Clear
- Range — David Epstein
For Entrepreneurs
- The Lean Startup — Eric Ries
- Zero to One — Peter Thiel
- The Hard Thing About Hard Things — Ben Horowitz