Farnam Street | Mental Models
Shane Parrish
Some of the best articles and essays from a trove of pure gold content:
Do Things that Don't Scale
Paul Graham
Why to Not Not Start a Startup
Paul Graham
Paul Graham
Don't let the aesthetic confuse you, this blog is required reading for anyone in the startup world.
Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook
Gary Vaynerchuck
The Common Denominator of Success
Albert E.N. Gray
The Man In The Arena
Theadore Roosevelt
"The poorest way to face life is to face it with a sneer. "
The words you know start about a third down the page.
Self Reliance
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Speak what you think now in hard words, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict everything you said to-day.—"Ah, so you shall be sure to be misunderstood."—Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood." Turning Pro
Steven Pressfield
Do The Work
Steven Pressfield
Story Brand
Donald Miller
This is Marketing
Seth Godin
Ira Glass On Storytelling - The Gap
Ira Glass
Story Brand Podcast
Donald Miller
Here are a few further links to some favorite Episodes:
Power Posing | Your Body Language May Shape Who You Are
Amu Cuddy
The Five Love Languages
Gary Chapman
I Hear You
Michael Sorensen
Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us
Seth Godin
The 4 Disciplines of Execution
Chris McChesney, Sean Covey, Jim Huling
The Flywheel Monograph
Jim Collins
The New One Minute Manager
Ken Blanchard
Good to Great
Jim Collins
The Knowledge Project Podcast | Keeping the Flywheel in Motion
Jim Collins, Shane Parrish
I have marked this podcast to my favorite answer ever to how to develop leaders. The whole interview is great, but if you listen to nothing else check out this ten minutes.
Hanlon's Razor
Shane Parrish
Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by neglect.
One of the most useful realizations of all time. Great article.
Negotiation Skills
Chris Voss
Songwriter
Murray Cummings, Ed Sheeran