This week, we’re sharing some of our favorite reads that have had a significant impact on us, from business books on leadership and organizational efficiency, to fiction books that helped us gain a deeper understanding of the world. We examine how our self-concept is shaped by experiences, teachings, and the books we read. We also discuss how fragile our ego can be, and how it can be transformed by a single book or experience.

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References:

1. Come Up for Air by Nick Sonnenberg
2. 2. On Our Best Behaviour: The Price Women Pay to Be Good by Elise Loehnen

3. The Marriage Act by John Marrs
4. The One Thing by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan
5. Fierce Conversations by Susan Scott
6. Crucial Conversations by Joseph Grenny et al.
7. Multipliers by Liz Wiseman
8. Impact Players by Liz Wiseman
9. Good to Great by Jim Collins
10. 11 Rings by Phil Jackson and Hugh Delehanty
11. Shoe Dog by Phil Knight
12. Hard Things About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz
13. Steve Jobs’ Biography
14. The Cashflow Quadrant by Robert Kiyosowski
15. Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
16. Psycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz
17. Michael Singer’s books (e.g. Untethered Soul, Living Untethered, Surrender Experiment)
18. The Bhagavad Gita
19. Adyashanti’s books
20. Gangaji’s books
21. The Investor’s Manifesto by William Bernstein
22. The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham
23. That Will Never Work by Marc Randolph

Timestamps

[00:00] We share our favorite books on productivity, leadership, great vs. good employees, inspiring stories and more.

[12:02] We discuss how our concept of self is based on the experiences we have had, the people who have taught us things, and the books we have read.

[21:45] We explore how our ego works to maintain our self-concept and how it influences our experience of the world.

[36:25) Getting out of our personal mind and allowing our nature to dictate our life can lead to a more fulfilling experience.