Full List

Reading Bucket List:

• How to Win Friends and Influence People – Dale Carnegie
• Ishmael – Daniel Quinn
• The Art of Power – Thich Nhat Hanh
• The Coddling of the American Mind – Greg Lukianoff & Jonathan Haidt
• The Dhammapada – Siddharta Gautama / Dr. Glenn Wallis
• The Promise That Changes Everything: I Won’t Interrupt You – Nancy Kline
• The Prophet – Kahlil Gibran
• The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work – John Gottman
• The Shelter of Each Other – Mary Pipher
• Training the Mind and Cultivating Loving-Kindness – Chogyam Trungpa

Worthwhile Reads:

• Being Peace – Thich Nhat Hanh
• Bird by Bird – Anne Lamott
• Bodhicitta: Cultivating the Compassionate Mind of Enlightenment – Lobsang Gyatso
• Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle – Emily & Amelia Nagoski
• By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept – Paulo Coelho
• Fatty Legs – Margaret Pokiak-Fenton
• Food Rules – Michael Pollan
• Impact – Al Etmanski
• Je Tsongkhapa & The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightment
• Living without Stress or Fear: Essential Teachings on the True Source of Happiness – Thich Nhat Hanh
• Manuscript Found in Accra – Paulo Coelho
• Meditation in Action – Chogyam Trungpa
• Milarepa – Chogyam Trungpa
• Reinventing Organizations – Frederic Laloux
• Smile at Fear: Awakening the True Heart of Bravery – Chogyam Trungpa
• Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman! – Richard Feynman
• Taming Your Gremlin – Rick Carson
• The Alexander Technique: A Skill for Life – Pedro De Alcantara
• The Analects – Confucius
• The Enchiridion – Epictetus
• The Four Dharmas of Gampopa – Thrangu Rinpoche
• The Four Hour Body – Tim Ferriss
• Thundering Silence – Thich Nhat Hanh
• Why Won’t You Apologize? Healing Big Betrayals and Everyday Hurts – Harriet Lerner

Thoughtful Essays:

• Bowling Alone – Robert Putnam
• Chance for Peace speech – Dwight Eisenhower
• How to Deal with Conflict Effectively – Robert Bateman
• Meditation and Action – Chogyam Trungpa
• Mental Models I Find Repeatedly Useful – Gabriel Weinberg
• National Security and Double Government – Dr. Michael Glennon
• Neuroscience of Mindfulness: What Exactly Happens to Your Brain When You Meditate – Kristyna Zapletal
• The Patristics – Sean Multimedia
• Ur Fascism – Umberto Eco
• Why People are Irrational about Politics – Dr. Michael Huemer

Useful Concepts:

• ChatGPT on Governance
• Hedonic Adaptation
• Ikigai
• Kintsugi
• Nunchi
• Schadenfreude
• The Overton Window