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I read non-stop. Here’s a list of books I’ve read and recommend (with my summaries), sorted by rating.

This page will constantly update as I read, so bookmark it if you want to check back in. I’ll also be adding older books regularly.

My current re-read:

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The Gap and The Gain

Josh’s Rating: 10

A nuanced approach to appreciation for success -- you can be a high achiever and still be incredibly happy.
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The Art of Impossible

Josh’s Rating: 10

Where most authors or teachers try to motivate with hyperbole and aspirations, Kotler lays out the specific, practical steps that you can take to achieve the Impossible (with an uppercase I).
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Who Not How

Josh’s Rating: 9

Let's start working together, building a network of Whos, and accomplishing more together than we ever could alone.
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How to Win Friends and Influence People

Josh’s Rating: 9

THE classic on interpersonal communication skills. How to Win Friends and Influence People may be dated, but the principles are timeless.
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Creative Calling

Josh’s Rating: 9

Chase Jarvis has built an empire on creativity, and he knows what he’s talking about. This book is packed with gems for the closet creator (or the creator who is losing their way).
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Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives

Josh’s Rating: 9

There are countless adjectives that could describe this book. David Eagleman compiled forty short essays on what the afterlife could be, and each one had me going "Huh..."
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The Great Mental Models: Vol. 1

Josh’s Rating: 9

Mental models are the latticework of thought processes that help us think more clearly and effectively. Shane Parrish and Rhiannon Beaubien have compiled some of the best general thinking concepts into the first volume of The Great Mental Models.
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Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids

Josh’s Rating: 8

This is not an easy way to parent. It's incredibly challenging and requires that you face your own emotions head-on. The only way to teach your children to take responsibility for their feelings is for you to take responsibility for your own.
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I had a f&*ked up childhood — destructive, you could say. 

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