Wealth buys political rules that protect wealth — the self-reinforcing loop that stalls reform

Extreme Wealth Will Destroy Democracy · Martin Wolf

Understand the brain as a pattern-making system that excels at developing ideas but struggles to generate them, requiring lateral thinking to escape established patterns

The Mechanism of Mind: Understand How Your Mind Works · Edward de Bono

Win by cycling through observe-orient-decide-act faster than your opponent

Airpower Reborn · John Andreas Olsen

Identify and defeat the ten thinking errors that create depression and anxiety

Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy · David D. Burns

Generate ideas alone first, then collaborate to develop and test them

The Power of Introverts · Susan Cain

Every decision is a bet on the future under uncertainty

Annie Duke: Getting Better by Being Wrong · Annie Duke

Strategies for balanced thinking

Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well · Douglas Stone

Catastrophic thinking

Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well · Douglas Stone

Distorted thinking

Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well · Douglas Stone

Distorting priorities to influence others

The Art of Strategy: A Game Theorist's Guide to Success in Business and Life · Dixit, Avinash K.

What does this conversation say about me?

Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most · Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton & Sheila Heen

See the person, not the myth

The 33 Strategies of War · Robert Greene & Joost Elffers

Develop five EQ competencies to transform overthinking into emotional mastery

OVERTHINKING How to Rewire Your Brain, Control Your · Matthew Wollkan

Systematically dismantle unhelpful thought patterns using evidence-based questions

OVERTHINKING How to Rewire Your Brain, Control Your · Matthew Wollkan

Master your emotional self by recognizing the biases that secretly govern your decisions

The Laws of Human Nature · Robert Greene

Replace all vertical relationships (superior-inferior) with horizontal ones (different but equal) to eliminate both dominance and submission.

The Courage to Be Disliked · Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga

Only two things matter: the rate now and the rate at the end.

The Trading Game: A Confession · Gary Stevenson

Replace ego-driven habits with accuracy-driven ones using the same reward loop

Thinking in Bets · Annie Duke

Recruit your past and future selves into present decisions

Thinking in Bets · Annie Duke

We understand time by mapping it onto space -- and this mapping distorts our thinking.

Your Brain Is a Time Machine The Neuroscience and Physics · Dean Buonomano

In an age of leverage, one correct decision is worth more than a thousand hours of effort

The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness · Eric Jorgenson

Defeat the cognitive traps of Personalization, Pervasiveness, and Permanence

Option B · Sheryl Sandberg