Override genetic pessimism to take asymmetric bets, with one hard rule: avoid total ruin.

How to Get Rich — Naval · Naval

Earning and compounding are separate skills — most high earners only have one

From Council Estate to Multimillionaire at 27 Years Old · Timothy Armoo

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

Airpower Reborn · John Andreas Olsen

Use AI to kill bad ideas fast, deepen good ones, and fact-check your own biases before committing resources

How Gumroad's CEO uses ChatGPT - Ep. 1 with Sahil Lavingia · Sahil Lavingia

Use base rates from similar projects, not your optimistic inside view

Daniel Kahneman: Putting Your Intuition on Ice · Daniel Kahneman

What feels obvious to you may be revolutionary to someone else

Obvious to You, Amazing to Others · Derek Sivers

The real entrepreneurial journey is messier, longer, and harder than the myth

Why Founders Fail · Rand Fishkin

Every decision is a bet — evaluate the process, not the outcome

Annie Duke: Getting Better by Being Wrong (Knowledge Project) · Annie Duke

Capture competitive advantage by riding waves of industry change

Good Strategy/Bad Strategy:The difference and why it matters · Rumelt, Richard

Become an elusive object of desire by mastering the psychology of wanting

The Laws of Human Nature · Robert Greene

Distinguish truly flawed ideas from poorly designed tests

Loonshots · Safi Bahcall

Having the necessary conditions doesn't mean you have enough to guarantee success

The Great Mental Models, Volume 1 General Thinking Concepts · Shane Parrish & Rhiannon Beaubien

For complex decisions, distract your conscious mind and let unconscious processing find the answer

59 Seconds · Richard Wiseman

If your business plan is longer than a page, it is probably too long

The $100 Startup · Chris Guillebeau

Ask questions about their life so even your mom cannot lie to you

The Mom Test · Rob Fitzpatrick

Detect and counteract the hidden preference for natural talent over hard-won achievement

Grit · Angela Duckworth

Systematically eliminate, delegate, or streamline tasks that pull you from your highest work

Clockwork · Mike Michalowicz

Behavioral economics reveals exploitable patterns that create value for everyone

Predictably Irrational · Dan Ariely

Adopt a superior business model that incumbents cannot copy without damaging their existing business

7 Powers · Hamilton Helmer

Harness optimism's benefits while protecting against its predictable costs

Thinking, Fast and Slow · Daniel Kahneman

Immunize decisions against overconfidence by imagining failure in advance

Thinking, Fast and Slow · Daniel Kahneman

Create large uninterrupted time blocks, build urgency, and work to 100% completion.

Eat That Frog! 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time · Brian Tracy

A decision-making technique that counteracts the five cognitive biases (optimism, confirmation,

The Diary of a CEO · Steven Bartlett