Small commitments grow their own legs; what you say today becomes who you are tomorrow.
Influence: Science and Practice · Robert B. Cialdini
Map every account by who really approves vs. who merely recommends
Getting to VITO (The Very Important Top Officer) · Anthony Parinello
Visible political donations are the tip; think tanks and media funding are the dangerous mass below
Labour MP: This Budget Just Tax The Rich! · Liam Byrne
Index investing optimises returns while surrendering the governance power that could fix the system
The Problem With Passive Investing Nobody Talks About · Philip Roscoe
Every revolution resets to the starting point; only sequenced reform builds forward
Extreme Wealth Will Destroy Democracy · Martin Wolf
Wealth buys political rules that protect wealth — the self-reinforcing loop that stalls reform
Extreme Wealth Will Destroy Democracy · Martin Wolf
Attention can be mass-produced; intimacy could not — until now
Yuval Noah Harari: They Are Lying About AI! The Trump Kamala Election Will Tear The Country Apart! · Yuval Noah Harari
Power over billions without accountability to billions — the AI governance failure state
AI Whistleblower: We Are Being Gaslit By AI Companies, They're Hiding The Truth! · Karen Hao
Build political momentum by curating a diverse ensemble cast of influencer personalities.
Have I been wrong on the economy the whole time? — Garys Economics · Garys Economics
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
Power is never held alone and the most dangerous position is number one without allies
Chimpanzee Politics · Frans de Waal
Treat your relationship with your boss as a partnership to manage
One-on-One with Andy Grove · Andrew S. Grove
Separate what you can control from what you cannot, then focus only on the former
Why you should define your fears instead of your goals | Tim Ferriss | TED · Tim Ferriss
Identify industries ripe for disruption using four vulnerability signals
The Prof G Pod — Scott Galloway on Business, Technology, and Life Frameworks · Scott Galloway
People don't follow the best evidence — they follow the most compelling narrative
How People Think · Morgan Housel
Impact, execution, and optics — align all three or fail at one
Shreyas Doshi on Pre-Mortems, the LNO Framework, and Strategy vs. Execution · Shreyas Doshi
See through company walls
Designing Your Work Life · Bill Burnett
Navigate office politics
Designing Your Work Life · Bill Burnett
Government funding corrupts academia
The Bitcoin Standard · Saifedean Ammous
Distorting priorities to influence others
The Art of Strategy: A Game Theorist's Guide to Success in Business and Life · Dixit, Avinash K.
Understanding how individual preferences lead to segregation
The Art of Strategy: A Game Theorist's Guide to Success in Business and Life · Dixit, Avinash K.
Understanding how individual decisions affect others
The Art of Strategy: A Game Theorist's Guide to Success in Business and Life · Dixit, Avinash K.
Follow the crowd
The Art of Strategy: A Game Theorist's Guide to Success in Business and Life · Dixit, Avinash K.
Establish credibility
The Art of Strategy: A Game Theorist's Guide to Success in Business and Life · Dixit, Avinash K.
Prove you have a repeatable and scalable sales process by getting customers to actually buy
The Four Steps to the Epiphany · Steve Blank
Only secure leaders give power to others
The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership · John C. Maxwell
Mapping influence networks and building strategic alliances to advance your agenda beyond direct authority
The First 90 Days, Updated and Expanded_Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed Faster and Smarter · Michael D. Watkins
Influence minds
The 33 Strategies of War · Robert Greene & Joost Elffers
Navigate court politics
Robert Greene 2 Books Collection Set (The Laws of Human · Robert Greene
Praise to influence
Robert Greene 2 Books Collection Set (The Laws of Human · Robert Greene
Engineer physical and sensory settings that dissolve rational resistance
The Art Of Seduction (The Robert Greene Collection) · Robert Greene
Lead through structure, protege-placement, and streamlined communication
The 33 Strategies of War (Joost Elffers Books) · Robert Greene
Sell anything to the masses by making influence feel like entertainment
The Art Of Seduction (The Robert Greene Collection) · Robert Greene
Win people over by entering their world before trying to change it
The Daily Laws - Robert Greene · Robert Greene
Guide people toward better choices while preserving complete freedom to choose
Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness · Richard H. Thaler & Cass R. Sunstein
Connect people around a shared idea, then lead them toward change
Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us · Seth Godin
Read people accurately and navigate politics to protect your work
Mastery Side Material - Robert Greene · Robert Greene
Map the power landscape around you to play the game with clear eyes
Brainpicking Robert Greene: His Key Ideas About Power · The Sapiens Network
Reconnect to your full masculine and feminine qualities for creative and relational power
The Laws of Human Nature · Robert Greene
Acknowledge, Appreciate, Amends: the three-step path to authentic apologies
Think Faster, Talk Smarter · Matt Abrahams
Master what is yours; release what is not
The Daily Stoic 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance · Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman
Stop transmitting pixels and start connecting with people
The Next Conversation: Argue Less, Talk More · Jefferson Fisher
Suspend assumptions to think together beyond individual capability
The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook · Peter Senge
Surface the hidden thoughts sabotaging your conversations
The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook · Peter Senge
The law of inheritance is the most powerful lever of social transformation
Democracy in America — Volume 1 · Alexis de Tocqueville
Distribute power locally to generate public spirit and civic competence
Democracy in America — Volume 1 · Alexis de Tocqueville
Distinguish formal hierarchy from actual influence networks
Chimpanzee Politics: Power and Sex among Apes · Frans de Waal
Three-player alliances where the kingmaker holds real power
Chimpanzee Politics: Power and Sex among Apes · Frans de Waal
Recognize how subtle environmental cues invisibly shape behavior and decisions
Blink the power of thinking without thinking · Gladwell Malcolm
Cities send messages
Cities and Ambition · Paul Graham