The Bookshelf
Books recommended across 6 episodes.
Getting Real
by Jason Fried & David Heinemeier Hansson
The first book from 37signals — a smarter, faster way to build a successful web application. Written 20 years ago, still holds up.
Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook
by Gary Vaynerchuk
Gary Vee's framework for social media marketing — give value 100 times (jabs), then occasionally ask for the sale (right hook).
Maverick
by Ricardo Semler
The story of how Ricardo Semler turned his father's Brazilian manufacturing company into a radically democratic workplace. A blueprint for running a company by your own rules.
Rework
by Jason Fried & David Heinemeier Hansson
A manifesto for a new way of working — shorter, simpler, and more productive. Written by the founders of 37signals/Basecamp.
Think and Grow Rich
by Napoleon Hill
The 1937 classic on goal-setting and persistence — written by a con man, but the advice holds up.
Recommended by Sam Parr in Why the Self-Help Industry Is Built on Lies