Resources

“If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.” – Isaac Newton

Worksheets, Books, Videos & Courses List

Below is a master list of links to worksheets, books, videos, and courses that are available in each of the associated articles. As there are a lot of resources, I have bolded some items in each category that are a good starting point.

How the World (and Humans) Work

• Video: The Surprising Science of Happiness by Dan Gilbert
• Video: This is Water – Commencement Speech by David Foster Wallace
• Book: Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Khaneman
• Book: Thinking in Bets by Annie Duke
• Book: The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning and the Universe Itself by Sean Carroll
• Book: The Drunkard’s Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives by Leonard Mlodinow
• Book: Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
• Book: Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari
• Book: Chimpanzee Politics by Frans de Waal
• Book: Team of Teams by General Stanley McChrystal
• Book: Mistakes Were Made (but not by me) by Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson

Building a Strong Foundation

• Worksheet: TCA “Build a Strong Foundation” Checkpoint Worksheet
• Worksheet: TCA “Build a Strong Foundation” Checkpoint Worksheet (blank goals)
• Book: Mindfulness by Mark Williams and Danny Penman
• Book: In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
• Book: Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker
• Book: Unshakeable by Tony Robbins
• Book: How to Have a Good Day by Caroline Webb
• Book: The Obstacle is the Way by Ryan Holiday
• Book: Deskbound: Standing Up to a Sitting World by Kelly Starrett
• Book: The One-Minute Workout by Martin Gibala
• Book: What I Learned Losing a Million Dollars by Jim Paul and Brendan Moynihan
• Book: Debt: The First 5000 Years by David Graeber (very interesting but note it’s a big book – 560 pages)

What do You Want?

• Worksheet: TCA “What I Want Goalpost” Checkpoint Worksheet
• Worksheet: TCA ” What I Want Goalpost” Checkpoint Worksheet (blank goals)
• Video: Start with Why by Simon Sinek
• Book: Grit by Angela Duckworth

The Essential Toolkit

• Video: The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
• Book: Getting Things Done by David Allen
• Book: Pre-Suasion by Robert Cialdini
• Video: The First 20 Hours – How to Learn Anything by Josh Kaufman
• Book: The Art of Learning by Josh Waitzkin
• Course: Learning How to Learn on Coursera
• Book: The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
• Book: The ONE Thing by Gary Keller
• Book: The Productivity Project by Chris Bailey
• Book: Smarter, Faster, Better by Charles Duhigg
• Book: Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink
• Video: How to Achieve Your Most Ambitious Goals by Stephen Duneier
• Book: Made to Stick by Chip & Dan Heath
• Book: The Power of Moments by Chip & Dan Heath
• Book: Influence by Robert Cialdini
• Book: Simplicity Survival Handbook by Bill Jenson
• Video: How to Speak so that People Want to Listen by Julian Treasure
• Book: Influence by Robert Cialdini
• Book: The Power of Persuasion: How Were Bought and Sold by Robert Levine
• Book: How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie
• Book: Yes! 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to be Persuasive by Goldstein et al.
• Book: Getting to Yes by Roger Fisher and William Ury
• Book: Influencer by Patterson et al.
• Video: The Art of Misdirection by Apollo Robbins

The Extended Toolkit

• Book: The Memory Book by Harry Lorayne and Jerry Lucas
• Book: Presenting to Win by Jerry Weissman
• Book: Ageless Memory by Harry Lorayne
• Book: Super Memory – Super Student by Harry Lorayne (great for kids)
• Book: Stand and Deliver by Dale Carnegie Training
• Book: Presentation Zen by Gar Reynolds (great book, but more for creative settings, so less corporate)
• Book: Visual Display of Quantitative Information by Edward Tufte