Reading & listening
Media I Enjoy
What I actually read, watch, and listen to. The intellectual diet without algorithmic curation — just the things that changed how I think.
Podcasts I Return To
Diary of a CEO ↗
"Steven Bartlett creates the kind of conversations where successful people sound human — ambitious, flawed, reflective, and still figuring it out. He combines curiosity, vulnerability, and a founder's instinct for what matters, which makes the show feel less like an interview and more like a late-night debrief on life & work."
Books & Essays
Radical Candor ↗
"Very practical management book: “care personally, challenge directly.” It is listed as a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller and has become a modern management staple."
Tools of Titans ↗
"Tools of Titans is not a book I treat as a doctrine; it is more like a buffet of useful weirdness, that you can read when you have 5-10 min to spare. Some ideas are life-changing, some are over-optimized, and some make you wonder whether billionaires need more hobbies!"
Never Eat Alone ↗
"I love Never Eat Alone because it makes networking feel less like collecting LinkedIn trophies and more like being genuinely useful to people. When I first picked up this book, I realized I did many of these things instinctively! Incidentally, it's also a much better way to live!"
Talks Worth Revisiting
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance | Angela Duckworth ↗
"Angela Duckworth is about staying power! Her TED talk has been watched tens of millions of times and makes the case that success is not just about talent or IQ, but about passion and perseverance over long periods."