Reading Recap: May 2025

🏉Legacy: What The All Blacks Can Teach Us About The Business Of Life by James Kerr – I didn’t expect a lot from this book, but it surprised me with a very solid overview of business and performance concepts. I wasn’t quite an All Black, but I loved played playing collegiate rugby. 🤷Messy by Tim…

In 2015, I discovered and dove into the world of FIRE aka Financial Independence, Retire Early. This movement was my first exposure to intentional lifestyle design. Many of the themes from FIRE are present in current-day productivity advice. The Retire Early portion of FIRE wasn’t really about retirement in the traditional sense. It was a…

New year, same old reading update posts. 🏹The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie Sharing the lived experience growing up in two different worlds. 🐦Bird By Bird by Anee Lamott Hilarious lessons on writing and life. 👀Day Trading Attention by Gary Vaynerchuck A serious look at leveraging social media platforms for…

🏠The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein A detailed history of US policies and laws that excluded Black Americans from the post WW2 housing boom, created segregated communities, and limited generational wealth. 🗣️ Supercommunicators by Charles Duhigg Breaks down different types of communication, how to know which one you’re in, and how to make the…

The Nerd Reich by Gil Duran The tech industry, my professional home, has made what feels like a rapid pivot to supporting authoritarianism. The Nerd Reich helped me make sense of the drivers behind this change and where they plan to take us. Duran not only tells us the story but provides insight about how…

🏀There’s Always This Year by Hanif Abdurraquib Abdurraquib is quickly become one of my favorite authors with his poetic storytelling and blending of different themes. Do yourself a favor and read anything by him. 🎤The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz While this is written from the perspective of a founder and about…