Timeless Skills

‪These are the timeless skills I wish I’d learned in school, and the resources I recommend to learn them.

Books, blog posts, videos, podcasts, and tweets.

Why this list?

1. These are concepts that I want to pass on to my children, and share with the world.
2. I believe great content is worth consuming multiple times. So I refer back to this. ‪

Logical Fallacies

• yourlogicalfallacyis.com
• PBS Logical Fallacies ‪

Mental models

• Farnam Street Mental Models
• Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder ‪

Sales / Persuasion / Negotiation

• To Sell Is Human
• Getting to Yes ‪

Happiness

• The Happiness Advantage
• Matthew McConaughey - This Is Why You're Not Happy

Relationships

• How to Win Friends and Influence People

Psychology

• Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
• Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much

Philosophy

• How to Live by Derek Sivers
• Ego is the Enemy - Also, superb short excerpt on Tim Ferriss Show
• Derek Sivers - How to Thrive in an Unknowlable Future
• Alan Watts - What Do You Desire
• This is Water by David Foster Wallace
• Hunter S. Thompson’s Letter on Finding Your Purpose and Living a Meaningful Life
• The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
• Neil Gaiman 2012 Commencement Speech "Make Good Art"
• Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address

Personal Finance

• How to Get Rich (without getting lucky)
• I Will Teach You To Be Rich
• The Millionaire Next Door
• A Random Walk Down Wall Street
• The Millionaire Fastlane
• The Simple Path to Wealth
• Think and Grow Rich
• The Shockingly Simple Math Behind Early Retirement

General Life Skills / Success

• The Common Denominator of Success
• Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
• The Four Hour Work Week: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich
• How to Fail at Almost Anything and Still Win Big
• Outliers: The Story of Success
• So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love
• How to Live on Twenty-Four Hours a Day

Habits

• The Power of Habit
• Atomic Habits‬
• 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Learning Techniques

• Make It Stick
• The Checklist Manifesto
• The Feynman Technique

Entrepreneurship / Business

• Unscripted: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship
• The Lean Startup
• Million Dollar Consulting
• Think Like A Grand Master Entrepreneur- 2019 Driven Keynote

My Information Stream

• Here's what I subscribe to

"Timeless Skills" Content I've Created

• Public Speaker Starter Kit
• Becoming an Outlier
• The Immutable Laws of Software and Life
• The 7 Pillar Developer: A Holistic Approach to Building An Exceptional Career