“A new day, another opportunity to be world-class.” – Prosper Otemuyiwa
FOUNDATIONS:
- The Origin of Species; Charles Darwin
- Short History of Nearly Everything; Bill Bryson
- A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes; Stephen Hawking
- Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained; Richard P. Feynman
- The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World; David Deutsch
- The Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail; Ray Dailo
- The Wires of War: Technology and the Global Struggle for Power; Jacob Helberg
(FIN-) TECHNOLOGY:
- Bank 4.0: Banking Everywhere, Never at a Bank: Brett King
- Token Economy: How Web3 Reinvents the Internet; Shermin Voshmgir
- The Age of Cryptocurrency: How Bitcoin and Digital Money are Challenging the Global Economic Order; Paul Vigna and Michael J. Casey
- The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking; Saifedean Ammous
- The PayPal Wars: Battles with eBay, the Media, the Mafia and Rest of Planet Earth; Eric M. Jackson*
- Buy Now, Pay Later: The Extraordinary Story of Afterpay; Jonathan Shapiro and James Eyers
- The Future is Faster Than You Think: How Converging Technologies are Transforming Business, Industries and Our Lives; Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler
- Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs; John Doerr
- Radical Product Thinking: The New Mindset for Innovating Smarter; R. Dutt
VENTURE CAPITAL:
- King of Capital: The Remarkable Rise, Fall and Rise Again of Steve Schwarzman And Blackstone; David Carey and John E. Morris
- The Business of Venture Capital: The Art of Raising a Fund, Structuring Investment, Portfolio Management, and Exits; Mahendra Ramsinghani
- The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power; Shoshana Zuboff
- Investing 101: An Essential Primer on Building a Profitable Portfolio; Michele Cagan, CPA
- Angel Investing: Guide to Making Money and having Fun Investing in Startups: David S. Rose
FAITH, FAMILY LIFE & PARENTING:
- Basic and Advanced Bible Course; E. W. Kenyon
- Fatherhood: Derek Prince
- Kingdom Parenting; Myles Munroe and David Burrows
- The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work; John M. Gottman, PhD.
- Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts; Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott
- Building Strong Families; Dennis Rainey
- The Way of The Superior Man: A Spiritual Guide to Mastering the Challenges of Women, Work, and Sexual Desire; David Deida*
LEADERSHIP:
- On Becoming a Leader; Warren Bennis
- The Effective Executive; The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done; Peter F. Drucker
- Extreme Ownership: How U.S Navy Seals Lead and Win; Jocko Willink and Leif Babin
- Leading Change; John P. Kotter
- Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done; Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan
Which of these are also on your list, and what other books are you reading this year? Leave a comment.
