Here is a recommended list of books to live this life better
Motivation and brain:
1. «Drive. The surprising truth about what motivates us» — Daniel Pink
2. «Unfu*k yourself. Get out of your head and into your life» — Gary John Bishop
3. «Primed to Perform» — Neel Doshi
4. «Mind Power into the 21st Century!» — John Kehoe
5. «Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience» — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
6. «Your Brain at Work: Strategies for Overcoming Distraction, … Smarter All Day Long » — David Rock
7. «The Chimp Paradox: The Mind Management Program to Help You Achieve Success, Confidence and Happiness » — Steve Peters
8. «Games people play» — Eric Burn
9. «Thinking, fast and slow» — Daniel Kahneman
Mindset and mood:
10. «The happiness advantage» — Shawn Achor
11. «Mindset: The New Psychology of Success» — Carol Dweck
12. «Things That Gain From Disorder» — Nassim Taleb
Priorities:
13. «The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life» — Manson Mark
14. «The Disciplined Pursuit of Less» — Greg McKeon
Management and analysis:
15. «Harvard Business Review» — Guide HBR
16. «Scrum. The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half Time» — Jeffrey Sutherland
17. «Agile life» — Katerina Lengold
18. «Risk Savvy» — Gerd Gigerenzer
19. «Measure What Matters: OKRs: The Simple Idea that Drives 10x Growth» — John Doerr
20. «High Output Management» — Andrew Grow
21. «Goldratt’s theory of constraints. A systems approach to continuous improvement» — William Dettmer
Time management and focus:
22. «Getting things done» — David Allen
23. «Джедайские техники» — Максим Дорофеев
24. «Make time: how to focus on what matters every day» — Jake Knapp
25. «Пожиратели времени. Как избавить от лишней работы себя и сотрудников» — Александр Фридман
26. «The Productivity Project: Accomplishing More by Managing Your Time, Attention, and Energy» — Chris Bailey
27. «Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World» — Cal Newport
28. «Hyperfocus: How to Manage Your Attention in a World of Distraction» — Chris Bailey
Optimization:
29. «The Inmates Are Running the Asylum: Why High Tech Products Drive Us Crazy and How to Restore the Sanity» — Alan Cooper
30. «Моделирование бизнес-процессов в нотации BPMN. Пособие для начинающих» — Репин Владимир
31. «Скрайбинг. Объяснить просто» — Петровский П. В., Любецкий Н. С.
32. «Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World» — Cal Newport
33. «The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying» — Marie Kondo
34. «Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones» — James Clear
Energy:
35. «The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, Is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal» — Jim Loehr, Tony Schwartz
36. «Head Strong: The Bulletproof Plan to Activate Untapped Brain Energy to Work Smarter and Think Faster-in Just Two Weeks» — Dave Asprey
Problem solving:
37. «The McKinsey Way: Using The Techniques Of The World’s Top Strategic Consultants To Help You And Your Business» — Ethan Rasiel
38. « The thinker’s toolkit. Fourteen powerful techniques for problem solving » — Morgan Jones
Reflection:
39. «Improving Agile Retrospectives: Helping Teams Become More Efficient» — Marc Loeffler
40. «Six Thinking Hats» — Edward de Bono
Communication:
41. «Never split the difference» — Chris Voss
42. «Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In» — Roger Fisher, William Ury
43. «Ясно, понятно: Как доносить мысли и убеждать людей с помощью слов» — Максим Ильяхов
44. «The pyramid principle» — Barbara Minto
45. «Influence. The psychology of persuasion» — Robert Cialdini
46. «Искусство спора. О теории и практике спора» — Сергей Поварнин
Thinking:
47. «The Art of Systems Thinking: Essential Skills for Creativity and Problem Solving» — Joseph O’connor, Ian McDermott
48. «Системное мышление» — Анатолий Левенчук
49. «50 Success Models: Small Manual for Strategic Decisions» — Michael Krogerus
50. «The Outward Mindset: Seeing Beyond Ourselves» — The Arbinger Institute
51. «Thinking Strategically: The Competitive Edge in Business, Politics, and Everyday Life» — Avinash Dixit, Barry Nalebuff
Career:
52. «The Startup of You (Revised and Updated): Adapt, Take Risks, Grow Your Network, and Transform Your Career» — Reid Hoffman
53. «Температурный режим компании 36,6» — Пётр Синегуб
General:
54. «A Spy’s Guide to Strategy» — John Braddock
55. «Outliers: The Story of Success» — Malcolm Gladwell
56. «How Will You Measure Your Life?» — Clayton Christensen
57. «How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life» — Scott Adams
58. «The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable» — Nassim Taleb
59. «Principles: Life and Work» — Ray Dalio
60. «12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos» — Jordan Peterson
