A collection of articles, essays, and books that have significantly influenced my perspective and shaped my thinking.

  1. 100 Blocks a Day — by Wait But Why
  2. Good and Bad Procrastination — by Paul Graham
  3. Life is lived in the arena — by Naval Ravikant
  4. Very Bad Advice — by Morgan Housel
  5. Principles for Lifelong Meaningful Relationships — by Ray Dalio
  6. How to Pick Your Life Partner (Part 2) — by Wait But Why
  7. If You Want to Learn, Do — by Naval Ravikant
  8. Find Your Specific Knowledge Through Action — by Naval Ravikant
  9. In Most Difficult Things, The Solution is Indirect — by Naval Ravikant
  10. Eventually You Will Get What You Deserve — by Naval Ravikant
  11. Optimism Shapes Reality — by Alexandr Wang
  12. Digital Hygiene — by Andrej Karpathy
  13. I Love Calculator — by Andrej Karpathy
  14. Advice for ambitious 19 year olds — by Sam Altman
  15. The days are long but the decades are short — by Sam Altman
  16. Value is created by doing — by Sam Altman
  17. Productivity — by Sam Altman
  18. How To Be Successful — by Sam Altman
  19. The Strength of Being Misunderstood — by Sam Altman
  20. Relentlessly Resourceful — by Paul Graham
  21. Startup = Growth — by Paul Graham
  22. 18 Mistakes That Kill Startups — by Paul Graham
  23. Startups in 13 Sentences — by Paul Graham
  24. What I’ve Learned from Users — by Paul Graham
  25. Researchers and Founders — by Sam Altman
  26. 9 things the best founders do — by Sam Altman
  27. The Only Way to Grow Huge — by Sam Altman
  28. Before Growth — by Sam Altman
  29. Super successful companies — by Sam Altman
  30. Seek out negative feedback — by Elon Musk
  31. How to be Elon Musk (Justine Musk) — by The Founders’ Tribune
  32. CEO as Chief Editor — by Jack Dorsey
  33. 12 Leadership Habits — by Jack Dorsey
  34. The Power of Great Storytelling — by Jack Dorsey
  35. Culture Lessons from Bill Walsh — by Jack Dorsey
  36. Balancing performance and loyalty — by Reed Hastings
  37. Amp It Up! — by Frank Slootman
  38. Performance Culture — by Frank Slootman
  39. From Coding to Leadership — by Max Levchin
  40. Marketing is a Transfer of Enthusiasm — by Jason Fried
  41. Entrepreneurs are Typically Polymaths — by Peter Thiel
  42. Lessons from Peter Thiel — by Joe Lonsdale
  43. Be Less Precious — by David Heinemeier Hansson
  44. Elon Musk — by David Senra
  45. Make Something Wonderful — by Steve Jobs
  46. The Struggle — by Ben Horowitz
  47. Product/Market Fit at Pinterest — by Ben Silbermann
  48. DO TOO MUCH — by Alexandr Wang
  49. Hire people who give a shit — by Alexandr Wang
  50. Reflections on OpenAI — by Calvin French-Owen