Strap in this is a long one. Mike goes over the books that have influenced and helped him Figure It All Out.

1.       The Talent Code Daniel Coyle You are not "bad" at anything, you're just inexperienced. You are capable of anything, just put in the work. 1.a Useful follow up to learning code. Continues to remove excuses and set you up for success on future learning endeavors. 

2.       The Art of Learning Josh Waitzkin similar to talent code. Frames learning in a manner that anyone can learn anything as long as you try. Helps show how parents give kids bad learning habits. Searching for bobby fisher 1.b shallow follow up to Talent code, OR Very shallow entrance into reading about learning. 

3.       Outliers Malcolm Gladwell Get your mind right and start working on correct techniques for managing yourself. Once you're ready to learn, this will change your life. Follow it's principles. Improve every aspect of your life by focusing your mind, and applying those principles changes how you live. 

4.       The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Stephen R. Covey Frame your mindset and develop good habits for personal management and personal interaction. Work withing a team. 2.a Take ownership of your life and how you control everything around you.

5.       Extreme Ownership Jocko Willink, Leif Babin Taking ownership for what you do. Take control of your life. 2.b Brief lists that you can use to start managing your life better. This should be something you can implement, and come back to. It will also be the starting point for you to address weaknesses. Search out more on the specific task you're failing at. 

6.       Emotional Intelligence 2.0 Travis Bradberry, Jean Greaves Specific techniques for improving emotional intelligence. Personal management, social skills. Interact with people in a much more productive way. 3 Establish rules or concepts on how to talk to people in a productive manner. 

7.       Never Split the Difference Chris Voss Good techniques on how to talk to and influence people. 3.a More general concepts you can use to continue to communicate with people.

8.       How to Win Friends & Influence People Dale Carnegie How to increase social skills, and talk to people who have differing opinions. Also how to be likeable. 3.b Once you're invested in working with people, this will help you get the desired goal from your actions. 

9.       The Five Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts Gary Chapman How to get better responses from people you want to make happy. 4 Brief intro into the power of your mind. 

10.   Blink Malcolm Gladwell Subconscious thinking. Your previous experience guides your thinking. Trust your "gut" more often when you have the experience to back it up. You're storing a lot in your mind. 4.a Deeper dive into how we think that's more social? 

11.   Thinking, Fast and Slow Daniel Kahneman How our brains work, and are influenced. Dense extension on Blink. 4.a Deeper dive into how we think that's biological. 

12.   Behave Robert M. Sapolsky Biological look at hour our brains work and why people act certain ways. Very dense, but good.

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