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Chip Conley Recommended Books

Chip Conley has recommended 12 books. Browse the complete reading list with quotes and sources below.

Chip Conley is an American hotelier, hospitality entrepreneur, author, and speaker.

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12 Books Recommended

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Awake in the Wild

Mindfulness in Nature as a Path of Self-Discovery

by Mark Coleman
"Beautiful book." - Chip Conley (Source)

Give and Take

Why Helping Others Drives Our Success

by Adam Grant
"This book holds the key to a more satisfied and productive workplace, better customer relationships, and higher profits." - Chip Conley (Source)

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    • Arianna Huffington
      "I love [this book], which shows that givers get ahead and nice guys don’t finish last." - Arianna Huffington
    • Gretchen Rubin
      "Offers extraordinarily thought-provoking—and often surprising—conclusions about how our interactions with others drive our success and happiness." - Gretchen Rubin
    • Tony Hsieh
      "Defines a road to success marked by new ways of relating to colleagues and customers as well as new ways of growing a business." - Tony Hsieh
    • David Heinemeier Hansson
      "I almost gave up on the book immediately, but then I'd find a sentence that perked my interest, then read a little more." - DHH
    • Michael Mauboussin
      "Terrific." - Michael Mauboussin
    • Marcus Lemonis
      "My new favorite book. Please read it sooner than later." - Marcus Lemonis
    • Changpeng Zhao
      "Good read. Givers, fake givers, matchers and takers. Why givers win." - Changpeng Zhao

Search Inside Yourself

The Unexpected Path to Achieving Success, Happiness (and World Peace)

by Chade-Meng Tan
Chip Conley mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast. (Source)

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Taking the Work Out of Networking

An Introvert's Guide to Making Connections That Count

by Karen Wickre
"Pragmatic and thoughtful, [the author] shows how networking can move from being transactional to being transformational in your life." - Chip Conley (Source)

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Meditations

by Marcus Aurelius
"I have given [this book] away to a number of people." - Chip Conley (Source)

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  • Naval Ravikant recommended this book
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  • Sam Altman recommended this book
  • Neil Strauss recommended this book
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    • Arianna Huffington
      "I find [this book] so inspirational and instructive, it lives on my nightstand." - Arianna Huffington
    • Stewart Brand
      Stewart Brand recommended this book on his "Selected Books for the Manual for Civilization" blog post.
    • Ryan Holiday
      "The private thoughts of the most powerful man in the world, admonishing himself on how to be better, more just, more immune to temptation, wiser." - Ryan Holiday
    • Adam Robinson
      "Someone would get more benefit from reading ten books multiple times. Like [this book]." - Adam Robinson
    • Austen Allred
      Austen Allred recommended this book on his website.
    • Shane Parrish
      "Really helped foster my interest in philosophy." - Shane Parrish
    • Joe Rogan
      "It's really wild when you think about how long that guy lived and how applicable some of his thoughts are today." - Joe Rogan
    • Lex Fridman
      Lex Fridman mentioned this book on Instagram.
    • Mark Manson
      Mark Manson recommended this book on his website.
    • Ankur Warikoo
      "Incredible book." - Ankur Warikoo
    • James Clear
      "[One of] the 10 best nonfiction books of all-time." - James Clear
    • Patrick Bet-David
      Patrick Bet-David recommended this book on his website.

On the Shortness of Life

by Lucius Seneca
"Says something about the fact that it’s not so much the shortness of life, it’s how we waste it." - Chip Conley (Source)

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Setting the Table

The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business

by Danny Meyer
"One of the best books on hospitality ever written." - Chip Conley (Source)

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6 people

The 100-Year Life

Living and Working in an Age of Longevity

by Lynda Gratton
"A really interesting, observational book." - Chip Conley (Source)

The Happiness Curve

Why Life Gets Better After 50

by Jonathan Rauch
"[Has] become a favorite to gift." - Chip Conley (Source)

Man's Search for Meaning

by Viktor E. Frankl
"If I were to take the meaning of [this book], and turn it into an equation, it would be despair equals suffering minus meaning." - Chip Conley (Source)

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    • Terry Crews
      "Incredible." - Terry Crews
    • Jimmy Fallon
      "Talks about the meaning of life, and I believe you come out a better person from reading it." - Jimmy Fallon
    • Tony Robbins
      "Taught me that if you change the meaning, you change everything." - Tony Robbins
    • Simon Sinek
      "Single most important book you can read." - Simon Sinek
    • Michael Gervais
      "Outlines methods to discover deep meaning and purpose in life." - Michael Gervais
    • Daniel Pink
      "A hugely important book for me." - Daniel Pink
    • Ev Williams
      On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
    • Bryan Johnson
      "His basic point is no matter the conditions we surround ourselves in, we can author our life." - Bryan Johnson
    • Dustin Moskovitz
      Dustin Moskovitz recommended this book on Twitter.
    • Sam Altman
      This book was on Sam Altman's bookshelf.
    • Chelsea Handler
      "One of those beautiful accounts of a terrible time in our history. His calm and sagaciousness, while witnessing one horror after another played out during his time in three separate concentration camps, is awe inspiring." - Chelsea Handler
    • Ryan Holiday
      "Looks at how we find purpose by dedicating ourselves to a cause, learning to love and finding a meaning to our suffering." - Ryan Holiday
    • Maria Popova
      "A meditation on what the gruesome experience of Auschwitz taught [the author] about the primary purpose of life: the quest for meaning, which sustained those who survived." - Maria Popova
    • Aniela Gregorek
      "A book I have gifted to many people because it changed the way I think about human suffering and grace in life." - Aniela Gregorek
    • Fedor Holz
      "[From it] I interpreted that we cannot avoid suffering, but we can choose how to cope with it, and that having meaning in our life is essential." - Fedor Holz
    • Turia Pitt
      "[If people are] doing a bit of soul searching, hands down [I give them this book]." - Turia Pitt
    • Dave Elitch
      Dave Elitch mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.
    • PewDiePie
      "A great tool to help people. [...] In case something really bad happens, I feel like, from reading this book, I'm better equipped to handle it." - PewDiePie
    • Shane Parrish
      "As hard as you think your life is, it pales in comparison to Auschwitz." - Shane Parrish
    • Phil Jackson
      "An important book for me." - Phil Jackson
    • Tom Bilyeu
      Tom Bilyeu recommended this book on his website.
    • Lex Fridman
      "I reread [this book] quite often." - Lex Fridman
    • Mark Manson
      Mark Manson recommended this book on his website.
    • Alastair Humphreys
      "Slim but packed with wisdom that I often come back to. I really recommend you read it." - Alastair Humphreys
    • Steve Kerr
      "Incredibly inspiring." - Steve Kerr
    • Robin Black
      "One of the great books ever written exists because of one of the worst times in human history. From suffering comes beauty." - Robin Black
    • Jim Kwik
      "Illustrates that it’s not our circumstances but the decisions we make that diminish or develop us." - Jim Kwik
    • Michael Hyatt
      Michael Hyatt recommended this book on his website.
    • Patrick Bet-David
      Patrick Bet-David recommended this book on his website.

Delivering Happiness

A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose

by Tony Hsieh
"[The author] is a wise guy. Sincerely. He’s one of the wisest and most thoughtful business leaders of the modern age." - Chip Conley (Source)

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6 people

From Strength to Strength

Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life

by Arthur C. Brooks
"Has become required reading at the Modern Elder Academy." - Chip Conley (Source)

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