Jason Fried Recommended Books

"One of the best books I’ve ever read." - Tobi Lütke

"Best (?) walk through the ancient/current philosophy of Stoicism. You can't control other people but you can control yourself, so do that." - Marc Andreessen

"I immediately checked out of the library and read completely." - MMM

"An easy way to learn about [Stoicism] and recognize why this resonates." - DHH

"I found when reading it that the quirky philosophy I've been living my life by since 17 matches up exactly with a 2000-year-old philosophy called Stoicism." - Derek Sivers

"A very interesting read." - Phil Libin

"A great overview of the lessons of Charlie Munger (partner of Warren Buffett) - and his approach to checklists of multi-disciplinary models to guide clear thinking." - Derek Sivers

"A wonderful book on wisdom and decision-making written by a wise decision-maker." - Nassim Taleb

"Inspired by Munger, [the author's] put together a book of the big ideas that carry a lot of weight in life." - Shane Parrish

"Good book." - Tai Lopez

List of books Bill Gates read in 2012.

Ray Dalio mentioned this book in his book, "Principles."

One of the books on Scott Adams' "Persuasion Reading List."

"Fine book but it didn’t need to be an entire book. A blog post would have gotten the point across." - Naval Ravikant

"I love surprising scientific findings, as well as information about how our brains work. [This book] is a treasure trove of both." - Ev Williams

"Captivating dive into human decision making, marred by inclusion of several/many? psychology studies that fail to replicate. Will stand as a cautionary tale?" - Marc Andreessen

"A must-read for any business looking to compete in the digital economy." - Ashton Kutcher

"The ultimate guide for creating a software developer culture that unlocks the passion, creativity, and empathy needed to build amazing products and succeed in the digital economy." - Marc Benioff

"The first chapter alone will change your life." - Seth Godin

"Compact guide to probabilistic domains like poker, or venture capital." - Marc Andreessen

"I wish I had learned the discipline of how to decide when I was younger." - Mike Maples, Jr.

"I read this book all the way through because I found the premise so intriguing. [The author] is a well-known poker player and won a World Series of Poker gold bracelet." - Max Levchin

"So many of [the author's] thoughts on poker and on decision-making in general agreed with mine." - Howard Marks

"An awesome book." - Michael Mauboussin

"Reveals incredible scientific breakthroughs about aging and ways we can slow down, or even reverse, the process." - Vinod Khosla

"Gives a host of compelling evidence to show there is no reason people born today cannot live to at least 120 in healthy condition, if not 150 and beyond." - Peter Diamandis

"Highlights a lot of [the author's] research and findings." - David Friedberg

"Read [this book] or check out his podcast with the same name." - Blake Scholl

Ryan Shea recommended this book on his website.

"Explains how neglecting sleep undercuts your creativity, problem solving, decision-making, learning, memory, heart health, brain health, mental health, emotional well-being, immune system, and even your life span." - Bill Gates

"Not only did I become convinced that getting high-quality sleep is the best protector and enhancer of health and cognition, but it is also the most underappreciated." - Bryan Johnson

Keith Rabois mentioned this book on Twitter.

"One of the best and most important books I've read [in 2019]." - Alexis Ohanian

"Best book on the subject [of sleep]." - Vinod Khosla

"[One of] my favorite science books in 2018." - Michael Mauboussin

"A fantastic book [...] that was great inspiration to me." - DHH

"The basis for how we've grown AppSumo over the years. " - Noah Kagan

"[Part of] my biz book canon." - Ryan Petersen

Ray Dalio can be seen reading this book on the article's main image.

One of Sam Altman's answers to "What are some of the best books you recommend for a young startup founder?"

"How I want to behave in life." - Bryan Johnson

"This book (and his life) were living proof of his family motto: 'Fortitudine vincimus' (By endurance we conquer)." - Ryan Holiday

"Just a phenomenal story." - Scott Belsky

Max Levchin recommended this book on LinkedIn.

"Discusses how extroverts in our society are bigged up so much, and if you’re anything other than an extrovert you’re made to think there’s something wrong with you. That’s like the story of my life." - Emma Watson

"Affirms to a good many of us who are introverts by nature that we needn’t try to be extroverts if we want to lead." - Simon Sinek

"[This book] embarrassed me. It suggests that most of us undervalue introverts and, thus, effectively take a pass on about 40 percent of the population. In particular, introverts tend to be more thoughtful and deliberate." - Tom Peters

"I have rarely cried about a book as much as I did this one." - Laurie Halse Anderson

"Love [this author] and her book." - Jim Kwik

"It's an amazing book, I think, for anybody." - Joe Rogan

One of Peter Attia's answers to "is there a book that you’ve read more than once?"

"Fantastic." - Kelly Starrett

Tobi Lütke mentioned this book on the "Invest Like the Best" podcast.

Tom Bilyeu recommended this book on his website.

"Main complaint seems to be 'this is a layman's description of not-new ideas'. I'm just fine with that." - DHH

"A wonderful book about a naval [Admiral] that was running one of the worst performing U.S. nuclear submarines and turned it around to be the best performing U.S. submarine." - DHH

"About enabling leaders in your organization written by the former U.S. Navy Captain of a nuclear submarine." - Brian Armstrong

"Based on real life events, Marquet presents his ideas in a superbly practical way — perfect for implementing." - Simon Sinek