Scott Adams Recommended Books

"You can read this in 30 minutes it has several great reminders." - Patrick O'Shaughnessy

"Will give you a new appreciation of the 'devil in the details.'" - Jeff Atwood

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

"Makes you think about design in new ways." - Marissa Mayer

"The most mind-bending book you can imagine, because it essentially taught you always humans are flawed and influential." - Tobi Lütke

"Fundamental and had a lot to teach." - Naval Ravikant

Charlie Munger recommended this book in the "Poor Charlie's Almanack" book.

Adam Robinson mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

Ramit Sethi mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

"[Helps you] navigate the world with heightened awareness for how we're always being influenced/manipulated." - Alexis Ohanian

List of books Bill Gates read in 2012.

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

"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

Stewart Brand recommended this book on his "Selected Books for the Manual for Civilization" blog post.

Neil Strauss recommended this book in a blog post.

"Fantastic. I got [this book] and I gave it to everyone in my company." - Ray Dalio

"A very good book." - Tim Ferriss

"Interesting, not because of its content necessarily, but because it’s good for me to always keep on top of mind how powerful my habits are." - Naval Ravikant

Kelly Starrett recommended this book in the "Tools of Titans" book.

Mr. Money Mustache recommended this book on his blog.

"Compiles a bunch of great academic neuroscience and applied psychology research on habit formation." - Max Levchin

"Good but closer to a single-themed book." - Naval Ravikant

"Fascinating and useful read. An instant classic." - Michael Mauboussin

"Very interesting and readable." - Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Alex Hormozi recommended this book on Instagram.

"In my office, you will not see the degree I have from the University of Nebraska, or the master’s degree I have from Columbia University, but you’ll see the certificate I got from the Dale Carnegie course." - Warren Buffett

Recommended on Dave Ramsey's website.

"The one book we encourage startup founders to read. [...] It's critically important for anyone in business." - Paul Graham

Derek Sivers mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

"Seek to be understood." - Dustin Moskovitz

"One of the first books that really helped me achieve my management style and what’s helped me really be successful." - Ken Block

"Quite interesting." - Elon Musk

"I noticed a number of similarities between [Steve Jobs and I], especially when [the author] quoted Jobs’s own words. [...] but to be clear, I didn’t think that Bridgewater or I held a candle to Apple and Jobs." - Ray Dalio

List of books Bill Gates read in 2012.

"I've read 3 business books in my life. If you call [this book] a business book." - Gary Vaynerchuk

"[When I read this book] I was so blown away. I had underlined about three-quarters of the book." - George Raveling

"Really did a good job of capturing the way that an innovation leader’s mind works." - Chris Fussell

"It’s clear he’s honed his persuasion skills over many years and he’s one of the best." - Shane Parrish