Phil Jackson Recommended Books

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• Navdeep Chandel

  "It’s a nice book about a journey of an evolution of a young man into an adult." - Navdeep Chandel

• Tim Ferriss

  "Consider reading or rereading this short gem." - Tim Ferriss

• Fred Wilson

  "I loved [this book] when I read it in college. I think it really impacted me." - Fred Wilson

• Patrick O'Shaughnessy

  "An old classic." - Patrick O'Shaughnessy

• Lex Fridman

  Lex Fridman mentioned this book on Instagram.

• Justin Kan

  "One of two books I’ve lived my life by since I read 20 years ago!" - Justin Kan

• Harry Styles

  "A friend gave me [this book] when we started travelling together. It makes a lot of sense to me. I think it’s a really important book." - Harry Styles

• James Clear

  "[One of] the 10 best fiction books." - James Clear

• Jack Edwards

  "About a man who is searching for his faith but finds everything he needs within himself." - Jack Edwards

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• Austen Allred

  "Didn’t get it first time." - Austen Allred

• Fred Wilson

  "A great one." - Fred Wilson

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• Ev Williams

  On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.

• Gabby Reece

  "[I read this book when] I was 15, and I gave [it] to a lot of people because it shifted how I looked at certain things." - Gabby Reece

• Travis Kalanick

  Travis Kalanick mentioned this book in a Washington Post interview.

• Brian Armstrong

  "Celebrate the creators in the world (even when they struggle). They may be more valuable than we think." - Brian Armstrong

• Amelia Boone

  "When I read [this book] in my teens, Dagny Taggart’s character spoke to me on a level I’d never experienced with any other novel." - Amelia Boone

• Bob Metcalfe

  "My favorite book." - Bob Metcalfe

• Blake Scholl

  "Far and away my favorite book." - Blake Scholl

• Fred Wilson

  Fred Wilson recommended this book on his blog.

• John Carmack

  "If you can't see its archetypes in the world around you, you aren't paying attention." - John Carmack

• Mark Cuban

  "I'll read it again. So there goes another 3 weeks of me reading it for the tenth time." - Mark Cuban

• Ray Dalio

  "Regarding economics, if you haven’t read [this author] lately, I suggest that you do." - Ray Dalio

• Austen Allred

  "I really liked it." - Austen Allred

• Russell Brunson

  "It is so good!!!" - Russell Brunson

• Paul Krugman

  "About a fantasy world whose unrealism can seriously warp your personality and outlook." - Paul Krugman

• Rand Paul

  On Rand Paul's website's "reading suggestions for students" section.

• Patrick Bet-David

  Patrick Bet-David recommended this book on his website.

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• Virat Kohli

  "I love this book. A must read for all those who are brave enough to let their thoughts and ideologies be challenged." - Virat Kohli

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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

• Chip Conley

  "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

• 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

• 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.