A note from Josh: Clients often ask me for book recommendations. When they do, I ask what they want to learn about. Some want me to hand them a recommendation with no context whatsoever. Here, then, is a compromise. These are some of my favorite books with some degree of categorization to guide you. I hope you find something you enjoy.

Life, The Universe, and Everything

• The Alchemist – Paulo Coelho
• Designing Your Life – Bill Burnett & Dave Evans
• The Celestine Prophecy – James Redfield
• Power vs. Force – David Hawkins
• The Untethered Soul – Michael A. Singer
• A Brief History of Everything – Ken Wilber
• Living in Flow – Sky Nelson-Isaacs
• The Tao of Pooh – Benjamin Hoff

Neuroscience

• Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain – Lisa Feldman Barrett
• Your Body Is Your Brain – Amanda Blake
• How Emotions Are Made – Lisa Feldman Barrett
• The Divided Brain – Documentary
• The Awakened Brain – Lisa Miller
• The Extended Mind – Annie M. Paul

Leadership

• Dare to Lead – Brené Brown
• The Thin Book of Trust – Charles Feltman
• The Five Dysfunctions of a Team – Patrick Lencioni
• The Advantage – Patrick Lencioni
• StrengthsFinder 2.0 – Gallup
• The First 90 Days – Michael D. Watkins
• Positive Intellience – Shirzad Chamine

Productivity

• Atomic Habits – James Clear
• Essentialism – Greg McKeown
• Effortless – Greg McKeown
• Four Thousand Weeks – Oliver Burkeman
• Make Time – Jake Knapp, John Zeratsky
• Getting Things Done – David Allen

Coaching

• Newfield Network – Ontological Coaching
• BEabove Leadership – Neuroscience, Consciousness, & Transformational Coaching
• Practice – Coaching Platform
• Co-Active Coaching – Karen Kimsey-House, Henry Kimsey-House, Phillip Sandhal, Laura Whitworth
• Integration: The Power of Being Co-Active in Work and Life – Ann Betz, Karen Kimsey-House
• Language and the Pursuit of Leadership Excellence – Chalmers Brothers, Vinay Kumar

Product

• Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love – Marty Cagan
• Strategize: Product Strategy and Product Roadmap Practices for the Digital Age – Roman Pichler
• Jobs to Be Done: A Roadmap for Customer-Centered Innovation – Stephen Wunker, Jessica Wattman, David Farber
• Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days – Jake Knapp, John Zeratsky, Braden Kowitz
• The Product Manager’s Survival Guide – Steven Haines

Meditations

• Decision Meditation
• Future Self Meditation
• Centering Meditation – Unplug Yourself

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