If there’s one thing you should know about me, it’s this:
Learning is at the heart of everything I do, and I pursue it through:● Formal Learning: this includes work experience and education—structured with clear beginnings and endings.● Informal Learning: this happens outside of classrooms and workplaces—driven purely by curiosity and with no endpoint.
Informal learning is not something that can be added to a CV, but it deserves special attention because it’s a big part of who I am today.
What you see on this website reflects what has shaped me into the person I am today:
Why does my library deserve special attention?1) My library is an integral part of who I am, as my thinking has been greatly shaped by what I’ve read.2) I am a curious person, and reading books is how I satisfy that curiosity.3) I agree with the saying, "Awareness, not age, leads to wisdom." The more I read ➝ The more aware I become ➝ The more wisdom I gain.4) I strongly believe that reading non-fiction books is a fast-track to learning things that would otherwise take years of experience to understand.5) As a lifelong learner, reading allows me to discover something new every day.
(not all my books fit into the photo, but this is most of my library)
● Good to Great (Jim Collins)● Creating Magic (Lee Cockerell)Start Reverse (Andre Wiringa)● Start with WHY (Simon Sinek)● Something Really New (Hauptly)● Leaders Eat Last (Simon Sinek)● Building Workforce Strength (Ron Elsdon)● Dare to Lead (Brené Brown)● Lean In (Sheryl Sandberg)● Becoming (Michelle Obama)● Can’t Do It Yourself (Mike Leven)● The Four (Scott Galloway)● The Facebook Effect (David Kirkpatrick)● Radical Candor (Kim Scott)● Leadership Brand (Ulrich Smallwood)● The Ride of a Lifetime (Robert Iger)● The Strategy Handbook (Jeroen Kraaijenbrink)● Predictably Irrational (Dan Ariely)● The Undercover Economist (Tim Harford)● The Inversion Factor (Linda Bernardi and Kenneth R. Traub)● Virtual Society (Herman Narula)● Originals (Adam Grant)● Zero to One (Peter Thiel)● Unreasonable Hospitality (Will Guidara)● The Diary of a CEO (Steven Bartlett)● Hug Your Haters (Jay Baer)● It’s the Customer, Stupid (Michael A. Aun)● Management Challenges for the 21st Century (Peter F. Drucker)● A Complaint is a Gift (Janelle Barlow and Klaus Möller)● Delegation & Supervision (Brian Tracy)● The Effective Executive (Peter F. Drucker)● How to Deal with Difficult People (Roy C. Lilley)● Priceless: The Myth of Fair Value: The Economics of Pricing (William Poundstone)● The Industries of the Future (Alec Ross)● Emotion by Design (Greg Hoffman)● Bill Gates: 10 Secrets of the Business of the World's Richest Entrepreneur ● Collaborative Teams (Harvard Business Review)● The Truth about Employee Engagement (Patrick Lencioni)● The Five Dysfunctions of a Team (Patrick Lencioni)
● The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace (Gary Chapman & Paul White)● Never Eat Alone (Keith Ferrazzi)● Neurocopywriting (Denys Kaplunov)● The Art of Gathering (Priya Parker)● Social Media Kings (Denys Kaplunov)● It’s the Way You Say It (Carol Fleming)● Who’s Got Your Back (Keith Ferrazzi)● Winning Social Selling (Mark Ghaderi)● The Culture Map (Erin Meyer)● The Art of Explanation (Ros Atkins)● The 5 Essential People Skills (Dale Carnegie Training)● Talk Like TED (Carmine Gallo)● Supercommunicators (Frank J. Luntz)● Social Chemistry (Daniel Coyle)● Smarter Networking (D.A. Benton)● Rockets and Rebels (Monna Nordhagen Kirsti Rogne)● Reinventing You (Dorie Clark)● Personal Branding for Dummies (Susan Chritton)● Never Split the Difference (Chris Voss)● Make Yourself Unforgettable (Dale Carnegie Training)● Listen (Kathryn Mannix)● I Am My Brand (Kubi Springer)● How to Win Friends and Influence People (Dale Carnegie)● Hooked (Nir Eyal)● Great Networking (Alisa Grafton)● Getting to Yes (Roger Fisher and William Ury)● From Individual to Empire (Laura Bull)● Expert Secrets (Russell Brunson)● Creative Personal Branding (Jürgen Salenbacher)● Building a StoryBrand (Donald Miller)● Body Language (Joe Navarro)● Backable (Suneel Gupta)● Influence (Robert Cialdini)
● Managing Oneself (Peter Drucker)● How We Learn (Stanislas Dehaene)● The Fourth World War (Andrey Kurpatov)● Halls of the Mind (Andrey Kurpatov)● The Trinity (Andrey Kurpatov)● Your Brain at Work (David Rock)● The Productivity Project (Chris Bailey)● Breakthrough in Speed Reading (Unofficial) (Peter Kamp)● Digital Minimalism (Cal Newport)● Don’t Eat the Marshmallow Yet! (Joachim de Posada & Ellen Singer)● The Red Pill (Andrey Kurpatov)● Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less (Greg McKeown)● Million Dollar Habits (Brian Tracy)● The Most Important Questions of Life (Andrey Kurpatov)● Unlimited Memory (Kevin Horsley)● Tribe of Mentors (Tim Ferriss)● Tools of Titans (Tim Ferriss)● Time Wise (Amantha Imber)● Thinking, Fast and Slow (Daniel Kahneman)● Think Again (Adam Grant)● Think & Grow Rich (Napoleon Hill)● The Rules of Thinking (Richard Templar)● The Leading Brain (Friederike Fabritius & Hans W. Hagemann)● The Four Hour Workweek (Timothy Ferriss)● The Desire Map (Danielle LaPorte)● The Crazy Busy Cure (Zena Everett)● The Confident Mind (Dr. Nate Zinsser)● The Art of Thinking Clearly (Rolf Dobelli)● Stolen Focus (Johann Hari)● Smarter, Faster, Better (Charles Duhigg)● Slow Productivity (Cal Newport)● On Managing Yourself (Harvard Business Review)● No More Bananas (Jeroen Kraaijenbrink)● Mindwandering (Moshe Bar)● Mindset (Dr. Carol S. Dweck)● Limitless (Jim Kwik)● Hyperfocus (Chris Bailey)● How We Learn (Benedict Carey)● How Successful People Think (John C. Maxwell)● How Successful People Grow (John C. Maxwell)● High Performance (Jake Humphrey & Prof. Damian Hughes)● Getting Things Done (David Allen)● Effortless (Greg McKeown)● Digital Minimalism (Cal Newport)● Create Space (Derek Draper)● Build the Life You Want (Arthur C. Brooks & Oprah Winfrey)● Emotional Curiosity (Harvard Business Review)● Grit (Angela Duckworth)● How to be a Digital Nomad (Kayla Ihrig)
● Happy Child (Andrey Kurpatov)● A Dog Called Money (Bodo Schäfer)● Dreams: What the Brain is Talking About (Doris E. Cohen)● Freedom and Its Enemies (Vera Valle)● Mistakes I Made at Work (Jessica Bacal)● Triggers (Marshall Goldsmith and Mark Reiter)● Numerology ● Happy Ever After (Paul Dolan)● When (Daniel H. Pink)● The Psychology of Stupidity (Jean-François Marmion)● The End of Average (Todd Rose)● The Elements of Choice (Eric J. Johnson)● Surrounded by Idiots (Thomas Erikson)● Stuffocation (James Wallman)● S.U.M.O. (Shut Up, Move On) (Paul McGee)● Who Are You? (Lise Bourbeau)● Outliers (Malcolm Gladwell)● Misbelief (Dan Ariely)● Lost Connections (Johann Hari)● How to Create a Mind (Ray Kurzweil)● Against Empathy (Paul Bloom)● 12 Rules for Life (Jordan B. Peterson)● Saving Time (Jenny Odell)● Behave ( Robert Sapolsky)
● What and When to Eat (Andriy Beloveshkin)● Why We Eat (Too Much) (Dr. Andrew Jenkinson)● The Plant Paradox (Dr. Steven R. Gundry)● The Clever Guts Diet (Dr. Michael Mosley)● Tell Me Where It Hurts, and I'll Tell You Why (Michel Odoul)● Fiber Fueled (Dr. Will Bulsiewicz)● Breaking Up With Sugar (Molly Carmel)● The Longevity Paradox (Dr. Steven R. Gundry)● Metamorphoses (No English version found)● The Telomere Effect (Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn & Dr. Elissa Epel)● Brain Food (Dr. Lisa Mosconi)● Eat and Run (Scott Jurek)● Skin Deep: The Inner Story of Our Outer Beauty (Dr. Yael Adler)● The Good Gut (Justin and Erica Sonnenburg)● Healthy Nutrition (Regina_doctor – No English version found)● Dirty Genes (Dr. Ben Lynch)● Lifespan (Dr. David Sinclair)● Fat for Fuel (Dr. Joseph Mercola)● Women’s Strength Training Anatomy (Frederic Delavier)● Why We Sleep (Matthew Walker)● Thinner Leaner Stronger (Michael Matthews)● The Energy Paradox (Steven R. Gundry)● Permanent Cure (Ming Chew)● Life Time (Russell Foster)● Extra Time (Camilla Cavendish)● Deep Nutrition (Catherine Shanahan)
● How to Stop Worrying and Start Living (Dale Carnegie)● The Miracle Morning (Hal Elrod)● The Upward Spiral (Alex Korb)● The Walls in My Head (Volodymyr Stanchyshyn)● Peace Is Every Step (Thích Nhất Hạnh)● The Power of Now (Eckhart Tolle)● In Simple Words (Mark Livin and Illia Poludiovnyi)● The Happiness Project (Gretchen Rubin)● Mind Power Into the 21st Century (John Kehoe)● Set Boundaries, Find Peace (Nedra Glover Tawwab)● Resilient (Rick Hanson, Forrest Hanson)● Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor Frankl)● Love's Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy (Irvin D. Yalom)● The Doctor and the Soul (Viktor Frankl)● A Liberated Mind (Steven C. Hayes)● Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? (Dr. Julie Smith)● Unstressable (Mo Gawdat, Alice Law)● The Undefeated Mind (Alex Lickerman)● The Silva Mind Control Method (José Silva)● The Joy of Work (Bruce Daisley)● The Awakened Brain (Lisa Miller)● The Art of Rest (Claudia Hammond)● The 5AM Club (Robin Sharma)● That Little Voice in My Head (Mo Gawdat)● Stillness Is the Key (Ryan Holiday)● Living in Crescendo (Stephen R. Covey)● If in Doubt, Wash Your Hair (Anya Hindmarch)● Fortitude (Bruce Daisley)● Emotional (Leonard Mlodinow)● Do Pause (Robert Poynton)● Do Nothing (Celeste Headlee)● Chatter (Ethan Kross)● Thy Myth of Normal (Gabor Maté)● Dopamine Nation (Anna Lembke)● Fragments of Childhood Trauma (Donna Jackson Nakazawa)