Book: The Book of Elon, Company Building

The Book of Elon: Company Building

What does it take to build a company that can do hard things well?

In The Book of Elon, Eric Jorgenson captures a philosophy of company building rooted in truth, engineering, intensity, and useful work. This post highlights ideas on frontline leadership, talent, simplicity, innovation, and the kind of culture required to build something excellent.

Build with rigor. Lead from the front.

Book: Anything You Want, Derek Sivers

Anything You Want: Build Your Perfect World

In Anything You Want, Derek Sivers shares lessons from building CD Baby into a customer-obsessed, unconventional company. It’s a manifesto for designing work around happiness, creativity, and personal philosophy.

Build the business that builds the life you want.

Book: Amp It Up, Frank Slootman

Amp It Up: Raise the Standards, Pick Up the Pace

Excellence is a choice—and so is intensity. In this post, Frank Slootman shares a bold blueprint for leaders who want to build urgency, sharpen focus, and align their teams for speed, clarity, and impact.

What happens when you stop playing defense and start pushing harder?

Book: Silos, Politics, and Turf Wars

Time to level up!

Back with a new post from the book, “Silos, Politics, and Turf Wars”.

This post shares my favorite passages from the book; diving deep into how to overcome the behaviors of alignment and cooperating; by creating a shared sense of purpose and clarity along a clear and shared organization goal.

I hope you enjoy it!

Book: The Five Temptations of a CEO

Time to level up!

Back with a new post from the book, “The Five Temptations of a CEO”.

This post shares my favorite passages from the book; diving deep into how to overcome our common behavioral temptations and build the strength to lead with purpose and clarity.

I hope you enjoy it!

Book: The Daily Stoic, Best of April

Time to level up!

Back with a new post from the book, “The Daily Stoic”, by Ryan Holiday.

This post shares my favorite passages from April, with a focus on Unbiased Thought. Some big ideas include observing your thoughts, questioning your assumptions, managing your judgment and intellectual humility.

I hope you enjoy!

Book: The Daily Stoic, Best of March

Time to level up!

Back with a new post from the book, “The Daily Stoic”, by Ryan Holiday.

This post shares my favorite passages from March, with a focus on Awareness. Some big ideas include reason and judgement; as well as our role in shaping our understanding and sustaing a clear control of our reality.

I hope you enjoy!

Book: The Daily Stoic, Best of February

Time to level up!

Back with a new post from the book, “The Daily Stoic”, by Ryan Holiday.

This post shares my favorite passages from February, with a focus on Passions and Emotions. Some big ideas include temperance, steadiness, and healthy indifference; as well as the power of building mastery over your peace of mind.

I hope you enjoy!