Recommended Reading

Behavioral Psychology

influenceInfluence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini
switchSwitch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard by Chip and Dan Heath
InfluencerInfluencer:  The New Science of Leading Change by Kerry Patterson et al
accountabilityCrucial Accountability by Kerry Patterson et al
habitThe Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
driveDrive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel Pink
OutliersOutliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
sports-geneThe Sports Gene:  Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance by David Epstein
Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success by Adam Grant
Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How they Can Change the World by Jane McGonigal
The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home by Dan Ariely
Personality: What Makes You the Way You Are by Daniel Nettle
Nonsense: The Power of Not Knowing by Jamie Holmes
Social: Why Are Brains are Wired to Connect by Matthew Lieberman
Mindwise: Why We Misunderstand What Others Think, Believe, Feel, and Want by Nicholas Epley

Critical Thinking

mistakesMistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts by Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson
how-we-know-what-isnt-soHow We Know What Isn’t So by Thomas Gilovich
how-we-know-what-isnt-soSuper Crunchers: Why Thinking-by-Numbers Is the New Way to Be Smart by Ian Ayres
trick-or-treatmentTrick or Treatment: The Undeniable Facts About Alternative Medicine by Edzard Ernst
Wiser: Getting Beyond Groupthink to Make Better Decisions by Cass Sunstein

Exercise

rippetoeStarting Strength:  Basic Barbell Training + Practical Programming for Strength Training by Mark Rippetoe and Lon Kilgore
movementMovement:  Functional Movement Systems by Gray Cook
Advances in Functional Training by Mike Boyle
Diagnosis and Treatment of Movement Impairment Syndromes by Shirley Sahrmann
Kinetic Control: The Management of Uncontrolled Movement by Mark Comerford
Low Back Disorders by Stuart McGill

Physiology

jawsJaws: The Story of a Hidden Epidemic by Sandra Kahn
breathBreath: The New Science of a Lost Art by James Nestor
zebrasWhy Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers by Robert Sapolsky
placeboEnding Aging: The Rejuvenation Breakthroughs that Could Reverse Human Aging in Our Lifetime by Aubrey de Grey
placeboExplain Pain by David Butler
placeboThe Placebo Response:  How You Can Release The Body’s Inner Pharmacy for Better Health by Howard Brody

Business

zebrasSmartcuts: The Breakthrough Power of Lateral Thinking by Shane Snow

Education

zebrasThe End of Average: How We Succeed in a World That Values Sameness by Todd Rose
zebrasMake it Stick: The Science of Successful Learning by Peter Brown

Fiction

Ender’s Game, Ender’s Shadow, and The Formic Wars by Orson Scott Card
Red Rising by Pierce Brown
Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson
The Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson

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