My recommended reading list
On this page you will find a list of recommended books, podcasts and websites for Cultivated Managers.
This page is based on many hours of reading, researching and studying.
This list is for managers who want to balance the foundations of their life, cultivate themselves and achieve strong business results. I only list books I have read. I only list the books I really do think will add value to you.
(On this page I use affiliate links to Amazon and other online booksellers. When you use an affiliate link you pay nothing extra but I earn a tiny percentage of the sale. It helps to pay the server costs. You can find out more on my legal page.)
Health and Longevity
- Wisdom of Insecurity – Alan Watts – Newsletter Week 15
- The Wild Diet – Abel James – Newsletter Week 6
- The Power of When – Michael Breus
- Man’s search for meaning – Viktor E Frankl
- Primal Endurance – Mark Sissons, Brad Kearns
- Smarter Faster Better – Charles Duhigg
- Sleep Smarter – Shawn Stevenson
- Born To Run – Christopher McDougall
- Hashimoto’s Protocol – not just if you have hashimoto – suitable for people with any kind of auto-immune disease (arthritis etc) – Izabella Wentz
- The Wahl’s Protocol – not just for anyone with MS – Terry Wahls
- The Depression Cure – Steve Ilardi
- Natural Solutions for Digestive Health – Jillian Sarno Teta
- Earthing – Clinton Ober
- Change your thoughts – Wayne Dyer
- Food Rules – Michael Pollan
- Pure, White and Deadly: How Sugar is killing us – John Yudkin
- Instinctive Fitness – Oliver Selway
- Survival of the fittest – Mike Stroud
- Big Fat Lies: How the diet industry is making you sick, fat and poor – David Gillespie
- Mindfulness for Busy People – Michael Sinclair, Josie Seydel
- Fatboy to ironman – Jaan Larner
- Maximum Willpower: How to master the new science of self control – Kelly McGonigal
- Sugar Free For Life : How to remove the sugar from your diet – Daniel Adam
- Wheat Belly: Lose the wheat, lose the weight, and find your path back to health – William Davis
- Spontaneous Healing – Dr Andrew Weil MD
- Keep on running: The Highs and Lows of a Marathon Addict – Phil Hewitt
- Can’t Swim, Can’t Ride, Can’t Run : From Comman Man to Ironman – Andy Holgate
- Finding Ultra : Rejecting Middle Age – Rich Roll
- Eat and Run – Scott Jurek, Steve Friedman
- Authentic Happiness – Martin Seligman
- Positivity – Barbara Fredrickson
- Why we get fat and what to do about it – Gary Taubes
- Unbeatable Mind – Mark Divine
- The Epigenetics Revolution: How Modern Biology is Rewriting our Understanding of Genetics, Disease and Inheritance – Nessa Carey
- Epigenetics: The Death of the Genetic Theory of Disease Transmission – Joel Wallach
- Ikigai : The Japanese secret to a long and healthy life
Health Podcasts
- The Fatburning man Podcast – Abel James
- The Model Health Show – Shawn Stevenson
Relevance, Productivity & Responsiveness
- Choose yourself – James Altucher – Newsletter Week 18
- How Successful People Think – John C Maxwell
- How To Fail At Almost Everything And Still Win Big – Scott Adams
- Die Empty – Todd Henry – Newsletter Week 9
- Tools of Titans – Tim Ferris – Newsletter Week 3
- Black Hole Focus – Isaiah Hankel – Newsletter Week 1 2017
- Gamestorming – Dave Gray and Sunni Brown
- The Revenge of Analog: Real Things and Why They Matter -David Sax
- Switch – Chip and Dan Heath
- The Slight Edge – Jeff Olson
- The Compound Effect – Darren Hardy
- The Miracle Morning – Hal Elrod
- Key Person Of Influence – Daniel Preistley
- Entrepreneur Revolution – Daniel Priestley
- Obstacle is the way – Ryan Holiday
- Atomic Habits – James Clear (Newsletter 49)
- School of Greatness – Lewis Howes
- Can’t hurt me – David Goggins
- Make Your Bed : Small things that can change your life…and maybe the world – William McRaven
- So good they can’t ignore you – Cal Newport
- Digital Minimalist – Cal Newport
Money, Finance & Selling
- How to get rich – Felix Dennis – Newsletter Week 24
- The Millionaire Messenger (Brendon Burchard)
- The Way Of The Wolf – Straight Line Selling – Jordan Belfort
Management Theory
- How the mighty fall – Jim Collins – Newsletter Week 16
- John Wooden on Leadership – John Wooden – Newsletter Week 5
- Smart Retail – Richard Hammond
- I Want You To Cheat – John Seddon (Masterpiece)
- Growing a Business – Paul Hawken (Must Read!)
- Who – A Method – Geoff Smart and Randy Street
- The Toyota Way – Jeffrey Liker
- The Toyota Kata – Mike Rother
- Reinventing Leadership – Paul Thomas
Communication
- Bareknuckle Presenter – Graham Davies – Good book on doing great presentations.
- What Every Body Is Saying – Joe Navarro – Great book on decoding body language and changing yourself to elicit the truth
- How to talk to anyone – Leil Lowndes – Brilliant book with plenty of ideas on how to talk to people
- Louder Than Words – Joe Navarro – Another book about body language from ex FBI Investigator
- How To Win Friends And Influence People – Dale Carnegie – Classic book on influence
- Steal the show – Michael Port – Brilliant guide for presenters
- Get The Truth – by Philip Houston, Michael Floyd and Susan Carnicero.
Affiliate Links
On this page I use affiliate links to Amazon and other online booksellers. When you use an affiliate link you pay nothing extra but I earn a tiny percentage of the sale. It helps to pay the server costs 🙂 You can find out more on my legal page.