Mike's Reading List
June 2024 Reading List
Books
The Power Law—Sebastian Mallaby—The Power Law unpacks a history of venture capital’s creation. I listened to this book during several long trail runs in Georgia! It’s fascinating.
Creating the Intangible Enterprise—KP Reddy—I consider KP a close acquaintance, if not a friend. We met several years ago while hiking up Camelback Mountain in Arizona. We were both attending a conference. KP’s book provides a pure definition of AI, followed by unpacking the skills necessary to thrive in the future. KP writes with a wit and wisdom you will appreciate.
Burned Out To Lit Up Cara E. Houser—I read Cara’s book as a preface to interviewing her for my MultifamilyCollective Podcast. The episode will air later. I loved Cara’s book, as it resonated with me on every level. Cara ran hard for several years, giving everything to her work until she couldn’t. And instead of tapering – she quit cold turkey and began rebuilding her life on her terms! Game on! If you are feeling or experiencing burnout – get Cara’s book and follow her directions!
The Goal – Eliyahu M Goldratt This book is an absolute classic! Set in a factory and geared around assembly line production, it unpacks logistics in a novel format. It’s part love story, part OMG, I’m going to lose my job, if…, and part leadership. I’ve read it twice, but this time around, I decided to listen to you while training for a long trail race.
Zero to One – Peter Thiel – I’m a big fan of Peter Thiel and the way he thinks about capitalism. Zero to One is a good primer for anyone starting a business to change the world. If you are in it to change the world incrementally, this book is not for you. If you want to change the world by several OOMs, pick this up today. If you don’t know what OOM is – pick this up today.
The Courage to be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change Your Life, and Achieve Real Happiness—Fumitake Koga and Ichiro Kishimi—I’m a fan of Alfred Adler and his Adlerian psychology, which is sometimes referred to as Individual Psychology. So, when I read this book’s description, I was immediately intrigued. The book depicts a young man wrestling with some big questions, approaching a guru intending to debunk his theories. What happens next, as click-baiters would write, is amazing!
Lectures
Finite & Infinite Games—I don’t think I was in the right headspace for this book, but I have promised myself to revisit it.
Articles
Situational Awareness – A compelling paper about where AI is headed. [Insert Mind-Blown Emoji]
AI Is Revolutionizing Multifamily Real Estate Industry – By Vibha Gore, Chief Technology Officer – Southern Land Company, United States
Daily Readers
The Daily Stoic – Ryan Holiday
The Daily Laws – Robert Green
Vitamin B for Business – Andy Bailey
New Morning Mercies – Tripp
The Daily Collective – Mike Brewer
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March Reading List
This is my reading list from March 2024.
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Power & Progress – Daron Acemoglu – I listened to the audiobook. Power & Progress is a compelling history of invention that leads to prosperity, the curation of power, and the need to ask for permission. AI will be no different if we don’t make it open-source for all. Apple, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and Meta control the internet as we know it. They have inserted themselves as the gate-keeper. If you want to play, you must do so through one or all of them. It’s time for a change.
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Human Compatible – Stuart Russell – I happened to listen to this book on the heels of Power & Progress, and it blew my mind. The assertion I make above is spelled out brilliantly in Human Compatible. AI poses risks that are too numerous to mention, many of which we can’t know. My encouragement to you is to read deeply about AI. Read deeply from different disciplines. Be aware. Not cynical, but aware. Reading.
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Generative Artificial Intelligence—Jerry Kaplan If you can’t tell, I’m on a kick to understand the more profound implications of Artificial Intelligence—not the technical side of AI but rather the potential impact it will have on society. I got a kick out of this book because the author lists his email in the pages with an invitation to email him. I did, and he responded. I’m not sure why I think it’s cool, but I do.
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Supercommunicator – Charles Duhigg This book started out slow for me. Not sure if I was in a weird place when I started to listen or it just didn’t have a good hook. I powered through it, however, because I’ve been training a lot lately, training for long-distance runs. Supercommunicators was a distant second to Mr. Duhigg’s prior works (The Power of Habit is my favorite), but worth picking up.
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February 2024 Reading List
I read or listen to many books, papers, articles, and online content monthly. I only share a portion of my consumption with YouTube shorts, so I thought keeping a complete recap reading list here might be helpful.
I won’t offer my endorsement or lack thereof; I will leave that part to you.
The Game of Life and How to Play It – Florence Scovel Shinn – From Amazon: In this classic bestseller, Florence Scovel Shinn helped to define the personal success genre. Written in the new thought tradition, her message is simple yet transformative―we receive back what we put into the world through our actions, energy, and attitudes. Negativity and pessimism are returned in kind, but by switching the script to favor positive attitudes and affirmations, we can manifest success and joy in everything we do.
The Holy Grail of Investing – Tony Robbins – From Amazon: Tony Robbins returns with the final book in his financial freedom trilogy by unveiling the power of alternative investments. Robbins and renowned investor Christopher Zook take you on a journey to interview a dozen of the world’s most successful investors in private equity, private credit, private real estate, and venture capital. They share their favorite strategies and insights in this practical guidebook.
20for20 – 2024 Edition – Dom Beveridge – From Dom’s website:
Centralization, AI Adoption, and Technology Acquisition are among the biggest stories in the 2024 edition of 20for20.
We asked 20 multifamily technology leaders about their accomplishments in 2023 and their priorities for 2024. The results reveal progress on some ongoing trends and highlight some surprises!
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January 2024 Reading List
I have decided to try something new going forward. I read a lot of books and articles throughout the year, but I usually don’t share most of them. Therefore, I thought it would be interesting to share my monthly reading list and provide a brief takeaway from each book or article.
A Minute to Think—Juliet Funt: My takeaway: Be protective of your time and intentional about setting time aside for contemplation.
Hidden Potential—Adam Grant: My one-word takeaway is character. My more wordy version is character is everything, and everything is about building character. We must be intentional about building it, and Adam’s book gives you a great framework.
The Surrender Experiment – Michael Singer: I can’t put my finger on it but Michael’s books resonate with me. His writing is simple, straightforward, honest, and wholesome. There never seems to be a motive to sell you on his belief system or way of life. He just puts it out there for you to decide. I like that.
Million Dollar Weekend—Noah Kagan: I have followed Noah for years and love his brash, no-nonsense approach to life and building businesses. Million Dollar Weekend is a blueprint for setting up a business, with tons of practical application.
The Daily Pressfield – Steven Pressfield: Steven is one of my all-time favorite authors. Yes, this is a Daily Reader. Yes, he just released it a couple of months ago. Yes, I read it in a couple of weeks. Oops. It’s that good.
What do you think of the list? What book(s) are you reading right now? Curious: why did you choose to read them?